Report - Karl-Franzens

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Report
2011-2014
Imprint:
Content & Publisher: Center for Inter-American Studies
Photos: Center for Inter-American Studies (unless otherwise mentioned)
Masterdesign: Cornelia Maurer
Layout & Typesetting: Cornelia Maurer, Assistance: Heidrun Mörtl
Cover Graphics: Roman Klug
Chapter Cover (Map): Lattre, Jean, Atlas Moderne ou Collection de Cartes sur Toutes les Parties du Globe Terrestre, c. 1775 / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain
Print: Offsetdruck Dorrong OG
Center for Inter-American Studies
University of Graz
Merangasse 18/II
8010 Graz
Austria
Web: interamerikanistik.uni-graz.at/
Activities listed in report cover the period Jan. 2011 - July 2014.
Table of Contents
Brown Bag Lunch Series
C.IAS Lecture Series
Short Study Programs
Mission | Objectives | Implementation
5
Director’s Editorial 6
59
61
64
Events75
Structural Positioning: University of Graz and Strategy 2020
Collaboration within Specifically Defined Research Areas
Goals and Objectives
6
9
10
C.IAS Events
76
Cooperation Events
82
Book Presentations
83
Workshops85
Conferences87
C.IAS Team
11
Guests and Guest Researchers
C.IAS Matrix
12
Highlights90
Guests and Guest Researchers 2011-2014
92
Research Areas (“Forschungsfelder”)
13
Further Activities
Intersectionality / Aging Studies
Intercultural Communication and Transatlantic Educational Cooperation Human Rights / Migration, Memory and Trauma
Area Studies as Transnational / Transregional Subject
Individual and Collective Identities
13
18
19
21
23
Research | Teaching | Outreach
25
Performance Agreement
27
Publications31
89
97
Highlights98
Further Activities
101
Cooperations103
Cooperation Projects and Partners
Deutsche Zusammenfassung
104
117
Appendix123
Highlights32
Book Series
34
37
Publications 2011-2014
Strategic Concepts, Objectives and Goal Attainment
124
1. Founding Document (Gründungserklärung)
124
2. Performance Agreement (Zielvereinbarung)
128
Presentations41
3. Concept for Strategic University Partnerships with Regional Focus
at the University of Graz (North, Central, and South America)
129
Overview Grant and Funding Proposals
134
4. Grant Proposals 138
5. Concepts for Research Networks and Strategic Objectives
162
Highlights42
Presentations 2011-2014
45
Workshop and Panel Organization
50
Teaching51
Highlights52
Classes Taught by C.IAS Faculty
53
C.IAS Outgoing Teaching Mobility
58
4.1. International Grant Proposals
4.2. National Grant Proposals (Austria)
4.3. Internal Grant Proposals University of Graz 138
149
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Mission | Objectives | Implementation
Director’s Editorial
Prof. Dr. Roberta Maierhofer
Mission | Objectives
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Research | Teaching |
Outreach
Performance
Agreement
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Presentations
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Guests &
Guest Researchers
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Zusammenfassung
Appendix
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Structural Positioning:
University of Graz and Strategy 2020
wide evaluation of the University of Graz in 2006. The recommendation of the
external peers at the time was for the University of Graz to establish a structure
to guarantee that the strengths in terms of the region of North, Central, and
South America should not only be made visible, but supported and strengthened in order to further develop research, teaching, collaboration, outreach, and
service within an interdisciplinary and transregional context.
With the new organizational plan of the university that became necessary in
2011, the Center – after briefly having resided in the Faculty of Humanities, which
proved limiting in terms of the goals of the Center – was re-established as a university-wide institution within a new frame. The necessary structural changes
of re-establishing the Center of Inter-American Studies under its new name by the
Rectorate of the University of Graz on August 18, 2011 proved successful in many
ways. Within the newly-established structure of a new university-wide unit, Die
siebente fakultät: Zentrum für Gesellschaft, Wissen und Kommunikation, new opportunities arose. The juxtapositioning of traditional research and teaching with an
innovative context of outreach and collaboration, as indicated in the founding
document (“Gründungserklärung”),1 points to the dynamics that such a structure was able to initiate:
Zentrum für Gesellschaft, Wissen und Kommunikation
This report covers the activities of the Center for Inter-American Studies (C.IAS) in
the period of 2011 to 2014. The Center for Inter-American Studies was established
in 2007 (at the time as the Center for the Study of the Americas) with the specific
mandate to develop Inter-American Studies at the University of Graz in terms of
research, teaching, collaboration, outreach and service.
This is on the one hand a documentation of the activities of C.IAS within the (almost) four year period, but on the other hand it also provides an opportunity for
the Center to position itself in terms of past developments, present performance
and future goals. We here at the Center have used this exercise as a chance to
look back and evaluate in order to determine the next development steps for the
future, both as a service to the institutional structure of the university as well as a
dedicated acceptance of responsibilities to our research and teaching.
The review of past years shows that the Center has succeeded in its attempts
to re-conceptualize traditional approaches, not only in terms of transnational
and transregional methods for an analysis of a continent, but also in terms of
European-American relations. This is not a statement of complacency and selfapplause, but a renewed expression of commitment to the original goals that
were drafted by an external evaluation board conducting the first university-
Interamerican
Studies - C.IAS
Politik + Kommunikation
Wissenschaftskommunikation
Universitätsmuseen
Justiz +
Gesellschaft
These structural changes made it possible for C.IAS to continue fulfilling its original mandate, but also established the necessary structural flexibility to work on
an inter-faculty and interdisciplinary platform. Strongly committed both to the
original recommendations of the peer evaluation of 2006, and the newly defined goals of the University of Graz as expressed in August 2011, the Center for
Inter-American Studies has worked hard to establish an interdisciplinary and interregional network in research, teaching, outreach and service, in order to provide
a viable platform for communication and collaboration on a transatlantic level.
1 Mitteilungsblatt der Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, 136. Sondernummer, Studienjahr 2010/11 (Aug. 24, 2011),
Web: http://www.uni-graz.at/zvwww/miblatt.html. See Appendix, p. 124.
In December 2011, Rector Neuper had approached C.IAS with the request to develop a strategic plan for the University of Graz regarding the newly established
focus region ‘America.’ At the time, the Rector believed that additional resources
could be offered to the Center in order to fulfill this task. However, due to financial and administrative restraints no resources could be provided to support the
development of such a strategic plan. Despite these restrictions, the “Concept
for Strategic University Partnerships with Regional Focus at the University of
Graz (North, Central, and South America)”2 was drafted by Roberta Maierhofer
for Rector Neuper in September 2012. This concept became the basis for the University of Graz for defining strategic partners and allocating funds for research,
teaching and collaboration with specific institutions of higher learning and academic networks in North, Central and South America, and consequently has led
to a general funding policy of the University of Graz for collaboration with the
region for activities taking place within one of the seven designated research areas of the University of Graz.3
Finanzierungsrichtlinien
Strategische Partneruniversitäten (v.a. im Rahmen der sieben Forschungsschwerpunkte)
Fokusregion Nord-, Mittel und Südamerika im Rahmen der sieben Forschungsschwerpunkte
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Geographische Fokusregionen
Im Sinne einer Stärkung des bereits bestehenden gesamtuniversitären Südosteuropa (SOE)-Schwerpunktes wird die Anbahnung neuer Aktivitäten
und Projekte im SOE-Raum weiterhin forciert. Eine weitere geographische
Fokusregion umfasst den nord-, mittel- und südamerikanischen Raum, the
Americas. Ziel ist die Stärkung bereits bestehender Kooperationen sowie die
Erweiterung des PartnerInnennetzwerkes in diesen Regionen.5
Establishing strategic partnerships in North, Central, and South America ensures that new possibilities for research and teaching will be established:
Aufbau internationaler strategischer Partnerschaften
Die Universität Graz evaluiert und bündelt ihre derzeit über 500 Kooperationen mit internationalen PartnerInnen hinsichtlich ihres Beitrags zur
Profilbildung in Forschung und Lehre. Darauf aufbauend werden fünf internationale strategische Partnerschaften zur Unterstützung des Forschungsprofils, der Lehre und der Nachwuchsförderung entwickelt. Eines der Ziele
ist die Stärkung der Kompetenzen in der Schwerpunktregion Südosteuropa
und der Ausbau der Kooperationsprojekte in Nord- und Lateinamerika.6
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The Center for Inter-American Studies has so far been able to provide a platform
and basis for sustainable relationships within American and European networks
and for further research collaboration and teaching cooperation with institutions of higher learning on the continent ‘America.’ This newly determined funding policy can be seen as a next step to ensure that the general objectives drafted in the Development Plan 2013-2018 of the University of Graz will be achieved.
When the development strategy of the University of Graz “Strategie 2020”4 was
approved by the University Council on April 13, 2012, the work of the Center had
already been acknowledged and further supported. North, Central, and South
America were defined as a new focus region:
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In the Performance Agreements that were negotiated between the University
of Graz and the Ministry for Science and Research, the already existing mandate
concerning interregional and transatlantic collaboration in science and teaching was re-affirmed:
Das Zentrum für Inter-Amerikanische Studien (C.IAS) dient hierbei der Bündelung der diesbezüglichen universitären Aktivitäten, insbesondere im Bereich der Forschung.7
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Zusammenfassung
2 Cf. Roberta Maierhofer. “Concept for Strategic University Partnerships with Regional Focus at the University of
Graz (North, Central and South America),” (Sept. 17, 2012), Appendix, p. 129.
3 Cf. Email Petra Steinkellner (Mar. 31, 2014) reporting on the results of the “Runder Tisch Forschung” (round table
research) from Mar. 24, 2014), where Sabine Pendl, Director of the Office of International Relations presented a
strategy paper concerning university partnerships and determining financial support for the focus regions.
4 Cf. Web: http://strategische-entwicklung.uni-graz.at/de/strategie-2020/
5 “Strategie 2020: Entwicklungsplan 2013-2018.” Mitteilungsblatt (May 11, 2012), p. 160.
Web: http://static.uni-graz.at/fileadmin/Lqm/Dokumente/Entwicklungsplan_2013-2018_Uni_Graz_fuer_BMWF.pdf
6 Ibid, p. 20.
7 Leistungsvereinbarung 2013-2015. Mitteilungsblatt (Jan. 09, 2013), p. 75.
Web: https://online.uni-graz.at/kfu_online/wbMitteilungsblaetter.display?pNr=433823
Appendix
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Agreement
Vergleich zur bisherigen Regelung vorsieht. Weitere Anpas-
www.uni-graz.at/de/forschen/kooperation/wirtschaft/
Auszeit
Foto: Lunghammer
Publications
www.uni-graz.at/personalressort
Sabbatical auch für KV-Bedienstete möglich
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Zusammenfassung
Appendix
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Für alle MitarbeiterInnen: berufliche Freistellung zwischen
sechs und zwölf Monaten bei anteiliger Bezugskürzung
Zusätzliche Schwerpunktregion „The Americas“ formuliert
Seit Jahrzehnten ist Südosteuropa eine wichtige Schwerpunktregion der Karl-Franzens-Universität. Zahlreiche Aktivitäten in
Lehre und Forschung haben ihre
Position als Mittlerin zu den Balkanstaaten gefestigt. Nun bereichert die Uni Graz ihr Profil um
eine weitere Region: Nord-, Mittel- und Südamerika sind seit dem
Entwicklungsplan 2013-2018 als
offizieller neuer Schwerpunktraum definiert. Nach ersten Kontakten zu Hochschulen in Mittel- und Südamerika über Erasmus Mundus-Programme wurden
inzwischen bilaterale Abkommen
mit Universitäten in Brasilien und
Argentinien abgeschlossen. Darin
enthalten sind Möglichkeiten des
Studierendenaustauschs oder Institutspartnerschaften, etwa im
Bereich Erdwissenschaften. Rektorin Christa Neuper führte auch
erste Gespräche mit zwei chilenischen Universitäten auf ihrer
Südamerika-Reise Ende 2012. Kooperationsverträge mit der Universidad de Chile und der Universidad de Santiago de Chile sind
bereits in Verhandlung.
„The Americas“ sind schon Gegenstand der Forschungen in Initiativen wie dem Zentrum für Inter-Amerikanische Studien. Nun
soll auch die Studierendenmobilität und der Austausch von WissenschafterInnen in dieser Region forciert werden. Sabine Pendl,
Leiterin des Büro für Internationale Beziehungen der Uni Graz:
„Einzelne Kontakte nach Lateinamerika bestanden natürlich bereits seit längerer Zeit über Netzwerke wie ISEP oder die Coimbra
Group. Bisher standen aber bila-
terale Kooperationen mit Nordamerika im Vordergrund. Im Zuge
der neuen Schwerpunktsetzung
möchte die Uni Graz nun verstärkt mit Mittel- und Südamerika
zusammen arbeiten, um Expertise
und Know How auszutauschen.“
Nachwuchsförderung ist ebenfalls
ein wichtiger Bereich dieser Kooperationen: Ein Beispiel dafür
ist das brasilianische Stipendienprogramm „Science without Borders“, an der sich die Uni Graz
beteiligen möchte. Dieses fördert
Auslandsaufenthalte junger WissenschafterInnen zu Forschungszwecken, vor allem in den „MINTFächern“, also Mathematik, Informatik, Naturwissenschaften und
Technik.
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Rektorin Christa Neuper und Juan Manuel Zolezzi, Rektor der Universidad de Santiago
de Chile, bei Kooperationsgesprächen im Dezember 2012.
Foto:Mogessie
Events
Flexiblere Arbeitszeitmodelle in Form eines Sabbaticals
ermöglicht eine entsprechende Betriebsvereinbarung,
die kürzlich Rektorin Christa Neuper und Betriebsratsvorsitzende Regina Lammer unterschrieben haben.
BeamtInnen und Vertragsbedienstete (VB) konnten
schon seit einigen Jahren auf Antrag für einen Zeitraum von mindestens sechs und höchstens zwölf Monaten gegen anteilige Bezugskürzung vom Dienst freigestellt werden.
Das sogenannte Sabbatical ist nun auch für MitarbeiterInnen der Uni Graz, die dem Kollektivvertrag (KV) unterliegen, verfügbar. Damit wird KV-Bediensteten eine
berufliche Freistellung im Ausmaß von einem Jahr bzw.
einem Halbjahr ermöglicht. Darüber hinaus schafft
die Betriebsvereinbarung eine neue Kurzzeitvariante
für MitarbeiterInnen sowohl nach KV als auch nach
VBG. Die Freizeitphase dieses Modells beträgt entweder einen Monat oder drei Monate. Die Rahmenzeit
dazu beträgt maximal 15 Monate. Beispiel: Während
eines Zeitraumes von fünf Monaten werden statt 100
Prozent des Bruttoentgelts nur 80 Prozent verrechnet,
wobei in einem Monat dieses Abschnittes die Freistellung in Anspruch genommen wird. AS
Auf zu neuen Ufern
Foto: Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Outreach
The official commitment of the University of Graz to North, Central, and South
America as the second regional focus alongside the already established area of
South-Eastern Europe can be interpreted as an acknowledgement of the successAuszeichnen
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ful attempts of the Center to encourage, support, and
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und eröffnen neue Perspektiven. Vor rund 20 Jahren habe
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Beilage uni.news print. p. 13. 01, 2013.
Collaboration within
Specifically Defined Research Areas
In addition to allocating the specific task of regional coordination and interdisciplinary research to the Center for Inter-American Studies, the newly defined research areas offer additional opportunities for fulfilling the assigned mission.
After a lengthy process of defining strategic research clusters, the University of
Graz established seven research areas and nominated spokespeople and coordinators of sub-groups in order to strengthen and support existing research in
terms of interdisciplinary collaboration, and to establish new opportunities of
cooperation in science and scholarship.
Der nationalen wie internationalen Profilbildung und Erhöhung der Sichtbarkeit dienen neben dem wissenschaftlichen Output im engeren Sinne
eine Reihe flankierend geplanter Maßnahmen. Hier ist an erster Stelle
eine stärkere Konzentration auf die in den vergangenen Jahren etablierten vier interuniversitären und drei inneruniversitären Forschungsschwerpunkte, die universitätsweiten Zielregionen Südosteuropa sowie
Nord- und Lateinamerika zu nennen. Die Forschungsschwerpunkte fungieren als Motoren einer fächer- und fakultätenübergreifenden und durch
Kooperationen am Standort wie im globalen Forschungsnetzwerk verstärkten Zusammenarbeit zwischen ForscherInnen und bringen durch diese
erhöhte inter- und transdisziplinäre Kommunikation bereits jetzt in allen
Bereichen deutlich innovative Fragestellungen, Methoden und Ergebnisse
hervor. Damit werden Alleinstellungsmerkmale in bestimmten Spitzenbereichen erreicht und weiter ausgebaut.8
The Center for Inter-American Studies participates in the following three of the
seven research areas (Heterogenität und Kohäsion, Kultur- und Deutungsgeschichte
Europas, and Lernen – Bildung – Wissen).9
The research area “Heterogenität und Kohäsion” (Heterogeneity and Cohesion) focuses on socio-cultural manifestations, causes and consequences of
progressing social differentiation, and how under such circumstances social order is constructed. Life styles and living conditions in contemporary
society are determined by high levels of fragmentation, individualization
and diversity. Thus, questions of social cohesion, especially legal and social
aspects, are of utmost concern. By taking into account social, institutional,
ideological and religious foundations of social integration, this research
area analyzes migration processes, questions of ethnic and cultural diversity, changes in gender and generational relations, new and old social
inequalities and accompanying conflicts. Historical and intercultural perspectives are particularly relevant.
Web: http://huk.uni-graz.at/de/
“Kultur- und Deutungsgeschichte Europas” (Cultural History and Interpretation of Europe) is an interdisciplinary platform encouraging international
and comparative approaches for research on the cultural history of Europe.
Europe’s historical and cultural past is characterized by ambiguities, on
the one hand defined by openness, flexibility and dynamics; on the other
by setting itself apart and ostracizing anything deemed non-European. In
this research context, Europe is not only a space that is difficult to define in
terms of geography, politics, society, economy, and the history of its philosophical ideas, but it is also the subject of discussion within and beyond
Europe related to questions of idiosyncrasy and divergent identities.
Web: http://europa.uni-graz.at/de/leitbild/
The research area “Lernen – Bildung – Wissen” (Learning – Education – Knowledge) focuses on the concept of education from an interdisciplinary perspective with a humanistic approach placing the person at the center of comprehensive reflection. The research field defines itself as a core area of analysis
of any institution of higher learning, as it constitutes a field of research as
well as a meta-level of reflection about learning, education and knowledge.
Web: http://lernen.uni-graz.at/en/
8 Web: http://static.uni-graz.at/fileadmin/Lqm/Dokumente/Entwicklungsplan_2013-2018_Uni_Graz_fuer_BMWF.pdf, p. 28.
9 Cf. Web :http://strategische-entwicklung.uni-graz.at/de/strategie-2020/strategische-ziele/
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What is the Center about?
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Appendix
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The Center for Inter-American Studies is a research institution that engages in
an interdisciplinary analysis of new conceptual approaches which redefine
the Americas by exploring historical, economic, political, social and cultural
contexts of these regions, thus leading to a transregional perspective. It also
coordinates the agenda of the University of Graz regarding North, Central
and South America. By building intraregional cooperation in international
education based on teaching and research, new possibilities of collaboration and mobility can be created, offering the University of Graz as a Central
European institution new potential for working with American institutions
of higher learning within a Western Hemispheric approach.
courses, and a summer school all dedicated to Inter-American Studies, constitute a process of establishing not only a “new” field, but new structures of international collaboration between Europe and the Americas.
Ways to Reach Our Goals
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Goals and Objectives
The Center for Inter-American Studies was founded in 2007 as a result of a research
evaluation at the University of Graz that recommended the establishment of
a research unit coordinating the manifold agendas and activities regarding
North, Central, and South America at the University of Graz. Based on the experience of the University of Graz in establishing a focus on South East European
Studies, the Center for Inter-American Studies was created to strengthen the new
focus area of “The Americas – Les Amériques – Las Américas.”10 This new interest in Inter-American relationships is sparked by processes such as globalization
and transnational migration – developments that transform cultural identities
and challenge conceptions of “self” and “other.” Especially in Europe, which itself is in the midst of negotiating a “European identity” in addition to national
and regional ones, changing reference points demand a re-conceptualization
of academic perspectives. For European scholars of Inter-American Studies, the
“Americanness” of the Americas and the changing qualities of “self” and “other”
are of particular interest, encouraging a re-definition of positions and mental
frameworks.
The interregional and interdisciplinary approach of the Center for Inter-American
Studies proves to be pivotal for creating new networks of institutions and serves
as a platform for students and academics to facilitate an Inter-American approach on all levels. Events, lecture series, publications, international exchange,
Web: http://www.uni-graz.at/zvwww/miblatt.html. See Appendix, p. 124.
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Research/ Publications/ Book Series
Establishing Access to Publications (Special Library)
Organization of lecture series, workshops and conferences
Acquisition of third-party funding for research and teaching
Hosting visiting researchers and lecturers
Summer Schools and Short Term Programs
University-wide as well as external promotion of the new focus area “InterAmerican Studies”
Developing a Joint Master’s Program “Inter-American Studies” and supporting the Joint Master’s Program “English and American Studies”
Providing detailed information for students and faculty at the University
of Graz on course offerings in the field
Conceptualization of and participation in research projects and educational programs
C.IAS Team
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Klaus-Dieter Ertler is Co-Director of the Center for Inter-American Studies, and Professor for
Romance Literature at the University of Graz. He earned a teacher’s degree for secondary schools, and studied Romance Languages and Comparative
Literature at the University of Graz as well
as Rouen, Bordeaux, Paris, Santander and
Montreal. He holds a master’s and doctoral
degree in French and Spanish philology
from the University of Graz. He was VicePresident and President of the Association
for Canadian Studies in the German Speaking
Countries (GKS) as well as President elect
and President of the International Council for
Canadian Studies in Ottawa (ICCS). He currently directs the Center for Canadian Studies in Graz.
Katharina E. Kreiter is currently
enrolled in the undergraduate
teacher-training program English and Italian at the University
of Graz, and joined the team as a student
assistant in March 2014.
Ulla Kriebernegg is Assistant
Professor at the Center for InterAmerican Studies. She studied
English and American Studies
and German philology at the University of
Graz and at University College Dublin. She
holds a master’s and a doctoral degree from
the University of Graz. Her focus in research
and teaching is on (Inter-)American literary
and cultural studies, interculturality, migration, cultural gerontology and US and European higher education policy. Her current
book project (Habilitation) focuses on intersections of age and space in Canadian and
US American literature and film.
Roberta Maierhofer is Professor of (Inter)American Studies
at the University of Graz and
Adjunct Professor at Binghamton University, New York. From 1999-2011,
she served as Vice Rector for International
Relations of the University of Graz. Since its
founding in 2007, she has been directing the
Center for Inter-American Studies of the University of Graz. Her research focuses on American Literature and Cultural Studies, Gender
Studies, Transatlantic Cooperation in Educa-
tion and Age/Aging Studies. Roberta Maierhofer holds a master‘s and a doctoral degree
from the University of Graz as well as an M.A.
degree in comparative literature from SUNY
Binghamton.
ies (2011-2014), she is currently conducting
research as a PhD candidate and research
associate for “Representations of Age and
Aging,” a project funded by the National
Bank of Austria (OeNB).
Erika Mörth joined the team as
an administrator in the summer
of 2012.
Georg Schendl studied history,
philosophy and ethnology as
well as sociology and political
science. Furthermore, he is a
graduate of the Interdisciplinary Course for
Higher Latin-American Studies (LAI-Vienna).
He holds a master’s degree in history from
the University of Vienna. Before joining
C.IAS, he worked for the University of Klagenfurt (IFF Vienna) and the Austrian Academy of
Sciences. His research interests are the history
of the Americas, human rights, international
criminal law as well as environmental history. He is currently working on his dissertation
in the field of Inter-American Studies.
Heidrun Mörtl holds a master’s
degree in English and American Studies from the University
of Graz, and spent a year as an
exchange student at Seattle University. She
has been working on her dissertation since
2008, joined the team in 2009, and received
a scholarship from the Austrian Ministry of
Science and Research to conduct field work
in the USA (Marietta Blau Stipendium) in
2011/12.
Barbara Ratzenböck studied
sociology (Bachelor’s and Master’s programs) at the University
of Graz, spending a semester at
Hendrix College, USA. First a student assistant at the Center for Inter-American Stud-
Isabella Schwab has been working at the University of Graz since
1983, and joined the team as an
office manager in 2008.
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C.IAS -Matrix
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Director
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Intersectionality /
Aging Studies
Intercultural Communication and Transatlantic Educational
Cooperation
Human Rights /
Migration
Memory
Trauma
[FSP Heterogenität und Kohäsion: Menschenrechte, Demokratie,
Diversität und Gender (MDDG) //
Migration]
[FSP Heterogenität und Kohäsion:
The Americas]
[FSP Kultur- und Deutungsgeschichte Europas: (Kollektive) Identitäten – Nation – Transnationalität]
Aging and Demography // Körper Person - Bewusstsein // Gender]
[FSP Lernen – Bildung – Wissen]
INTERAMERICA
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Summer Schools and Short Term Programs
International Cooperation in Research and Teaching
External Cooperation and Networks
Joint Master’s Programs and Curriculum Development
Administration
Research Areas (“Forschungsfelder”)
As the structural matrix shows, the Center for Inter-American Studies has so far
defined five research areas (“Forschungsfelder”) that serve on the one hand the
focus region North, Central, and South America (“Interamerica”), on the other
hand position research questions within three of the seven designated research
areas of the University of Graz offering an immediate network for interdisciplinary collaboration regardless of regional components. The matrix also shows
which measures are deemed necessary to achieve the set goals. In addition,
C.IAS has very actively applied for project funding on an internal, but also national and international level. These applications, if funding has not yet been
granted, can also been seen as envisioned future projects.11 Almost all projects
described in this section of the report are mainly positioned in one of the five
defined research areas of the Center (see matrix), with the one exception of the
International Summer School, which takes place every year in the summer, and
tries to span these research areas.
International Summer Schools
The Graz University Summer School held at Seggau Castle, Austria, is one of the
core activities of the Center for Inter-American Studies. The concept behind these
two-week summer universities is that interdisciplinarity and interculturality
can be understood theoretically, and can be taught in the act of (re-)negotiating theories, methods and content with teachers and students from different
disciplinary and cultural backgrounds. The summer schools offer a framework
that facilitates interdisciplinarity and interculturality by redefining Europe and
the Americas in times of globalization in a comparative analysis of the regions.
While the morning lectures offer an open platform of discussion across the disciplines, the afternoon sessions are devoted to small class interaction of topics
such as transnationalism and migration, politics and law, history and power, literature and film, society and culture, regional and urban identities, ethics and
religion, media and communication, economy and innovation, and aging and
demographic change. Within a two-week-period, the close proximity of students and teachers from a variety of different countries provides an intensive
teaching/learning environment, and also offers the opportunity to discuss InterAmerican studies as an emerging field.
11 See all details (overview and individual project proposals) in the Appendix of the report.
Research Area
Intersectionality /
Aging Studies
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Research: Intersectionality / Aging Studies
Within the research area (“Forschungsfeld”) “Intersectionality / Aging Studies”
the Center for Inter-American Studies follows an interdisciplinary and inter-regional perspective of a research area that is not only relevant as a field of study, but
carries the weight of immediate social, political and cultural relevance due to
demographic change and an increasing number of people growing old at the
same time. Thus, this socially relevant topic also fulfills another mandate of the
University of Graz, which, as an institution of higher learning, aims for public service and outreach, and seeks to provide answers to current relevant questions.
Entwicklungen und Ziele
Auf der Basis erfolgreicher Initiativen wird der Fokus der Öffentlichkeitsarbeit verstärkt auf die sieben definierten Forschungsschwerpunkte gerichtet.
Die Strahlkraft wird sich durch eine sowohl inhaltlich als auch zeitlich abgestimmte Vorgangsweise sowie durch die Bündelung der Aktivitäten erhöhen. Ziel ist es, Antworten auf gesellschaftlich relevante Fragen, wie z.B.
Ethik, Klimawandel, Gender oder das Altern betreffend, zu geben. 12
Aging and growing old are processes which cannot be reduced to a chronology
of years but which are shaped by the individual’s interaction with changing life
circumstances. As far as it enables agency, critical analyses of the relationship
between living and aging allow for subversive deconstruction of normative age
concepts. In this context, bio-gerontological models of aging as decline are redefined from new perspectives of the ambiguity of living and aging. This cultural
ambiguity enables an analysis of the social functions of images of aging in order
to provide a basis for interdisciplinary exchange on gerontological knowledge.
Although consensus exists that any studies on aging and the life course have
to bridge the gap between the abstract and the concrete, the personal and the
political, theory and practice by providing an interdisciplinary platform for re-
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search, the field of Cultural Gerontology has only recently gained acceptance.
The focus of this research area is on cultural and literary representations of the
matrix of time and experience, thus constituting the primary research group in
cultural gerontology in Austria, and one of the leading units in Europe. The European Network in Aging Studies (ENAS) was founded on the initiative of Roberta
Maierhofer, who was a pioneer in terms of understanding aging as a component
of intersectionality. In accordance with the definition of aging as a continuous
process, where biological processes need to be separated from social, cultural
and political assumptions in terms of identity based on the fact that we all grow
old.
Further Activities
The European Network in Aging Studies (ENAS) was first established as an informal network of Aging Studies scholars in 2008 at the University of Graz
with the publication of the first book in the Aging Studies in Europe series. In
2010, within the framework of the project “Live to be a Hundred: The Cultural Fascination with Longevity,” funded by the Netherlands Organization
for Scientific Research (NWO) there was an official launch with the Center
for Gender and Diversity (Maastricht), Center for Inter-American Studies (Graz),
Women, Ageing and Media Research Group (UK), Grup Dedal-Lit (Lleida), NISAL (Linköping), and the German Aging Studies Group as institutional members. The associated partners from the USA were the National Women’s
Studies Association (Aging
and Ageism Caucus) and
the Modern Language Association (Age Studies Discussion Group). In 2013, the
European Network in Aging
Studies was established as a
formal international association with seat in Graz, as
well as a transatlantic partner institution, the North American Network in Aging Studies (NANAS). With
this further institutionalization of age and aging studies research collaboration, ENAS and NANAS continue to facilitate sustainable cooperation
among existing and new partners.
Cooperations
Web: http://www.agingstudies.eu
Outreach
European Network in Aging Studies Working Group: InheritAGE
Coordinator: Barbara Ratzenböck
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Members: Center for Inter-American Studies, University of Graz/ Austria;
Women Aging and Media (WAM) group, UK, North American Network in
Aging Studies (NANAS)
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The ENAS Working Group ENAS InheritAGE focuses on the interconnectedness of aging and cultural heritage in terms of cultural representations. The
goal is to re-conceptualize traditional approaches, and develop new tools
and methodologies addressing the issues of later life.
Anocriticism: A New Approach to Literary and Cultural Studies
Project: Roberta Maierhofer (Publication)
By focusing on intersectionality as a theoretical and methodological basis
for studying interdisciplinary and inter-regional topics, this project allows
us to draw conclusions about connections relating to the history of ideas,
and offers a new approach to literature and culture. So far few studies have
attempted a theoretical positioning of the topic. The project is grounded in
a theoretical approach developed by Roberta Maierhofer at the beginning
of the 1990s. “Anocriticism” is an approach in Age and Aging Studies based
on Elaine Showalter’s definition of “gynocriticism,” which enables an understanding of what it means to be “aged by culture” - in Margaret Morganroth Gullette’s term. Maierhofer uses the term “anocriticism” to express an
interpretational approach that validates individual experience of age and
aging in resistance of normative assumptions. As feminist theory distinguishes between sex and gender, so should a distinction be made between
chronological age and the cultural stereotypes associated with old people,
which would help escape the confining binary opposition of young and old,
female and male. Starting with the premise that age – similar to race, class,
and gender – does not flow naturally or inevitably from the individual’s
anatomical body, anocritical scholarship analyzes the way age identity is
constructed in literature and in society, for both young and old. By determining in what way “youth” and “age” come to have certain meanings at a
particular place and time, and stressing the necessary interrelatedness of
these meanings, an understanding can be reached that what is considered
typically “young” in a given society depends in part on being different from
what is “old” and what is “old” on not being “young.” By placing literature in
a social, cultural, and political context, existing disciplines and traditional
paradigms can be reconstructed. When analyzing texts from the Americas,
the topic of aging can trace lines of identity that are both divisions as well
as crossings.
Locating Life: Intersections of Age and Space
Project: Ulla Kriebernegg (Habilitation)
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In this project, Ulla Kriebernegg investigates contemporary Canadian and
US American cultural representations of old age with a special focus on retirement and nursing homes, addressing the tug-of-war between individualism and homogenization of the old in such “heterotopias of deviation”
(Michel Foucault). The confined space of such institutions will be examined
on both a literal and a metaphoric level in the context of the “Spatial Turn”
which defines space as a result of social relations and practices (Henri Lefebvre). Approaching questions of life course identity from the perspective of
cultural gerontology, aging is seen not only as an embodied process, but is
also emplaced in time and space (Glenda Laws 1995). Thus, the spatiality of
aging is a category that needs to be incorporated into an analysis of cultural
representations of “the fourth age”. The project also aims at deconstructing
prevailing norms and negative images of old age as physical decrepitude
and disease by focusing on the possibilities of appreciating life even in the
oldest age as a form of successful frailty. This project focuses on the intersections of space, time, and experience, and thus also on the social, cultural
and biological dimensions of aging.
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Ageing, Communication, Technologies (ACT):
Experiencing a Digital World in Later Life
Project Participation: Roberta Maierhofer, Ulla Kriebernegg, Barbara Ratzenböck
Teaching
The working group “Critical Mediations: Everyday Life and Cultures of Ageing” examines the
everyday life practices and the variegated mediated experiences of adults in later life. Looking at how older adults engage with
music, photography, film, television, or gaming, to name but a few of the key
areas, that are increasingly subject to transformations in their modes of production and circulation. A key concept in this area of investigation is “mediation” which, as Anton Hennion suggests, promotes the effectiveness of “the
intermediary by removing the ‘inter-.’” He adds that mediation is not just a
meta process distinct from “the real” but is located in the realities in which
we live. Mediation, as Williams writes, is an interactive process (1983, 205). In
this project, we will examine not only narrative forms, or media “products,”
but the embodied, lived processes of mediation. Twinned with this is the idea
of the culture as everyday life (Williams, De Certeau), a term that has been
greatly expanded upon in the works of feminist cultural studies researchers. It also draws upon the work of Stephen Katz, who has examined popular
cultural forms associated with age and aging.
Events
Web: http://a-c-m.ca
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Women, Ageing and Media Group
Project Participation: Roberta Maierhofer, Ulla
Kriebernegg, Barbara Ratzenböck, Sabine Turker
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PhD student Sabine Turker
(University of Graz) received
a grant from the ACT project
to attend the International
Women, Ageing and Media Research Summer School (June
17-19, 2014) at the University of Gloucestershire in July 2014
(CAD 1.800.00).
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Representation of Time and Aging in Indigenous Cultures
Project: Heidrun Mörtl (PhD Dissertation)
This dissertation focuses on indigenous approaches to old age common in
Anishinaabe societies throughout the Great Lakes Area. Based on an analysis of six Minnesota Chippewa Reservations and their enrolled members on
and off reservation this thesis will investigate how American Indian elderly
in the region narrate their life courses. Special attention will be paid to old
people’s roles in the community and how their function as educators and
mentors enhances their perception of growing old.
Social Innovation for Active
and Healthy Ageing
Project Participation through
the University of Lleida, Spain
The project SIforAGE (Social
Innovation for Active and
Healthy Ageing) attempts
to strengthen cooperation
among stakeholders working
on active and healthy aging.
Web: http://www.siforage.eu
Cultural Narratives of Age and Aging
Project: Barbara Ratzenböck (PhD Dissertation) / Roberta Maierhofer
3rd Conference of the European Network in Aging Studies (ENAS) /
9th International Symposium on Cultural Gerontology
University of Graz, Austria, Apr. 27-30, 2017
Cultural Narratives, Processes and Strategies
in Representations of Age and Aging
The research project “Cultural Narratives, Processes and Strategies in Urban
and Regional Representations of Age and Aging” focuses on the interconnectedness of aging and cultural heritage in terms of rituals and customs.
It contributes to the already existing research in cultural gerontology by
focusing on how an understanding of aging is reached – through an interaction with customs and rituals, both regional and urban, expressed as cultural narratives. In addition, these collective expressions will be contrasted
with personal narratives that juxtapose individual and collective identities.
The project is grounded in a theoretical approach developed by Roberta
Maierhofer at the beginning of the 1990s. Building on these preliminary
considerations, two main research questions have been developed:
1. How can processes and strategies of identity construction over the
life-course be identified in terms of cultural heritage, and how do they
influence both collective and individual cultural narratives?
2. Which methodologies can be developed for interdisciplinary and intersectional research of individual and collective identities in terms of
cultural heritage?
Besides answering these questions, one important project aim is also the
broad dissemination of research results in order to support the development and linking of research institutions and networks in the emerging
field of Aging Studies.
This project is supported by funds of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank
(Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Anniversary Fund, project number: 15849).
Web: http://interamerikanistik.uni-graz.at/en/research/cultural-narratives-ofage-and-aging
This conference will focus on the interconnectedness of aging and cultural
heritage in terms of cultural narratives and representations. How can processes and strategies of identity construction over the life-course be identified in regard to narratives, rituals, popular media forms and other forms of
cultural expression, and how do they influence both collective and individual cultural heritage narratives? Which methodologies can be developed
for interdisciplinary and intersectional research in this context?
Cultural gerontology reveals and dissects culturally-determined perceptions, attitudes and effects of human aging that are not accentuated within
other disciplinary approaches. The term ‘culture’ does not entail ignoring
economic, social, political and other impacts on aging, rather it invites explorations of the dynamics that exist between them so that the study of
culture – with its multiplicity of forms – enhances our interrogation of both
individual and social choices and constraints connected with aging. It also
explores, for example, the cultural means that can help people and groups
to respond to the pressures and opportunities they encounter as they age.
It analyzes a heritage of expectations and practices that can help aging
adults to exercise power and resist it, to confront obstacles or sometimes to
create them, and to make their lives meaningful both to themselves and to
others. The arts, humanities and social sciences thus have a fundamental
role to play in the study of human aging and form an invaluable complement to other areas of gerontological research.
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Research Area
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Research: Intercultural
Communication and Transatlantic
Educational Cooperation
Transatlantic Collaboration in Education
Project: Ulla Kriebernegg, Roberta Maierhofer
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Intercultural Communication and Intercultural Encounters in Education
Project: Ulla Kriebernegg, Roberta Maierhofer, Hermine Penz
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Der Umgang mit kultureller Diversität sollte als eine gesellschaftliche
Herausforderung betrachtet werden, die auch im Bildungssystem
ihren Niederschlag findet. Wie gehen Institutionen, die formelle
Bildung anbieten (vom Kindergarten bis zur Universität), mit
der Herausforderung einer multilingualen und multikulturellen
Teaching
Gesellschaft um, und wieweit integrieren sie interkulturelles Lernen?
Wie spielt sich interkulturelles Lernen in informellen Kontexten wie
etwa im täglichen Familienleben oder Arbeitsleben der Menschen ab?
Ausgehend von der grundsätzlichen Frage nach dem Stellenwert von
kultureller Pluralität in der Gesellschaft widmet sich dieser Band
unterschiedlichsten Aspekten des Themas „Interkulturalität und
Bildung“ in verschiedensten Lebensbereichen sowie in der formellen
und informellen Bildungsvermittlung.
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ULLA KRIEBERNEGG, ROBERTA MAIERHOFER,
HERMINE PENZ (HRSG.)
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LIT
Within this project, cultural encounters in educational contexts are analyzed in terms of cultural awareness and intercultural competence in
order to highlight the potential of different types
of (inter)cultural encounters for intercultural
learning and to develop critical (cultural) awareness in education. Today’s society is characterized by increasing plurality and mobility, a development which results in growing contacts
among people of different origin. Intercultural
competence has become a key competence for
the majority of people. Intercultural learning is
concerned with questions relating to the identity
of the individual, and its construction and deconstruction. The major learning processes in
this connection relate to empathy and solidarity,
and tolerance of ambiguity. The prerequisites for
dealing with cultural plurality are openness to a
continuous and life-long learning process which
may be enriching but also painful at times. This
openness is required by society on both the institutional and personal level.
In her dissertation, Ulla Kriebernegg claims that we frequently compare apples and oranges when we talk about similarities and differences regarding
higher education in the United States and Europe. Based on the assumption that higher education policy texts are cultural texts to be interpreted,
this project emphasizes cultural narratives within higher education in the
Americas and Europe. Although on both sides of the Atlantic, higher education reforms have continuously led to paradigm shifts and radical changes,
very few academics have discussed such transformation processes not only
in terms of their structural, but also their cultural impacts. The aspect of
international relations, student exchange and higher education study programs have merely been addressed as organizational issues, disregarding
the basic assumption of cultural criticism in which any text can and should
be analyzed in view of its social, political and structural context. Looking
at higher education policy documents both in Europe and the Americas,
and juxtaposing these with the critical discourses in cultural studies, this
research area works on the assumption that every text can be analyzed in
terms of its cultural function. An investigation of current trends in higher
education contributes to a broader understanding of Inter-American culture as seen from a European vantage point. This approach offers insights
into discourses in education both in Europe and the Americas.
Research Area
Human Rights /
Migration
Memory
Trauma
Research: Human Rights / Migration,
Memory and Trauma
Migration]
The Road to the International Criminal Court (ICC)
Project: Georg Schendl (PhD Dissertation)
The project retraces the development of international criminal law from Nuremberg to the
International Criminal Court (ICC). It focuses on
the role of the US in the Nuremberg trial, as well
as the following twelve trials and the Tokyo trial.
Furthermore, it analyzes the time of the cold war
when the development of international criminal law seemed to have come to a halt. This era saw, on the one hand, an increase of human rights violations in Latin America. On the other hand, these
violations were significant for the development of international criminal law.
Especially, the Chilean dictatorship was of great importance, because the Pinochet case became a milestone for a possible end of impunity of statesmen
that were guilty of crimes against humanity and of genocide. The position
of the US towards the two ad-hoc trials of former Yugoslavia and Rwanda is
of great significance as it differs a great deal from the position towards the
ICC. In a further step the dissertation focuses on the actors that made the ICC
possible, whether it was nation states, lawyers or the civil society. From this
point of view the possible and de facto relevance of this institution will be
discussed. A major factor in this analysis will be the position(s) of the countries of the Americas towards the ICC. The final part brings in theoretical assumptions. Here law theories by Luhmann and Derrida as well as the theory
of sovereignty by Agamben are used to analyze the historical development.
This combination of an historical approach and a theoretical analysis should
allow a broad view upon the concept of human rights and the international
criminal law, both of which seem to have lost their importance after 9/11.
Poverty, Migration and Exile: Looking for a Promised Land in Latin
American Literature
Project Participation: Erna Pfeiffer
This project, coordinated by Wladimir Chavez Vaca, envisions analyzing
the connection between migration, poverty and political conflicts in Latin
America, especially through Chilean and Ecuadorian authors who have
largely been ignored or dismissed from their national literature. Researching the unexplored cases of Ecuadorian Migrant Literature in US and Chilean Exile Literature is a necessary task for filling the vacuum that still exists in relation to Contemporary Latin American Literature, for the reason
that both cases constituted important testimonies of people who sought
to retrieve and represent a distant motherland, as well as a foreign land in
which they were considered as a minority, as a symbol of diversity, as well
as proof of their tolerance towards multiculturalism.
Collaborators: Mario Benvenuto (University of Calabria), Daniel Blaustein
(Hebrew University Jerusalem), Cristina Burneo (USFQ, Ecuador), José
Buscaglia (University at Buffalo), Luis Castañeda (Middlebury College),
Santiago Cevallos (Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Ecuador), Oana
Cogeanu (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University), Ana Estrella (PUCE, Ecuador),
Ruth Fine (Hebrew University Jerusalem), Miguel Angel Fornerín (University of Puerto Rico), Florinda F. Golbert (Hebrew University Jerusalem),
Carlos Roberto Gómez Beras (University of Puerto Rico), Alberto MartínezMárquez (University of Puerto Rico), Silvia Mejía (College of Saint Rose), Jan
Mennell (Queen’s University, Canada), Idalia Morejón Arnaiz (University
of São Paulo), Fernando Nina (Heidelberg University), Ana Cecilia Olmos
(University of São Paulo), Erna Pfeiffer (University of Graz), Julio Ortega
(Brown University), Esteban Ponce (Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro Manabí,
Ecuador), Mario Ramírez-Orozco (La Salle University), Vicente Robalino
(PUCE, Ecuador), Rut Román (Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro Manabí, Ecuador), Leonardo Rossiello (Uppsala Universitet), Saul Sosnowski (University
of Maryland), Alfonso de Toro (University of Leipzig )
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Witnesses to the Balkan Killing Fields: Traumatic Memory as Reflected
in Anglophone Testimonies of Bosnia War Correspondents and
Survivors in Exile
Project: Laura Kromják (PhD Dissertation)
This research project will explore
how traumatic memories of mass
atrocities and genocide, together
with the changes brought about
by settling in the UK and the US,
have continued to complicate the collective psyche of the Bosnian diasporas.
However, in the aftermath of the Balkan Killing Fields, the Bosnia war correspondents’ mission and moral energy, which are dedicated to establishing
an enduring record of the experiences of Bosnian refugees surviving concentration or detention camps, have been of high relevance as well. As the
combined results of providing self-healing, moral resources for the greater
good and seeking justice for victims of mass atrocities, the growing corpus
of Anglophone testimonial literature by Bosnia war correspondents and
Bosnian survivors in exile has not only borne witness to the unspeakable
horrors, but has also renewed international debate over responses to genocide in the modern era. The proposed project will focus on a few seminal
examples of these confessional life-writings by analyzing, and, if possible in
the form of an empirical research and narrative, interviewing Bosnian immigrants in St. Louis (Bosnian Memory Project) as well, the interconnectedness between the recollection of trauma and the reconstruction of a unified
sense of self in the post-genocidal exile environment. In an age of human
rights accountability, the documentation and dissemination of experiential
moral aspects, as reflected in survivor testimonies, are of high importance,
globally as well as in a Central European context.
South-Eastern Europe and the Americas:
Rudi Roth Scholarship Award 2014
Laura Kromják received a Rudi-Roth-Scholarship for a research stay at
Fontbonne University, St. Louis, where she will be collaborating with the
Bosnia Memory Project (Award Ceremony, June 11, 2014).
Photo credits: Gudrun Pichler
Honorary Consul Rudi Roth und Rector Christa
Neuper (center) with the receivers of the award
Lukas Hermann Stachl, Martina Karatrajkova,
Laura Kromják, Almina Bešić, Branimir Staletovik and Anaid Ceribašić-Begovac (from left).
Since 2001, the internationally successful entrepreneur and honorary consul of Hungary, Senator Rudi Roth, has been supporting excellent students
of the University of Graz working on topics with an emphasis on East and
South Eastern Europe. On June 11, 2014, six researchers received the RudiRoth-Award. In her welcoming speech, Rector Neuper highlighted the
strong commitment of the University of Graz to the region South Eastern
Europe. In 2000, the University of Graz had declared South-Eastern Europe
a focus region in research, teaching and collaboration. Rudi Roth has significantly supported and strengthened the efforts of the University of Graz
within the region by dedicating such an award to interdisciplinary research.
Rector Neuper emphasized that the award was not only recognition of the
projects, but also made the recipients ambassadors of the University of
Graz. Laura Kromják’s PhD project can be seen as exceptional in regard to
the emphasis areas of the University of Graz, as her topic “Trauma Memory
and the Aftermath of Genocides in Anglophone Auto/biographies” is related to both focus regions, South-Eastern Europe and the Americas.
Research Area
Research: Area Studies as
Transnational / Transregional Subject
The Americas]
Inter-American Studies needs to take on the role of transcending national
boundaries – both in Europe and the Americas – in order to establish new structures for cooperation. This is an exciting and fast developing new field, one that
has the potential to revolutionize, not only how we think about the Americas
(including their relationships with Europe and Africa and their pre-Columbian
worlds), but also the way in which we think about the various disciplines, as Earl
E. Fitz has pointed out.13 Within the European context, there has been a tradition
of approaching the field of “America” on individual levels – in connection with
the tradition of colonial ties, such as Europe-Canada, Europe-US, and EuropeLatin America. This redefinition of research areas away from national connotations towards regional (hemispheric) denotations has also led to a heightened
interest in international relations with North, Central, and South American institutions of higher learning, and to mobility opportunities that allow for the possibilities of spanning the area of the Americas as a whole. At the Center for InterAmerican Studies, scholars re-conceptualize the Americas through comparative
research transcending linguistic, political, and geographical borders that divide
the Americas, and thus also position international exchange with the region.
The Congress of Vienna and its Global Dimension (18.09.2014 - 22.09.2014)
Project: Georg Schendl (Christian Cwik)
Cooperation Partners: Department of Iberian and Latin American History, University of Cologne,
Germany; Center for Inter-American
Studies, University of Graz, Austria;
Institute of History, University of
Klagenfurt, Austria; Institute of
History, University of Havana, Cuba; Department of History, University of
Vienna; Department of History, University of the West Indies, Trinidad und
Tobago; Institute of History and Ethnology, University of Innsbruck, Austria;
Department of Political Science, University of Salzburg, Austria; Museum of
Natural History Vienna; Austrian State Archives; Referat für Wissenschaftsund Forschungsförderung; Stadt Wien; Spanische Amerikanisten-Vereinigung (AEA); Verein für Geschichte des Weltsystems (VGWS).
Web: www.congresodeviena.at
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Project Participation: Center for Inter-American Studies
The Saint Francis and the
Americas/San Francisco y
las Américas (SFA) project
provides a Web site, opportunities for students to
research and write articles, opportunities for scholarly publication and blogging, and larger cooperative projects, such as DVD production. SFA also provides opportunity to collaborate on projects and explore and develop ideas.
Cooperation Partners: Academy of American Franciscan History, Arizona
Ecumenical Institute for Spiritual Directors, Arizona Center for Medieval
and Renaissance Studies, Arizona State University, Hispanic Research
Center, Center for Inter-American Studies, University of Graz, CyArk, Flagler
College, Franciscan School of Theology, Franciscan Sisters of the Poor, Instituto Franklin – UAH, International Association of Inter-American Studies,
La Porziuncola Nuova, Santa Clara University
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Forms of appropriation of the ‘Spectator’ in the Americas: The ‘periodicals’
in French and Spanish
Project: Klaus-Dieter Ertler
This project examines migration of Austrian refugees to the Caribbean
(transatlantic dimension) and their further migration within the Americas (Inter-American dimension) between 1933 and 1955. Refugees that left
Austria until 1945 were mainly Jews fleeing the fascist regime. After 1945,
there were also National Socialists that emigrated to the Caribbean. With
the exception of Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic, these areas at
the time were either European colonies (British, French or Dutch) or USassociated territories. Although the Western governments had decided
at the International Refugee Conference in Évian in July 1938 not to accept
further refugees from the Third Reich, the question still remains why they
did not open their Caribbean colonies for refugees, especially in view of the
fact that most of the colonies were in need of settlers, and the refugees in
question often highly educated and skilled. For those refugees from the
German Reich, who despite political (and religious) resistance managed
to flee to the European colonies, the situation worsened with the outbreak
of the war. Regardless of their asylum status they then were classified as
“enemy citizens” and placed in internment camps. Within this project, European and US American policies and procedures concerning refugees to
the Caribbean will be analyzed and compared.
The Moral Press or Periodical Essay known as “Spectators” developed in
England at the beginning of the 18th century is generally considered a keystone in transfer of literary form and practice. Within a few years, the publication in new versions and adaptions was to be found all over Europe. A
pragmatic way of thinking and acting as expressed in the “Spectators” of
Richard Steele and Joseph Addison (The Tatler (1709-11), The Spectator (171112; 1714) and The Guardian (1713)) was introduced to the continent in French
language. Later this form of publication spread to the Americas. This
project aims at analysing this phenomenon in terms of French and Spanish speaking cultures. Appropriation of the new texts was generally more
important in Protestant areas of continental Europe, and therefore the
first French translation of the Spectator can be found in the Netherlands,
where an anonymous translator published six volumes of selected articles
in order to introduce the journalistic model in the context of the Republic
of Letters. In this translation entitled Le Spectateur, ou le Socrate Moderne, où
l’on voit un Portrait naïf des Mœurs de ce Siècle (1714-1726) new aspects in the
transmission of the work of Addison and Steele can be found. However,
the title which influenced the system of free appropriation even more and
had a stronger impact on the transmission process on the continent was
represented by Le Misantrope [sic] (1711-1712) by the Dutch writer Justus van
Effen. When studying appropriations of the “Spectators” in the context of
the Americas, it is crucial to specifically analyze how values are transmitted.
What does the new journalistic appropriation add to the cultural (literary)
systems that are far from directly linked to England or the Netherlands?
What kind of discourses does this appropriation encourage? What about
the impact on both form and content, as for example on the level of representation, style, forms of narration, behavior of readers and writers, and
more generally on collective memories?
Web: http://gams.uni-graz.at/mws
The “Migration Service Register for Foreigners” of the Archivo General de la
Nación, Mexico, lists among many other
Austrian Holocaust refugees the Austrian citizen and filmmaker Hans Mandl,
born in Cologne in 1907, as having come
from New York and entering the North
Eastern Mexican state of Taumaulipas
at Nuevo Laredo on December 06, 1938.
The photo shows his identity card issued on December 27, 1938.
Die Herausgeber
Ulla Kriebernegg, geb. 1972, ist
Assistenzprofessorin am Center for the
Study of the Americas an der Universität
Graz. Studium an der Universität Graz und
am University College Dublin. Veröffentlichungen u.a. zur nordamerikanischen
Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft und im
Bereich der Inter-American Studies.
Gerald Lamprecht, geb. 1973,
Historiker, ist Assistenzprofessor und Leiter
des Centrums für Jüdische Studien der
Universität Graz. Veröffentlichungen u.a. zu
jüdischer Regionalgeschichte, Antisemitismus und NS-Herrschaftssystem.
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Roberta Maierhofer, geb. 1960, Professorin
am Institut für Amerikanistik, akademische
Leiterin des Center for the Study of the
Americas und Vizerektorin für Internationale Beziehungen und Überfakultäre
Angelegenheiten der Universität Graz.
Studium an der Universität Graz und an der
State University of New York, Binghamton,
wo sie als Adjunct Professor tätig ist. Veröffentlichungen u.a. zu Alternswissenschaften,
den 1930er Jahren, Dokumentarfilmen,
amerikanischer Kultur der 1980er Jahre und
Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung.
Andrea Strutz, geb. 1964, Historikerin,
ist wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am
Institut für Geschichte der Universität
Graz und am Ludwig Boltzmann-Institut
für Gesellschafts- und Kulturgeschichte.
Veröffentlichungen u.a. zu Transatlantischen Migrationen, Jüdischer Vertreibung,
Gedächtnis/Erinnerung, »Wiedergutmachung«, Oral und Video History.
S
eit ihrer Entdeckung am Ende des 15. Jahrhunderts sind
Nord- und Südamerika realer und imaginierter Fluchtort
sowie Hoffnungsträger für Menschen aus allen Teilen der
Welt. Vor allem als universalhistorische Erscheinung jedoch
ist Migration sehr eng mit der jüdischen Geschichte der
letzten Jahrhunderte verknüpft.
Die Beiträge des Sammelbandes fragen nicht nur nach den
auslösenden Faktoren für Migrationen und die Verläufe
derselben, sondern auch nach dem durch Migration entstehenden kulturellen Austausch.
Jüdische Migrationen in die Amerikas im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert
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Project: Christian Cwik, Roberta Maierhofer, Verena Muth
Wie gestalten Migranten und Migrantinnen
ihr jeweils neues soziales Umfeld, und wie
verändert das ihre Identität?
Dies ist nur ein Blindtext. Er steht hier um
lediglich eine Vorstellung des Grauwertes
der gewählten Schrift zu geben. Es handelt
sich nicht um den richtigen Text. Auch die
endgültige Länge des Textes ist zur Zeit
noch nicht bekannt. Sie brauchen hier
nicht mehr weiterzulesen. Es folgt nur
noch lateinischer Text. Acris solet incitare
Morsus, cum desidero nitenti. Karum
nescioquid lubet iocari et Solaci sui doloris.
Credo, tum gravis ardor tecum. Ludere sicut
ipsa possum ettristis Animi levare curas.
Tam gratum est mihi, quam ferunt puella
pernici aureolum fuisse Malum, quod
zonam soluit diu Nogatam. Lugete, o
Beneres cupidines delicae maea puella,
quicum Ludere. Passer, delicae maea puella.
Quicum ludere, in sinu tenere, cui primum
Digitum dare. Acris solet incitare Morsus,
cum desidero nitenti. Karum nescioquid
lubet iocari et Solaci sui doloris. Credo,
tum gravis ardor tecum. Ludere sicut ipsa
possum ettristis Animi levare curas.
ionen
Jüdisch e Migrat
as
in die Amerik
Jahrhu ndert
im 19. und 20.
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Research Area
Research: Individual and Collective
Identities
(Collective) Identities – Nationalism and Transnationalism
Project: Roberta Maierhofer, Gerald Lamprecht
Within the designated research area of the University of Graz (Kultur- und
Deutungsgeschichte Europas), the Center for Inter-American Studies (Roberta Maierhofer) coordinates, together with the Center for Jewish Studies
(Gerald Lamprecht), the field of (Collective) Identities – Nationalism and
Transnationalism ((Kollektive) Identitäten – Nation – Transnationalität).
This topic has been important in determining the focus of the summer
schools that are academically coordinated by C.IAS.
Collective Identities in the Americas
Project: Roberta Maierhofer, Ulla Kriebernegg
All projects conducted at the Center relate, in one way or the other, to the interplay of collective and individual identities. In this project, markers of difference such as race, class, age, and gender and their representations are subject
to analysis. A redefinition of research areas away from national connotations
towards regional (hemispheric) denotations has also led to a heightened interest in international relations with North, Central, and South American institutions of higher learning, and to mobility opportunities that allow for the
possibilities of spanning the area of the Americas as a whole.
Shifting Perspectives in Europe and Beyond: Individual and Collective
Identities from an Interdisciplinary and Interregional Perspective
Joint Project: Austrian/Central European and Inter-American Studies
Project: Roberta Maierhofer, Patrick McNamara, Ulla Kriebernegg, Helen Kivnick,
Barbara Ratzenböck
Funding: $ 20,000 (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul)
The only consistency of today’s world is change. Current processes of transformation are frequently perceived as unexpected and unpredictable. They
are often triggered by the quest of individuals and groups for self-determination, their need for cultural reassessment, or by more mundane motives of globalized business and politics. Whatever their cause, contemporary societies are facing many challenges in their constant transformation.
Shifting perspectives for the individual as well as the collective will be the
focus of this project in terms of the past, present and future. The historian
Norman Davies in Vanished Kingdoms: The History of Half-Forgotten Europe
(1997) compares nations to people when he uses the term “death” to describe structural changes of states. Our project will link shifting perspectives in terms of nation-states to the aspect of individual change. Nation
building processes and ever-deeper forms of economic and political integration retrace and dilute borders, again with an unprecedented impact on
the individual as well as the collective.
Two workshops: (one on history and memory (taught by Patrick McNamara, Department of History, UMN, and Gerald Lamprecht, Center for Jewish Studies, KFUG), and a second workshop on narratives of the life-course
(taught by Helen Kivnick, School of Social Work, UMN; Roberta Maierhofer
and Ulla Kriebernegg, Center for Inter-American Studies, KFUG).
Documenting shifts in perspectives: The workshops will be the basis for
the production of a documentary film concerning collective and individual
identities of the participants. In order to reflect issues of diversity in terms
of an interdisciplinary and interregional approach, it will be important to
develop a shared basis regarding theoretical and methodological assumptions. As an outcome of the project, we want to produce a film, which will
not only reflect the processes and dynamics of the workshops, but will be
an invitation to the participants to reflect on their personal experiences regarding time, transformation, and changes within their life course. Thereby,
conceptions of individual and collective identities will be contrasted and
put into dialogue, and shifting perspectives will not only be talked about in
abstract terms, but become very personal.
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Table 1: Research Performance agreement and goal attainment
Set target
Amount realized
Publications in Collected
Editions and Journals
10
8
Conference Participations*
12-16
18
Lectures and Keynotes
12
18
External Fundraising
€ 7,000.00
Performance
Agreement
6 Journals, 2 Edited Collections
Set target
Amount realized
10
17
Additional: Editorship of 4 Books
and 1 Journal
18 External
(16 Lectures and Keynotes,
2 Poster Presentations)
CAD 1,812.00 ACT Project
US € 20,000.00 UMN Project
€ 10,000.00 Faculty Grant
€ 108,676.00 OENB Project
12-16
17
10-12
30
€ 6,000.00
€ 7,184.00 ERASMUS IP
€ 55,015.58 GUSEGG Summer
Table 2: Teaching and event organization Performance agreement and goal attainment
Set target
Amount realized
Lecture Series and Joint Courses
2
2
60 people
77 people GUSEGG
Teaching
Events
Guests &
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Further Activities
1 Topics, 1 RVL Canada
Additional: 13 Short Study
Program JMU
Teaching Mobility (incoming and
outgoing)
5
Cooperations
Incoming: 12
Set target
Amount realized
2
2
60 people
98 people
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5
Incoming: 29
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* 7
7
6 C.IAS Events, 1 Book Presentation
Conference participations include conference participation with and without speaking engagement;
Workshop participation and other colloquia are not counted here.
1 BBL, 1 Topics
GUSEGG
1 BBL, 4 BBL/CEEPUS, 4 CEEPUS,
3 Workshops, 16 GUSEGG,
1 Fulbright
Outgoing: 2
Outgoing: 11
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2 Uni Graz, 28 External
1 Short Study Program,
5 CEEPUS, 6 RVL Canada
3 CEEPUS
17 External
School
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2 CEEPUS
Events
7
11
9 C.IAS Events, 1 Sponsored
Event, 1 Workshop
2012
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Set target
Amount realized
10
13
3 Journal, 10 Edited Collection
Set target
Amount realized
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16
10-14
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Additional: 1 Review
Additional: 1 Monograph
10-14
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10
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9
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€ 6,000.00
€ 5,000.00
€ 70,161.57
Set target
Amount realized
2
3
60 people
1 RVL Canada, 1 BBL,
1 Workshop
Additional: 10 Short Study
Program Texas
outgoing)
5
Incoming: 28
4 BBL, 1 Short Study Program,
7 RVL, 4 Workshops, 11 GUSS
Amount realized
2
3
1 Topics, 1 Canada RVL,
1 Migration RVL
60 people
58 people
outgoing)
5
Incoming: 33
Performance
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10 RVL Migration, 9 GUSS
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Outgoing: 1
8
2 C.IAS Events, 2 Book Presentations, 3 Cooperation Events,
1 Conference
Outreach
Teaching
Set target
1 CEEPUS, 1 External
7
€ 15,431.57 AIW,
€ 3,300.00 RVL,
€ 5,800.00 Nach Amerika
nämlich!,
Outgoing: 2
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Presentations
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„Nach Amerika nämlich!“ - Jewish Migrations to the
Americas in the 19th and 20th Century
Edited by Ulla Kriebernegg, Gerald Lamprecht,
Roberta Maierhofer and Andrea Strutz
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Year of Publication: 2012
Language: German
Publisher: Wallstein Verlag
ISBN: 978-3-8353-0886-2
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Ever since the European discovery at the end
of the 15th century, the Americas have been
both a real and an imaginary destination for
migrants and a beacon of hope for people
from all parts of the world, most importantly,
however, from Europe. Images of liberty, religious and cultural tolerance, and the utopia
of a “New World” in which social advancement and self-determination were
possible constituted the core aspects of imaginations and hopes. Although the
ideal of the “American Way of Life” was predominantly connected to the United
States, millions of people were received by the Americas, the countries of North
and South America. Among them were many Jews who, similar to other groups
of migrants, decided or were forced to embark on a journey to the Americas.
This book discusses the reasons why people migrated and where their journeys
led them, focusing on the cultural exchanges such migration processes bring
about.
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• Michaela Raggam-Blesch: Arrival in the “New World.” Neuanfang im Exil unter
geschlechtsspezifischen Aspekten
• Helga Embacher: Jüdische Migration im 20. Jahrhundert
• Liliane Weissberg: Die verlorene Unschuld - Hannah Arendt als Politologin
• Christian Cwik: Emigration und Flucht österreichischer Juden nach Lateinamerika 1900-1945
• Joachim Schlör: „Menschen wie wir mit Koffern.“ Neue kulturwissenschaftliche
Zugänge zur Erforschung jüdischer Migrationen im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert
• Roberta Maierhofer: Emigration und Identität. Nirgendwo als Heimat und
Umweg bei der Definition des Selbst
Christian Dietrich
Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft 60. JG., 11/2012)
Ein umfangreiches, äußerst spannendes Werk, das für die jüdischen Studien ebenso interessant sein dürfte wie für die Kulturwissenschaft.
Hemispheric Approaches to Native American Studies
Special Issue of Comparative American Studies: An International Journal
Edited by Antonio Barrenechea and Heidrun Mörtl
Pages: 110
Language: English
Publisher: Maney Publishing
Print ISSN: 1477-5700
Online ISSN: 1741-2676
This special issue approaches Native American Studies across the Americas in order to
emphasize connections between indigenous
people that are often overlooked and/or suppressed in scholarship by both Native and nonNative scholars. Together, the contributors
call for a broader discipline that challenges the political, cultural, and linguistic
dominance of settler-nations, ranging from Latin America and the Caribbean
to Canada and the United States. The collection features multidisciplinary essays that address an interconnected indigenous world and traverse the fields of
literature, history, photography, music, and museum studies. Articles confront
issues pertaining to American Indian cultures from the pre-contact period to the
present, and in dialogue with Inter-American and transatlantic studies. In keeping with the mission of Comparative American Studies, the guest-editors argue
for the value of a transnational and Inter-American scholarly paradigm vis-à-vis
the indigenous communities of the western hemisphere.
Content:
• Earl E. Fitz: Native American Literature and Its Place in the Inter-American Project
• Scott M. Stevens:The Historiography of New France and the Legacy of Iroquois
Internationalism
• Silvia Spitta: Monumentally Indian: The Photography of Edward Curtis and the
Cuzco School of Photography
• Maria Teresa Ceseña: Hemispheric Visions and Border Divisions: Differential
Decolonizations at the US National Museum of the American Indian
• Jana Jetmarová: “I am Proud to Be an Indian”: The Music of Andean Musicians
in Europe as an Expression of Pan-Indianism
transformation initiative, the Bologna Process, and the establishment of the
European Higher Education Area (EHEA) have had absolutely no impact on US
institutions of higher learning, this study proves that cultural narratives in the
last decade have strongly determined political and structural developments in
higher education on both sides of the Atlantic. This book therefore adds another
facet to the transatlantic dialogue on higher education by providing a cultural
critical perspective, including the Foucauldian theory of governmentality as well
as aspects of postcolonial theory.
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• Bologna Goes America: The Narrative of “Coopetition”
• From Sea to Shining Sea: The European Higher Education Area - A European
Frontier Myth?
• Americanizing the Humboldtian Legacy: The Cultural Narrative of Decline
• Open Doors, Secure Borders: The Narrative of Security in US Higher Education
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Pages: 186
Language: English
Publisher: Logos Verlag
ISBN: 978-3-8325-2696-2 186
Comparing apples and oranges - frequently, this is
what we do when we talk about similarities and differences regarding higher education in the United
States and Europe. Based on the assumption that
higher education policy texts are cultural texts to be
interpreted, this book deconstructs four US American cultural narratives within
higher education (coopetition, the frontier myth, McDonaldization, and the
narrative of security), and compares these to discourses prevailing in Europe.
Disputing the prevalent claim that both the recent European higher education
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Popularizing Dementia
Public Expressions and Representations of Forgetfulness
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Living and aging as a productive antagonism. Aging and growing older are processes which cannot be reduced to the chronology of years but which are shaped
by the individual‘s interaction with the changing circumstances of life.
Roberta Maierhofer
Salty Old Women
Frauen, Altern und Identität in der amerikanischen Literatur und Kultur (überarbeitete Neuausgabe)
03/2015
Biologie ist nicht Schicksal: Anhand von „salty old
women“ – ein Gegenbegriff zur „sweet old lady“ – geht
es um Fragen von Identität, Alter und Geschlecht.
This volume summarizes central current research
trends and opens new theoretical and empirical perspectives on dementia in popular culture.
Ulla Kriebernegg, Roberta Maierhofer and Barbara
Ratzenböck (eds.)
Alive and Kicking at All Ages
Cultural Constructions of Health and Life Course Identity
03/2014
The linking of age and ill-health is part of a cultural
narrative of decline as age is often defined as the absence of good health. Research has shown that we are
aged by culture, but we are also culturally made ill
when we age.
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Margaret Morganroth Gullette
Alter zählt!
Ein Plädoyer gegen Altersdiskriminierung
(übersetzt und herausgegeben von Heike Hartung
und Roberta Maierhofer)
03/2015
Das Altern in den westlichen Gesellschaften ist von
Angst geprägt. Doch ist dies wirklich die natürliche
Folge des biologischen Alterungsprozesses?
Anita Wohlmann
Aged Young Adults
Age Readings of Contemporary American Novels and Films
01/2014
Old at heart – Aged Young Adults takes an uncommon approach to age studies by applying concepts of
age and aging to characters who are in their twenties
and thirties.
Ulla Kriebernegg, Roberta Maierhofer (eds.)
The Ages of Life
Living and Aging in Conflict?
05/2013
The binary construction of “young” and “old”, which is
based on a biogerontological model of aging as decline, can be redefined as the ambiguity of aging from
a cultural studies perspective. This concept enables
an analysis of the social functions of images of aging
with the aim of providing a basis for interdisciplinary
exchange on gerontological research.
John A Stotesbury, Aagje Swinnen (eds.)
Aging, Performance, and Stardom
Doing Age on the Stage of Consumerist Culture
Vol. II of the Book Series Aging Studies in Europe,
Vienna: LIT (C.IAS Books)
2012
The 2nd volume in the Aging Studies Series focuses
on questions concerning the ways in which actors and
socialites perform aging on the stage of consumerist
culture.
Heike Hartung, Roberta Maierhofer (eds.)
Narratives of Life: Mediating Age
Vol. I of the Book Series Aging Studies in Europe,
Vienna: LIT (C.IAS Books)
2009
The discourse of age and the proliferation of narrative
in contemporary media culture both transgress disciplinary boundaries. Addressing the “narratives of life”
from different disciplinary angles this volume aims to
explore the scope of a narrative gerontology.
The Peril and the Promise of Representing Aging and Old Age
Reviewed by Pamela H. Gravagne - Age, Culture, Humanities - An Interdisciplinary Journal (Issue 1, Spring 2014 )
[...] Many of the essays in Aging, Performance, and Stardom, the second volume in the
series Aging Studies in Europe, [...] address our reluctance either to engage with aging’s inherently ambiguous interior reality or to accord its more obvious exterior signs
any value in and of themselves. Stressing the performative nature of age and drawing from theories such as Judith Butler’s ideas on gender performativity, Anne Davis
Basting’s study of the performative nature of age both on and off stage, and Margaret
Gullette’s contention that we are aged by culture, this collection emphasizes the importance of age scripts in determining the implicit norms of age-appropriate behavior
and appearance for both men and women. The collection is divided into three sections:
The first, Age Performances, focuses on how the professional staging of age is reinterpreted and changes over time. Aging Stars, the second part, discusses the strategies
female stars employ to deal with the intersection between their star persona and the
roles available to them as the years pass. And the third, Aging in Consumerist Culture,
examines how celebrities, along with some who work in fields such as advertising and
television talk shows, resist the homogenization of age-related identities and work
towards the portrayal of more age-diverse ideals of beauty.
[...]
The stubborn refusal of the old to allow either their own past or youth’s present expectations to define them is particularly well exemplified in E. Ann Kaplan’s essay,
“The Unconscious of Age,” in Aging, Performance, and Stardom. Arguing that the
characterization of May, a recently widowed older woman who discovers both her
repressed sexuality and her sense of self in the film The Mother, forces us to face our
own unconscious attitudes towards older people and our own aging, Kaplan commends the movie for attempting to penetrate May’s interior affect and for daring to
show her unadorned naked body. The explicit display of aged bodies and the way it
challenges the cultural dichotomy of youth and age is also addressed in Christel Stalpaert’s “Staging Age and Aging in The Rite of Spring,” where the continued vitality of
old dancers reveals age to be a kind of difference from, rather than a state oppositional
to, youth, and in “To Pin Up or Pin Down Women of Age?,” in which Aagje Swinnen
argues that Erwin Olaf’s photographs of older women’s bodies enjoins the viewer to
consider the possibility that older women can remain vital and sexually attractive.
In contrast to articles that describe the age-compliant performances of Hawn and
Parton, who remain visible by refusing to confront the stereotypes surrounding age,
these essays in Swinnen and Stotesbury’s collection stress performances that draw us
beyond ageist stereotypes and into the concept of age as a kind of difference that encompasses the potential for positive change and new beginnings. [...]
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Publisher: Peter Lang
Series Editors: Klaus-Dieter Ertler and Wolfgang Klooß
The collection offers a platform for the presentation of research-works in Canadian Studies, a discipline of increasing interest. New developments in the
Studies of Literature, Culture and Media are documented in the new collection.
The specific character of Canadianness creates a major interest for intercultural,
multicultural and transcultural aspects. In this collection, research works on Canadian issues are published in German, English or French, with abstracts in the
other two languages.
Selected Volumes:
Canadiana - Volume 14
Europe - Canada
Transcultural Perspectives
Perspectives transculturelles
Klaus-Dieter Ertler, Martin Löschnigg and Yvonne
Völkl (eds).
ISBN 978-3-631-62943-7 hb. (Hardcover)
As a result of its colonial past, Canadian culture has
been shaped by French, British and other European
influences; since the second half of the twentieth century, however, large-scale immigration from Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, Latin
America and the Middle East, as well as economic and cultural globalization and
the recognition of the cultural significance of the country’s First Nations have
transformed Canadian society, and this transformation has affected the European dimension of Canada’s cultural heritage, too. The publication addresses the
role of this dimension in the collective consciousness of contemporary Canada
and the complexities of Canadian-European political and cultural relations at
the beginning of the twenty-first century.
Cultural Constructions of Migration in Canada
Constructions culturelles de la migration au Canada
Klaus-Dieter Ertler, Martin Löschnigg and Yvonne
Völkl (eds).
ISBN 978-3-631-61454-9 hb. (Hardcover)
Migration is a factor which has played a central role in
the construction of Canadian identity. Concepts such
as multiculturalism, interculturalism and transculturalism are inextricably linked with phenomena
pertaining to migration, and the effects of these phenomena have made themselves felt in Canada’s cultural system. The question therefore arises as to which
processes and channels of communication have been instrumental in transmitting these migratory dynamics, and in which form they have manifested themselves in Canadian culture.
Publications 2011-2014
arranged by category, year and in alphabetical order
2012
Edited Collections
2014
Kriebernegg, Ulla, Roberta Maierhofer
and Hermine Penz, eds. Intercultural
Encounters in Education. Interkulturelle
Pädagogik 13. Wien: LIT, 2014.
Series Editorship
Hartung, Heike, Ulla Kriebernegg and
Roberta Maierhofer. Aging Studies.
Bielefeld: transcript.
Ertler, Klaus-Dieter. Investigaciones: Forschungen zu Lateinamerika. Wien: LIT.
Ertler, Klaus-Dieter. Schriftenreihe der
Gesellschaft für Kanada-Studien. Augsburg: Wißner.
Ertler, Klaus-Dieter. Canadiana. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
and Barbara Ratzenböck, eds. Alive and
Kicking at All Ages: Cultural Constructions of Health and Life Course Identity.
Aging Studies IV. Bielefeld: transcript,
2014.
2013
Ertler, Klaus-Dieter, and Patrick Imbert,
eds. Cultural Challenges of Migration in
Canada - Les défis culturels de la migration au Canada. Frankfurt am Main: Peter
Lang, 2013.
Hartung, Heike, and Roberta Maierhofer. Aging Studies in Europe. LIT. Oct.
10, 2007 - May 01, 2012.
Ertler, Klaus-Dieter, Martin Löschnigg
and Yvonne Völkl, eds. Europe - Canada.
Transcultural Perspectives / Perspectives
transculturelles. Canadiana, 14. Frankfurt
am Main: Peter Lang, 2013.
Monographs
Fuchs, Michael, and Maria-Theresia Holub, eds. Placing America: American Culture and its Spaces. American Studies 3.
Bielefeld: transcript, 2013.
2011
Kriebernegg, Ulla. The Transatlantic Dialogue on Higher Education: An Analysis
of Cultural Narratives. Berlin: Logos, 2011.
Articles in Journals
Kriebernegg, Ulla, and Roberta Maierhofer, eds. The Ages of Life: Living and
Aging in Conflict? Aging Studies III. Bielefeld: transcript, 2013.
Kriebernegg, Ulla, Gerald Lamprecht,
Roberta Maierhofer, and Andrea Strutz,
eds. „Nach Amerika nämlich!“ Jüdische
Migrationen in die Amerikas im 19. und
20. Jahrhundert. Göttingen: Wallstein,
2012.
and Hermine Penz, eds. Interkulturalität
und Bildung. Interkulturelle Pädagogik 9.
Wien: LIT, 2012.
2011
Dupuis, Gilles, and Klaus-Dieter Ertler,
eds. À la carte. Le roman québécois (20052010). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang,
2011.
Ertler, Klaus-Dieter, Gill Stewart, Susan
Hodgett, and Patrick James, eds. Canadian Studies: The State of the Art - Études
canadiennes: Questions de recherche.
Canadiana, 10. Frankfurt am Main: Peter
Lang, 2011.
Friedman, May, and Silvia Schultermandl,
eds. Growing Up Transnational: Identity
and Kinship in a Global Era. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2011.
Edited Journal Issues
2013
Barrenechea, Antonio, and Heidrun
Mörtl, eds. Hemsipheric Indigenous
Studies. Special Issue of Comparative
American Studies: An International Journal (12,2). London: Maney Publishing,
2013.
2013
Barrenechea, Antonio, and Heidrun
Mörtl. “Hemispheric Indigenous Studies: Introduction.” Comparative American
Studies: An International Journal 11,2
(2013): 109-123.
Ertler, Klaus-Dieter. „Neuere Tendenzen
des Romans in Quebec (2005-2010)“. Zeitschrift für Kanada-Studien 33,1 (2013):
98-127.
Kriebernegg, Ulla. “Ending Aging in the
Shteyngart of Eden: Biogerontological
Discourse in a Super Sad True Love Story.”
Journal of Aging Studies 27,1 (2013): 6071.
2012
Kriebernegg, Ulla. “‘Neatly severing the
body from the head’: Female Abjection in
Margaret Atwood‘s ‘The Edible Woman.”
Linguaculture. International Journal of
the Iaşi Linguaculture Centre for (Inter)
cultural and (Inter)lingual Research 3
(2012): 53-64.
Mörtl, Heidrun. “Indigenous Elderly in
the United States: Wounded Bodies, Vivid Minds.” Linguaculture. International
Journal of the Iaşi Linguaculture Centre
for (Inter)cultural and (Inter)lingual Research 3 (2012): 93-102.
Mörtl, Heidrun. „Kulturelle Narrative der
Hochaltrigkeit“. Moderne: Kulturwissenschaftliches Jahrbuch 6. Innsbruck: Studienverlag, 2012. 199-203.
2011
Ertler, Klaus-Dieter. «Le roman québécois face à la mondialisation. 2005-2011».
Dialogues francophones 17 (2011): 23-37.
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Kriebernegg, Ulla. “‘Hey, come on, we’re
all Americans here’: The Representation
of Muslim-American Identity in John
Updike’s Terrorist.” Belgrade English
Language and Literature Studies 2011,3
(2011): 215-228.
Schultermandl, Silvia. “From Drug Mule
to Miss America: American Exceptionalism and the Commodification of the ‘Other’ Woman in Maria Full of Grace.” Journal
of American Culture 34,3 (2011): 275-288.
Schultermandl, Silvia. “‘What did any of
it have to do with race?’: Raced Chronotopes in Cristina Garcia’s Monkey Hunting.” Atlantic Studies: literary, cultural
and historical perspectives 8,1 (2011): 93107.
Strutz, Andrea. „Kanada hin und retour.
Aspekte der Auswanderung aus Österreich
nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg unter Berücksichtigung von temporären Migrationsverläufen“. Zeitschrift für Kanada-Studien 31,1
(2011), 36-55.
Articles in
Edited Collections
2014
Ertler, Klaus-Dieter. «La mise en fiction
de la ville dans le roman québécois du
XXIe siècle» - Littératures québécoise et
acadienne contemporaines. Ed. AnneYvonne Julien. Rennes: Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2014. 403-414.
Kriebernegg, Ulla. “Defeating the Nursing Home Specter? Celebrations of Life in
the Canadian Short Film ‘Rhonda’s Party’.”
- Crossroads in American Studies: Transnational and Biocultural Encounters.
American Studies Monograph Series. Eds.
Frederike Offizier, Marc Priewe, and Ariane Schröder. Heidelberg: Winter, 2014.
(forthcoming).
and Hermine Penz. “Intercultural Encounters in Education: Introduction.”
- Intercultural Encounters in Education.
Eds. Ulla Kriebernegg, Roberta Maierhofer and Hermine Penz. Wien: LIT, 2014.
(forthcoming).
and Barbara Ratzenböck. “Re-Thinking
Material Realities and Cultural Representations of Age and Aging” - Alive and Kicking at All Ages: Cultural Constructions of
Health and Life Course Identity. Aging
Studies V. Eds. Ulla Kriebernegg, Roberta Maierhofer and Barbara Ratzenböck.
Bielefeld : transcript, 2014. 9-17.
Maierhofer Roberta. “Aging as Continuity and Change: Age as Personal and Social
Transformation.” - Identities on the Move.
Ed. Flocel Sabaté. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2014. 387-402.
Wieser, Bernhard, Angelika Brechelmacher and Georg Schendl. „Identitäten
und Rollen in inter- und transdisziplinärer Forschung und Lehre finden“ - Interdisziplinär und transdisziplinär forschen
- Praktiken und Methoden. Science Studies. Eds. Gert Dressel, Wilhelm Berger,
Katharina Heimerl, and Verena Winiwarter. Bielefeld: transcript, 2014. 151-164.
2013
Ertler, Klaus-Dieter. «Chassés-croisés
canado-argentins. ‘Le silence obscène
des miroirs’ de Daniel Castillo Durante»
- Cultural Challenges of migration in Canada - Les défis culturels de la migration
au Canada. Eds. Klaus-Dieter Ertler and
Patrick Imbert. Frankfurt am Main: Peter
Lang, 2013. 317-332.
des métropoles. Montréal et New York
dans le roman québécois contemporain
(2005-2010)» - Dialogues transculturels
dans les Amériques / Diálogos transculturales en las Américas. Nouvelles littératures romanes à Montréal et à New York
/ Nuevas literaturas románicas en Montreal y en Nueva York. Eds. Anne Brüske
and Herle-Chrisin Jessen. Frankfurt am
Main: Narr, 2013. 107-123.
Ertler, Klaus-Dieter. «Les métarécits de
la crise dans le discours social du Canada français des années 30: l‘exemple
de l‘Action nationale» - Europe-Canada.
Transcultural Perspectives / Perspectives
transculturelles. Eds. Klaus-Dieter Ertler, Martin Löschnigg, and Yvonne Völkl.
Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2013. 229239.
Greger, Michael. „Vergleichender Volkskundler - Europäischer Ethnologe. Leopold Kretzenbacher (1912-2007), ein
bedeutender Forscher und Bürger von
Lang“. hengist-Magazin. Zeitschrift für Archäologie, Geschichte, Kultur und Naturkunde der Mittelsteiermark. Eds. Gernot
Peter Obersteiner and Martina Roscher.
Wildon: Eigenverlag, 2013. 6-13.
Kriebernegg, Ulla. “‘It’ll remain a shock
for a while:’ Resisting Socialization into
Long-Term Care in Joan Barfoot’s Exit
Lines.” - Methoden der Alter(n)sforschung: Disziplinäre Positionen und
transdisziplinäre Perspektiven. Eds. Andrea von Hülsen-Esch, Miriam Seidler
and Christian Tagsold. Alter(n)skulturen.
Bielefeld: transcript, 2013. 189-208.
Kriebernegg, Ulla, and Roberta Maierhofer. “The Ages of Life: Living and Aging in Conflict?” - The Ages of Life: Living
and Aging in Conflict. Aging Studies III.
Eds. Ulla Kriebernegg and Roberta Maierhofer. Bielefeld: transcript, 2013. 9-17.
Kriebernegg, Ulla. “Locating Life: Intersections of Old Age, Space and Place in
Contemporary Canadian Nursing Home
Narratives.” - Space and Place: Exploring
Critical Issues. Ed. Rob Fisher. 2013. online.
Maierhofer, Roberta. „Auf den Schultern
des ‚Scheinriesen‘. Das Plagiat als Simulacrum“. - Plagiat, Fälschung, Urheberrecht im
interdisziplinären Blickfeld. Eds. Dietmar
Goltschnigg, Charlotte Grolleg-Edler and
Patrizia Gruber. Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag,
2013. 113-118.
Maierhofer, Roberta. „Das Selbst im Kontext des Lebens. Überlegungen zur Darstellung des Lebensverlaufs“. - Erinnern
und Erzählen: Theologische, geistes-,
human- und kulturwissenschaftliche Perspektiven. Bamberger Theologisches Forum 14. Eds. Konstantin Lindner, Andrea
Kabus, Ralph Bergold, and Harald Schwillus. Münster: LIT, 2013. 15-23.
Pfeiffer, Erna. “Las múltiples máscaras
de Carmen Boullosa” - Fiestas infinitas de
máscara: actos performativos de feminidad y masculinidad en México.” TCCL
Teoría y Crítica de la Cultura y Literatura TKKL Theorie und Kritik der Kultur und Literatur, 56. Eds. Claudia Gronemann and
Cornelia Sieber. Hildesheim: Georg Olms
Verlag, 2013. 97-122.
Völkl, Yvonne “Meeting at the Border. The
Canadian ‘Two Solitudes’ in ‘Bon Cop, Bad
Cop’.” - Placing America: American Culture
and its Spaces. Eds. Michael Fuchs and
Maria-Theresia Holub. Bielefeld: transcript, 2013. 129-144.
Völkl, Yvonne. «Témoignage d’une enfance judéo-polonaise: Quand les grands
jouaient à la guerre d’Ilona FlutsztejnGruda» - Europe / Canada. Transcultural
Perspectives – Perspectives transculturelles. Eds. Klaus-Dieter Ertler, Martin
Löschnigg and Yvonne Völkl. Frankfurt
am Main: Peter Lang, 2013. 153-165.
2012
Ertler, Klaus-Dieter. «La théorie de Niklas
Luhmann revisitée sous le signe du transculturel». - Trans, multi, interculturel,
trans, multi, interdisciplinarité. Eds. Brigitte Fontille and Patrick Imbert. 2012,
99-112.
Ertler, Klaus-Dieter. “Moral Weeklies (Periodical Essays).” - Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG) Ed. Mainz: European
History Online (EGO), 2012.
Ertler, Klaus-Dieter. „Der zeitgenössische
Roman Québecs im Kontext von Interkulturalität, Multikulturalität und Transkulturalität.“ - Interkulturelle Kommunikation in der frankophonen Welt. Literatur,
Medien, Kulturtransfer - La communication interculturelle dans le monde francophone. Transferts culturels, littéraires
et médiatiques. Eds. Robert Dion, Ute
Fendle, Alberto Gouaffo, and Christoph
Vatter. St. Ingbert: Röhrig, 2012. 25-37.
Kriebernegg, Ulla, Maierhofer, Roberta
and Hermine Penz. „Interkulturalität
und Bildung: Einleitung“. - Interkulturalität und Bildung. Interkulturelle Pädagogik 9. Eds. Ulla Kriebernegg, Roberta
Maierhofer and Hermine Penz. Wien: LIT,
2012. 7-13.
Maierhofer, Roberta. „Emigration und
Identität: Nirgendwo als Heimat und
Umweg bei der Definition des Selbst“.
- „Nach Amerika nämlich!“ – Jüdische
20. Jahrhundert. Eds. Ulla Kriebernegg,
Gerald Lamprecht, Roberta Maierhofer
and Andrea Strutz. Göttingen: Wallstein,
2012. 55-68.
Maierhofer, Roberta. „Gerontophobie
und Anophobie oder Das Selbst im Anderen“. Angst - Lähmender Stillstand und
Motor des Fortschritts. Ed. Dietmar Goltschnigg. Tübingen: Stauffenburg, 2012.
127-134.
Völkl, Yvonne. “(D)écrire la vie en tant
qu’enfants rescapés. La représentation
du trauma dans les écritures migrantes
juives au féminin du Québec.” - Cultural
Challenges of Migration in Canada/ Les
défis culturels de la migration au Canada.
Eds. Klaus-Dieter Ertler and Patrick Imbert. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2013.
195-208.
Fischer, Roland, Georg Schendl, Martin
Schmid, Verena Winiwarter, and Ortrun
Veichtlbauer. „Grundsätzliche Überlegungen zu einer vorsorgenden Gesellschaft und der Rolle von Wissenschaft.
Jenseits traditioneller Wissenschaft?“
- Zur Rolle von Wissenschaft in einer vorsorgenden Gesellschaft. Eds. Heike Egner
and Martin Schmid. München: oekom,
2012. 49-70.
Strutz, Andrea. „‚Trieste – Canada.‘ Die
österreichisch-jüdische Auswanderung
aus der Habsburgermonarchie nach Kanada von 1890 bis zum Ersten Weltkrieg“.
- „Nach Amerika nämlich!“ – Jüdische
20. Jahrhundert. Eds. Ulla Kriebernegg,
Gerald Lamprecht, Roberta Maierhofer,
and Andrea Strutz. Göttingen: Wallstein,
2012. 227-251.
Völkl, Yvonne. «L’arrivée en ville. La découverte de Montréal dans la littérature
migrante juive au Québec». - Dialogues
transculturels dans la Nouvelle Romania/
Diálogos transculturales en la Nueva Romania. Littératures migrantes à Montréal
et à New York/ Literaturas migrantes en
Montreal y Nueva York. Eds. Anne Brüske
and Herle-Christin Jessen. Tübingen:
Narr, 2013. 185-198.
Kriebernegg, Ulla, and Gerald Lamprecht. „‚Nach Amerika nämlich!‘ – Jüdische Migrationen in die Amerikas im 19.
und 20. Jahrhundert“. - „Nach Amerika
nämlich!“ – Jüdische Migrationen in die
Amerikas im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert. Eds.
Ulla Kriebernegg, Gerald Lamprecht, Roberta Maierhofer, and Andrea Strutz. Göttingen: Wallstein, 2012. 7-22.
Völkl, Yvonne. „Narrative Strategien der
Traumaverarbeitung in La femme de Loth
von Monique Bosco und La Québécoite
von Régine Robin“. - „Nach Amerika nämlich!“ – Jüdische Migrationen in die Amerikas im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert. Eds. Ulla
Kriebernegg, Gerald Lamprecht, Roberta
Maierhofer, and Andrea Strutz. Göttingen: Wallstein, 2012. 275-293.
2011
Ertler, Klaus-Dieter. «Le roman québécois et la critique littéraire depuis les années 80». - Canadian Studies: The State of
the Art - Études canadiennes: Questions
de recherche. Eds. Klaus-Dieter Ertler,
Stewart Gill, Susan Hodgett, and Patrick
James. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang,
2011. 279-296.
Ertler, Klaus-Dieter. «Littérature migrante et professeurs-écrivains au Québéc: Catherine Mavrikakis et la question
de la mémoire». Cultural Constructions
of Migration in Canada / Construction
culturelle de la migration au Canada. Eds.
Klaus-Dieter Ertler, Martin Löschnigg,
and Yvonne Völkl. Frankfurt am Main:
Eigenverlag, 2011. 133-144.
Ertler, Klaus-Dieter. «Chassés-croisés
canado-argentins. ‘Ce feu si lent de l’exil’
de Daniel Castillo Durante». - À la carte. Le
roman Québécois (2005-2010). Eds. Gilles
Dupuis and Klaus-Dieter Ertler. Frankfurt
am Main: Peter Lang, 2011. 125-142.
Friedman, May, and Silvia Schultermandl. “Introduction Growing Up Transnational: Identity and Kinship in a Global
Era. ” - Growing Up Transnational: Identity and Kinship in a Global Era. Eds. May
Friedman and Silvia Schultermandl. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2011.
3-18.
Kriebernegg, Ulla. “Alien Alliances: An
Austrian Academic Reads US Scholars’
Stories.” - Bridging Cultures. International Women Faculty Transforming the
US Academy. Eds. Sarah Robbins, Sabine
Smith, Federica Santini. Lanham: University Press of America, 2011. 129-137.
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Kriebernegg, Ulla. “Unlocking Potential:
The Role of American Studies for the Bologna Process.” - Education and the USA.
Ed. Laurenz Volkmann. Heidelberg: Winter, 2011. 169-184.
Maierhofer, Roberta. „Der seltsame Fall
von Zeit und Erinnerung: Eine kulturwissenschaftliche Einführung in Altern und
Identität“. - Phänomen Zeit. Dimensionen
und Strukturen in Kultur und Wissenschaft. Ed. Dietmar Goltschnigg. Tübingen: Stauffenburg Verlag, 2011. 207-212.
Maierhofer, Roberta. “Acculturating
Age: Approaches to Cultural Gerontology
(Preface).” - Acculturating Age: Approaches to Cultural Gerontology. Ed. Brian J.
Worsfold. Lleida: Edicions i Publicacions
de la Universitat Lleida, 2011. xiii-xvii.
Maierhofer, Roberta. „Altwerden oder
Jungsterben:
Kulturwissenschaftliche
Überlegungen zum Thema pflegende
Angehörige“. - „Die Angehörigen wissen
am besten was gut ist“. - Eine Analyse des
Systems der familiären Langzeitpflege
und dessen Auswirkungen auf die Lage
pflegender Angehöriger. Eds. Magareta
Kreimer and Isabella Meier. Graz: Grazer
Universitätsverlag - Leykam, 2011. 19-38.
Schultermandl, Silvia. “’I am neither the
end of the world/ nor the beginning’: The
Recovery of the Personal as Political in
Lisa Suhair Majaj’s Self-Writing.” - Growing Up Transnational: Identity and Kinship in a Global Era. Eds. May Friedman
and Silvia Schultermandl. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2011. 55-68.
Strutz, Andrea. “Post-1945 Transatlantic
Austrian Migration to Canada.” - Cultural
Constructions of Migration in Canada /
Cultural Constructions of Migration in
Canada. Canadiana 10. Eds. Klaus Dieter Ertler, Martin Löschnigg, and Yvonne
Völkl. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2011.
239-253.
Reviews
2013
Mörtl, Heidrun. “Kerstin Knopf, North
America in the 21st Century Tribal, Local,
and Global.” Review. Arbeiten aus Anglistik und Amerikanistik 38,2 (2013): 240241.
2012
Ertler, Klaus-Dieter. „Nadine Klopfer,
‚Die Ordnung der Stadt. Raum und Gesellschaft in Montréal (1880-1930)‘.“ Review. Zeitschrift für Kanada-Studien 32,1
(2012): 114-117.
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Lifecourse Transitions: Opportunities for Sustainable Lifestyles? Institute
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At the interdisciplinary workshop organized by the
Institute of Advanced Studies at the University of
Surrey, Barbara Ratzenböck presented key findings of an empirical study on the lives and work
strategies of Austrian writers she conducted as part
of her Master’s thesis. In the study, authors were
interviewed about various aspects of their work,
including strategies and processes with regards to
becoming established in the literary field. What does it take to become “a
writer”, and what does this transformation in identity and biography imply
for work structuring strategies and the acquisition as well as the use of social
resources, such as economic, social, cultural, and symbolic capital (Bourdieu)?
The paper presented focused on empirical findings of the study and analyzed
interrelations of artistic lifecourse transitions and social contextualities.
Mörtl, Heidrun. “Intersection of Time and Aging: Anishinaabe People
Setting an Example.” Culture and the Canada-US Border - Straddling
Boundaries: Hemispherism, Cultural Identity and Indigeneity. Algoma
University. Sault Ste. Marie, Canada. May 25, 2013
Heidrun Mörtl received a grant from the “Culture and the Canada-US Border” (CCUSB) international research network to present at the conference.
CCUSB is dedicated to studying cultural representation,
production and exchange on and around the Canada-US
border. Funded by the Leverhulme Trust, CCUSB comprises
core members in the UK, Canada and the USA, with a wider network of European and North American affiliates.
Mörtl, Heidrun. „Erfolgreiches Alter(n)? Ein Vortrag am Beispiel Indigener Kulturen Nordamerikas“. Nordamerika Native Museum (NONAM).
Zurich, Switzerland. Nov. 22, 2013
This presentation at the North America Native Museum
titled “Successful Aging/Age?” focussed on cultural concepts of Aging in North America and was organized
within the framework of the special exhibition “LERNEN
ÜBER LEBEN” (Learning about Living) which was on display between May 08, 2013 and February 28, 2014. After
Heidrun Mörtl’s presentation Heidrun Löb from NONAM tied the academically explored concepts into the
context of everyday Native life and practices.
Ratzenböck, Barbara. “Cultural Narratives, Processes and Strategies in
Urban and Regional Representations of Age and Aging.” International
Women, Ageing and Media Research Summer School. Centre for Women,
Ageing and Media (WAM), University of Gloucestershire. Cheltenham,
United Kingdom. July 24, 2013
The WAM summer school was an
interdisciplinary two-day summer
school in Aging Studies during which
Barbara Ratzenböck had the opportunity to present the grant proposal on
Cultural Narratives of Age and Aging.
She received valuable feedback from
the ENAS partners at WAM which was worked into the final grant proposal
before its submission. What she did not know at that point was that this
very same proposal at the Nationalbank Jubiläumsfonds would be granted the full project sum in December of 2013, thus enabling her to join the
C.IAS staff as a graduate student researcher for the project.
Kriebernegg, Ulla. “Locating Life: Intersections of Old Age, Space and
Place in Contemporary Canadian Nursing Home Narratives.” Critical
Issues: Space And Place. 4th Global Conference, Interdisciplinary Net.
Oxford, United Kingdom. Sept. 12, 2013
This paper addressed the cultural construction of old age in contemporary
nursing home narratives in the context of the spatial turn which defines
space as a result of social relations and practices (Lefebvre 1992). In fictional
works such as John Mighton’s Half Life (2005) or Edna Alford’s A Sleep Full of
Dreams (1981), long-term care facilities have been depicted as “total institutions” (Goffman 1961) and construed as prison-like sites of homogenization, oppression, and infantilization. Other novels, however, such as Joan
Barfoot’s Exit Lines (2008) or Al Stephen’s Nursing Home Ninjas (2013) have
focused on residents’ individual resistance, subversion and agency and depicted the home as a site of meaningful identity development and intergenerational relationships, opposing the ageist stereotype of decline and
deconstructing prevailing norms and negative images of old age as physical decrepitude and disease. How is the space of the nursing home narrated
in contemporary North American novels, and what role do aspects of space
and place play for the narrative construction of old age?
In her talk Ulla Kriebernegg
bridged the gap between literary gerontology and spatial
narratology, arguing that the
spatiality of ageing is a category
that needs to be incorporated
into both an analysis of literary
representations of the “fourth
age” and an exploration of critical issues of space and place.
Highlighting the significance of spatial arrangements as a critical and experiential framework through which contemporary cultural constructions
of home, embodied subjectivity and old age can be understood, the talk especially focused on representations of the transition into institutional care
to unveil the complex operation of spatial dynamics for the construction
and redefinition of life-course narratives.
Maierhofer, Roberta. “Mark Twain: The Man in White and His Autobiographies.” University of Bamberg. Bamberg, Germany. June 06, 2013
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
(1835-1910), better known as
Mark Twain, is an internationally acclaimed and widely read
author. In celebration of the
hundredth anniversary of his
death in 2010, the first volume
of his entire, uncensored autobiography was published. (Little
is it known that parts of this autobiography had already been published according to an exact plan that
Mark Twain had drafted before his death.) The complete autobiography of
2010 quickly became a New York Times bestseller and was translated into
German in 2012. Twain’s intention was to ‘speak from the grave’ and ensure
that his reputation as a great author would be fueled years after his death.
In this talk, the concoction of Twain’s humor, ideas, opinions and anecdotes
were presented through excerpts from his autobiography. Questions of life
story writing and image building framed the reading from the text. Twain’s
claim to “talk only about the thing which interests you for the moment”
means that we as readers are challenged to make connections and to establish structure in order to confront Twain’s “whole frank mind.”
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Klaus-Dieter Ertler. «Les métarécits de la crise dans le journalisme canadien-français des années 30.» Conference “Europe in Canada – Canada in
Europe: Contemporary Perspectives / L’Europe au Canada – Le Canada en
Europe: Perspectives contemporaines.” Graz, Austria. Dec. 08, 2012
Schendl, Georg. “Inter-American Studies in a European Perspective: A
Hands-On-Approach.” 2nd Biennial Conference of the International Association of Inter-American Studies - Crossing Boundaries. University of
Guadalajara. Guadalajara, Mexico. Sept. 25, 2012
Klaus-Dieter Ertler gave a lecture where he analyzed the cultural exchanges
between Europe and Canada during the period of the crisis of the Thirties.
In his considerations, he focused on the periodicals of that time to show – at a discursive
level – the existence of straight links between
French, Italian, Austrian and French-Canadian
meta-narrations. Especially Roman-Catholic
discourses influenced this network, which
nourished the myth of Rome as the true capital of French Canada.
At the IAS conference in Guadalajara Georg
Schendl presented in a panel titled TransAmericas: Colonial Legacies, Persistent Inequalities, Methodological Implications coordinated
by Julia Roth together with Manuela Boatcă
(both Freie Universität Berlin).
The relatively recent announcement of a
European Higher Education and Research
Area as an official platform for mobility both within Europe and with what has
been termed from a Eurocentric position
"third countries" has led not only to structural changes, but also to a change of narrative in international relations
discourse. The profound transformation of higher education in Europe –
known collectively as the Bologna Process – is not only impacting Europe,
but also holds significant implications for the Americas.
The once privileged relationship between Europe and the US in terms of
higher education now shows signs of alienation and distance. But on the
other hand, Latin-American countries are now moving closer due to EU-programs such as Alfa. When in 1999, the establishment of a European Higher
Education Area by 2010 was set in motion, the aim was to become more
competitive in the international student market, thus creating a system to
challenge US-American dominance in international higher education, but
it has also opened up new possibilities of collaboration with institutions
in Central and South America that did not exist before. This self-confident
declaration of a European identity within an area now stretching from the
Atlantic to the Pacific with over 12 million students and 4,000 universities
can also be seen as encouraging transatlantic regional cooperation.
In this paper, the newly established field of Inter-American Studies was
analyzed from a European Perspective, and transatlantic academic and cultural relations, exchanges, and mobility were discussed in the wider context of global interconnectedness and against the backdrop of a new narrative discourse of transnational interests within higher education.
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Ertler, Klaus-Dieter. «Séance d’ouverture: Introduction - L‘esprit migrateur
dans l‘écriture québécoise contemporaine.» Biennial Conference of the
International Council for Canadian Studies (ICCS). Cultural Challenges of
Migration in Canada. Ottawa, Canada. May 23, 2012
After the immigrants’ writings of the 80’s and 90’s in Quebec, we can observe how Francophone writers of the province re-discover the subject of
migration. After the provocative essay of Monique LaRue, which discusses navigators and
surveyors, the traditional panorama seems to
have changed in the collective memory of Quebeckers. In his presentation, Klaus-Dieter Ertlerhighlighted the transformation of the spirit of
migration which recurs in the novels of a younger generation of writers such as Lise Tremblay, Andrée Laberge, Eric Dupont, Nicolas Dickner, Andrée A. Michaud or Myriam Beaudoin. However,
the novels of immigrant authors are still flourishing, as the texts of Dany
Laferrière, Sergio Kokis or Daniel Castillo Durante show. Both currents of
literary development have placed the spirit of migration in the center of the
literary system in Quebec.
Presentations 2011-2014
arranged by date presented
2014
Mörtl, Heidrun. “IndiVisibility. The
Americas and Its Indigenous Population.”
3rd Annual Student Conference on InterAmerican Studies / 4th Triennial Conference in British and American Studies “Humans, Humanity and the Humanities”
- Cross Cultural Challenges in British and
American Studies. Comenius University.
Bratislava, Slovakia. Jan. 31, 2014.
Strutz, Andrea. “Reflecting Austria in
Contemporary Canada: Transatlantic
Migrations in the Late 19th and 20th Century.” Contemporary Canada - Le Canada
Contemporain. University of Graz. Graz,
Austria. Mar. 27, 2014.
Völkl, Yvonne. «Le Canada et la Pologne
dans l’œuvre de Tecia Werbowski».
Kanade, di Goldene Medine? Perspectives on Canadian-Jewish Literature and
Culture. University of Lodz and Concordia
University, Montreal (Canada). Lodz, Poland. Apr. 02, 2014.
Kriebernegg, Ulla. “Re-Thinking Material
Realities and Cultural Representations
of Aging. Alive and Kicking at All Ages.”
8th International Symposium on Cultural
Gerontology / 2nd Conference of the European Network in Aging Studies, National
University of Ireland. Galway, Ireland. Apr.
10, 2014.
Maierhofer, Roberta. “To Our Health!
Celebrating the Life Course. Alive and
Kicking at all Ages.” 8th International
Symposium on Cultural Gerontology / 2nd
Conference of the European Network in
Aging Studies, National University of Ireland. Galway, Ireland. Apr. 10, 2014.
Ratzenböck, Barbara. “InheritAGE Project.
Activities and Objectives.” 8th International
Mörtl, Heidrun. “Aging in Diverse Cultural Settings. Indigenous North America.”
11, 2014.
Maierhofer, Roberta. “Time Travel as Narratives of Resilience.” 8th International
Aging Studies. National University of Ireland. Galway, Ireland. Apr. 11, 2014.
Kriebernegg, Ulla. “It’ll Remain A Shock
for a While: Resisting and Accepting Long
Term Care - Joan Barfoot’s Exit Lines.” 8th
International Symposium on Cultural
Gerontology / 2nd Conference of the European Network in Aging Studies. National
12, 2014.
Mörtl, Heidrun. “Ojibwemowin - Anishinaabemowin - Zhaaganaashiimowin.”
35th American Indian Wokshop: Communication is Key. University of Leiden.
Leiden, the Netherlands. May 24, 2014.
Ertler, Klaus-Dieter. „Sektionsleitung
im Workshop ‚Neuere Forschungen zur
Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte Europas und Amerikas‘.“ Neuere Forschungen
zur Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte
Europas und Amerikas, Renate Pieper.
University of Graz. Graz, Austria. May 26,
2014.
2013
Kriebernegg, Ulla. “Ending Aging in the
Shteyngart of Eden: Challenging Biogerontological Discourse in a Super Sad
True Love Story.” MLA Conference. Boston,
USA. Jan. 05, 2013.
Kriebernegg, Ulla. “‘Long live the home’:
Intersections of Age and Space in Contemporary Canadian Literature and Film.”
The Jackman Humanities Institute Working Group on “Aging, Memory, and Aesthetics.” University of Toronto. Toronto,
Canada. Jan. 25, 2013.
Schendl, Georg. “Nuestra America: (Re)
approaching the Americas from a European perspective.” 2nd International
Student Conference on Inter-American
Studies. Comenius University. Bratislava,
Slovakia. Feb. 16, 2013.
Kriebernegg, Ulla. “Live to be a Thousand
- The ‘de Greying’ of Aging Studies?” Live
to Be a Hundred: The Cultural Fascination
with Centenarians. University of Maastricht. Maastricht, the Netherlands. Mar.
06, 2013.
Ertler, Klaus-Dieter. “La cuestión religiosa
en la prensa moral española”. Hispanistische Brückenschläge - La Hispanística
tendiendo puentes. 19. Deutscher Hispa-
nistentag, Deutscher Hispanistenverein.
Münster, Germany. Mar. 21, 2013.
Mörtl, Heidrun. “Ojibwe Artwork Conth
necting Past and Present.” 34 American
Indian Workshop: Art of Indians - Indians
of Art. University of Helsinki. Helsinki,
Finland. May 16, 2013.
Kriebernegg, Ulla. “‘How can I be without
border?’ Approaching Atwood‘s Abject
Characters.” Approaching Atwood: Concepts, Themes and Theories Revisited. Atwood Workshop at the University of Graz.
Graz, Austria. May 24, 2013.
Völkl, Yvonne. “Still Shocking: The Reception of Kim Thuy‘s Ru (200) in the French-,
English-, and German Speaking World.”
AfterShock: Post-traumatic cultures since
the Great War. University of Copenhagen.
Copenhagen, Denmark. May 24, 2013.
Mörtl, Heidrun. “Intersection of Time
and Aging: Anishinaabe People Setting
an Example.” Culture and the Canada-US
Border - Straddling Boundaries: Hemispherism, Cultural Identity and Indigeneity. Algoma University. Sault Ste. Marie,
Canada. May 25, 2013.
Schendl, Georg. “Human and Citizen
Rights as Topics for Inter-American Studies.” Colloquium Die Amerikas als Verflechtungsraum. Bielefeld University. Bielefeld, Germany. June 04, 2013.
Kriebernegg, Ulla. „Lebst du noch, oder
wohnst du schon? Altern, Raum und
Identität aus kulturwissenschaftlicher
Sicht.“ CASA_03 - Colloquium für Alterssozialarbeit. FH Joanneum. Graz, Austria.
June 05, 2013.
Maierhofer, Roberta. „Mensch, Alte! Leben und Altern als Widerspruch? Eine
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Zeit und Erfahrung“. DFG-Graduiertenkolleg: Generationenbewusstsein und
Generationenkonflikte in Antike und Mittelalter. University of Bamberg. Bamberg,
Germany. June 05, 2013.
Maierhofer, Roberta. “Mark Twain: The
Man in White and His Autobiographies.”
University of Bamberg. Bamberg, Germany. June 06, 2013.
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Strutz, Andrea. “Cultural Dislocation,
Internment and a New Beginning after
1945: Jewish refugees in Canada.” Cultural
Spaces of Canada - Espaces Culturels Du
Canada. University of Graz. Graz, Austria.
June 13, 2013.
Völkl, Yvonne. «Les mémoires et les souvenirs de la littérature migrante juive au
Québec». 41e Colloque Annuel International De L’afec «Mémoire(s) canadienne(s)».
University of Rennes 2 (Haute Bretagne)
and University of Angers. Rennes, France.
June 14, 2013.
Völkl, Yvonne. “Glimpses into Canadian
Film: ‘Bon Cop, Bad Cop.’ Glimpses of Canada.” Canadian Studies Centre. University
of Trier. Trier, Germany. July 04, 2013.
Kriebernegg, Ulla. “Cultural Narratives of
Longevity: Gary Shteyngart meets Aubrey
de Grey.” University of Graz. Seggau, Austria. July 12, 2013.
Mörtl, Heidrun. “Representation of Time
and Aging in American Indian Societies.
Anishinaabe People Setting an Example.”
International Women, Ageing and Media Research Summer School. Centre for
Women, Ageing and Media (WAM), University of Gloucestershire. Cheltenham,
United Kingdom. July 23, 2013.
Ratzenböck, Barbara. “Cultural Narratives, Processes and Strategies in Urban
and Regional Representations of Age and
Aging.” International Women, Ageing and
Media Research Summer School. Centre
for Women, Ageing and Media (WAM),
University of Gloucestershire. Cheltenham, United Kingdom. July 24, 2013.
Kriebernegg, Ulla. “Locating Life: Intersections of Old Age, Space and Place in
Contemporary Canadian Nursing Home
Narratives.” Critical Issues: Space And
Place. 4th Global Conference, Interdisciplinary Net. Oxford, United Kingdom.
Sept. 12, 2013.
Völkl, Yvonne. «Maintenir un pays perdu:
Souvenirs vietnamiens chez Kim Thúy».
Meeting Places/ Lieux de Rencontre - An
International Canadian Studies Conference. Saint Mary‘s University and Mount
Allison University. Halifax and Sackville,
Canada, Sept. 21, 2013.
Ertler, Klaus-Dieter. „Die Kinder- und Jugendliteratur aus historischer Sicht“. Herausforderung und Chancen der Romanistik, Romanistenverband. Würzburg,
Germany. Sept. 24, 2013.
Mörtl, Heidrun. “Old is Beautiful. Indigenous Acceptance of the Aged Body.”
NWSA Conference 2013 - Negotiating
Points of Encounter. National Women’s
Studies Association. Cincinnati, USA.
Nov. 09, 2013.
Völkl, Yvonne. «À la recherche d’un passé
perdu. Témoignages haïtiens dans les
écritures migrantes au féminin». Colloque : L’affect et l’écriture des femmes
au Québec et au Canada aujourd’hui/
Affecting Women’s Writing in Canada &
Québec Today. University of Montreal.
Montreal, Canada. Nov. 16, 2011.
Maierhofer, Roberta. “Let‘s Talk About
Age: Traces of Time and Experience.” Center for Austrian Studies, University of New
Orleans. New Orleans, USA. Nov. 20, 2013.
Maierhofer, Roberta. “Amour means Love
- Michael Haneke and Love and Death
in Paris.” Plenary Discussion of the Humanities and the Arts Committee of the
Gerontological Society of America of the
Feature Film “Amour” with Helen Kivnick,
James Vanden Bosch and Rick Scheidt.
Gerontological Society of America. New
Orleans, USA. Nov. 21, 2013.
Kriebernegg, Ulla. “‘I am by no means
your sweetie’: The Care Home Novel and
Narratives of Personal Control.” Gerontological Society of America. New Orleans,
USA. Nov. 21, 2013.
Mörtl, Heidrun. „Erfolgreiches Alter(n)?
Ein Vortrag am Beispiel Indigener Kulturen Nordamerikas“. Nordamerika Native
Museum (NONAM). Zurich, Switzerland.
Nov. 22, 2013.
Maierhofer, Roberta. “Finding a Common
Language in Interdisciplinary Gerontological Research.” Optimal Aging Through
Collaborative Research: The North American Network of Aging Studies. Gerontological Society of America. New Orleans,
USA. Nov. 23, 2013.
Maierhofer, Roberta. „Erzähl mir die
Geschichte des Vergessens: US-amerikanische Diskurse der Altersdemenz im
Kontext der narrativen Gerontologie.“
Kultur(en) des Vergessens: Altersdemenz
am Schnittpunkt von Medizinethik und
Kulturwissenschaft, Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung. Berlin, Germany. Dec. 13, 2013.
2012
Kriebernegg, Ulla, and Gerald Lamprecht. „Jüdische Migrationen in die Amerikas“. Nomadism and Mobile Ways of Life
in the Americas. Society for the Study of
Continental America and the Caribbean
(FGKK), KonaK. Vienna Vienna, Austria.
Feb. 14, 2012.
Schendl, Georg. “Inter-American Studies
– An Introduction.” Inter-American Studies Student Conference. Comenius University. Bratislava, Slovakia. Feb. 16, 2012.
Schendl, Georg. “Pierre Clastres – Society
Against the State.” Nomadism and Mobile Ways of Life in the Americas. Society
for the Study of Continental America and
the Caribbean (FGKK), KonaK. Vienna,
Austria. Feb. 17, 2012.
Mörtl, Heidrun. “The Representation of
the ‘Oldest Old’ in Literature – Native vs.
rd
Non-Native?” 33 American Indian Workshop – Presentation and Representation.
Revisited: Places, Media, Disciplines.
University of Zurich and NONAM. Zurich,
Switzerland. Apr. 14, 2012.
Kriebernegg, Ulla. “Comparing Apples
and Oranges: Transatlantic Higher Education Cooperation and the Translational
Turn.” ISEP Symposium. Graz University
of Technology. Graz, Austria. Apr. 16, 2012.
Maierhofer, Roberta. “Bridging Europe
and Americas through an Inter-American
Approach.” Policy Seminar on Euro-Latin
American Collaboration in the Field of
Higher Education. University of Granada.
Granada, Spain. Apr. 18, 2012.
Maierhofer, Roberta. “Aging Studies and
‘The Diary of a Good Neighbour’ (Less-
Maierhofer, Roberta. “Approaching Aging Culturally.” Ca’ Foscari University of
Venice. Venice, Italy. May 02, 2012.
Maierhofer, Roberta. “Joint Degrees in
Theory and Practice: Research-based administration of a Strategy for University
Management.” University of Sarajevo. Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. May 14,
2012.
Maierhofer, Roberta. “Research based
administration: Joint Degrees - Strategy
and Implementation.” Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. Venice, Italy. May 02, 2012.
Kriebernegg, Ulla. “Transatlantic Educational Cooperation: Lost in Translation?”
University of Arkansas Litte Rock Internship Program. Graz, Austria. May 15, 2012.
Kriebernegg, Ulla. “The Representation
of Aging and Old Age in Canadian Fiction.” Canadian Issues - Enjeux Canadiens.
Lecture Series. University of Graz. Graz,
Austria. May 03, 2012.
Ertler, Klaus-Dieter. «Séance d’ouverture:
Introduction - L‘esprit migrateur dans
l‘écriture québécoise contemporaine».
Conférence biennale internationale du
Conseil international d’études canadiennes (CIEC). Les défis culturels de la
migration au Canada. Biennial Conference of the International Council for
Canadian Studies (ICCS): Cultural Challenges of Migration in Canada. Ottawa,
ing): An Anocritical Approach.” University
of Málaga. Málaga, Spain. Apr. 18, 2012.
Ertler, Klaus-Dieter. «Les Canadianistes
européens face aux défis du XXIe siècle».
L‘Internationalisation des études canadiennes: quelle utilité pour le Canada?
Association française d‘études canadiennes. Paris, France. May 04, 2012.
Völkl, Yvonne. “Child Survivors of the
Holocaust and their Stories.” 4th Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference. Aftermaths: Revolution and Recovery. Centre
for the Study of Theory and Criticism,
University of Western Ontario. London,
United Kingdom. May 11, 2012.
Maierhofer, Roberta. „Auf den Schultern
des Scheinriesen: Das Plagiat als Simulacrum.“ Das Plagiat in Kultur und Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft und Recht. Interdisciplinary Symposium. University of Graz.
Völkl, Yvonne. “The Beat of Culture:
Teaching Québécois Culture through Music.” 2nd Annual Conference of the Popular
Culture Association of Canada (PCAC).
Niagara Falls, Canada. May 12, 2012.
Maierhofer, Roberta. „Aging Studies als
Kulturtheorie und -methode: Eine anokritische Betrachtung“. Heinrich Heine
University Düsseldorf. Düsseldorf, Germany. May 24, 2012.
Völkl, Yvonne. «Le discours de la migration et du trauma dans les écritures
migrantes». Conférence biennale internationale du Conseil international d’études
canadiennes (CIEC). Les défis culturels de
la migration au Canada. // Biennial Conference of the International Council for
Canadian Studies (ICCS): Cultural Challenges of Migration in Canada. Ottawa,
Maierhofer, Roberta. „Denkzeitraum:
Generationengerechtigkeit im Kontext
der Generationenpolitik“. AG Praktische
Philosophie Graz. University of Graz.
Kriebernegg, Ulla. “Alive and Kicking at
all Ages: Cultural Approaches to Aging
and Old Age.” Age on Stage Conference.
E.N.T.E.R Network (Austria). Graz, Austria. June 22, 2012.
de la ville dans le roman québécois et acadien du XXIe siècle - regards sur l‘extrême
contemporain». Reflets de villes dans les
Littératures québécoise et canadienne
contemporaines. University of Poitiers.
Poitiers, France. June 29, 2012.
Kriebernegg, Ulla. “Defeating the Nursing Home Specter? Celebrating Life in
the Canadian Short Film ‘Rhonda‘s Party’.”
International Women, Ageing and Media Research Summer School. Centre for
Women, Ageing and Media (WAM), University of Gloucestershire. Cheltenham,
Kriebernegg, Ulla. “Locating Life: Intersections of Age and Space.” BSA Aging,
Body and Society Study Group. London,
Ertler, Klaus-Dieter. «Escrituras migrantes de América Latina en el sistema literario del Québec». Caminos, fronteras y
exilios en el cine y la literatura. 54th International Congress of Americanists 2012.
University of Vienna. Vienna, Austria. July
17, 2012.
Mörtl, Heidrun. “‘Why is that town/tribe
called Stockbridge?’ Teaching Mohican
culture, language and history in schools A curriculum project.” Cultural Education
in an Accelerated World: Case Studies
from Native North America. 54th International Congress of Americanists 2012.
University of Vienna. Vienna, Austria. July
19, 2012.
Völkl, Yvonne. “Memories of a Traumatic
Past in Francophone Polish-Canadian
Migrant Literature.” 49th Parallel Interdisciplinary Conference of North American
Studies. European Research Institute,
University of Birmingham. Birmingham,
United Kingdom. Sept. 07, 2012.
Mörtl, Heidrun. “Anishinaabe People as
an Example for Successful Aging across
Borders.” 2nd Biennal Conference of the
International Association of Inter-American Studies: Crossing Boundaries in the
Americas: Dynamics of Change in Politics,
Culture, and Media. University of Guadalajara and National Autonomous University of Mexico. Guadalajara, Mexico. Sept.
25, 2012.
Schendl, Georg. “Inter-American Studies
in a European Perspective: A Hands-On
Approach.” 2nd Biennial Conference of the
International Association of Inter-American Studies: Crossing Boundaries in the
Americas: Dynamics of Change in Politics,
Culture and Media. University of Guadalajara and National Autonomous University of Mexico. Guadalajara, Mexico. Sept.
25, 2012.
Ertler, Klaus-Dieter. «Lectures européennes des romans québécois depuis
2000: perspectives de l‘Europe central».
1ers Etats généraux des études en Italie et
perspective européenne. University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. Oct. 01, 2012.
Maierhofer, Roberta. “To Whom Does
the World Belong? Claiming Identity and
Belonging Over Time.” Citizenship and Belonging: Triennial Conference of the Society for the Study of American Women Writers (SSAWW). Denver, USA. Oct. 11, 2012.
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Ertler, Klaus-Dieter. «Aspects de la migration dans le roman québécois contemporain». Démocratie, diversité, dignité.
Espace canadien. Association centre-européennes d‘études canadiennes. Bratislava, Slovakia. Oct. 12, 2012.
Maierhofer, Roberta. “Translating American Women Writers in More Than One
Way.” Citizenship and Belonging: Triennial Conference of the Society of the Study
of American Women Writers (SSAWW).
Denver, USA. Oct. 13, 2012.
Maierhofer, Roberta. “US Elections: The
Day After.” Plenary Discussion organized
by Student Representatives of English
and American Studies at the University of
Graz. Graz, Austria. Oct. 16, 2012.
Ratzenböck, Barbara. “US Elections: The
Day After.” Plenary Discussion organized
by Student Representatives of English
and American Studies at the University of
Graz. Graz, Austria. Oct. 16, 2012.
Kriebernegg, Ulla. “Approaching the Exit
Lines: Intersections of Time and Space in
Nursing Home Narratives. A Cultural Gerontological Analysis.” EMUNI Conference
Maribor: Ageing Society, Ageing Culture?
University Network of European Capitals
of Culture. Maribor, Slovenia. Oct. 19, 2012.
Kriebernegg, Ulla. “Defeating the Nursing Home Specter? Celebrating Life in
‘Rhonda‘s Party’ - or: Erving Goffman
and Michel Foucault meet in a Canadian
Nursing Home.” Methodische Perspektiven der Alter(n)sforschung. Graduiertenkolleg „Alter(n) als kulturelle Konzeption
und Praxis“. Heinrich Heine University of
Düsseldorf. Düsseldorf, Germany. Nov. 23,
2012.
Kriebernegg, Ulla. “Aged and Caged? The
Cultural Construction of Old Age in Canadian Nursing Home Narratives: John
Mighton’s Half Life and Joan Barfoot’s
Exit Lines.” Europe-Canada – Canada-Europe: Transcultural Perspectives/Perspectives transculturelles. Centre of Canadian
Studies. Graz, Austria. Dec. 07, 2012.
Völkl, Yvonne. «La communauté judéofrancophone à Montréal – son trajectoire,
son témoignage». Canadian Studies Conference // Colloque d’études canadiennes:
Europe-Canada // Canada-Europe: Transcultural Perspectives // Perspectives transculturelles. Centre of Canadian Studies.
Graz, Austria. Dec. 07, 2012.
Ertler, Klaus-Dieter. «Les métarécits de la
crise dans le journalisme canadien-français des années 30». Centre of Canadian
Studies. Graz, Austria. Dec. 08, 2012.
Strutz, Andrea. “Ernestine Tahedl: Austrian born artist and her contributions to contemporary Canadian art.” Centre of Canadian Studies. Graz, Austria. Dec. 08, 2012.
2011
Mörtl, Heidrun. “Representations of Time
and Aging in U.S. Culture - Anishinaabe
People Stating an Example.” Fourth Annual Geneva Native Studies Masterclass.
University of Geneva. Geneva, Switzerland. Mar. 18, 2011.
Kriebernegg, Ulla, and Roberta Maierhofer. “Coming of Age in Europe - The
European Network in Aging Studies
(ENAS).” Aging, Old Age, Memory, Aesthetics. University of Toronto. Toronto,
Canada. Mar. 26, 2011.
Maierhofer, Roberta. “Narrated Aesthetics of Aging and Memory as Continuity
and Change.” Aging, Old Age, Memory,
Aesthetics. University of Toronto. Toronto,
Canada. Mar. 27, 2011.
Mörtl, Heidrun. “The Americas, When
One Is Not Enough? New Approaches to
American Studies: Inter-American Studies.” Palacky University of Olomouc. Olomouc, Czech Republic. Apr. 27, 2011.
Hölbling, Walter. “The Unspeakable
Other: Indian Captivity Narratives.” 32nd
American Indian Workshop: Approaching Native American Cultures from an
Inter-American Perspective: Similarities
and Differences. University of Graz. Graz,
Austria. Apr. 01, 2011.
Kriebernegg, Ulla. “Landscapes of Learning: The Bologna Process and the European
Higher Education Area.” University of Arkansas Little Rock Internship Program. University of Graz. Graz, Austria. May 10, 2011.
Kriebernegg, Ulla. “’Neatly severing the
body from the head:’ The quest for female
identity in Margaret Atwood’s The Edible
Woman.” Wounded Bodies, Wounded
Minds - Intersections of Memory and
Identity. Alexandru Ioan Cuza University
of Iași. Iași, Romania. Apr. 08, 2011.
Mörtl, Heidrun. “American Indian Elderly.” Wounded Bodies, Wounded Minds Intersections of Memory and Identity. Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași. Iași,
Romania. Apr. 08, 2011.
Maierhofer, Roberta. “Cooperation versus Collaboration: Interdisciplinarity and
International Relations in Times of Global
Change.” Einsteins-in-the city 2011: An
International Student Research Conference. City College of New York. New York,
USA. Apr. 13, 2011.
Völkl, Yvonne. «‘S’établir, enfin s’établir’
Integrationsprozesse in La fiancée promise
von Naïm Kattan, Que Dieu vous garde…
von Victor Teboul und La Québécoite von
Régine Robin». Research Meeting IV:
Frankreich und Frankophonie. Leipzig,
Germany. Apr. 15, 2011.
Kriebernegg, Ulla. “Radical Joint Degrees.” EAIE training course. EIAE. University of Trento. Trento, Italy. May 13, 2011.
Mörtl, Heidrun. “Commentator on Session 26. ‘Literature IV’ at the 2011 NAISA.”
Native American and Indigenous Studies
Conference (NAISA) 2011. UC Davis. Sacramento, USA. May 19, 2011.
Maierhofer, Roberta. „Gerontophobie
und Anophobie oder das Selbst im Anderen“. ’Angst’. University of Graz. Graz, Austria. June 07, 2011.
Maierhofer, Roberta. „Podiumsdiskussion mit Irmtraud Fischer, Helmut Konrad,
Eva Nowotny, Reinhard Kannonier, Liliane
Weissberg: ‚Gibt es eine europäische Kultur?‘“ Ausseer Gespräche 2011. Bad Aussee, Austria. June 30, 2011.
Maierhofer, Roberta. „Die Matrix von
Zeit und Erfahrung.“ Presentation of the
ZEIT-Band. University of Graz. Graz, Austria. July 05, 2011.
des métropoles: Montréal et New York
dans le roman québécois contemporain
(2005-2010)». XXXII. Romanistentag.
Berlin, Germany. Sept. 26, 2011.
Völkl, Yvonne. «Le Montréal juif francophone dans la littérature migrante de
Naïm Kattan, Victor Teboul et Régine
Robin». XXXII. Romanistentag. Berlin,
Germany. Sept. 27, 2011.
Maierhofer, Roberta. “The Curious Case
of Time and Experience.” Crossroads: A
Conference in Honor of Rüdiger Kunow.
University of Potsdam. Potsdam, Germany. Oct. 28, 2011.
Kriebernegg, Ulla. “’Ending Aging?’ Challenging Scientific Anti-Aging Discourses from the Perspective of Cultural
Gerontology.” 7th International Symposium on Cultural Gerontology / Inaugural
Aging Studies (ENAS): Theorizing Age:
Challenging the Disciplines. Maastricht
University. Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Oct. 07, 2011.
Kriebernegg, Ulla. “Creative Interventions into Cultural Narratives of the Fourth
Age: Biogerontological Discourse in Gary
Shteyngart’s Super Sad True Love Story.”
NWSA Conference 2011 - Feminist Transformations. National Women’s Studies Association. Atlanta, USA. Nov. 11, 2011.
Maierhofer, Roberta. “Getting Ready for
a Grayer World: Theoretical and Practical Challenges of Growing Up and Growing Old.” 7th International Symposium on
Cultural Gerontology / Inaugural Conference of the European Network in Aging
Studies (ENAS): Theorizing Age: Challenging the Disciplines. Maastricht University. Maastricht, the Netherlands. Oct.
08, 2011.
Maierhofer, Roberta. “Let’s Talk About
Age: Traces of Time and Experience.” New
Critical Perspectives on the ‘Trace’, Universidad de Málaga. Malaga, Spain. Oct. 21,
2011.
Ertler, Klaus-Dieter. «Les professeur(e)
s-écrivain(e)s dans la production romanesque du Québec». Polygraphies. Montreal, Canada. Oct. 21, 2011.
Ertler, Klaus-Dieter. “Os estudos canadenses no mundo: passado e futuro.” 20
anos de interfaces Brasil-Canadá. Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. Oct. 26, 2011.
Maierhofer, Roberta. “Menopause:
Transforming the Master Narrative.”
NWSA Conference 2011 - Feminist Transformations. National Women’s Studies
Association. Atlanta, USA. Nov. 11, 2011.
Mörtl, Heidrun. “Live to be 100 - Anishinaabeg stating an Example.” NWSA Conference 2011 - Feminist Transformations.
National Women’s Studies Association.
Atlanta, USA. Nov. 11, 2011.
Kriebernegg, Ulla, and Maierhofer,
Roberta. “Canada - Europe: Transatlantic Regional Cooperation in a Globalized
World.” Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS). Ottawa,
Canada, Nov. 17, 2011.
Kriebernegg, Ulla. “‘Survivalwoman’
writing a ‘Letter to America’: Margaret
Atwood on US-Canadian Relationships.”
Association for Canadian Studies in the
United States (ACSUS). Ottawa, Canada.
Nov. 17, 2011.
Maierhofer, Roberta. “Gender, Age and
Identity: An Anocritical Approach.” Joint
Degree Gender Studies: International Research and Teaching Perspectives, Ruhr
University Bochum. Bochum, Germany.
Dec. 10, 2011.
Maierhofer, Roberta. „Kulturtheorien der
Gegenwart: Aging Studies“. Vortragsreihe
des Forschungsbereichs Kulturtheorie &
Methoden des FSP Kultur- und Deutungsgeschichte Europas. University of Graz.
Graz, Austria. Dec. 15, 2011.
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Ertler, Klaus-Dieter. „Der zeitgenössische
Roman im frankophonen Kanada“. Canada in the European Perspective. Marburg,
Germany. Dec. 15, 2011.
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2014
2012
Kriebernegg, Ulla, and Roberta Maierhofer. Conference Panel. “Alive and Kicking at All Ages: Cultural Constructions
of Health and Life Course Identity.” 8th
International Symposium on Cultural
10, 2014.
Kriebernegg, Ulla, and Emma Domínguez
Rué. Conference Workshop. “Illness and
its Metaphors: Challenging Medical Discourse from a Gendered Perspective.” EAAS
Conference 2012. Ege University. Izmir, Turkey. Mar. 29 - Apr. 02, 2012.
Kriebernegg, Ulla. Double Conference
Session. “Almost Home: Hotel, Prison,
or Hospital? Cultural Representations of
Long Term Care.” 8th International Symposium on Cultural Gerontology / 2nd
Maierhofer, Roberta. Conference Workshop. “ The Ages of Life: Health, Life Expectancy, and the Ambiguities of Living and
Aging.” EAAS Conference 2012. Ege University. Izmir, Turkey. Mar. 29 - Apr. 02, 2012.
Mörtl, Heidrun, and Antonio Barrenechea. Double Conference Panel. “Hemispheric Approaches to American Indian
Studies Revisited.” 33rd American Indian
Workshop. University of Zurich and NONAM. Zurich, Switzerland. Apr. 14, 2012.
Mörtl, Heidrun and Antonio Barrenechea. Conference Panel. “Transcontinental Borderlands: A Comparative Approach to North America.” 2nd Biennial
Conference of the International Association of Inter-American Studies: Crossing
Boundaries in the Americas: Dynamics
of Change in Politics, Culture, and Media.
University of Guadalajara and National
Autonomous University of Mexico. Guadalajara, Mexico. Sept. 25, 2012.
Maierhofer, Roberta. Workshop 9: “The Ages of Life: Health, Life Expectancy, and the Ambiguities of Living and Aging.”
Ege University, Izmir, Turkey. 29 Mar.-Apr. 02, 2012
Based on the topic – age – the workshop, before it had even begun, had
quickly gained the reputation of being
“the boring one” needing fewer chairs
than any of the other workshops. This
seemed an indication that gerontophobia is even rampant among Americanists, and addressing the topic even
more important than assumed.
Contrary to expectations, the workshop proved to be the opposite of boring and inconsequential with a lively and inspiring discussion. The objective of the workshop was not only to understand health and age in literal
and metaphorical terms, but also to encourage approaches that consider
the personal and public, as well as the social and political implications of
the concepts. In the workshop, contributions addressed questions such as
how an understanding of health influences our notion of agency within a
subversive deconstruction of normative age concepts, or how negative images of old age as physical decrepitude and disease can be deconstructed.
The papers presented showed a wonderful interdisciplinary scope of investigation into the subject, from a more traditional literary analysis to presentations covering a large scope of cultural, social, political aspects of age
discrimination, from case studies in terms of individual interpretations of
representations of age, health, and intergenerational relationships to an
analysis of age discrimination laws.
It was decided that these discussions would also be continued in connection
with the newly established European Network in Aging Studies (http://www.
agingstudies.eu), initiated by American Studies scholars.
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2nd International Student Conference in Inter-American Studies at Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia. Jan. 29-31, 2014
In January 2014, thirteen students participated in a student conference,
where they gave presentations based on group projects which they had
worked on in Heidrun Mörtl’s class “Introduction to Inter-American Studies: Indigenous Identities in the Borderlands.” The presentations focused
on the Americas in general and minority perspectives with a focus on Indigenous Peoples.
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Kriebernegg, Ulla. Anerkennungspreis “Lehre Ausgezeichnet”, University of Graz. Nov. 07, 2013
In November of 2013, Ulla Kriebernegg received the Recognition Award for Teaching “Lehre: Ausgezeichnet!”
for her class titled “Locating Life: The Representation of
Aging and Identity in US-American and Canadian Fiction” from the Vice-Rectorate for Studies and Teaching
at the University of Graz, Austria.
Topics in Inter-American Studies
CEEPUS Network CIII-AT-0503 Inter-American Studies. 2011, 2013, 2014
“Topics in Inter-American Studies” is
an interdisciplinary joint course in
Inter-American studies coordinated by the Center for Inter-American
Studies at the University of Graz.
The course focuses on the wider
subject area of the Americas by way of interdisciplinary and intercultural
analysis, exploring economic and sociocultural contexts of the region, thus
leading to a transregional and hemispheric perspective.
Classes Taught by C.IAS Faculty
Course Categories at Uni Graz
Rolando Hinojosa- Smith
University of Texas, Austin, USA
Creative Writing Seminar at the Summer School
For several years, renowned author and University of Texas at Austin professor
Rolando Hinojosa-Smith has been teaching the creative writing workshop at the
Graz International Summer School Seggau. Rolando Hinojosa-Smith is the Ellen
Clayton Garwood Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, USA, and one of
the most prolific Hispanic novelists in the United States. Not only has he created
memorable Mexican American and white characters, but he has completely
populated a fictional county in the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas through his
continuing generational narrative. The first Chicano author to receive a major
international literary award, Rolando Hinojosa won the prestigious Premio Casa
de las Américas for Klail City y sus alrededores (Klail City), part of a series of novels known to English-speaking readers as “The Klail City Death Trip.” HinojosaSmith’s fiction, often infused with satire or subtle humor, is widely praised for
its multiple narratives that unite many characters’ individual perspectives into
the unique combined voice of the Chicano people. Hinojosa-Smith has also produced essays, poetry, and a detective novel titled “Partners in Crime.”
The Center for Inter-American Studies is honored
to be able to cooperate
with one of the most wellrespected Hispanic novelists in the United States
and thankful for this
long-lasting support and
friendship.
Photo credits: Jay Janner,
Austin American-Statesman
DQ:Doctoral Colloquium
KS:Course
OL: Orientation Course (1st semester)
PS: Proseminar (undergraduate)
SE : Seminar (graduate )
VO:Lecture
VU: Lecture & Practical
in alphabetical order
Ertler, Klaus Dieter
SS 2014
Literary Seminar: Preparation of
Academic Writing
(SE)
Lecture Series: Contemporary Canada - Le Canada contemporain
(further lecturers: Jason Blake, Elisabeth
Gießauf, Julia Hohensinner, Natalia Kaloh
Vid, Petr Kylousek, Martin Löschnigg, Andrea
Strutz)
(VO)
Spanish Literary Proseminar: Literature, Cinema and other Media
(José Cadalso and the Spanish Enlightenment)
(PS)
Literary Seminar (Gabríel García
Márquez)
(SE)
WS 2013-2014
’Representation’ in the long 18th
century
(further lecturers: Simone De Angelis, Andreas
Golob, Harald Heppner, Gernot Kocher, Susanne
König-Lein, Edgar Lein, Christian Neuhuber, Burkhard Pöttler, Marliese Raffler, Robert Vellusig)
| Implementation
(VU)
The Romance Literatures in a Historical and Cultural Context
(VO)
French Literary Seminar (Contemporary Narrrative of Quebec)
(SE)
(Don Quijote)
(PS)
SS 2013
Interdisciplinary Workshop for
PhD students (Migration-DiversityGlobal Society)
(further lecturers: Wolfgang Benedek, Christian Fleck, Karl Kaser, Roberta Maierhofer,
Josef Marko, Anita Prettenthaler-Ziegerhofer,
Johanna Rolshoven, Katharina Scherke, Karin
Schmidlechner-Lienhart, Michela Wolf, Friedrich Zimmermann)
(SE)
(VO)
Literary Seminar (Contemporary
Narrative Literature in Romance
Languages)
(SE)
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Literary Seminar: Preparation of Scientific Research
(SE)
Orientation Course for Teachers in
Training - Teaching Subject French
(OL)
Literary Seminar (Mario Vargas Llosa)
(SE)
Lecture Series: Cultural Spaces of
Canada - Espaces culturels du Canada
Training - Teaching Subject Italian
(OL)
(VO)
Training - Teaching Subject Spanish
(OL)
Orientation lecture for students of
teaching professions - Teaching Subject French
(OL)
(further lecturers: Martin Löschnigg)
Training - Teaching Subject French
(OL)
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Training - Teaching Subject Italian
(OL)
Training - Teaching Subject Spanish
(OL)
WS 2012-2013
Interdisciplinary Workshop for PhD
students (Migration-Diversity-Global Society)
(further lecturers: Wolfgang Benedek, Christian Fleck, Karl Kaser, Roberta Maierhofer,
Josef Marko, Anita Prettenthaler-Ziegerhofer,
Johanna Rolshoven, Katharina Scherke, Karin
(DQ)
(VO)
French Literary Seminar (JeanJacques Rousseau)
(SE)
(Pedro Montengón and the Spanish
Enlightenment)
(PS)
SS 2012
(further lecturers: Wolfgang Benedek, Christian Fleck, Walter Hölbling, Karl Kaser, Roberta
Maierhofer, Josef Marko, Anita PrettenthalerZiegerhofer, Klaus Rieser, Johanna Rolshoven,
Katharina Scherke, Karin Maria Schmidlechner-Lienhart, Annette Sprung, Michaela Wolf,
Friedrich Zimmermann)
(SE)
Categories of Conveying in the 18th
century
Simone De Angelis, Harald Heppner, Alois
Kernbauer, Kordula Knaus, Edgar Lein, Renate
Pieper, Marliese Raffler, Nikolaus Reisinger, Peter Teibenbacher, Udo Thiel)
(DQ)
(VO)
Literary Seminar (Narration in Romance Cultures: Enlightenment)
(SE)
Lecture Series: Canadian Issues – Enjeux canadiens
(VO)
teaching professions - Teaching subject Italian
(OL)
teaching professions - Teaching subject Spanish
(OL)
WS 2011-2012
(further lecturers: Wolfgang Benedek, Christian Fleck, Walter Hölbling, Karl Kaser, Elisabeth
Katschnig-Fasch, Roberta Maierhofer, Josef
Marko, Anita Prettenthaler-Ziegerhofer, Klaus
Rieser, Johanna Rolshoven, Katharina Scherke,
Karin Maria Schmidlechner-Lienhart, Annette
Sprung, Friedrich Zimmermann)
(SE)
teaching professions - Teaching Subject Italian
(OL)
teaching professions - Teaching Subject Spanish
(OL)
SS 2011
(further lecturers: Wolfgang Benedek,
Christian Fleck, Walter Hölbling, Elisabeth
Katschnig-Fasch, Roberta Maierhofer, Josef
(SE)
(VO)
Press and Literature in the 18th Century
(SE)
Canadian culture(s) - Culture(s)
canadienne(s)
(VO)
Literary Seminar: Preparation of scientific research
(SE)
José Cadalso and the Spanish Enlightenment
(PS)
French Literary Seminar (Denis Diderot)
(SE)
teaching professions - Teaching Subject French
(OL)
(VO)
Kriebernegg, Ulla
SS 2014
Introduction to Literary Studies I
(PS)
Literary Studies Proseminar (Aging
in Contemporary Fiction and Film)
(PS)
Literature
of
Transformation:
Arrivals and Departures: 19th and
20th Century Jewish Migrations to
the US. GUSEGG - Graz International
Summer School
(KS)
Aging and Demographic Change.
“We’re old, we’re young, we’re
in this together.” GUSEGG - Graz
International Summer School
(KS)
WS 2013-2014
mer School
WS 2011-2012
(KS)
Intercultural Competence and Interaction: Theory and Practice
(further lecturers: Gerald Lamprecht)
Cultural Narratives of Longevity Alive and Kicking at All Ages? Cultural Constructions of Age and Identity
in North American Fiction. GUSEGG
- Graz International Summer School
(KS)
(further lecturers: Diana Afrashteh, Roberta
Maierhofer, Hermine Penz)
(KS)
WS 2012-2013
(further lecturers: Diana Afrashteh, Barbara
Böttger, Roberta Maierhofer, Hermine Penz)
(PS)
SS 2011
(PS)
(further lecturers: Roberta Maierhofer, Heidrun Mörtl, Valentin Petroussenko, Veronica
Popescu, Radoslaw Rybkowski)
(PS)
(PS)
Identities Seminar. International
Summer School on the Americas
(KS)
American Cultural Studies (The
Making of America: Cultural Narratives of Americanness)
(PS)
Society & Culture Seminar. International Summer School Seggau
(further lecturers: Roberta Maierhofer, Andrei
Markovits)
Literary Studies Proseminar (Reading Old Age)
(PS)
(SE)
Gerontology, Age Theories and
Images (A.1) ULIG
(KS)
(further lecturers: Diana Afrashteh, Roberta
Maierhofer, Hermine Penz)
(further lecturers: Roberta Maierhofer, Gertrud
Simon)
SS 2012
(PS)
(VO)
(PS)
SS 2013
History & Migration. International
Summer School on the Americas
Literary Studies Proseminar (Locating Life: The Representation of Aging and Identity in US-American and
Canadian Fiction)
(PS)
Transnationalism & Migration) - “To
America!“ – Jewish Migrations to the
Americas in the 19th and 20th Century. GUSEGG - Graz International Sum-
(further lecturers: Gerald Lamprecht)
(KS)
(PS)
„Nach Amerika nämlich!“ Jewish
Migrations to the Americas in the
19th and 20th Century
(further lecturers: Gerald Lamprecht, Roberta
Maierhofer, Andrea Strutz)
(VO)
Maierhofer, Roberta
SS 2014
Gerontology Introductory Seminar
(II) (B.6)
(further lecturers: Solveig Haring)
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Multi-Disciplinary Gender Studies (SE for Members of the PhDProgramme)
(further lecturers: Ursula Athenstaedt, Ulrike
Bechmann, Irmtraud Fischer, Theresia Heimerl,
Evelyn Höbenreich, Margareta Kreimer, Anita
Prettenthaler-Ziegerhofer, Karin Schmidlechner-Lienhart, Michaela Sohn-Kronthaler, Käthe
Sonnleitner, Angelika Wetterer)
Outreach
Survey of American Literary History
(VO)
Publications
(SE)
Literary Studies Seminar (Travelling
Concepts: Putting Theory into Practice)
(SE)
Master Research Seminar (Narratives of Difference)
(SE)
Literature of Transformation.
GUSEGG - Graz International Summer
School
(KS)
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WS 2013-2014
Literary Studies Seminar (Lost in
Translation: Intersectionality and
Age)
(SE)
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Master Research Seminar (Concepts
and Theories of Culture)
(SE)
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Gerontology, Age Theories and Images (A.1) ULIG
(further lecturers: Ulla Kriebernegg, Gertrud
Simon)
(VO)
Multi-Disciplinary Gender Studies (PV for Members of the PhDProgramme)
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Bechmann, Irmtraud Fischer, Theresia Heimerl, Evelyn Höbenreich, Margareta Kreimer,
Anita Prettenthaler-Ziegerhofer, Karin Schmidlechner-Lienhart, Michaela Sohn-Kronthaler,
Käthe Sonnleitner, Angelika Wetterer)
(PV)
SS 2013
Genres/Periods of American Literature (Intersectionality in American
Literature)
(VO)
Cultural Studies Seminar (Twists
and Turns: Theories of Culture)
(SE)
Master Research Seminar (Translating Cultures)
(SE)
(further lecturers: Wolfgang Benedek, KlausDieter Ertler, Christian Fleck, Karl Kaser, Josef
Marko, Anita Prettenthaler-Ziegerhofer, Johanna Rolshoven, Katharina Scherke, Karin
(SE)
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Multi-Disciplinary Gender Studies (SE for Members of the PhDProgramme)
(further lecturers: Ursula Athenstaedt, Ulrike Bechmann, Irmtraud Fischer, Theresia
Heimerl, Evelyn Höbenreich, Margareta Kreimer, Anita Prettenthaler-Ziegenhofer, Karin
Schmidlechner-Lienhart, Michaela SohnKronthaler, Käthe Sonnleitner, Angelika Wetterer)
(SE)
(further lecturers: Diana Afrashteh, Ulla Kriebernegg, Hermine Penz)
(PS)
WS 2012-2013
Cultural Studies Seminar (Intersectionality as Identities and Interactions: Men, Women and Others)
(SE)
Genres/Periods of American Literature (Postmodernism and Beyond),
Lecture
(VO)
Master Research Seminar (Narratives of Difference)
(SE)
Multi-Disciplinary Gender Studies (PV for Members of the PhDProgramme)
Prettenthaler-Ziegerhofer, Karin Schmidlechner-Lienhart, Michaela Sohn-Kronthaler, Käthe
Sonnleitner, Angelika Wetterer)
(PV)
(further lecturers: Wolfgang Benedek, KlausDieter Ertler, Christian Fleck, Karl Kaser, Josef
Marko, Anita Prettenthaler-Ziegerhofer, Johanna Rolshoven, Katharina Scherke, Karin
(DQ)
(further lecturers: Diana Afrashteh, Ulla Kriebernegg, Hermine Penz)
(PS)
SS 2012
Intercultural Competence and Interaction: Theory and Practice, Seminar
(further lecturers Diana Afrashteh, Barbara
Böttger, Ulla Kriebernegg, Hermine Penz)
(PS)
(further lecturers: Wolfgang Benedek, KlausDieter Ertler, Christian Fleck, Walter Hölbling,
Karl Kaser, Josef Marko, Anita PrettenthalerZiegerhofer, Klaus Rieser, Johanna Rolshoven,
Katharina Scherke, Karin Maria Schmidlechner-Lienhart, Annette Sprung, Michaela Wolf,
Friedrich Zimmermann)
(SE)
Multi-Disciplinary Gender Studies
(Seminar for Members of the PhDProgram)
Prettenthaler-Ziegerhofer, Karin Maria Schmidlechner-Lienhart, Michaela Sohn-Kronthaler,
Käthe Sonnleitner, Angelika Wetterer )
(SE)
WS 2011-2012
(PS)
Karl Kaser, Elisabeth Katschnig-Fasch, Josef
(SE)
(PV for Members of the PhDProgram)
Evelyn Höbenreich, Elisabeth Katschnig-Fasch,
Margareta Kreimer, Anita Prettenthaler-Ziegerhofer, Karin Maria Schmidlechner-Lienhart,
Michaela Sohn-Kronthaler, Käthe Sonnleitner,
Angelika Wetterer )
(PV)
SS 2011
(further lecturers: Ulla Kriebernegg, Heidrun
Mörtl, Valentin Petroussenko, Veronika Popescu, Radoslaw Rybkowski)
(PS)
„Nach Amerika nämlich!“ Jewish
Migrations to the Americas in the
19th and 20th Century
(further lecturers: Ulla Kriebernegg, Gerald
Lamprecht, Andrea Strutz)
(VO)
Society & Culture Seminar. International Summer School Seggau 2011
(further lecturers: Ulla Kriebernegg, Andrei
Markovits)
(SE)
Mörtl, Heidrun
Ratzenböck, Barbara
SS 2014
SS2012
Inter-American Cultural Studies (Introduction to Inter-American Studies: Comparative Indigeneities)
(PS)
Creative Writing Seminar. GUSS International Summer School on the
Americas
(KS)
The University of Graz’s online
course catalogue can be accessed
at: https://online.uni-graz.at/
Courses in the field of InterAmerican Studies taught by other faculty members at the University of Graz can be found by
searching for Americas-related
terms in the online system.
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(PS)
WS 2013-14
Inter-American Cultural Studies (Introduction to Inter-American Studies: Indigenous Identities in the Borderlands)
(PS)
Schendl, Georg
SS 2013
Literary Studies Introductory Seminar ((Re-)defining Indigeneity from
an Inter-American Perspective)
(PS)
Performance
Agreement
(PS)
Publications
Karl Kaser, Elisabeth Katschnig-Fasch, Josef
(SE)
(Seminar for Members of the PhDProgram)
Evelyn Höbenreich, Elisabeth Katschnig-Fasch,
Margareta Kreimer, Anita Prettenthaler-Ziegerhofer, Karin Maria Schmidlechner-Lienhart,
Michaela Sohn-Kronthaler, Käthe Sonnleitner,
Angelika Wetterer )
(SE)
Indigenous Identities - (Re-)defining Indigeneity from an Inter-American Perspective. GUSEGG – Graz International Summer School
(further lecturers: Alexia Schemien)
SS2014
(further lecturers: Anna Bartnik, Sven Cvek,
Valentin Petroussenko)
WS 2013-14
Presentations
History of Human Rights from an
Inter-American Perspective
(PS)
SS 2013
(Negotiating Space in the Americas
- European Perspectives)
History of Human Rights from an
Inter-American Perspective
(PS)
(PS)
SS 2011
American Cultural Studies (Introduction to American Indian Studies)
(PS)
SS 2012
Politics. International
School on the Americas
(KS)
Teaching
Events
(KS)
(further lecturers Valentin Petroussenko, Matthew
Sweney, Beatriz Tomsic-Cerkez, Adam Walaszek).
Outreach
Summer
Guests &
Guest Researchers
Further Activities
Cooperations
Deutsche
Zusammenfassung
(further lecturers: Ulla Kriebernegg, Roberta
Maierhofer, Heidrun Mörtl, Valentin Petroussenko, Veronika Popescu, Radoslaw Rybkowski)
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C.IAS Outgoing Teaching Mobility
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Heidrun Mörtl
Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
CEEPUS Network CIII-AT-0503-03-1314 Inter-American Studies
March 24 - 29, 2014
Outreach
Performance
Agreement
Publications
Presentations
Georg Schendl
University of Zagreb, Croatia
April 07 - 11, 2014
Georg Schendl
Plovdiv University, Bulgaria
Mar. 10-14, 2014
Teaching
Events
2013
Guests &
Guest Researchers
Ulla Kriebernegg
University of Maastricht, the Netherlands
Further Activities
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“Live to Be a Hundred: Cultural Narratives of Longevity” - team teaching with
Aagje Swinnen
Mar. 05-06, 2013
Heidrun Mörtl
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Jan. 10-16, 2013
Heidrun Mörtl
Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria
CEEPUS Network CIII-AT-0503-02-1213 Inter-American
Studies
Mar. 14-20, 2013
Georg Schendl
University of Klagenfurt, Austria,
Studium Integrale for PhD students - team teaching with Gert Dressel and Angelika Brechelmacher
Winter Semester 2012/2013 and Summer Semester 2013
2012
Roberta Maierhofer
Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italy
Erasmus Teaching Exchange
May 01-03, 2012
Roberta Maierhofer
Universidad de Málaga,
Spain
Erasmus Teaching Exchange
Apr. 18, 2012
Heidrun Mörtl
St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of
Veliko Tarnovo and Paisii Hilendarski
University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria
CEEPUS Network CII-AT-0503-02-1213 InterAmerican Studies
Nov. 04-11, 2012
2011
Heidrun Mörtl
Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
CEEPUS Network CII-AT-0503-01-2010-11 Inter-American Studies
April 25 - 30, 2011
This lunchtime lecture series brings together international and Graz-based
academics, presenting a hub for interdisciplinary discussion and exchange.
Students are provided with sandwiches and drinks as well as plenty of food for
thought. Within this series, all participants are encouraged to cross disciplinary
boundaries and to think out of the (lunch) box.
2013
Mar. 19, 2013
Marc Priewe (University of Stuttgart, Germany)
Of Words and Wounds:Textualizing Illness in Early America
Radin-Sabados, Mirna, University of Novi Sad, Serbia. “Manly Men and
Girly Girls – Icons of the Golden Era Revisited.” Apr. 23, 2013
The talk was dedicated to the icons and
images of the 1950s and early 1960s in the
USA as they are presented in contemporary cultural production and the effect they
have on our understanding of social and
cultural values. The background for the talk
was Hayden White‘s understanding of the
boundary between history and fiction, allowing for renegotiation of the
values affecting social engineering and gender roles. Mirna Radin-Sabados
focussed on the fictional iconic figures of the 1950s from Don DeLillo‘s novel Underworld, as well as on the popular television series “Mad Men.”
„
Polič, Vanja, University of Zagreb, Croatia. “Does Gender Matter? Coping
with Aging and Dementia in Two Canadian Short Stories.” May 14, 2013
I stayed in Graz in May through CEEPUS
network and held a lecture in the Brown
Bag Lunch series on May 14th titled “Does
Gender Matter? Coping with Aging and
Dementia in Two Canadian Short Stories”.
In the lecture I compared two short stories:
one by Alice Munro “The Bear Came Over
the Mountain” and the other by Rohinton Mistry “Swimming Lessons” from
the aging studies perspective. Namely, my focus was on the perceptions of
aging and ill people by the institution and society versus their close relatives, people who care for them. The turn-out was high, students were cooperative and inquisitive. Overall, the experience was memorable.
May 07, 2013
Ludmilla Kostova (St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo,
Bulgaria)
Love and Death Across Cultures: Richard Henry Savage’s In the Old Chateau (1895)
June 11, 2013
Tereza Nitisor (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania)
“This is my play‘s last scene:” Fracture and (Dis)Continuity in Contemporary
American Drama
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2012
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Gabriella Vöö (University of Pécs, Hungary)
The Chin vs. Kingston Controversy
Nov. 07, 2012
Rüdiger Kunow (University of Potsdam, Germany)
Aging Between Two Cultures: Migrants and Old Age
BROWN BAG LUNCH SERIES
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Events
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Guest Researchers
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McDonald, Anna, Monash University Australia. “Eccentrics, Ornamental
Hermits and the and the Bachelor Life: Figures of Solitude in the Prose
Narratives of W. G. Sebald.” Nov. 21, 2012
A lecture series organized by the Center for Inter-American Studies
2012
24.10.
This paper was concerned with the
solitary characters that populate
the prose narratives of W. G. Sebald.
Following an examination of the varieties of solitude embodied by the
figures of the walker and the writer,
MacDonald considered those eccentric characters that have withdrawn
from the world and come to live alone in tiny cottages, hermitages, or at the
bottom of wild gardens. These are characters to which the Sebaldian narrator is repeatedly drawn, and they exist in a way that he clearly finds attractive. But despite the persistent temptation to stop walking and retreat from
the world in the manner of these hermit-like figures, the narrator is compelled to keep moving, and his account of the stories of those men who have
withdrawn from the world in motion attests to the dangers of stopping, of
staying still.
Via an examination of his recurring figures of solitude, and a consideration
of their reasons for retreating from the world, this paper explored the varieties of being in, and making sense of the universe as it takes shape in the
prose narratives of W. G. Sebald.
Gabriella Vöö (University of Pécs, Hungary):
The Chin vs. Kingston Controversy
07.11.
Rüdiger Kunow (University of Potsdam, Germany):
Aging Between Two Cultures: Migrants and Old Age
21.11.
Anna MacDonald (Monash University, Australia):
Eccentrics, Ornamental Hermits, and the Bachelor
Life: Figures of Solitude in the Prose Narratives of
W. G. Sebald
12.12.
Sarah Crooks (University of Derby, UK):
Women Aren’t As Passive As We Think: Women, Men
and Marriage in Women’s Magazines of the 1970s
2013
16.01. Meike Dackweiler
(Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany):
The Limitations of Gender and Desire
in Philip Roth's Novel “The Humbling“
11.30-13.00 h
Department of American Studies
SR 34.D2, Attemsgasse 25, 8010 Graz
Free brown bag lunch will be provided!
[email protected]
http://www.uni-graz.at/cias
Dec. 12, 2012
Sarah Crooks (University of Derby, UK)
Women Aren’t As Passive As We Think: Women, Men and Marriage in Women’s
Magazines of the 1970s
2014
Contemporary Canada - Le Canada Contemporain
A lecture series organized by Klaus-Dieter Ertler and Martin Löschnigg
CONTEMPORARY CANADA – LE CANADA CONTEMPORAIN
LV-Nr. 513.140
Ringvorlesung organisiert von Univ.-Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Ertler (Romanistik) und
Ao.Univ.-Prof. Dr. Martin Löschnigg (Anglistik)
13.3.
Klaus-Dieter Ertler / Martin Löschnigg (Graz)
Di. 20.5. | 18.45-20.15 (LR 3.086)
Petr Kyloušek (Brno)
Introduction to Canadian Studies
20.3.
La littérature canadienne française et québécoise:
Natalia Kaloh-Vid (Maribor)
périodisation, caractéristiques
The Theme of Identity in Contemporary Russian-Jewish
Mi. 21.5. | 17.00-18.30 (LR 3.086)
Canadian Literature
27.3.
Andrea Strutz (Graz)
3.4.
René Schallegger (Klagenfurt)
Aspects institutionnels du théâtre québécois
Reflecting Austria in Contemporary Canada: Transatlantic
Migrations in the Late 19th and the 20th Century
22.5.
La Révolution tranquille: transformations politiques et
leurs incidences sur la littérature et le théâtre
the Hero or Heroine in a Canadian Videogame
10.4.
Elisabeth Gießauf (Graz)
5.6.
of Staying, Leaving and Returning in the Literature and
12.6.
Lynne Taylor (Waterloo, Ont.)
Contemporary Aboriginal Issues in Canada, and Their
Folk Music of Atlantic Canada
History
Julia Hohensinner (Graz)
La production littéraire de la grève étudiante au Québec
Jason Blake (Ljubljana)
Anglo-Franco Connections in the Canadian Leisure Realm
Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Themes
8.5.
17.00-18.30 (LR 3.086)
John Dies at the End – Why You Would Not Want to Be
Fr. 20.6. | time and place to be announced
Sherrill Grace (Vancouver)
en 2012
The Great War and Canadian Landscapes of Memory
26.6.
Klausur
Do 17.00-18.30 Uhr
Institut für Romanistik, LR 33.3.088
SS 2014
The course offered an introduction to cultural
aspects of Canada. Multiculturalism, interculturalism and transculturalism were the main topics
in the description of national identity. Questions
and answers about the construction of identity
in a polycultural context were offered. Migration
takes an important role in this process of the construction of national identity. In the centre of interest were thematic approaches to cultural geography, communication and media, language
and literature, history, politics, architecture and
different forms of everyday-culture in Canada.
Mar. 13, 2014
Klaus-Dieter Ertler / Martin Löschnigg (Graz):
Introduction to Canadian Studies
Mar. 20, 2014
Natalia Kaloh-Vid (Maribor):
The Theme of Identity in Contemporary Russian-Jewish Canadian Literature
Mar. 27, 2014
Andrea Strutz (Graz):
Reflecting Austria in Contemporary Canada: Transatlantic Migrations in the
Late 19th and the 20th Century
Petr Kyloušek (Brno):
May 20, 2014
La littérature canadienne française et québécoise: périodisation, caractéristiques
May 21, 2014 Aspects institutionnels du théâtre québécois
May 22, 2014
La Révolution tranquille: transformations politiques et leurs incidences sur la
littérature et le théâtre
June 05, 2014
Jason Blake (Ljubljana):
Anglo-Franco Connections in the Canadian Leisure Realm
June 12, 2014
Lynne Taylor (Waterloo):
Contemporary Aboriginal Issues in Canada, and Their History
June 20, 2014
Sherrill Grace (Vancouver):
The Great War and Canadian Landscapes of Memory
2012
Canadian Issues – Enjeux canadiens
CANADIAN ISSUES – ENJEUX CANADIENS
Ringvorlesung organisiert von Univ.-Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Ertler (Romanistik) und
Ao.Univ.-Prof. Dr. Martin Löschnigg (Anglistik)
15.03. Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh (Regensburg):
10.05. Wolfgang Klooss (Trier):
‚Comparative Norths‘: The Arctic in Austrian, German and
Die Grammaire Comparée du francais acadien et
English-Canadian Fiction
louisianais − auf dem Weg zu einer vergleichenden
Grammatik des nordamerikanischen Französisch
24.05. Maria Löschnigg (Graz):
22.03. Andrea Strutz (Graz):
The Native Canadian Mosaic: Diversity and Polyvocality in
the Native Canadian Story in English
Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Alberta: Die österreichische
Immigration nach Kanada von 1890 bis zum Ersten
Elisabeth Gießauf (Graz):
Apr. 10, 2014
Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Themes of Staying, Leaving and
Returning in the Literature and Folk Music of Atlantic Canada
Weltkrieg unter spezieller Berücksichtigung jüdischer
MigrantInnen
31.05. Gertrud Szamosi (Pecs): Writing Identity in Margaret
Laurence’s ‚Heart of a Stranger‘
14.06. Jason Blake (Ljubljana):
29.03. Bettina Kluge (Bielefeld):
‚La integración es una negociación permanente‘ –
die Québecer Einwanderungs- und Integrationspolitik
Winter Dreams: Hockey and Creating Canada
21.06. Bernhard Metz (Freiburg i. Brsg.):
Tourismus und Ökologie in Nord-Kanada
und ihre Wahrnehmung in der Blogosphäre der
lateinamerikanischen Immigranten
28.06.
Klausur
26.04. Jean-Marc Gouanvic (Montreal):
L’émergence d’un champ de la science-fiction au Québec
(autour de la revue littéraire IMAGINE)
03.05.
Ulla Kriebernegg (Graz): The Representation of Aging
and Old Age in Canadian Fiction
Julia Hohensinner (Graz):
May 08, 2014
La production littéraire de la grève étudiante au Québec en 2012
Outreach
Performance
Agreement
Publications
Presentations
LV-Nr. 513.140
Apr. 03, 2014
René Schallegger (Klagenfurt):
John Dies at the End – Why You Would Not Want to Be the Hero or Heroine in a
Canadian Videogame
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Institut für Romanistik, LR 3.088
SS 2012
20120116 PLAKAT RV.indd 1
18.01.12 14:00
Multiculturalism, interculturalism and transculturalism are the main topics in the description of
national identity. The course offered some questions and many answers about the construction
of identity seen from these perspectives. Migration takes an important role in this process of
the construction of national identity. The course
offered thematic approaches to topics like communication and media, language and literature,
history, politics, architecture and different forms
of everyday-culture. The course facilitated an
understanding of Canada and its culture(s), focusing on its various expressions. Anglophone
and Francophone Literature were the focus.
Teaching
Events
Guests &
Guest Researchers
Further Activities
Cooperations
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Zusammenfassung
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Mar. 15, 2012
Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh (Regensburg):
Die Grammaire Comparée du français acadien et louisianais − auf dem Weg zu
einer vergleichenden Grammatik des nordamerikanischen Französisch
Mar. 22, 2012
Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Alberta: Die österreichische Immigration nach
Kanada von 1890 bis zum Ersten Weltkrieg unter spezieller Berücksichtigung
jüdischer MigrantInnen
Mar. 29, 2012
Bettina Kluge (Bielefeld):
‘La integración es una negociación permanente’ – die Québecer Einwanderungsund Integrationspolitik und ihre Wahrnehmung in der Blogosphäre der lateinamerikanischen ImmigrantInnen
Apr. 26, 2012
Jean-Marc Gouanvic (Montreal):
L’émergence d’un champ de la science-fiction au Québec (autour de la revue littéraire IMAGINE)
2011
Canadian Culture(s) – Culture(s) canadienne(s)
Multiculturalism, interculturalism and transculturalism are the main topics in the description
of national identity. The lecture series offered
some questions and many answers about the
construction of identity seen from these perspectives. Migration takes an important role in
this process of the construction of national identity. The course offered thematic approaches to
topics like communication and media, language
and literature, history, politics, architecture and
different forms of everyday-culture.
C.SAS Lecture Series
Canadian Culture(s) – Culture(s) canadienne(s)
LV-Nr.513.140
Ring vorlesung organisier t von Univ.-Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Er tler (Romanistik) und
Ao.Univ.-Prof. Dr. Mar tin Löschnig g (Anglistik)
10.03.Linda Warley (Waterloo): "Butwhereareyou
reallyfrom?"–Memory,Multiculturalism,and
CanadianLiterature
17.03. Jürgen Erfurt (Frankfurt am Main):Sprachliche
DynamikimfrankophonenKanada
24.03.Tim Kremser (Berlin):„Multikultiisttot!“
–Multikulturalismusnicht:Kanadas
IntegrationspolitikalsVorbildfürDeutschland?
31.03. 17.45-19.00Uhr,Aula/Hauptgebäude
Val Napoleon (Edmonton):IndigenousLawand
Citizenship:FoundationsforIndigenousSelfDetermination
07.04. Martin Kuester (Marburg/Lahn):Canadian
CulturesintheAgeoftheGlobalVillage:
Regions,Ethnicities,Literature
12.05.Gordan Matas (Split):TheEver-Changing
CharacterofCanadianLiterature
19.05.Gilles Dupuis (Montréal):Ledevenir-juifde
l’intellectuelquébécois:lecasd’AnneÉlaine
Cliche
26.05.Nora Tunkel (Wien):TransculturalImaginaries
09.06.Hartmut Lutz (Greifswald):AboriginalCulturesin
Canada:Land,Languages,Literatures
16.06.Jean-François Chassay (Montréal):Littérature
québécoise:nouveauxauteurs,nouvelimaginaire,
renouvellementinstitutionnelpourunnouveau
siècle
30.06. Klausur
14.04.Ursula Lehmkuhl (Trier): NarratingCanada:From
NationtoColonytoColonizerandBack
Do., 17.00-18.30 Uhr
Institut für Romanistik, LR 3.088
SS 2011
C.SAS leCture • C.SAS CurSo • C.SAS Seminário • C.SAS CourS • C.SAS leCture • C.SAS CurSo • C.SAS Seminário • C.SAS CourS
May 03, 2012
Ulla Kriebernegg (Graz):
The Representation of Aging and Old Age in Canadian Fiction
Mar. 10, 2011
Linda Warley (Waterloo):
“But where are you really from?” – Memory, Multiculturalism, and Canadian
Literature
May 10, 2012
Wolfgang Klooss (Trier):
‘Comparative Norths‘: The Arctic in Austrian, German & English-Canadian Fiction
Mar. 17, 2011
Jürgen Erfurt (Frankfurt am Main):
Sprachliche Dynamik im frankophonen Kanada
May 24, 2012
Maria Löschnigg (Graz):
The Native Canadian Mosaic: Diversity and Polyvocality in the Native Canadian
Story in English
Mar. 24, 2011
Tim Kremser (Berlin):
„Multikulti ist tot!“– Multikulturalismus nicht: Kanadas Integrationspolitik als
Vorbild für Deutschland?
May 31, 2012
Gertrud Szamosi (Pecs):
Writing Identity in Margaret Laurence’s “Heart of a Stranger”
Mar. 31, 2011
Val Napoleon (Edmonton):
Indigenous Law and Citizenship: Foundations for Indigenous Self- Determination
June 14, 2012
Jason Blake (Ljubljana):
Winter Dreams: Hockey and Creating Canada
Apr. 07, 2011
Martin Kuester (Marburg/Lahn):
Canadian Cultures in the Age of the Global Village: Regions, Ethnicities, Literature
Bernhard Metz (Freiburg i. Brsg.):
June 21, 2012
Tourismus und Ökologie in Nord-Kanada
Ursula Lehmkuhl (Trier):
Apr. 14, 2011
Narrating Canada: From Nation to Colony to Colonizer and Back
Gordan Matas (Split):
May 12, 2011
The Ever-Changing Character of Canadian Literature
May 19, 2011
Gilles Dupuis (Montréal):
Le devenir-juif de l’intellectuel québécois: le cas d’Anne Élaine Cliche
Albert Lichtblau (Salzburg):
Mar. 09, 2011
Dokumentierte Emigration: die Austrian Heritage Collection New York
May 26, 2012
Nora Tunkel (Wien):
Transcultural Imaginaries
Joachim Schlör (Southampton):
Mar. 16, 2011
„Menschen wie wir mit Koffern“. Neue kulturwissenschaftliche Zugänge zur Erforschung jüdischer Migrationen im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert
June 09, 2011
Hartmut Lutz (Greifswald):
Aboriginal Cultures in Canada: Land, Languages, Literatures
June 16, 2011
Jean-François Chassay (Montréal):
Littérature québécoise: nouveaux auteurs, nouvel imaginaire, renouvellement
institutionnel pour un nouveau siècle
„Nach Amerika nämlich!“ Jewish Migrations to the
Americas in the 19th and 20th Century
A lecture series organized by Ulla Kriebernegg, Gerald Lamprecht, Roberta
Maierhofer, and Andrea Strutz
Ever since the European discovery at the end of
the 15th century, the Americas have been both a
real and an imaginary destination for migrants
and a beacon of hope for people from all parts
of the world, most importantly, however, from
Europe. Images of liberty, religious and cultural
tolerance, and the utopia of a “New World” in
which social advancement and self-determination were possible constituted the core aspects
of imaginations and hopes. Although the ideal
of the “American Way of Life” was predominantly
connected to the United States, millions of people were received by the Americas, the countries
of North and South America. Among them were
many Jews who, similar to other groups of migrants, decided or were forced to
embark on a journey to the Americas.
Mar. 02, 2011
Gerald Lamprecht/Ulla Kriebernegg (Graz):
Jüdische Migrationen im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert in die Amerikas – Einführung
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Mar. 23, 2011
Ingo Haar (Wien/Berlin):
Jüdische Zivilgesellschaft und transnationale Flüchtlingspolitik in Europa: Pogromflüchtlinge via Brody nach Amerika vor und nach 1900
Mar. 30, 2011
Helga Embacher (Salzburg):
Flucht und Neubeginn. Die USA als Aufnahmeland vertriebener europäischer
JüdInnen
Apr. 06, 2011
Roberta Maierhofer (Graz):
Emigration und Identität:Nirgendwo als Heimat und Umweg bei der Definition
des Selbst
Apr. 13, 2011
Michaela Raggam-Blesch (Wien):
Arrival in the “New World”. Neuanfang im Exil unter geschlechtsspezifischen
Aspekten
May 11, 2011
Mirjam Unger (Wien):
Vienna’s Lost Daughters - Movie Showing at Rechbauerkino
May 18, 2011
Wege nach Kanada im 20. Jahrhundert: Transatlantische Migrationen
österreichischer JüdInnen
Eugen Banauch (Wien/Jerusalem):
May 25, 2011
Jüdisches Exil und Exilliteratur in Kanada
Christian Fleck (Graz):
June 01, 2011
SozialwissenschaftlerInnen im Exil
Liliane Weissberg (Philadelphia/Wien):
June 08, 2011
Die verlorene Unschuld: Hannah Arendt als Politologin
Philipp Mettauer (Wien):
June 15, 2011
Erzwungene Emigration nach Argentinien
Christian Cwik (Cartagena/Köln):
June 22, 2011
Jüdische Flucht und Emigration nach Lateinamerika. Das Beispiel Kolumbien
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International Summer Schools Seggau
Summer Schools and Topics 2011 - 2014
Academic Director: Roberta Maierhofer
The interdisciplinary co-operation of teachers and students during the international
summer schools focused on the cultural,
intellectual and historical dimensions of current European and American affairs in view
of their positioning in a globalized world.
Presentations in research and teaching referred to the focus areas of the University of
Graz – South-Eastern Europe and North, Central and South America. Shaping
profiles of young leaders of tomorrow in different areas such as politics, administration, economy, science, and religion was an important aim.
Designed for internationally oriented, highly
motivated students from all disciplines who
wish to deepen their understanding of current international affairs, the Graz University summer schools held at Seggau Castle,
Austria, offers a platform to engage in the
interdisciplinary analysis of new conceptual approaches such as a redefinition of the
Americas and Europe in times of globalization. Thematic seminar modules in the
respective fields allow students to strengthen their understanding of complex issues in their study areas.
Besides offering an interdisciplinary platform
of exchange, the summer school organization has since the beginning demonstrated
the strength of C.IAS and the former Vice
Rectorate for International Relations of the
University of Graz to find supporters and coorganizers in different areas. International
and inter-institutional collaborations have
included cooperation with the Commission of the European Bishops’ Conference
of the European Community (COMECE) and the Diocese Graz-Seckau. The summer schools have also been supported by CEEPUS (Central European Exchange
Program for University Studies), the Utrecht Network, the European Network in
Aging Studies (ENAS), the David-Herzog-Fonds, the International Association of
Inter-American Studies, the Styrian Government (Land Steiermark Abt. Kultur,
Europa und Außenbeziehungen), the Embassy of the United States in Austria, the Embassy of Canada in Austria, the Centre for Canadian Studies Graz, the Association for
Canadian Studies in German-speaking Countries (GKS), Renovabis, Stichting Communicantes, Graz Tourism, and GRAWE.
Keywords about the summer school set-up
• two-week summer university
• for 58 to 98 students and 12 to 21
teachers
• morning and evening lectures, 5 to
10 parallel seminar modules, creative/professional writing seminars
• excursions
• discussions with lecturers and guests
• accreditation via ECTS-credits (6
ECTS for participation and an obligatory seminar paper)
 Coming Up:
Graz International Summer School Seggau 2015:
Shifting Perspectives: Europe and the Americas
June 28 - July 12, 2015
Graz International Summer School Seggau:
Transformation and Change: Europe and Beyond
June 29 - July 12, 2014
Topic
The only consistency of today‘s world is change. Current processes of transformation are frequently perceived as unexpected and unpredictable. They are
often triggered by the quest of individuals and groups for self-determination,
their need for cultural reassessment, or by more mundane motives of globalized
business and politics. Whatever their cause, it is clear to all that contemporary
societies are facing many challenges in their constant transformation. Demographic change in Europe and America has become one of the key challenges
and policy issues of our time. An ageing population, low birth rates, and changing family structures have had an enormous impact on intergenerational relationships, the job market, and systems of social care, but also on an individual’s
definition of identity over the life course. At the same time, there are “others”:
migrants who are trying to find their place in these societies. Nation building
processes and ever-deeper forms of economic and political integration retrace
and dilute borders, again with an unprecedented impact on the individual as
well as the collective. This summer school offered the possibility of examining
current debates on transformation and demography in Europe and beyond by
focusing on the current challenges to established forms of government, welfare
policies and modes of transformation in a radically changed global world, where
migration and transnationalism play an important role. Focusing on the emphasis areas of the University of Graz – South-Eastern Europe and North, Central,
and South America – the summer school provided a basis for an interdisciplinary analysis in terms of opportunities provided and challenges faced in the past,
present, and future.
Seminars
• Seminar Module 1 – Politics & Law (Robert Austin - University of Toronto, Canada; Stefan Storr - University of Graz, Austria)
• Seminar Module 2 – Media, Society & Culture (Mirko Petrić and
Krešimir Krolo - University of Zadar, Croatia)
• Seminar Module 3 – Ethics, Religion & Economics (Luis San Vicente
Portes - Montclair State University, USA)
• Seminar Module 4 – Rhetorics of Transformation (Jelena Dzankic European University Institute, Italy; David Bates - Canterbury Christ
Church University, UK)
• Seminar Module 5 – Literature of Transformation (Roberta Maierhofer,
Ulla Kriebernegg/Gerald Lamprecht – University of Graz, Austria)
• Seminar Module 6 – Aging and Demographic Change (Ulla Kriebernegg - University of Graz, Austria; Marie-Jo Thiel - University of Strasbourg, France)
• Creative Writing Seminar (Rolando Hinojosa-Smith - University of
Texas at Austin, USA)
• Academic Writing Seminar (Peter Goggin - Arizona State University,
USA/Marta Cerezo Moreno - Universidad Nacional de Educación a
Distancia, Spain; Maureen Goggin/James Blasingame - Arizona State
University, USA)
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Graz International Summer School Seggau: Collective
Identities: Nationalism, Transnationalism – Europe
and Beyond (GUSEGG)
June 30 - July 13, 2013
In 2013, for the first time, the GUSS
- Graz International Summer
School, organized in its sixth edition by the Center for Inter-American Studies at the University of
Graz, was merged with the eighth
SUSEGG - International Summer
School Seggau, a project of the
University of Graz in cooperation
with the Diocese Graz-Seckau and
the European Bishops‘ Conference (COMECE). The new name GUSEGG showed
the merger of the two.
The two-week summer school took place from June 30th to July 13th, 2013 and
98 students from 35 nationalities benefitted from the plenary sessions, lectures,
group discussions and seminars delivered by 21 professors and lecturers. The
program built on the regional focus areas of the University of Graz and of both
former summer schools, South-Eastern Europe and the Americas - and allowed
for an even more interdisciplinary and challenging program for everyone.
2013 was the third and last year in which part of the summer school received
funding as an ERASMUS Intensive Program (IP) focusing on the Americas. This
part of the summer school was carried out in close cooperation with partner organizations in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, France, Romania, and
Slovenia.
Topic
Since the 19th century, nation states as a
construction of collective identities have
defined the political, economic and social
realities in Europe and beyond. In Benedict
Anderson’s term of an imagined community, the nation state has determined both
individual as well as collective identities in
terms of inclusion and exclusion. This is especially true when it comes to the rights of citizens or ethnic majorities versus
the legal status of minority groups or the situation of foreigners and migrants.
Although the essentialist nature of state definition has never been able to do
justice to the social, cultural, and economic realities and challenges, it has since
the 19th century determined the political and social structures of Europe, led to
war and destruction, but also to reconstruction and peace-building in the 20th
century, if one takes the European Union as an example of a supranational governance structure. Within a radically changed global world, where migration
and transnationalism play an important role, a reconsideration of the notion of
the nation state as well as an analysis of the interconnections between collective and individual identity formation is necessary. Focusing on the emphasis
areas of the University of Graz – South-Eastern Europe and North, Central and
South America – the discursive and symbolic constructions of Europe and beyond was investigated from an interdisciplinary vantage point thus contributing
to a redefinition of European and Inter-American Studies. The Americas provide
us with many examples of an early development of the nation state in connection with processes of democratization in the late 18th and early 19th century, as
well as with the question of heterogeneity versus homogeneity. South-Eastern
Europe can be seen as an example for a region that has been contested by European and non-European actors and therefore as a mirror image of larger dynamics in European history. This area is also a good example for discussing diversity
in terms of opportunities provided and challenges faced in the past, present and
future. Studying collective identities by focusing on European and American issues will thus provide a basis for meeting James Tully’s demand that “21st century identities must be supported rather than imposed, reasonable rather than
unreasonable, empowering rather than disabling and liberating rather than oppressed” (2003).
Seminars
• Seminar Module 1 – Literature & Culture (Josef Raab - University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany; Simone Francescato - Ca’ Foscari University, Italy)
• Seminar Module 2 – Cultural Identities (Marietta Messmer - University
of Groningen, the Netherlands; Isabel Caldeira - University of Coimbra,
Portugal)
• Seminar Module 3 – Indigenous Identities (Heidrun Mörtl - University
of Graz, Austria/Alexia Schemien - University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany; James Blasingame - Arizona State University, USA)
• Seminar Module 4 – Urban & Regional Identities (Daniela Larion - I.A.
Cuza University of Iași, Romania; Peter Goggin - Arizona State University, USA)
• Seminar Module 5 – Politics & Law (Soeren Keil - Canterbury Christ
Church University, UK; Robert Austin - University of Toronto, Canada)
• Seminar Module 6 – Media, Society & Culture (Krešimir Krolo - University of Zadar, Croatia)
• Seminar Module 7 – Economics & Power (Luis San Vicente Portes Montclair State University, USA; Soeren Keil - Canterbury Christ Church
University, UK)
• Seminar Module 8 – Ethics, Religion & Leadership (David Bates - Canterbury Christ Church University, UK; Johan Verstraeten - University of
Leuven, Belgium)
• Seminar Module 9 – Transnationalism & Migration (Guy Laforest - Laval University, Quebec, Canada; Ulla Kriebernegg/Gerald Lamprecht University of Graz, Austria)
• Seminar Module 10 – Cultural Narratives of Longevity (Ulla Kriebernegg
- University of Graz, Austria; Stephen Katz - Trent University, Canada)
Graz University Summer School: International Summer
School on the Americas 2012 (GUSS)
July 15 - 29, 2012
The fifth International Summer School
on the Americas 2012 was included
into the umbrella concept of the Graz
University Summer School – GUSS and
took place at Seggau Castle, Leibnitz,
Austria from July 15th to 29th, 2012.
The international program brought together 16 faculty members and guest
lecturers as well as 65 students from 26
nationalities who participated and taught in seven specialized seminar modules.
2012 was the second year in which the summer school was part of an ERASMUS
Intensive Program (IP) and thus carried out in close cooperation with partner
organizations from Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, France, Romania, Slovenia, and Hungary. The aim of the Graz University Summer School, to
integrate American, Canadian, Latin-American, Caribbean and Chicano Studies
and thereby promote the concept of Inter-American Studies, was visible in the
research fields of visiting scholars and students. Inter-American Studies as an interdisciplinary research field was discussed by teachers and students from various academic backgrounds. Therefore, the summer school presented a unique
opportunity for these academic encounters and dialogues.
Topic
Contemporary discussion about the local and
global character of societies calls for a redefinition of the terms “America” and “American”.
The shift away from the US-centered interpretation of these terms towards a hemispheric
perspective that includes Canada, US America
and Latin America requires new conceptual
approaches in order to define the Americas
in times of globalization where geopolitical
boundaries no longer suffice to mark a clear
difference between different cultures and
concepts of national identities. The seminar
modules taught by international experts of
Canadian, US-American, Latin American and
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Inter-American Studies from different universities at this summer school offered an insight into the discursive and symbolic constructions of the Americas
seen from the vantage points of politics, history, law, literature and culture.
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University, SUNY, USA)
Seminar Module 2 – Literature (Emron Esplin - Kennesaw State University, USA; Simone Francescato - Ca’ Foscari University, Italy)
Seminar Module 3 – Identities & Gender (Isabel Caldeira - University of
Coimbra, Portugal; Alexandra Berlina - University of Duisburg-Essen,
Germany)
Seminar Module 4 – Economics (Luis San Vicente Portes - Montclair
State University, USA)
Seminar Module 5 – American Indian Studies (Jochen Kemner - Bielefeld
University, Germany; James Blasingame - Arizona State University, USA)
Seminar Module 6 – History & Migration (Ulla Kriebernegg/Gerald
Lamprecht - University of Graz, Austria; Liliane Weissberg - University of
Pennsylvania, USA)
Seminar Module 7 – Politics (Georg
Schendl - University of Graz, Austria)
Creative Writing Seminar (Barbara
Ratzenböck - University of Graz,
Austria)
Writing for the Media Seminar (David Newbold - Ca’ Foscari University,
Italy; Nancy Campbell - University of Graz, Austria)
Writing in the Academic Context Seminar (Nancy Campbell - University of Graz, Austria; Danica Cerce - University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
International Summer School Seggau: Leadership and
Education: The Future of Europe? (SUSEGG)
June 30 - July 14, 2012
The seventh International Summer
School Seggau 2012 (SUSEGG) was a
project carried out by the University of
Graz in cooperation with the diocese
Graz-Seckau and the Commission of
the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community (COMECE). It took
place at Seggau Castle, Leibnitz, Austria from June 30th to July 14th, 2012.
The international program brought together 12 faculty members and guest
lecturers as well as 80 students from 29 nationalities who discussed the topic
Leadership and Education: The Future of Europe? from an interdisciplinary point
of view. They participated and taught in six specialized seminar modules (Law &
Politics; Economy & Innovation; Society & Culture; History, Power & Leadership;
Ethics & Religion; Media & Communication). Focusing on South-Eastern Europe
the SUSEGG aimed at an interdiciplinary cooperation of teachers and students
on the cultural, intellectual and historical dimensions of current European affairs in view of Europe‘s positioning in a globalized world. Various scholarships
were available and awarded upon nomination.
Topic
Within this summer school we discussed
leadership as European leadership in state,
society, and religion on a global level. We offered examples of European leadership within
the areas of fundamental rights, technology,
climate change, peaceful cooperation, and
global affairs. We discussed who will be the
leaders of Europe tomorrow, what qualities they need, and which challenges
they will face. In this context, our definition of education encompassed various
levels. We focused on European models of education, and its paradigm shift that
was initiated by the introduction of the Bologna Process, as well as the implications for education and learning as defined in the Lisbon Agenda 2020. Debates
also included the question of education about Europe and the European Union.
The topics addressed in this summer school raised issues of leadership, of values
and norms, of identity formation, which transcend the borders of Europe. While
it is clear that education is the basis for personal development, social inclusion, economic innovation, and awareness of fundamental
rights, key questions about the future remain
open. In a world characterized by rapid change
through Europeanization, regionalization,
and globalization, leadership and education
will be pathways to possible solutions. The right to education is of key importance for a continent whose main resources are knowledge and human capital.
mer program. One of the main changes to the
previous years was that this fourth edition of
the summer school was funded as an ERASMUS Intensive Program (IP) coordinated by
the University of Graz. The International Summer School on the Americas was carried out in
cooperation with partner institutions of higher
education in Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Portugal, France, Romania, Slovenia, and Hungary.
Seminars
• Seminar Module 1 – Law & Politics (Stefan Storr
- University of Graz, Austria; Soeren Keil - Canterbury Christ Church University, UK)
• Seminar Module 2 – Economy & Innovation
(Soeren Keil - Canterbury Christ Church University, UK; Joop Viannen - Tilburg University, the
Netherlands)
• Seminar Module 3 – History, Power & Leadership (Robert Austin University of Toronto, Canada; Florian Bieber - University of Graz)
• Seminar Module 4 – Society & Culture (Stephan Moebius - University of
Graz, Austria; Karin Doolan - University of Zadar, Croatia)
• Seminar Module 5 – Ethics & Religion (Guy Laforest - Laval University,
Quebec, Canada; Johan Verstraeten - University of Leuven, Belgium)
• Seminar Module 6 – Media & Communication (Krešimir Krolo - University of Zadar, Croatia)
Topic
In 1892, Cuban poet and freedom fighter José
Martí published his now famous “Nuestra
América” [“Our America”] as a call for solidarity
among the fledgling nations of Latin America
in the face of Europe’s colonial past in the region and the United States’ imperial present
and future. Over a century later, how have or
haven’t American relations changed? Can we
talk of Latin America – a regional marker which includes nations as disparate as
Mexico and Argentina and as dissimilar as Guatemala and Brazil? What is North
America? Does it include Canada, the United States, and Mexico? Is it code for
English-speaking America, or does it merely function as a non-national way to
refer to the United States? And what of the term America itself ? When does it
include Canada, Ecuador, Haiti, or Chile, and when does it signify the United
States? The tendency to equate America with the United States and the current
practices of Latin Americanists, Canadianists, Caribbeanists, and US-Americanists to study their disciplines in national and regional vacuums can be just as
parochial as the “prideful villager” whom Martí chastises for believing that “his
hometown contains the whole world.” At this summer school, students and faculty were invited to participate in
shifting the American dialogue from
nation and region to hemisphere,
from America to Americas. In doing
so, the discursive and symbolic constructions of the Americas were investigated from the vantage point of
politics, history, law, literature, film,
gender, culture, and Jewish Studies.
Graz University Summer School: International Summer
School on the Americas 2011 (GUSS)
July 17-31, 2011
The fourth edition of the GUSS-International Summer School, coordinated by the
University of Graz’s Center for Inter-American Studies, took place at Seggau Castle,
near Leibnitz, Austria from July 17th to July 31st, 2011. In 2011, the International
Summer School on the Americas brought together twelve faculty members and
guest lecturers and 58 students of twenty-five nationalities for a two-week sum-
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Poitiers, France; Hólmfríður Garðarsdóttir - University of Iceland, Iceland)
• Seminar Module 2 – Literature (Josef Raab - University of DuisburgEssen, Germany; Emron Esplin - Kennesaw State University, USA)
• Seminar Module 3 – Identities (Marietta Messmer - University of Groningen, the Netherlands; Ulla Kriebernegg - University of Graz, Austria)
• Seminar Module 4 – Economics, Politics & Society (Luis San Vicente
Portes - Montclair State University, USA)
• Seminar Module 5 – Sustainability (Beatriz Tomšic Cerkez - University of
Ljubljana, Slovenia; Daniela Larion - University A.I.Cuza of Iași, Romania)
• Professional Writing Seminar (Nancy Campbell - University of Graz,
Austria)
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International Summer School Seggau: US Europe - Towards a Multicultural Continent (SUSEGG)
July 02-16, 2011
The sixth International Summer School Seggau 2011 (SUSEGG) was carried out by the University of Graz in cooperation with the diocese
Graz-Seckau and the Commission of the Bishops‘ Conferences of the European Community (COMECE). It took place at Seggau Castle,
Leibnitz, Austria from July 2nd to July 16th,
2011. The program brought together 15 faculty
members and guest lecturers as well as 72 students from 23 nationalities. The
interdisciplinary meeting and cooperation of teachers and students focused on
cultural and intellectual aspects and dimensions of the current European integration. Shaping profiles of future executives in different areas such as politics,
administration, economy, science, and religion was an important aim.
Topic
US Europe – this title alludes to three associations: First, it is about European
identity: we Europeans; we in Europe. This identity cannot only be defined with
the cultural achievements of the past in mind,
it also requires dealing with heterogeneity and cosmopolitanism. Europe and what
makes it unique have spread across the world,
but elements of the world have also expanded
into the towns and villages of Europe. Second,
it is about the future shape of Europe and
about the United States of Europe: What types
are imaginable, and how can a future Europe be thought in its state form? It is
not only a question of a European constitution, but also of the repertoire of possible ways of structuring it and of limiting the European configuration. Third, it
is about Europe’s position as part of a world system, and its relationship to others. Whereas the United States was traditionally an important partner for Europe, now new geo-political areas play a more important role. The Muslim world
and “Chinindia” (China and India) have taken on a new geopolitical importance.
In this perspective, the question is also raised as to the special characteristics
and future chances of Europe. Therefore, the question of Europe’s position in a
globalized world is also posed. This not only requires consideration of its unique
characteristics and location, but also a reflection on the organizational structures and the definition of its role in the international system of powers. The
usual topics, from migration to the ageing population, from identity to hybridity, from European statehood to global empire, from the new phase of oppression to a world society, are incorporated into these questions.
Seminars
• Seminar Module 1 – Law & Politics (Joanna Łopatowska - European
School of Law and Administration, Belgium; Stefan Storr - University
of Graz, Austria)
• Seminar Module 2 – Economy & Innovation (Joop Vianen - Tilburg University, the Netherlands; Heinz D. Kurz - University of Graz, Austria)
• Seminar Module 3 – Society & Culture (Ulla Kriebernegg/Roberta Maierhofer - University of Graz, Austria/Andrei S. Markovits, University of
Michigan, USA; Pranay Sanklecha - University of Graz, Austria)
• Seminar Module 4 – History & Power (Robert Austin - University of Toronto, Canada; Soeren Keil - University of Kent, UK)
• Seminar Module 5 – Ethics and Religion (Slavica Jakelić - University of
Virginia, USA; Marianne Moyaert - University of Leuven, Belgium)
• Seminar Module 6 – Media & Communication (Mirko Petrić - University
of Zadar, Croatia)
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Student Experience at the Summer Schools
Müller, Felix, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Summer School Participant in 2012
Describing a summer school cannot be justly done
by simply remembering the content of seminars
and lectures given, nor by recounting the extracurricular programs such as karaoke or the excursion to Graz. GUSS 2012 was not only a program in
which you take part in order to later add it to your
CV. This summer school is much more than that.
It‘s an adventure that takes you on a roller-coaster
ride through an exploration of your own personality and a search for your own academic self. The
experience can, if you let it, redefine you as a person just as much as it redefines your academic interests and goals. The seminars allow you to argue
and discuss the material directly with your instructor and your classmates.
The lectures show you topics and themes from different fields of study that
might stimulate you personally to dive into unknown realms of your own
study program or discover new study programs elsewhere. […]
Voicu, Cristina-Georgiana, Romania
Summer School Participant 2010 & 2011
Quotation from the acknowledgements by Cristina-Georgiana Voicu in “Exploring Cultural Identities in Jean Rhys’ Fiction” (De Gruyter, 2014):
“I am also extremely grateful to everyone at the
University of Graz (Austria), Center for the Study
of the Americas, especially to Professor Dr. Ulla
Kriebernegg, for encouraging me to do this academic research.”
Horváth Miklós, Hungary
Summer School Student 2014
I attended Professor Maierhofer’s class discussing
transformation and change in literature […]. For the
course, we selected short stories and approached
them from the perspective of gender studies touching upon the issue of similarities as well as differences between men and women, and among them. We were also engaged
in creating the theoretical framework for a discourse on visibility and invisibility. I was familiar with many of these topics and interpretations, so what
impressed me the most was the personality of the professor. Professor Roberta Maierhofer is a very enthusiastic and energetic lecturer. She is able to
create the space for fruitful discussions and a truly academic experience. She
offered us challenging questions and encouraged us to actively participate
in her seminar. I believe it is difficult to find such a person in academia. If I
had known Professor Maierhofer earlier, I would have probably come to Graz
University to complete my Master‘s studies. I learned a lot at the summer
school, and will certainly apply this knowledge in my future career. […]
Friaa, Karim, Tunisia
Summer School Participant 2013
The Graz International Summer School 2013 was a
unique academic and cultural experience for me, since
I generally enjoy working and sharing my ideas with
students and professors from all over the world (Europe, Africa, America, and Asia) in multicultural environments. During the summer, after I had returned to
my hometown, I didn‘t stop talking to my family, my
friends and my professors about this event that provoked a positive ‘‘cultural shock’’, it gave me a lot of energy, hope and ambitions for my future studies. I really appreciated the academic staff of the
University of Graz because of their professional organization of the program,
for the friendly and welcoming atmosphere of the whole event and for the
various activities which made my stay at Seggau castle very comfortable – it
fostered learning and sharing nice moments with other participants. [...]
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Summer School Student 2013
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The beauty of Seggau is only matched by the dedication
and professionalism of educators in the University of Graz
International Summer School program. The learning extends from the traditional classroom out onto the awe-inspiring backdrop of the idyllic Austrian hills. In two weeks
time, I was able to learn a great deal about the many
countries represented by my fellow participants - highly
motivated people of different cultures, beliefs and perspectives who share
many things in common. Among them: a passion for knowledge. As a writer, I appreciate the wonderful challenge of viewing the world from a fresh
angle, and with a much wider lens that leads to a clearer understanding of
people. Even as this year‘s theme focused on “Collective Identities: Nationalism and Transnationalism in Europe and Beyond,” I am most amazed by
the respect and regard of the summer school educators toward the individual, and the heartwarming effort to make everyone feel welcome. Indeed,
the essence of multiculturalism thrives in the hills of Schloss Seggau, where
one experiences a rich mosaic of knowledge, ideas and fellowship. I highly
recommend Graz International Summer School Seggau to those who hunger to learn about life beyond their borders.
Teachers’ Perspectives on the Summer Schools
San Vicente Portes, Luis,
Department of International Business, Montclair State University, USA
Summer School Faculty 2010-2014
The University of Graz summer school at Seggau
seamlessly brings together students, faculty and a
variety of disciplines into the same realm. From
shared meals to shared lectures all participants
benefited from a truly inter-disciplinary approach
in the study of the Americas. By drawing together a
diverse pool of students and lecturers from around
the world, learning drifts from the classroom, to
conversations, to films, to roundtables.
Hinojosa-Smith, Rolando,
Department of English, Ellen Clayton Garwood Professor, The University
of Texas at Austin
Summer School Faculty 2010, 2012-2014
Although not a stranger to foreign students,
my experience at Seggau was enlightening
in many respects. First, I was most impressed by the students‘ enthusiasm, with
their fitting in with each other during the
individual reports and with the team discussion sessions. Second, I was also favorably impressed with their seriousness of purpose; the choice by the Graz University professors must have been a difficult one to have selected this group
among the many applicants. As a teacher, one also learns from one‘s students,
and I did as well from this, added which, I found the plenary sessions to be
instructive as well as entertaining; the students‘ questions, by and large, were
on point and this is always a blessing. In brief, Graz spent its money wisely.
“Texas meets Austria” – Intercultural Seminar and Exchange Project for Students and Artists
June 12-15, 2012
In June 2012, a group of ten art students from the Texas A&M University-Kingsville, accompanied by Santa Barraza, came to Graz for a two-week painting
course and intercultural exchange program organized by the Center for InterAmerican Studies. The class led by Barraza was also open for Graz students majoring in art history or having a strong interest in painting and also for professional
artists from the region.
As the local contact person for the students, Barbara
Ratzenböck coordinated the administrative aspects
and the project’s social program. The task of working
with the international guests from Texas as well as local students and professional artists included providing interculturally sensitive support and assistance as
well as organizing and promoting opportunities for artistic exchange.
The painting-course was divided into three parts. In the first part, students participated in an intercultural exchange and orientation workshop led by Elfriede
Ederer-Fick (on photo above on the right), an expert in didactics and innovative
learning strategies from the Institute of Pedagogy at the University of Graz. In
the second part, students were introduced to theoretical concepts of painting
and drawing and provided with a general introduction to Chicano art and the
concept of “Nepantla,” an originally Aztec term referring to “spaces in between”.
In the third part, the focus was on the production of art. Students were invited
to visually express their ideas of and experiences with “spaces in between” using
color and paint. In addition to the painting class, the students from Texas also
participated in an intensive “survival German class” one afternoon.
The project promoted the exchange between different institutes and organizations at the University of Graz. In addition to the orientation workshop supported by the Institute of Pedagogy, students also participated in a guided tour of the
museum of the University of Graz led by Eva Klein from the Department of Art
History at the University of Graz.
An important feature of the project “Texas meets Austria” was also the promotion of inter-university relations in Graz since the project included cooperation
with the Graz University of Technology whose Institute of Contemporary Art invited students participating in the class to the opening of a sculpture and design
project at the Austrian Sculpture Park.
Inter-institutional cooperation and exchange was also an important part of
the project. The Catholic University College for Education (KPH) warmly welcomed the Texas students and Barraza during a meeting with the rector of the
KPH, Siegfried Barones, and with the head of the Institute of Research, Hubert
Schaupp, and the representative of the international office at KPH, Mag. Karin
Schönstein-Müller. After this official meeting, students participated in a figure
drawing seminar at KPH taught by Franziska Pirstinger.
In addition to the painting class, participating students enjoyed an extensive social program also organized by the Center for Inter-American Studies. Excursions
to various exhibition sites and museums such as the museum of modern art in
Graz (“Kunsthaus Graz”), as well as a field trip to the studio of artist Regina Peier
in eastern Styria, provided students with an overview of the Styrian visual art
scene and inspiration for their own artistic work.
Photo on the right: Franziska Pirstinger,
Catholic University College for Education
(KPH), Roberta Maierhofer, Director of C.IAS
- University of Graz, Siegfried Barones, Rector of the Catholic University College for Education (KPH), Barbara Gasteiger Klicpera,
Dean of the Faculty of Environmental, Regional and Educational Sciences, University
of Graz (from left to right).
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Identity and Conflict in Austria, Croatia and Bosnia
(James Madison University, Virginia, USA)
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May 15 - June 12, 2014
In May of 2014, a group of thirteen students
from James Madison University in Virgina,
USA, led by Professor John Hulsey spent
two weeks in Graz as the first stop on their
tour through Central and South-Eastern Europe where they explored the topic “Identity
and Conflict in Austria, Croatia and Bosnia.”
John Hulsey, a native of Arkansas and former exchange student to the University of
Graz, has maintained close relations with
Professor Roberta Maierhofer who assisted
him with the organizational aspect of the
first part of this short term study abroad
program in Graz.
The course “Identity and Conflict in Austria, Croatia and Bosnia” explored the ways
in which a person’s sense of belonging to a
group or connection to a place impacts the
ways that they act politically. To do this,
the group examined the roots of ethnicity,
nationality and citizenship as well as the
variety in the way that people experience
belonging to a group and act upon that feeling of belonging. These goals were
pursued in two courses across four cities: Vienna, Graz, Split and Sarajevo. The
first course examined in a broad way a variety of issues related to cultural, political and geographic groupings. The second course focused more narrowly on
what happens after ethnic and national wars, in particular the challenges and
means of rebuilding societies that are stable, just and democratic. The program
was designed in two phases. The first phase combined classroom instruction
with guided and unguided exploration of Graz and the second phase was a
week long study trip to Croatia and Bosnia. In addition to enjoying their beautiful coasts and mountains, students were given the chance to see firsthand the
challenges of rebuilding torn countries.
Within their first phase in Graz the students participated in a co-taught session
with one of Professor Roberta Maierhofer’s seminars where they led heated discussions on identity constructions and faced the challenge to review their own
national identites in a different light.
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May 05, 2014
“Fantastic Reversals of Time: Representing Age in the Fantastic Mode”
Heike Hartung (University of Potsdam, Germany)
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knowledge transfer between academia and a wider audience.
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“The Centennial Stage: Mexico’s Old Regime and the Independence
Celebrations of 1910”
In contrast to realist fiction, in which the experience
of aging is explored in narratives of coming-of-age,
the mode of the fantastic opens up alternative visions of life in time. Age fantasies may serve different
cultural functions, both by reinforcing contemporary
age stereotypes and by envisioning counter-narratives of age.
In her talk, Heike Hartung presented two different
literary case studies of female old age in the fantastic
mode, George McDonald‘s fairy
tale “Little Daylight” (1864) and
Mary Elizabeth Braddon‘s vampire story “Good Lady Ducayne” (1896). The strategies of age narrative developed
in these nineteenth-century tales of the fantastic were
compared with F. Scott Fitzgerald‘s satiric tale of a fantastic age reversal, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (1921), in order to explore the meanings of age in the
genre of the fantastic.
May 28, 2014
Patrick J. McNamara (University of Minnesota, USA, and Guest Professor at
the University of Graz)
“Displaying What is a Black Indian: Evidence of Native American
Transculturalization of Africans in a Smithsonian Exhibit”
In “The Centennial Stage: Mexico’s Old Regime and
the Independence Celebrations of 1910” McNamara
offered a new interpretation of the importance of
Mexico’s 1910 Centennial by connecting it to the outbreak of revolutionary fighting in that same year. He
challenged the notion of “collective memory,” focusing instead on commemorative practices as public
performances of national identity. Based on archival
sources from throughout Mexico, his study decentered Mexico City within the Centennial narrative
and highlighted local and regional histories
throughout Mexico and within Mexican/MexicanAmerican communities in the United States.
What is a Black Indian? To explore this
question, Robert Collins took a personcentered ethnographic approach to the
dynamics of African and African American
acculturation or “transculturalization” - a
term coined by A. Irving Hallowell (1963)
- within Native American communities,
as discernible from life-histories collected
during his tenure as a co-curator of the current Smithsonian‘s traveling banner
exhibit, “IndiVisible: African-Native American Lives in the Americas.” Three years
in the making and reflective of community consultation and institutional collaborations between the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), the
Robert K. Collins (San Francisco State University, USA)
National Museum of African American History and
Culture (NMAAHC), and the Smithsonian Institution
Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), this exhibit – like
the lived experiences to be presented – illuminate past
and present shared life ways, communities, policies,
and unified forms of creative resistance experienced
by African Americans, Native Americans, and individuals of blended African and Native American heritage
racially and/or culturally (African-Native Americans),
within and outside of Native American communities.
Knowing that Africans and Native Americans interacted only skims the surface
of this exciting area of the ethnographic and historical records. There remains
the challenge of understanding the diverse natures and sources of these cultural
exchanges throughout Native America.
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Mar. 19, 2013
“Sexuality and Textuality: Der Tod in Venedig in Contemporary
American Fiction”
Robert Tobin (Clark University, Worchester, USA and Fulbright Visiting Professor of Psychoanalysis, University of Vienna)
Two contemporary American novels rework themes
from Thomas Mann’s Tod in Venedig (1911). In his most
recent novel, By Nightfall (2010), Michael Cunningham (perhaps best known for The Hours, 1998) tells
the story of an art dealer from New York who in his
50s falls in love for the first time with a man-his wife’s
younger brother.
In his highly regarded
debut novel, The Art of
Fielding (2011), Chad
Harbach describes a college president who, late
in life, also falls in love for the first time with a
younger student. In the comparison between
Mann’s novella and the two US-American novels,
it becomes evident on the one hand how sexuali-
ty, its representation, and the relationship between sexuality and literature have
changed in the past century – but on the other hand, the continuities between
Mann’s world and our own are also apparent.
May 22, 2013
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From the first point of contact with Europeans in North America, Native American
tribes resisted the forces of colonialism
through song. In addition to solidifying personal and collective identities, traditional
songs were used as a form of power to shield
against a massive tide of European migration. In the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Native American songs have continued to function in much the same way,
fueling everything from the Red Power
movement of the 1960s to the Idle No
The Center for Inter-American StudMore movement of today. “Sounding
ies were wonderful hosts, providResistance in Indian Country” focused
ing an atmosphere conducive to a
on the music of contemporary Native
natural exchange of ideas framed
American artists who embody the traby genuine interest and intellecdition of resistance, using the power of
tual rigor. All of this within a city
song to counter the effects of colonial
that ignites the senses!
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Chad Hamill
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July 05, 2013
“Canada‘s Engagement in the Americas”
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Paul Williams (Embassy of Canada in Austria, Vienna)
Paul Williams was invited to deliver a lecture
within the context of the GUSEGG Summer
School. At the beginning of the lecture he presented important key facts on Canada’s geography, demography, economy, politics and history,
Canada’s diversity, and its foreign policy. He then
focused on Canada’s engagement in the Ameri-
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cas since 2007 and elaborated on the gradual tilt
towards a hemispheric approach and the priority
placed on the re-engagement in the Americas. In
doing so, Counselor Williams allowed students
and faculty members to gain an insight into Canada’s current undertaking from an insider’s perspective. At the end of his lecture, Counselor Williams also talked about Canada’s academic support options and then engaged in
a lively discussion with the audience.
July 08, 2013
“They Rhymed with their Boots On: Songs of the Cowboys”
James Blasingame (Arizona State University, USA)
James Blasingame centered his presentation on
“The Singing Cowboy,” and showed how this icon
has evolved from the cattle drives following the
Civil War to the early cinema. His talk included
stories from and references to Herb Jeffries, The
Harlem Cowboy; Gene Autry from Radio Ranch;
Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys; Tex Ritter, The
Gringo; Dorothy Page, the Singing Cowgirl; and Rex Allen, the Arizona Cowboy.
The Highlight of the talk was James Blasingame’s singing of some of these familar Cowboy Songs. He further elaborated on Elvis, who he claims as having been
strongly influenced by black music. The first cowboys were often black and the
first known cowboy singer was Lead Belly (Huddie William Ledbetter), a black
jazz and folk artist, and Elvis himself first appeared on country western music
shows, like Louisiana Hayride.
July 11, 2013
“How to Apply for (Fulbright) Scholarships”
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Lonnie Johnson (Executive Director Austrian-American Educational Commission) and Roberta Maierhofer (University of Graz)
At the beginning of this joint lecture, which took place within the framework of
the GUSEGG Summer School, Lonnie Johnson provided summer school participants with an overview of the history of the Fulbright program. The program was
named after Senator J. William Fulbright who authored the 1946 amendment to
the “Surplus Property Act of 1944,” which allowed for the disposal of surplus gov-
ernment property overseas to “a State, political
subdivision of a State, or tax-supported organization (…).” Financial income the United States
Government acquired from the sale of wartime
surplus goods overseas was then designated to
educational exchange. As a consequence, the
Fulbright Program was established in 1946. As
stated in Public Law 87-256, 1961, the objective of the Fulbright Program is to
“increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and
the people of other countries by means of educational and cultural exchange; to
strengthen the ties which unite us with other nations (…).”
In the lively plenary discussion following these introductory remarks, Lonnie
Johnson and Roberta Maierhofer advised students on how to successfully apply
for Fulbright.
Oct. 15, 2013
“Popular Music Studies at the Crossroads: Reflections on Popular
Music and Ageing”
Roslyn Jennings (University of Gloucestershire, United Kingdom)
Music forms an important aspect of the cultural and social fabric of both individuals and nations (Clarke, 2012) and in the 21st century, popular music quite
literally accompanies us from the cradle to the grave and constitutes a significant life-long relationship for many people.
As popular music studies begin to address the subject of ageing, it is a distinctive
moment or turn for a subject area premised on notions of not just youth but also
ideas of artistic rupture with the past and fear of ageing. In this presentation
Roslyn Jennings explored crossroads between aging and popular music.
Oct. 22, 2013
Fulbright Information Event
Cooperation Event with the Austro-American Society for Styria (ÖAG)
Jürgen Hörmann (Austrian-American Educational Commission) and Margaret
Cruikshank (Fulbright Specialist at the University of Graz)
Jürgen Hörmann from the Austrian-American Educational Commission in Vienna visited us in Graz to
talk about the Fulbright Program as well as the Foreign Language Teaching Assistantship Program. His
presentation was coupled with a talk by Margaret
Cruikshank, who was at that time Fulbright Specialist in residence at the Center for Inter-American Studies
and talked about her experience with the program.
The event conluded with a social gathering at Uni
Café where students and colleagues could make use
of the provided networking opportunities in a relaxed atmosphere.
suggested giving up the city or large parts of it.
It is telling that the cultural capital of New Orleans
remains largely invisible to the American public, but
is admired throughout the world. Most of it (food,
sex, music, religion, architecture) belongs to the
world of the senses and is embedded in the popular expressive arts: therefore the city has acquired
the role of the sensual other, the Big Easy, that lacks
civic (and moral) legitimacy. Much of the cultural
capital of the city is buried in a
complex, tripartite racial history, which threatens the binary
logic of North American racism with all sorts of sensual
transgressions. Over time the city has shored up an ethnonostalgic heritage and a contradictory cultural history of
race relations that needs to be rescued from oblivion, for it
treasures those sedimentations and resonances, which give
New Orleans its uncanny, urban aura.
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Ricalo Torres
Two guests from Havana, Cuba gave talks within the C.IAS Events Series in Dec.
of 2013. The talks were moderated and translated from Spanish/German into
English by Christian Cwik (University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago).
Dec. 12, 2013
“New Orleans: Creolization and all that Jazz”
Cooperation Event with the Department of American Studies and the AustroAmerican Society for Styria (ÖAG), followed by a Christmas Get-Together
Berndt Ostendorf (Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany)
Only a few American cities are the production
centers of cosmopolitan culture. New Orleans,
the northernmost Caribbean metropolis, must
be counted among them. It is marked by a unique
sense of place; and it clearly is a place for the senses.
Yet, after Katrina many prominent Americans have
„Wissenschaft-Technik-Innovation: Herausforderungen und
Perspektiven vor dem Hintergrund interamerikanischer
Entwicklungen in Lateinamerika und im karibischen Raum“
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Fabio Grobart Sunshine (University of Havana, Cuba)
The presentation analyzed the role of science, technology and innovation in the
Inter-American integration process. The importance of these three aspects was
discussed in relation to the conflict between Cuba and the USA that has now
lasted for over 50 years. This conflict was furthermore traced historically and its
current role in the American integration process was critically assessed.
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“La dimension interamericana en el pensiamiento de José Martí”
Alina Ricalo Torres (Instituto Superior Politécnico José Antonio Echeverría, Cuba)
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This talk traced the Inter-American
aspects in the thinking and writing
of José Martí. Martí can be seen as
the founder of an American integration with his opus magnum “Nuestra
América.” Ricalo Torres discussed his
work in relation to the political tensions between Cuba and the USA.
which have been ongoing since 1959.
The united America Martí imagined excludes the United States, a fact that is
related to contemporary readings of integration within Inter-American Studies.
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“The Caribbean Basin: US-American Policy of Hegemony in the
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Christian Cwik (University of Cologne/ Universidad de Cartagena)
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Based on the Monroe Doctrine and Manifest
Destiny, the United States of North America
quickly took over the American continent during the 19th century. With the establishment of
a modern naval force, the USA was finally able to
take hold of the Caribbean area at the end of the
19th century. The US hegemonial policy primarily pursued economic and geostrategic objectives
that would change the Caribbean area permanently. This lecture dealt with the economic, political and cultural changes in US-America’s backyard
with respect to the reciprocal transfer between the
USA and the Caribbean Basin.
Apr. 26, 2012
“Globalización y Comunicación Intercultural en el Turismo. El Caso de
Cuba.” Globalization and Intercultural Communication in Tourism. The Case of Cuba.
Cooperation Event with the Department of Romance Languages
Luis Miguel Campos Cardoso (Universidad Central “Marta Abreu” de Las Villas)
The lecture by Luis Miguel Campos Cardoso focused
on concepts of interculturality and their implications for tourism on the island of Cuba. The conceptual framework and the case study of Cuba were
discussed with relation to the background of the
mechanisms of globalization. Through this the very
specific situation of the island became clear to the
audience, a situation characterized by the Cuban
revolution and a shift from mass to sustainable tourism. The search for a unique position in the global
tourism industry became visible and the impacts of tourists on the island were
discussed. The problems of intercultural communication in this industry were
highlighted through examples of common misunderstandings between Cubans
and tourists. Luis Miguel Campos Cardoso gave a highly interactive talk, involving the audience and drawing on their knowledge without neglecting the theoretical positions. Therefore the lecture not only deepened the understanding of
interculturality but also gave glimpses of the situation in Cuba today, the effort
to change touristic experiences on the island and the problems that are involved
for the actors in this field.
2011
Jan. 12, 2011
“Hollywood’s Response to Climate Change: Starring Dennis Quaid,
Jake Gyllenhaal, and Al Gore”
Colin Irvine (Augsburg College, Minnesota, USA)
A perfect storm has been brewing in Hollywood for decades, and the consequences of what seems to be a catastrophic event in the making are just now
becoming apparent. The primary event in question (at least for the purposes
of this presentation) is not climate change or the problems likely to attend this
slow-moving disaster but rather the way
that film producers develop, market, and
deliver movies about climate-related disasters. The production system specific
to Big Hollywood is Big Business, and this
business has developed a profitable formula for producing films. This formula
– which emphasizes generic patterns,
popular stars, and a time-tested use of trial audiences – has helped bring about
simplistic, inadequate thinking about issues central to the environment. This
presentation considered patterns tied to particular genres and determine the
formula specific to disaster films, especially those made in the last decade or so
that deal with climate change. It delineated how Hollywood’s production system – even when producing films with supposedly “green” themes – encourages
viewers to plug into familiar plots and assume that, in the end (with the help of
a handsome hero), everything will work out just fine.
Mar. 15, 2011
“Wounded Bodies, Wounded Minds: Hyphenated Identities in Cristina
García’s Novels”
Veronica Popescu (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania)
Two decades into her fame, Cuban-American author Cristina García (b. 1958) continues to surprise her readers with her
poignant incursions into the souls of those
who cope with a past or recent trauma, and
with colorful, fragrant exotic lands that
serve as backdrops for dramatic events to
which they seem organically connected. A
journalist with a vivid imagination and a fiction writer obsessed with the way
geopolitical factors determine private and communal destinies, García uses fiction as a means to explore an aspect that is not only very close to her heart as a
Cuban American living in a cultural borderland, but also a reality of the contemporary Americas: cultural, linguistic and mental hyphenation. Reading her work
is a journey in worlds out of this world, an uncanny experience that charms while
horrifying, a reminder that our own constructions of reality are dependent on our
culture’s past and on our own, with memory as our greatest ally and our enemy.
May 24, 2011
“‘The farmer and the cowman should be friends’ – Musical and
American Identity”
Radoslav Rybkowski (Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland)
Oklahoma!, the first mature musical which
premiered in 1943, started a new theatrical
approach to presenting the national identity
onstage. During the time of the war effort
it was very important for theatre producers
and lyricists/composers to present the unifying vision of the American society. Oklahoma!, On the Town and Annie Get Your Gun
were used in exploring features of the ‘imagined community’ of the Americans:
democratic values, freedom, individualism and the ability to combine effort for
the common good.
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“Reflections on the Colombian Bicentenario – New Approaches of
Civic Militancy”
Valentin Petroussenko (Plovdiv University, Bulgaria)
The year 2010 was widely marked as “Bicentenario” - the 200th anniversary of launching Independence Wars in Latin America.
Naturally, it comprised those nations which
opened the initial strikes against Spanish colonial rule – Venezuela, Colombia, Argentina,
Mexico. The widely conducted celebrations,
addressed to civic audiences, followed the
basic slogans and ideas of liberally oriented founding fathers such as Simon Bolivar, San Martin and Hidalgo. For many radical circles of these countries, the Bicentenario was a chance to reassess the current state of the political developments.
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Dec. 17, 2012
5 year Anniversary of the The Pennyless Players.
English Department, University of Graz
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The Austrian-American Society for Styria (ÖAG), in cooperation with C.IAS, alumni UNI graz, the Citizens’ Forum 2020, and the Europahaus organized a ‘fireside
discussion’ on the US-Polls 2012. Ambassador William Eacho II from the Embassy
of the United States in Vienna, and political scientist Thomas Hofer, MA were the
distinguished guest speakers of the event, led by Roberta Maierhofer.
The Pennyless Players. All in the Timing, by David Ives.
Literaturhaus Graz
May 24, 2013
„Der Teufel weint – Gott lacht! Kommt, wir wollen tanzen...“
Festive ceremonies in honor to Ignacio of Loyola celebrated by the Chiquitano
population in the Bolivian Lowlands
organized by “Lange Nacht der Kirchen” and 450 Jahre Jesuiten in Österreich
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The Society for Continental American and Caribbean Studies of the ConaC Vienna (KonaK Wien) in cooperation with C.IAS and other partners, organized this
international conference with a variety of panels considering “Nomads,” “nomadism” and “mobile ways of life,” in the broadest sense and taking into account
the historical changes.
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America goes to the Polls – the 2012 Presidential Elections and what
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Nov. 07, 2012
US Elections 2012 – Panel Discussion
organized by the StrvAA Graz
with Roberta Maierhofer, Barbara Ratzenböck (University of Graz), Rüdiger
Kunow (University of Potsdam), Mirko Petrić (University of Zadar), Enesa Mujezinovič (StrvAA, University of Graz)
At this post-election event, participating panelists
discussed the 2012 US Presidential Election campaign in retrospective. Cultural foundations and implications of the US political system and election
process were discussed as well as
motivations of voters and the influence of new media
on opinion making.
Book Presentations
Apr. 10, 2014
“Alive and Kicking at All Ages. Cultural Constructions of Health and Life Course Identity”
at the National University of Ireland, Galway
Editors: Ulla Kriebernegg, Roberta Maierhofer and
Barbara Ratzenböck
The 5th volume of the Aging Studies Series entitled
“Alive and Kicking at All Ages. Cultural Constructions
of Health and Life Course Identity” was presented as
part of the joint launch of the Aging Studies book series and of the European
Network in Aging Studies (ENAS).
Speakers at the book presentation included:
Roberta Maierhofer, Ulla Kriebernegg and Heike Hartung (series editors)
Roberta Maierhofer, Ulla Kriebernegg, Barbara Ratzenböck (editors of the
current volume)
Rick Moody (reviewer)
Alex Rotas (photographer)
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“Alive and Kicking at All Ages. Cultural Constructions of Health and Life Course
Identity“ is an interdisciplinary collection of essays contributing to a re-conceptualization of aging and life course identity. The wide scope of the articles presented
in the 5th volume of the publication series of the European Network in Aging Studies (ENAS) is product and mission at the same time.
It is only a starting point for investigation into the deconstruction of our understanding of normative human behavior. Once we stop talking about universal
concepts that seemingly shape our life courses, we will
be able to overcome preconceived notions of what it
means to be and grow old.
Publishing information:
Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, 2014
ISBN: 978-3-8376-2582-0
Nov. 17, 2012
„Nach Amerika nämlich!“
Jüdische Migrationen in die Amerikas im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert
at the Buchhandlung Moser (book shop), Graz, Austria
Editors: Ulla Kriebernegg, Gerald Lamprecht, Roberta Maierhofer, and
Andrea Strutz
The collected essay edition “‘Nach Amerika nämlich!’
Jüdische Migrationen in die Amerikas im 19. und 20.
Jahrhundert,” which discusses the reasons why people
migrated and where their journeys led them, and focuses on the cultural exchanges and migration processes brought about, was presented to the interested
audience by the four co-editors Ulla Kriebernegg, Gerald Lamprecht, Roberta
Maierhofer
and Andrea Strutz
within the Literaturcafé at Buchhandlung Moser in Graz. The editors talked about
the background of the publication, the motivation to work on the topic and also read from
the collection.
The publication is in German.
Göttingen: Wallstein, 2012
ISBN: 978-3-8353-0886-2
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“Artist of the Borderlands”
„Europa und der 11. September 2001“
at. C.IAS followed by a Friends of C.IAS Chill Out Evening
at Afro-Asiatisches Institut Graz (AAI)
in cooperation with AAI and the Centre for Jewish Studies
Author: Santa Barraza
Santa Barraza presented her book “Artist of the Borderlands” to a broad audience interested in painting.
Drawing on colors and forms of Meso-America, her
paintings explore the concept of “Nepantla” (the land
between).
College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2000
ISBN: 978-0-89096-906-9
Editors: Margit Reiter and Helga Embacher
In December of 2011, Margit Reiter and Helga
Embacher presented their book which talks
about the terror of 9/11 in New York and Washington. Ten years later, the publication looks
back on this event which in many ways not only
changed the United States, but also Europe and
the rest of the world. It showcases reactions to
the terror in Europe and how these were interpreted and which political consequences followed them.
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The publication is in German.
Presentations
Wien: Boehlau Verlag, 2011
ISBN-13: 978-3205786771
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May 24, 2013
On May 24, 2013, a workshop at the University of Graz was dedicated to Margaret
Atwood. The idea evolved from a successful panel at the ACSUS (Association of
Canadian Studies in the US) in Ottawa in
2011, where Ulla Kriebernegg, Judy McCombs and Charlotte Templin presented
research on the famous Canadian writer.
Both McCombs and Templin were happy
to travel to Austria to join Christabelle
Sethna, a scholar from Ottawa, Marta
Cerezo Moreno, a guest professor from
Madrid, and Ulla Kriebernegg, the initiator of this event, in a workshop chaired by
Roberta Maierhofer that drew a large audience of around 50 participants of students, teachers and Atwood enthusiasts.
As the workshop was integrated into two seminars, Roberta Maierhofer’s Cultural Studies Seminar “Twists and Turns: Theories of Culture” and Ulla Kriebernegg’s
literary studies class “Locating Life: The Representation of Aging and Identity in
US-American and Canadian Fiction,” students having attended this workshop
were encouraged to develop their own research ideas by writing seminar papers
on the topic and continuing the discussion on the topic within the classes they
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Charlotte Templin (Indianapolis): Layers of Time: Margaret Atwood‘s Dystopias
Christabelle Sethna (Ottawa): Knitting Patterns: The “Radical Handmaids”
and Pro-Choice Protests in Canada
Judith McCombs (Maryland): Accident or Concealed Murder? Alice Munro‘s
1992 “Wilderness Station”
Marta Cerezo Moreno (Madrid): Scrutinizing Foucault‘s “Medical Glance” in
Margaret Atwood‘s “The Edible Woman”
Ulla Kriebernegg (Graz): “How can I be without border?” Approaching
Atwood‘s “Abject Characters”
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Main research topic: Cultural History and Interpretation of Europe
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soundscape, mobility, postcolonial, govermentality or visual studies. All these also involve further
specifications and extensions. If
we ask for the specific features of
or innovations in current cultural
research, the following characteristics can be determined:
Firstly, what characterizes the cultural research of the studies at present is a more or less explicit following of poststructural theories (Michel Foucault and Judith Butler in particular), which are
operationalized by making them empirically useful for a multitude of research
purposes and research areas.
Secondly, this operationalization often goes along with an innovative linkage to
other theoretical conceptions of the cultural theoretic field. Therefore – as in the
“extreme case” of contemporary cultural studies – poststructural, pragmatist,
practice-theoretical and socio-critical perspectives go hand in hand. Thirdly, the
studies extend their focus on symbolic orders and relationships between human
beings, which has dominated the social- and cultural sciences so far, to (hybrid)
relationships between human beings, objects and artifacts. In this context, pictures, media technologies, bodies, technical objects and realms are of crucial
importance.
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Karl Kaser (Graz): Visual studies
Roberta Maierhofer (Graz): aging studies
Rainer Winter (Klagenfurt): cultural studies
Tanja Paulitz (Graz): science studies
Justin Winkler (Basel/Graz): soundscape studies
Johanna Rolshoven (Graz): Mobilities
Doris Bachmann-Medick (Gießen): Forschungsseminar „Kulturkonzepte“ 14-18h, SZ 15.22
Katharina Scherke (Graz): postcolonial studies
(Dienstag) Lars Gertenbach (Jena): Governmentality studies
Ulla Kriebernegg, Gerald Lamprecht, Stephan Moebius (Graz): abschluss-Workshop
This lecture series, organized by Ulla Kriebernegg, Gerald Lamprecht and Stephan Moebius, presented classical as well as present developments in the field
of cultural theories and thus provided a theoretical and epistemological basis
for joint research and projects in the context of the University of Graz’s research
focus on “Cultural History and Interpretation of Europe”. The aim of this lecture
series was to stimulate and theoretically substantiate an interdisciplinary discussion in the research field “Cultural Theories and Methods”.
Participants sharing the same research focus and anyone interested in cultural
theories were invited.
The lecture series Contemporary Cultural Theories, which took place in the context
of the University of Graz’s research focus on “Cultural History and Interpretation
of Europe,” was developed by the the Center for Inter-American Studies, the Centre
for Jewish Studies and the Department for Sociology of the University Graz. The
series was generously funded by the Styrian Government, Department of Science and Research.
The series’ first events took place in the winter of 2011. In November 2011, Karl
Kaser introduced the concept of Visual Studies to participants and in December
2011, Roberta Maierhofer presented a talk about Aging Studies conceptualizing
age as a culturally defined category.
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Impressum: Medieninhaber/Redaktion: Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, C.IAS – Center for Inter-American Studies © 2012 | Design, Satz & Layout: Roman Klug, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz | Bildnachweis: erikdegraaf/Fotolia.com, Christian Schwier/Fotolia.com, Universitätsbibliothek Graz, Wikipedia
1 See S. Moebius. Kultur: von den Cultural Studies bis zu den Visual Studies. Eine Einführung. Bielefeld: Transcript, 2012;
S. Moebius and D. Quadflieg. Kultur. Theorien der Gegenwart. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag, 2011.
In 2012, the following events of the series Contemporary Cultural Theories took place:
Jan. 12, 2012: Rainer Winter (Klagenfurt): Cultural Studies
Mar. 08, 2012: Tanja Paulitz (Graz): Science Studies
Mar. 22, 2012: Justin Winkler (Basel/Graz): Soundscape Studies
May 03, 2012: Johanna Rolshoven (Graz): Mobilities
May 10, 2012: Doris Bachmann-Medick (Gießen): Kulturkonzepte
May 31, 2012: Katharina Scherke (Graz): Postcolonial Studies
June 12, 2012: Lars Gertenbach (Jena): Governmentality Studies
June 21, 2012: Ulla Kriebernegg, Gerald Lamprecht, Stephan Moebius
(Graz): Contemporary Cultural Theories, Final Workshop
July 26, 2012: Liliane Weissberg (Pennsylvania, USA): Immigration and Exile: German and Austrian Jews in the United States 1933 - 1945
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32nd American Indian Workshop:
“Approaching Native American Cultures from an InterAmerican Perspective: Similarities and Differences”
Mar. 31 - Apr. 01, 2011
Comments by AIW participants
I found the discussion to be interesting, very sincere, the people are very
sincere … because you know, when you’re flying over you are wondering
‘Mhm why are these people so interested in Indians that they go through
all this trouble studying every bloody issue under the table?’, but I am glad
that they are looking at contemporary issues and they are quite informed,
lots of people have really done their research.
Art Napoleon, Cree, Canada
As far as the conference is concerned I find it very exciting and I find the city
here very, very beautiful. I wish I could stay forever.
Maurice Kenny, Mohawk, USA
The “32nd American Indian Workshop” organized by Heidrun Mörtl at the University of Graz, examined American Indian Cultures from an Inter-American
vantage point, both from a contemporary as well as a historical perspective.
Transcending national boundaries in order to establish new structures of research and teaching has the potential to revolutionize not only how we think
about the Americas but about the various disciplines involved. This redefinition of research areas – away from national connotations towards regional
(hemispheric) denotations should lead to a discussion in the field of American
Indian Studies in terms of interconnectedness within the Western Hemisphere.
By looking at similarities and differences
of American Indian Cultures, especially
highlighting Canada and the US, scholars re-conceptualized the North American partnership through comparative
research transcending linguistic, political, and geographical borders that divide
the Americas.
The AIW conference … this is the first one I’ve ever been to, but I’ve extremely enjoyed not only all the presentations, but the opportunity to interact
with a very diverse group of people …and that I feel is almost as important
as all the other presentations.
Paris Masek, Arizona State University, USA
The keynote speakers were Simon Ortiz (photo),
one of the best known Native Amerian writers
and storytellers of Acoma Pueblo heritage, Val
Napoleon, of Cree heritage and currently at the
University of Alberta, and Earl E. Fitz, an expert
in Inter-American Studies, via video message. In
addition, an invocation by poet, short story writer and playwright Maurice Francis Kenny and musician Art Napoleon took place.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suxw24vAvrg
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Europe-Canada/ Canada-Europe: Transcultural
Perspectives/ Perspectives Transculturelles
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Dec. 06-08, 2012
As a result of its colonial past, Canadian culture
has been shaped by French, British and other
European influences; since the second half of
the twentieth-century, however, large-scale immigration from Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, Latin
America and the Middle East, as well as economic
and cultural globalization and the recognition
of the cultural significance of the country’s First
Nations have transformed Canadian society,
and this transformation has affected the European dimension of Canada’s cultural heritage,
too. The 3-day conference addressed the role of
this dimension in the collective consciousness
of contemporary Canada, and the complexities
of Canadian-European political and cultural relations at the beginning of the
twenty-first century.
In the course of the conference, organized by Klaus-Dieter Ertler and Yvonne
Völkl, established Canadianists and Young Scholars enjoyed a forum to present
their current work and had the opportunity to exchange perspectives on the latest developments in Canadian and Quebec Studies from an interdisciplinary angle. The papers presented addressed recent Canadian, Québécois and European
social and cultural developments in a transatlantic and trans-cultural context.
Among the speakers from Canada and Quebec were Patrick Imbert (Université
d’Ottawa) and Martine-Emmanuelle Lapointe (Université de Montréal). In 2013, the papers were
published in the following conference proceedings: Klaus-Dieter
Ertler, Martin Löschnigg, Yvonne
Völkl (eds.) Europe – Canada.
Transcultural Perspectives – Perspectives transculturelles. Frankfurt a.M.: Peter Lang, 2013.
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Margaret Cruikshank,
Fulbright Specialist
University of Maine, USA
Oct. 05 - Nov. 07, 2013
Between October 05 and November 07, 2013 Margaret Cruikshank taught
a full lecture course on the topic of “Multicultural Literature by Contemporary Women Writers” (12 units, 1.5 hours), and five units (1.5 hours each) on
a seminar basis in the interdisciplinary field of Age/Aging Studies. Within
this specialized field, Peg Cruikshank taught her book, Learning to Be Old.
Gender, Culture, and Aging that had just been published in its third edition,
and provided a detailed introduction to the research of the discipline. In
addition, Peg Cruikshank met with students working on their Master and
PhD thesis and networked with colleagues both at the Center for InterAmerican Studies as well as of the Department of American Studies. Future
research projects were discussed and plans were made to work in the two
networks in the field of Age/ Aging Studies, the European Network in Aging Studies (co-founded in Graz) and
the North American Network in Aging Studies. Peg Cruikshank was also
willing to meet with people interested in the work of the Fulbright Commission, and further provided a professor‘s perspective at a Fulbright
recruiting event.
Margaret Cruikshank about her teaching experience in Graz
I would describe my teaching experience at C.IAS as
exhilarating and also challenging, because the system is different. Doing three days in a row was quite
different for me, but it is a great experience! I think
it is one of the best teaching experiences I have had
and that is 45 years of expansion. This class was
special because of the international mix of the students. The fact that I was able to focus on just two
ethnic groups helped them to get more than a superficial view. They could see differences between
black and Indian women writers. So they would not have the mistaken idea
that they are an aggregate or that they’re monolithic. I think it was a special
class, because I particularly love Zora Neale Hurston. I was eager for students to get to know her because she isn’t as well-known as Alice Walker
or Toni Morrison. Concerning the University of Graz, I particularly liked the
flexibility of the system in allowing for master and doctoral students to
come into an undergraduate class. I was surprised by the number of international students in my classes, and that the buildings were not all in one
place. What surprised me the most though was that I felt as comfortable as
I did right from the beginning of my stay. I thought being in another country, not knowing the language, I would feel some anxiety but right from the
beginning I felt at ease and of course everyone here was so supportive. I
might not have felt at ease without this.
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Racha El Addar from Morocco, studying American and English Studies
I was really influenced through this class on how to talk
and think about the experience of black people, and how
they deal with the difficult situations they live in, and
how they survived. What I learned from our class is how
to develop a strong personality, how to be yourself, who
you are, and to do whatever you want, even if other people don’t like it or criticize it. I am very thankful to Margret Cruikshank for
giving us powerful women whom I really admire. Similar to them, I realized
that I am a strong woman, too. I am from North Africa and we were studying
women from South Africa. What makes this class special is knowing that despite the worst situation, you can lead a meaningful life. It has encouraged
me to think about my own life, that I want to have different experiences and
share these experiences with others. This class made me proud of being a
woman. I actually wrote a poem because of this class. The idea of writing this
poem came after studying African American writers in the 21st century. I
have been totally influenced by black women. I enjoyed reading their words
and how they survived. The class made me think about what I could do for
these women. Do I have the right to write about them? Do I have the right to
fight for them in Mali or Nigeria? I summed up all my thoughts and wrote
the poem to give them encouragement. If I had to describe this class in three
words, they would be power, challenge, and self-realization.
Anastasia Plavnicky from the USA, studying Anthropology
When I first started the class, I thought it was a little bit
too easy because it was based on American literature, and
I am from America and we have been learning this for
years, already since we first started school. I am surprised
that I learned so much about America since coming here,
some of the laws, some of the conditions people lived under. I learned more about America from taking this class in another country.
Having been taught from someone from America, I could relate more. We
compared our experiences and also compared them to those of the other Austrian or also Turkish students. We experienced differences, and also I learned
more about Austria from this class. If I had to describe this class in three words,
they would be intriguing, enlightening, and knowledge expansion.
Anneliese Heinisch from Austria, studying English and American Studies
and German Studies
The most important thing in this class was the background information on important literary texts of
American literary history, to see the texts we discussed
in the context, to see that they were revolutionary because nothing in this form has ever been acknowledged. Some works were rediscovered because no one
focused on them and no one was there to teach the
course. Now, we are more open to different voices, be it
African American or Native writers. So there is this stress on multiculturalism, different voices from the States. It was also very helpful that we had
this class three times a week. We had these reading assignments and I feel
that I am already prepared for the exam. It was also great to have a guest
professor from the States. We really profited from that. To learn with and
from someone who has also taught in a different country and with a lot of
insight into Aging Studies and Women’s Studies was very beneficial for me.
This class was fascinating, multi-faceted, and colorful.
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Oct. 15, 2012 - Oct.
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Mar. 13, 2013
Flutur Troshani, University of Shkoder, Albania
Research
Cary Federman, Montclair State University, USA
Networking
May 27-29, 2014
Robert K. Collins, San Francisco State University, USA
C.IAS Event
Mar. 14, 2013
May 19-20, 2014
Valentin Petroussenko, Paisii Hilendarski University of
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
CEEPUS Teaching Mobility
Don Sparling, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Lecture / Networking
Mar. 19, 2013
Marc Priewe, University of Stuttgart, Germany
May 19-22, 2014
Petr Kylousek, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Mar. 19, 2013
Robert Tobin, Clark University, Worchester, USA
C.IAS Event
May 19-23, 2014
Sven Cvek, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Mar. 21, 2013
Dirk Hörder, University of Salzburg, Austria
Networking
May 19-25, 2014
Anna Bartnik, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
Apr. 01-27, 2013
Mirna Radin-Sabados, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
CEEPUS Teaching Mobility / Brown Bag Lunch Series
May 18-24, 2014
Boryana Bratanova, St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Apr. 18, 2013 / May
24, 2013
Christabelle Sethna, University of Ottawa, Canada
Lecture
May 06-11, 2013
Ludmilla Kostova, St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
May 15-21, 2013
Vanja Polič, University of Zagreb, Croatia
May 20-23, 2013
Chad Hamill, Northern Arizona State University, USA
C.IAS Event
Joseph Patrouch, University of Alberta, Canada
Networking
May 15-31, 2014
John Hulsey, James Madison University, USA
External Short Term Program
May 15, 2014
Pedro Reino Garcés, Universidad Técnica de Ambato,
Ecuador
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2013
Further Activities
May 05-09, 2014
Heike Hartung, University of Potsdam, Germany
C.IAS Event / ENAS
May 23, 2013
Cooperations
Mar. 17-18, 2014
Vladmir Alfredo Chavez Vaca, Høgskolen i Østfold,
Norway
Research
May 23-25, 2013
Marta Cerezo Moreno, UNED, Madrid, Spain
Judith McCombs, University of Maryland, USA
Charlotte Templin, Indianapolis, USA
Workshop
May 24, 2013
Sieglinde Falkinger, Alpen-Adria University of
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June 02-08, 2013
Beatriz Tomšič Čerkez, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Adam Walaszek, Jagiellonian University, Cracow,
Poland
June 03 - Aug. 20,
2013
June 07-14, 2013
Hussein Al Zeidanin, Tafila Technical University, Jordan
Research
Tereza Nitisor, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași,
Romania
CEEPUS Teaching Mobility/ Brown Bag Lunch Series
June 07-14, 2013
Matthew Sweney, University of Olomouc, Czech
Republic
June 10, 2013
Sandy Ritter, Loughborough University, UK
Cooperation
June 10-15, 2013
Valentin Petroussenko, Paisii Hilendarski University of
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Christoph Vatter, University of Ottawa, Canada
Lecture
June 27, 2013
June 29 - July 06,
2013
June 29 - July 13,
2013
David Bates, Canterbury Christchurch University, UK
Daniela Larion, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași,
Romania
Marietta Messmer, University of Groningen, the
Netherlands
Alexia Schemien, University of Duisburg-Essen,
Germany
Josef Raab, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
GUSEGG Summer School
Rolando Hinojosa, University of Texas-Austin, USA
Sören Keil, Canterbury Christchurch University,
United Kingdom
Krešimir Krolo, University of Zadar, Croatia
Luis San Vicente Portes, Montclair State University,
USA
July 06-13, 2013
Robert Austin, University of Toronto, Canada
James Blasingame, Arizona State University, USA
Isabel Caldeira, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Simone Francescato, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice,
Italy
Peter Goggin, Arizona State University, USA
Stephen Katz, Trent University, Canada
Johan Verstraeten, University of Leuven, Belgium
June 30 - July 02,
2013
Leni Marshall, University of Wisconsin-Stout, USA
Networking /ENAS
July 04-05, 2013
Paul Williams, Canadian Embassy, Vienna, Austria
Lecture
July 08-13, 2013
Lonnie Johnson, Austrian-American Educational Commission, Vienna, Austria
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Margaret Cruikshank, University of Maine, USA
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Oct. 13-16, 2013
Roslyn Jennings, University of Gloustershire, UK
C.IAS Event
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Dec. 11-13, 2013
Berndt Ostendorf, LMU Munich, Germany
C.IAS Event
Dec. 17, 2013
Christian Cwik, University of the West Indies, Trinidad
and Tobago
Fabio Grobart Sunshine, University of Havana, Cuba
Alina Ricalo, University of Havana, Cuba
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Isabel Caldeira, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Marietta Messmer, University of Groningen,
the Netherlands
Jochen Kemner, Bielefeld University, Germany
Jan. 10-12, 2012
Christian Cwik, University of Cartagena, Colombia
Networking
Jan. 12, 2012
Rainer Winter, Alpen-Adria University of Klagenfurt,
Austria
Lecture Workshop
July 15-17, 2012
Feb. 01 - June 30,
2012
Dana Badulescu, A.I. Cuza University of Iași, Romania
Research
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July 17-20, 2012
David Newbold, Ca’ Foscari University, Venice, Italy
GUSS Summer School
Apr. 11, 2012
C.IAS Event
July 21-29, 2012
Apr. 16-27, 2012
Luis Miguel Campos Cardoso, Universidad Central
“Marta Abreu” de Las Villas, Cuba
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Ingeborg Majer O’Sickey, State University of New York
at Binghamton, USA
GUSS Summer School
July 22-29, 2012
James Blasingame, Arizona State University, USA
Simone Francescato, Ca’ Foscari University, Venice, Italy
Alexandra Berlina, University of Duisburg-Essen,
Germany
GUSS Summer School
July 24-27, 2012
Danica Cerce, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
GUSS Summer School
July 25-27, 2012
Lonnie Johnson, Austrian Fulbright Commission,
Vienna, Austria
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May 10, 2012
Doris Bachmann-Medick, University of Gießen, Germany
Lecture Workshop
June 12, 2012
Lars Gertenbach, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena,
Germany
Lecture Wokshop
June 12-15, 2012
Santa Barrazza, Texas A&M-Kingsville, USA
External Short Study Program
June 26 / July 21 -29,
2012
Liliane Weissberg, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Lecture Workshop / Networking / GUSS Summer School
Oct. 01 - Nov. 30,
2012
Inga Tomić-Koludrović, University of Zadar, Croatia
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Oct. 15, 2012 - Oct.
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Flutur Troshani, University of Shkoder, Albania
Research
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Maureen Goggin, Arizona State University, USA
Networking
July 15-29, 2012
Luis San Vicente Portes, Montclair State University, USA
GUSS Summer School
Oct. 24, 2012
Gabriella Vöö, University of Pécs, Hungary
July 15-24, 2012
Emron Esplin, Kennesaw State University, USA
GUSS Summer School
Nov. 07, 2012
Rüdiger Kunow, University of Potsdam, Germany
Nov. 13-17, 2012
Antonio Moreno, National Distance Learning University (UNED), Madrid, Spain
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2012
Marta Cerezo, National Distance Learning University
(UNED), Madrid, Spain
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Nov. 21, 2012
Anna MacDonald, Monash University, Australia
Dec. 12, 2012
Sarah Crooks, University of Derby, UK
2011
Jan. 11, 2011
Donna Goetz, Elmhurst College, USA
Networking
Jan. 12, 2011
Colin Irvine, Augsburg College, USA
C.IAS Event
Feb. 01 - Aug. 30,
2011
Emma Domínguez Rué, University of Leida, Spain
Research
Feb. 14 - July 14, 2011 Diana Stiuliuc, A.I. Cuza University of Iași, Romania
Research
Feb. 28 - Apr. 07,
2011
Heike Hartung, independent, Berlin, Germany
Research / ENAS / Aging Studies Series
Mar. 04-22, 2011
Aagje Swinnen, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
Research / Networking / ENAS
Mar. 09, 2011
Albert Lichtblau, University of Salzburg, Austria
Lecture RVL
Mar. 14-18, 2011
Mar. 16, 2011
Veronica Popescu, A.I. Cuza University of Iași, Romania
CEEPUS / C.IAS Event
Joachim Schlör, University of Southampton, UK
Lecture RVL
Mar. 20, 2011
Helga Embacher, University of Salzburg, Austria
Lecture RVL
Mar. 23, 2011
Ingo Haar, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
Lecture RVL
Mar. 26 - Apr. 03,
2011
Markus Lindner, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
Conference Steering Committee / Lecture
Mar. 29 - Apr. 03,
2011
Valerie Napoleon, University of Alberta-Edmonton,
Canada
Conference Keynote Speaker
Mar. 30 - Apr. 03,
2011
Simon Ortiz, Arizona State University, USA
Conference Keynote Speaker
Mar. 30 - Apr. 03,
2011
Maurice Kenny, State University of New York at Potsdam, USA
Reading
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Performance
Agreement
Publications
Presentations
Teaching
Events
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Guest Researchers
Further Activities
Cooperations
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Apr. 13, 2011
Michaela Raggam-Blesch, Austrian Academy of
Sciences, Austria
Lecture RVL
May 22-29, 2011
Radoslaw Rybkowski, Jagiellonian University, Cracow,
Poland
CEEPUS Teaching Mobility / C.IAS Event
May 25, 2011
Eugen Banauch, University of Vienna, Austria
Lecture RVL
June 02, 2011
Outreach
Liliane Weissberg, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Lecture RVL
June 06-11, 2011
Performance
Agreement
Valentin Petoussenko, Paisii Hilendarski University of
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
CEEPUS Teaching Mobility / C.IAS Event
June 22, 2011
Lecture RVL
Publications
July 15-31, 2011
Rolando Hinojosa-Smith, University of Texas at Austin,
USA
GUSS Summer School
July 17-31, 2011
Luis San Vicente Portes, Montclair State University, USA
GUSS Summer School
July 17-23, 2011
Geoffrey Pitcher, University of Poitiers, France
Josef Raab, University of Duisburg- Essen, Germany
Marietta Messmer, University of Groningen,
the Netherlands
Beatriz Tomšič Čerkez, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Events
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Guest Researchers
Further Activities
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GUSS Summer School
July 24-31, 2011
Emron Esplin, Kennesaw State University, USA
Hólmfridur Gardarsdóttir, University of Iceland, Iceland
Daniela Larion, A.I. Cuza University of Iași, Romania
GUSS Summer School
Sept. 01 - Nov. 30,
2011
Heike Hartung, independent, Berlin, Germany
Research
Further Activities
Highlights
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Performance
Agreement
Publications
Presentations
Teaching
Events
Guests &
Guest Researchers
Maierhofer, Roberta. Research Meetings at the University of Minnesota,
USA. Jan. 2014
The stay at the University of Minnesota was devoted to
drafting an interdisciplinary proposal for an application for a research project starting in 2015. Meetings
took place with Helen Kivnick, Professor of Social Work,
Kevin Murphy, Chair of the Department of American
Studies, Jinga Desai, Professor of Media and Film Studies, Jean F. Wyman, Professor and Cora Meidl-Siehl,
Chair in Nursing Research, Gary B. Cohen, Professor of
History, Rosalie A. Kane, Professor in the School of Public Health, Patrick
McNamara, Professor of History, Professor Bud Duvall, Dean of the College
of Liberal Arts (left on photo above), and Klaas van der Sanden, Interim Director of the Center for Austrian Studies (right on
photo above). As a result of these very fruitful discussions, Roberta Maierhofer and Patrick McNamara (photo on the right) were able to draft the successful bid for collaboration in 2015 and 2016.
Völkl, Yvonne. Research Stay in Montreal, Canada (Bourse d‘ Excellence
Gaston Miron). Aug. 01 - Dez. 17, 2013
Further Activities
Cooperations
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Zusammenfassung
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In spring 2013, Yvonne Völkl received a Bourse d’Excellence Gaston Miron
of the Association internationale des études québécoises (AIEQ) in order to
carry out postdoctoral research on trauma fiction in Quebec’s migrant literatures at the Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la littérature et la culture québécoises (CRILCQ) in Montreal.
Obermayer, Julia. Research Stays in Los Angeles and San Francisco, USA,
Montreal, Canada, and Barcelona, Spain. Apr. 03, 2013 - Feb. 28, 2014
In January 2013, Julia Obermayr received a Marietta Blau Research Grant
from the Austrian Federal
Ministry of Science and Research for her doctoral thesis project entitled “Lesbian
Web Series in the Americas
and Spain,” supervised by
Klaus-Dieter Ertler.
Kriebernegg, Ulla. Research Fellowship “Understanding Canada –
Canadian Studies” Faculty Research Program.
Research Stay at the Institute for the Life Course and Aging (ILCA), University of Toronto, Canada, January 6 - February 4, 2013
Ulla Kriebernegg spent a month of research for her post-doctoral book project (“Habilitation”) at the University of Toronto’s renowned Institute for the
Life Course and Aging (ILCA). The stay was facilitated by Stephen Katz and financed by the Canadian government’s FRP program. Ulla could not only access the university library and draft significant parts of her monograph, but
also met with researchers in the fields of gerontology and literary studies at
the University of Toronto (Marlene Goldman, Lynn McDonald, Amelia DeFalco, Andrea Charise, Aynsley Moorhouse), at Trent University (Stephen Katz,
Sally Chivers, Rita Bode), at McMaster University (Gavin Andrews), and the
University of Ottawa (Patricia Life). For her project on literary representations
of nursing homes in Canadian fiction she also was in contact with the Baycrest nursing facility (Pia Kontos, Peter Whitehouse) and attended the ICLA’s
seminar series. As a member of the UofT-based Jackman Humanities Working Group “Aging, Old Age, Memory, and Aesthetics” (2012/13) Ulla was invited
to give a talk in the group’s lecture
series on January 25, 2013. The
well received lecture was entitled
“Long Live the Home: Intersections of Age and Space in Canadian Literature and Film.”
Maierhofer, Roberta. Honorary Professor of the University of Shkodra,
Albania. Oct. 26, 2012
Roberta Maierhofer was awarded the title of “Honorary
Professor“ of the University of Shkodra, Albania during the
festive ceremony on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Albanian Declaration of Independence and the
55th anniversary of Shkodra University “Luigj Gurakuqi”
foundation. Roberta Maierhofer was honored for her outstanding achievements regarding long-standing university partnerships and bilateral cooperation.
The award reads as follows: “In recognition of her exceptional contribution to
strengthening the cooperation between the University of Shkodra “Luigj Gurakuqi” (Albania) and the University of Graz “Karl-Franzens” (Austria), and the
invaluable academic support for the qualification of the teaching staff of the
Foreign Language Faculty.”
Kriebernegg, Ulla. Research Stays at Arizona State University, USA.
Jan. 06 - Feb. 08, 2014 / Nov. 05 -11, 2013 / Jan. 15 - Feb. 09, 2012 and Oct. 02 14, 2012
Since 2012 Ulla Kriebernegg has spent three
extended research stays at Arizona State
University, Tempe, USA upon invitation of
ASU faculty Maureen Goggin, where she conducted research for her habilitation project
titled “Locating Life; Intersections of Age and
Space.” In addition to her scholarly work, Ulla
Kriebernegg was also involved in cooperation meetings and negotiations with Arizona
State University officials regarding the Memorandum of Understanding between ASU
and Graz and the Summer/Winter Schools
with the English Department.
Outreach
Performance
Agreement
Publications
Presentations
Kriebernegg, Ulla, and Völkl, Yvonne. ICCS FRP Grant. Mar. 08, 2012
The International Council for
Canadian Studies granted
two research fellowships (Faculty Research Program) to
scholars from Austria, both
based at Graz University. Ulla
Kriebernegg and Yvonne Völkl
received 5,000 Canadian Dollars to conduct research in
Canada. Klaus-Dieter Ertler, director of the Center for Canadian Studies,
congratulated the recipients.
Ulla Kriebernegg spent a month at the University of Toronto’s Institute for
the Life Course and Aging to work on her habilitation project “Locating Life:
Intersections of Space and Age in North American Literature.”
Yvonne Völkl spent May 2012 in Montreal to conduct research for her project on trauma and trauma narratives in francophone migration literature
from Quebec. The title of her project is «Écrire l’indicible. La représentation
du traumatisme dans les écritures migrantes au Québec».
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Ertler, Klaus-Dieter. Initial research project negotiations, editorial board
meeting. International Council for Canadian Studies (ICCS), Ottawa, Canada. Mar. 08-09, 2012
The meeting of the International Council of Canadian Studies took place in Ottawa. At that time the
International Journal for Canadian Studies’ (IJCS)
grant application under the Aid to Scholarly Journals program had been approved by SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council).
At the same meeting, official confirmation was
received concerning the ICCS and the University of
Ottawa grant application submitted for a $25,000
conference grant, applied for by Klaus-Dieter Ertler (ICCS Past-President and
Conference Chair), and Patrick Imbert (University of Ottawa and Conference
Co-Chair). The committee announced that Simon Langlois was this year’s
Canadian recipient of the Governor General Award for Canadian Studies. Additionally, a research project focusing on multiculturalism was discussed with
Patrick Imbert (Ottawa).
Teaching
Events
Guests &
Guest Researchers
Further
Further Activities
Cooperations
Deutsche
Zusammenfassung
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Performance
Agreement
Publications
Presentations
Teaching
Events
Guests &
Guest Researchers
Further Activities
Cooperations
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Zusammenfassung
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Schendl, Georg. VertebrALCUE Network Meeting: EULAC 2013+ Next
steps in EU-LAC cooperation in the fields of Higher Education, Research
and Innovation. ICHEC. Brussels, Belgium. Oct. 26, 2012
The seminar “EULAC 2013+ Next steps in EU-LAC cooperation in the fields of Higher Education, Research
and Innovation” was a follow-up of the VertebrALCUE project, which was co-financed by the ALFA III
Program of the European Union. It was held at the
ICHEC Brussels Management School on October 26.
The first part focused on the perspectives of future
EU-LAC cooperations after the end of the ALFA Program and on possible inputs that could be useful for
the 7th EU-LAC summit in Santiago de Chile from January 26-27, 2013. In the
second part of the seminar, the VertebrALCUE Green Paper was presented.
This paper analyzed the impacts of the project and raised new topics for
the focus of cooperation between the European Union and Latin America
and the Caribbean in the field of Higher Education. The third and last part
provided the opportunity to discuss problems and possible future developments in Higher Education, Research and Innovation. The results of these
discussions were compiled and will be used as recommendations for the
EU-LAC summit. The seminar gave the opportunity to discuss Higher Education with politicians, diplomats and academics, so the topics and results
represented a perfect overview of the different positions and views existing
in the field.
Mörtl, Heidrun. Tomorrow’s Leaders Award. Latino Center on Aging, NY.
USA. June 23, 2011
Heidrun Mörtl was awarded the ‘Tomorrow’s Leaders Award’ at the Latino
Center on Aging’s 19th Golden Age Awards Annual Banquet in New York City.
Maierhofer, Roberta. University Council Bamberg. Since Oct. 01, 2011
The University Council advises the Rectorate of the University of Bamberg, Germany. The appointed board members
from a number of different disciplines advise the university on strategic positioning and developmental questions.
The current board members besides Roberta Maierhofer
are Herbert G. Brauner, Jürgen Ederleh, Marianne Heimbach-Steins, and Wolf-Rüdiger Knocke.
As a leading figure in the board of the University of Bamberg, Roberta Maierhofer was
invited to speak at the DGF-Graduiertenkolleg: Generationenbewusstsein und Generationenkonflike in Antike und Mittelalter in
June of 2013. Her talk was well received by
the audience.
Further Activities
Awards
Kriebernegg, Ulla. Award of excellence
“Lehre Ausgezeichnet!” University of Graz.
Graz, Austria. Nov. 2013.
Mörtl, Heidrun. Tomorrow’s Leaders
Award. Latino Center on Aging. NY, USA.
June 11, 2011.
Maierhofer, Roberta. Honorary Professor.
University of Shkodra. Shkodra, Albania.
Oct. 26, 2012.
Editorial / Advisory
Boards of Journals and
Publications
Ertler, Klaus-Dieter
Arena Romanistica (Reviewer/Referee)
Aug. 17, 2012.
Academica Brancusi Press Journal (Editorial Board), since Aug. 15, 2012.
Cahiers Victor-Lévy Beaulieu (Reviewer/
Referee), since Mar. 01, 2011.
Dialogues francophones (Reviewer/Referee), since May 30, 2008.
Editura Universitatii de Vest din Timisoara (Advisory Board), since Oct. 10, 2011.
Kriebernegg, Ulla
Entrepreneurial Business and Economics
Review (Advisory Board), since Feb. 02,
2014.
Austrian-Canadian Society Scientific
Award. Austria. Scientific Board. Jan. 01,
2010 - Dec. 31, 2011.
Age, Culture, Humanities. Editorial Committee, since Jan. 01, 2014.
University of Münster, Project “Learning
Net.” Münster, Germany. Board, since Jan.
30, 2008.
Postgraduate Journal Women, Ageing and
Media (Editorial Board), since July 01, 2013.
European Network of Canadian Studies.
Belgium. Board, since Feb. 18, 2005.
International Journal of Communication
Research (Reviewer/Referee), since Nov.
05, 2011.
Kriebernegg, Ulla
European Network in Aging Studies. Academic Advisory Board, since Apr. 12, 2014.
PostModernism(e): Revista de cultura,
arta si stiinta (Editorial Board). since June
15, 2011.
European Network in Aging Studies. Executive Board – Treasurer. Apr. 09, 2013 Apr. 12, 2014.
Maierhofer, Roberta
African American Review (Reviewer/Referee), since Dec. 20, 2008.
GUSEGG Summer School. Academic Advisory Board, since Oct. 01, 2013.
Journal of Aging, Humanities, and the
Arts (Editorial Board), since Dec. 01, 2008.
European Network in Aging Studies.
Founding Member. Oct. 01, 2011 - Apr. 09,
2013.
Age, Culture, Humanities. Advisory
Board, since Mar. 15, 2012.
Centre for Canadian Studies Graz. Board.
Dec. 09, 2010 - Dec. 09, 2014.
Functions in Academic
Boards
Ertler, Klaus-Dieter
International Council for Canadian Studies (ICCS).2009 - 2011: President; May 28,
2011 - May 22, 2012: Past President.
Congress Committee “Building Dialogues
in the Americas.” University of Vienna. Vienna, Austria. Jan. 01, 2012 - Aug. 31, 2012.
Social Science and Humanities Research
Canada, Canada, Board. Dec. 01, 2010 Dec. 31, 2012.
Maierhofer, Roberta
Graz International Summer School Seggau. Academic Director, since 2005.
Doctoral Program Doctorado en Estudios
Filológicos de la Facultad de Filología de
la UNED (Spain), Member, since Dec. 01,
2012.
Book Series Tourism and Literature. Italy.
Scientific Board, since Dec. 01, 2012.
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The Gerontological Society of America.
USA. Board. Nov. 01, 2012 - Oct. 30, 2015.
Fulbright Commission. Vienna, Austria.
Board. Jan. 01, 2011 - Dec. 31, 2012.
Mercy College (USA), Board, since Oct. 01,
2011.
Outreach
Universitätsrat der Universität Bamberg.
Bamberg, Germany. University Council,
since Oct. 01, 2011.
Performance
Agreement
Institute for Research in Identities and
Society (IRIS). Spain. Board, since Jan. 01,
2010.
Publications
Austrian American Educational Cooperation Association (AAECA). Vienna, Austria. Board Member, since Jan. 01, 2007.
Verband universitärer Sprachenzentren
und -institutionen (VUS). Austria. Chair
Jan. 01, 2006 - June 08, 2012.
Doctoral Program “Lingüística, Literatura y Traducción,” University of Málaga ,
Spain, Member, since Dec. 01, 2012.
Mörtl, Heidrun
European Network in Aging Studies. Executive Board - Executive Director, since
Apr. 09, 2013.
European Network in Aging Studies
(ENAS), Executive Board - Chair, since Apr.
12, 2014.
GUSEGG - Graz University Summer
School Seggau. Graz, Austria. Steering
Committee. Oct. 01, 2012 - Nov. 01, 2013.
European Network in Aging Studies, Academic Advisory Board. Apr. 09, 2013 - Apr.
12, 2014.
International Association of Inter-American Studies. Executive Board – Treasurer,
since Sept. 26, 2012.
European Network in Aging Studies,
2013.
European Network in Aging Studies.
2013.
Presentations
Teaching
Events
Guests &
Guest Researchers
Further
Further Activities
Cooperations
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American Indian Workshop. Steering
Committee, since Mar. 27, 2010.
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Outreach
Performance
Agreement
Publications
Presentations
Schendl, Georg
Forschungs- und Kulturverein für Kontinentalamerika und die Karibik (KonaK).
Vienna, Austria. Executive Board –
Deputy Chair, since 2006.
Ratzenböck, Barbara
European Network in Aging Studies. Academic Advisory Board - Student Member,
since Apr. 09, 2013.
Organization of Further
Training
Guests &
Guest Researchers
Participation in Academic
Events (without presentation)
Kriebernegg, Ulla. NAFSA. Vancouver,
Canada. May 30 - June 05, 2011.
Cooperations
Kriebernegg, Ulla. University of Potsdam.
Potsdam, Germany. Oct. 28-29, 2011.
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Kriebernegg, Ulla. Die Gesellschaft für
Kanada-Studien e.V. (GKS). Grainau, Germany. Feb. 23-26, 2012.
Ertler, Klaus-Dieter. Die Gesellschaft für
Obermayer, Julia. USA and Canada. Apr.
03, 2013 - Feb. 28, 2014.
Kriebernegg, Ulla: University of Toronto
- Institute for the Life Course and Aging.
Toronto, Canada. Jan. 06 - Feb. 04, 2013.
Mörtl, Heidrun. Chair at conference
“(Trans)Cultural Mobility: Traveling Ideas,
Images, Sounds, Texts in the Americas.”
Bielefeld University. Bielefeld, Germany.
May 05-08, 2013.
Maierhofer, Roberta. Arizona State University. Tempe, USA. Oct. 02-10, 2012.
Maierhofer, Roberta. Chair at conference
“(Trans)Cultural Mobility: Traveling Ideas,
Images, Sounds, Texts in the Americas.”
Bielefeld University. Bielefeld, Germany.
May 05-08, 2013.
Ertler, Klaus-Dieter. Association française
d‘études canadiennes. Paris, France. May
03-06, 2012.
Mörtl, Heidrun. Die Gesellschaft für
Research Stays
Further Activities
Deutsche
Zusammenfassung
Ertler, Klaus-Dieter. Saarland University.
Saarbrücken, Germany. Feb. 04-05, 2013.
Kriebernegg, Ulla
Joint Degrees. University of Trento.
Trento, Italy. May 12-15, 2011.
Teaching
Events
Mörtl, Heidrun. Native American and
Indigenous Studies Association. Conference. Montville, USA. June 03-06, 2012.
Ertler, Klaus-Dieter. Universidad Autónoma. Barcelona, Spain. Feb. 14-23, 2014.
Kriebernegg, Ulla. Arizona State University. Tempe, USA. Jan. 06 - Feb. 08, 2014.
Kriebernegg, Ulla. Arizona State University. Tempe, USA. Nov. 05-11, 2013.
Völkl, Yvonne. University of Montreal,
Canada. Aug. 01 - Dec. 17, 2013.
Mörtl, Heidrun. Newberry Library - D‘Arcy
McNickle Center for American Indian and
Indigenous Studies. Chicago, USA. June
25 - Aug. 30, 2013.
Ertler, Klaus-Dieter. Universidad Autónoma. Barcelona, Spain. July 05-20, 2013.
Kriebernegg, Ulla. Arizona State University. Tempe, USA. Oct. 02-14, 2012.
Maierhofer, Roberta. University of Granada. Granada, Spain. Apr. 17-20, 2012.
Kriebernegg, Ulla. Arizona State University. Tempe, USA. Jan. 15 - Feb. 09, 2012.
Mörtl, Heidrun. University of Minnesota.
Minneapolis, USA. Sept. 16, 2011 - Aug. 20,
2012.
Research & Teaching Network Meetings
Schendl, Georg. CEEPUS CIII-AT-0503
Inter-American Studies. University of Zagreb. Zagreb, Croatia. Apr. 07-11, 2014.
Schendl, Georg. CEEPUS CIII-AT-0503 Inter-American Studies. Paisii Hilendarski
University of Plovdiv. Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Mar. 10-14, 2014.
Mörtl, Heidrun. CEEPUS CIII-AT-0503
Inter-American Studies. Jagiellonian University. Cracow, Poland. Mar. 24-29, 2014.
Mörtl, Heidrun. CEEPUS CIII-AT-0503 Inter-American Studies. Paisii Hilendarski
University of Plovdiv. Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Mar. 14-20, 2013.
Schendl, Georg. COIMBRA GROUP - Task
Force Latin America. University of Salamanca. Salamanca, Spain. Feb. 27 - Mar.
04, 2013.
Inter-American Studies. University of
Ljubljana. Ljubljana, Slovenia. Jan. 10-16,
2013.
Inter-American Studies. St. Cyril and St.
Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo
and Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv. Veliko Tarnovo and Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Nov. 04-11, 2012.
Schendl, Georg. VertebrALCUE
ICHEC Brussels Management School.
Brussels, Belgium. Oct. 26, 2012.
Lakos Sweet, Iva. CEEPUS Coordinators‘
Meeting. ÖAD - Nationalagentur Lebenslanges Lernen. Vienna, Austria. May 22,
2012.
Kriebernegg, Ulla. COIMBRA GROUP.
University of Istanbul. Istanbul, Turkey.
Apr. 27-30, 2011.
Mörtl, Heidrun. CEEPUS CIII-AT-0503 Inter-American Studies. Palacký University.
Olomouc, Czech Republic. Apr. 25-19, 2011.
Kriebernegg, Ulla & Mörtl Heidrun.
CEEPUS CIII-AT-0503 Inter-American
Studies. Alexandru Ioan Cuza University
of Iași. Iași, Romania. Apr. 07-10, 2011.
Cooperations
Cooperation Projects and Partners
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Outreach
In this section of the report, we have listed exemplary projects and partners that
support and strengthen the mission of the Center for Inter-American Studies. Committed to working on a regional, national, European and Inter-American level,
the partners and projects presented here are instrumental in our attempt to
re-conceptualize traditional approaches, not only in terms of transnational and
transregional methods of an analysis of a continent, but also in terms of European-American relations. This should not be seen as a complete overview, but as
examples of relationships that offer the necessary support in terms of collaborative networks.
Web: http://www.tempus-access.info
Members of the Center for Inter-American Studies have frequently participated in projects of the European Commission. One example is the Tempus project with the title “Towards Equitable and Transparent Access to Higher
Education in Croatia” (ACCESS), where Roberta Maierhofer offered her expertise in terms of higher education, university development, staff qualification and institution building within the period of the project from January 2010 - January 2013.
Performance
Agreement
Publications
Web: http://www.aai-graz.at
Presentations
Teaching
Events
Guests &
Guest Researchers
Further Activities
The Afro-Asian Institute is an important partner for the Center for Inter-American Studies in terms of interregional and intercultural cooperation. The focus of the AAI is on Africa, Asia and Latin America with an emphasis on development cooperation as well as issues of migration. Roberta Maierhofer
has been on the board of the AAI (Kuratorium) since September 2001, and
C.IAS has repeatedly acted as a partner in collaborative events with the support and on the initiative of Claudia Unger, director of AAI (photo on right).
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Photo Credits: KHG, AAI and Kleine Zeitung (left to right)
Web: http://alumni.uni-graz.at
As the mission of the Center for Inter-American Studies is not only to collaborate
in terms of teaching and research, but also in outreach, alumni UNI graz has
been an important partner, especially in terms of its international sections.
Kick-Off Chapter New York organized by Roberta Maierhofer (Oct.24, 2010 /
May 30, 2012)
Web: http://www.asu.edu
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The Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Graz and
Arizona State University was signed in 2010. Since then, the Center for Inter-American Studies has expanded and strengthened the collaboration,
through close ties to the Hispanic Research Center and the Department of
English, with the continued support of Gary Keller, director of the Hispanic
Research Center, and Maureen Daly Goggin, chair of the Department of English from 2009–2013, as well as James Blasingame and Peter Goggin, who
all also have taught at the Summer School in Seggau.
Outreach
Performance
Agreement
Publications
Web: http://www.acsus.org
Presentations
Kick-Off Chapter London organized by Roberta Maierhofer (Sept.8, 2011)
Teaching
Events
Kick-Off Chapter International Summer School Seggau (July 9, 2014)
The Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS) is a multidisciplinary organization committed to raising awareness and understanding of Canada and its bilateral relationship in terms of research, active advocacy and outreach, especially in the fields of the humanities and social
sciences. This organization has proven a good platform for cooperation in
terms of North, Central and South America, and the Center for Inter-American Studies has been involved in this organisation since 2011 through conferences and workshops.
Guests &
Guest Researchers
Further Activities
Cooperations
Deutsche
Photo Credits: alumni UNI graz
Zusammenfassung
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Web: http://altes-testament.uni-graz.at/de/ausseer-gespraeche/aussee
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Outreach
Performance
Agreement
Publications
“Ausseer Gespräche: Wissenschaft und Kunst in Österreichs Kernlandschaft”
This program, initiated in 2009 by Irmtraud Fischer, then Vice Rector for Research of the University of Graz, is a very special outreach program, as the
university reaches out to the region. The Center for Inter-American Studies has
collaborated since 2009, and Roberta Maierhofer as a board member has
been involved in program planning and suggesting speakers, such as Anne
Basting in 2010, and Guy LaForest in 2013. Ulla Kriebernegg has chaired
panels, and has been actively involved on various levels.
Web: http://www.binghamton.edu
Since its founding in 2006, the Center for Inter-American Studies has been
working together with the State University of New York at Binghamton.
Roberta Maierhofer holds an Adjunct Associate position at Binghamton
University, and collaboration has been established both on student as well
as faculty level.
Students who studied in Graz from
Binghamton University in 2011/12:
Andrew Baldwin, Clifford Venho
and Beth Sarzyniak together with
Roberta Maierhofer (from left).
Web: http://www.centeraustria.org
Presentations
Teaching
Web: http://www.aaeca.com
Events
Guests &
Guest Researchers
Further Activities
Cooperations
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Zusammenfassung
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The aim of the Austrian-American Educational Cooperation Association (AAECA),
which was initiated with the support of the Austrian Ministry of Education,
Science and Culture, is the development of a spectrum of Austrian-American
cooperation in the area of education. The Center for Inter-American Studies is
represented on the board through Roberta Maierhofer as an expert in the
area of transatlantic cooperation. AAECA places emphasis on in-service
teacher training and language programs, curriculum development and an
exchange of ideas in bilingual, multicultural and vocational education.
Center for Austrian Studies, University of New Orleans
Collaboration between the two centers takes place in promoting activities
that focus on the aspect of transatlantic relationship and promoting student and staff exchange. In November 2013, Roberta Maierhofer and Ulla
Kriebernegg visited the Center Austria, and had the opportunity of discussing further collaboration possibilites.
Web: http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/cias
Web: http://www.ceepus.info
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Center for InterAmerican Studies, Bielefeld University
In 2011, the Center for InterAmerican Studies (CIAS) at Bielefeld University was
founded on the basis of an interdisciplinary teaching and research network of
Inter-American Studies that had already been in place since 2002. CIAS Bielefeld is focused on comparative and transregional research on interculturality,
identity politics and coloniality, cultural policy and
mediality, migration and transnationalism, and is
thus a very compatible collaborator for the Center
for Inter-American Studies Graz. One example of the
strong ties is the summer school “Broadcasting the
Americas: Academic Reflections and Media Practice
on Politics and Culture.” This Erasmus Intensive Program is coordinated by Bielefeld University with the
Universities of Graz, Cologne, Duisburg-Essen, College Cork, Ca’ Foscari, Coimbra, Ljubljana, and Bern
as European partner institutions.
Since 2010, the Center for Inter-American Studies has been coordinating the
CEEPUS-Central European Exchange Programme for University Studies Network
CIII-AT-0503 “Inter-American Studies,” which funds mobility for students
and staff in Central and South-Eastern Europe. The aim is to establish InterAmerican Studies as an international study program, thus providing a solid
academic basis for understanding the interconnectedness of the countries
in the Americas. Partners are the Universities of Plovdiv, Veliko Turnovo, Zagreb, Olomouc, Pécs, Cracow, Iași, Belgrade, Novi Sad, Ljubljana, Bratislava,
and the Karol Gaspar University in Budapest.
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The collaboration between the Center for Inter-American Studies and City College originally started with the
School of Education, but now centers at the Department of English, especially with Professor Joshua Wilner (see photo) as a strong promoter of joint activities.
Through the Graz International Summer School, professors and students have been actively involved, and
new collaboration ideas in research and teaching are
being developed.
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Web: http://www.coimbra-group.eu
Web: http://www.katholische-kirche-steiermark.at
http://www.comece.org
Founded in 1985, the Coimbra Group consists of 38 European universities
with Graz as the only Austrian member. Roberta Maierhofer was a member
of the Executive Board from 2000-2007. The Center for Inter-American Studies
has been involved in the Task Forces of Culture, Arts and Humanities, Doctoral Studies and Research, European Neighborhood, and Latin America.
Maierhofer has been a member of the CG Mediterranean Expert Group since
December 2011. An example of collaboration was the participation in the
European, US-American and Canadian TRANSDOC project, which explored
compatibility in doctoral programs. Roberta Maierhofer participated as
an expert on transatlantic educational cooperation (2010-2012). In 2013,
Georg Schendl represented the University of Graz in the Latin American
Task Force at a meeting in Salamanca. The Center for Inter-American Studies
has applied to represent the University of Graz as a permanent member of
this task force, and this application is still pending.
Roberta Maierhofer can look back on nine successful years of collaboration between the University of Graz, the Diocese Graz-Seckau and COMECE
in terms of the Graz International Summer School Seggau. The first summer
school was organized in 2006, and the University of Graz, the Diocese GrazSeckau and COMECE have recently signed an agreement to continue this
collaboration until 2017.
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On the left: Michael Kuhn (Advisor for Education, Culture and Youth Policy of COMECE), Roberta Maierhofer, Bishop Egon Kapellari, and Rector Christa Neuper. On the far right: Michael
Kuhn and Father Patrick Daly (General Secretary of COMECE).
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C.IAS has participated in the Erasmus Mundus Programme of the European Commission by Ulla Kriebernegg hosting Hussein Zeidanin from the Department of English, Tafila Technical University from
June 3 to August 20, 2013.
Web: http://www.jointdegree.eu/eas
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The Center for Inter-American Studies supports the European Joint Master’s Degree in English and American Studies through collaboration in research, teaching and administrative aspects. As one of the two academic advisors of the
University of Graz, Roberta Maierhofer with Nancy Campbell from the Department of English (photo on left) work closely with the following institutions: Ca’ Foscari, City College New York, Diderot Paris, Bamberg, Pécs, and
Roehampton.
Fulbright Program: Austrian-American Educational Commission
The Center for Inter-American Studies works together with the Fulbright Program on many different levels in close collaboration with the Executive
Director Lonnie Johnson, such as joint presentations on international relations in higher education, specific HE projects, and student and faculty exchange. Since 2011, Roberta Maierhofer, alumni of the Fulbright program,
has by appointment of Universities Austria (uniko – Österreichische Universitätenkonferenz) been representing Austrian universities as a member of
the AAEC Board of the Austrian Fulbright Commission Vienna.
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Photo: Lonnie Johnson, Roberta Maierhofer, and fellow board member Antoinette Van ZabnerZinn-Zinnenburg, professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna (right).
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Web: https://www.geron.org
Web: http://www.interamericanstudies.net
Collaboration with The Gerontological Society of America (GSA), the largest US
organization with more than 5,500 members devoted to research, education, and practice in the field of aging, takes place through the Humanities &
Arts Committee, where Roberta Maierhofer was appointed member in 2012.
At the annual conferences, Ulla Kriebernegg and Roberta Maierhofer have
been invited to participate in workshops and discussion rounds. The members of the H&A Committee see their task as introducing a humanities and
social science perspective. At the initiative of the GSA’s Humanities & Arts
Committee, Michael Haneke’s film Amour (Winner of Best Foreign Language
Film at the 2013 Academy Awards) was shown. Roberta Maierhofer and Ulla
Kriebernegg initiated, and Maierhofer chaired a discussion on the film together with Jim Vanden Bosch, Rick Scheidt
and Helen Kivnick at the Annual Meeting of
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) in
New Orleans on November 21, 2013.
Founded in 2009, the International Association of Inter-American Studies seeks
to promote interdisciplinary study on North, Central, and South American
culture, literatures, media, languages, histories, societies, politics, and
economies. C.IAS works closely with IAS with Heidrun Mörtl as the treasurer on the Executive Board, and Roberta Maierhofer as a member of the
Advisory Board. Cooperation is also reflected
in the numerous visits of IAS president Josef
Raab to the Summer Schools in Seggau, where
he has taught literature and sustainability, and
presented Inter-American topics in lectures
and keynote addresses.
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Filmmaker Michael Haneke (center) on the
occasion of receiving a honorary doctorate
of the University of Graz in September 2013.
Web: http://www.konak-wien.org
Photo Credits: Konstantinos Tzivanopoulos.
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Web: http://www.iasaweb.org
Based on its global perspective, the International American Studies Association has become an important partner of the Center for Inter-American Studies, as it has facilitated collaboration with colleagues working regionally,
hemispherical, nationally, and transnationally on North, Central and South
America.
The Center for Inter-American Studies has been a cooperation partner of
KONAK Wien (Forschungs- und Kulturverein für Kontinentalamerika und
die Karibik) since 2011. An example of collaboration is the conference commemorating the bicentenary of the Congress of Vienna 1814-1815, “The
Congress of Vienna and its Global Dimension” (Vienna, Sept.18-22, 2014).
Web: http://koordination-altern.uni-graz.at
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In 2014, in cooperation with the Center for Inter-American Studies, the Coordination Unit Age/ing was established with the aim to provide information
and coordination with internal and external partners regionally, nationally
and internationally in terms of Age / Aging Studies. Planned activities are
lecture series, workshops, joint events, and publications.
In November 2011, Professor Dr. Alfred Posamentier, Dean of the School of
Education at Mercy College, (see photo on left) asked Roberta Maierhofer to
be part of the newly established International Advisory Board of Mercy College, which provides the Center for Global Engagement with long-term programmatic counsel. The Advisory Board, composed of experts with diverse
backgrounds and interests, meets in informal and advisory capacity to review progress and future plans with respect to international relations of
Mercy College. Mercy College and the University of Graz are also linked
through student and faculty exchange.
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The Government of Styria is a very important cooperation partner for the
Center for Inter-American Studies. As one example of the close relationship,
we would like to mention projects with the section “Europe Direct Informationsnetzwerk Steiermark.” As one of the promoters of this exchange,
Heidi Zikulnig has tirelessly supported discussions on any topic concerning
aspects of “Europe and Beyond.” In addition, the Government of Styria has
supported activities in terms of research and teaching, cultural exchange
and European collaboration.
Photo Credits:Europe Direct Steiermark/ JB
Web: http://commons.mla.org/groups/age
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Collaboration between MLA and C.IAS takes place in
the officially established Age Studies Discussion Group,
where both Roberta Maierhofer and Ulla Kriebernegg
have participated, organized panels, led cooperation
meetings and sponsored events.
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Web: http://www.montclair.edu
Web: http://www.nwsa.org
The cities of Graz and Montclair have shared a “sister city” partnership since
1949, which led to Montclair State University becoming the first official US
partner institution of the University of Graz in the 1950s. Collaboration between MSU and C.IAS focuses on Inter-American Studies, for example by Professor Luis San Vicente Portes (photo on right) from the School of Business
teaching in his fifth consecutive year at the summer school in Seggau. Ulla
Kriebernegg has spent several research stays at MSU, and is in close contact
with colleagues concerning research projects.
C.IAS has been involved in the National Women‘s Studies Association for many
years. The Aging and Ageism Caucus has been an important platform for discussions on gender and age, issues of diversity, discrimination, and affirmative action. Roberta Maierhofer, Ulla Kriebernegg and Heidrun Mörtl have
organized workshops and given lectures at NWSA conferences.
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Web: http://www.oead.at
Web: http://www.agingstudies.org
North American Network in Aging Studies (NANAS)
The North American Network in Aging Studies (NANAS) was established in
January 2013 as a parallel organization to the European Network of Aging Studies (ENAS) with the mission to “facilitate sustainable, international and multidisciplinary collaboration among all researchers interested in the study of
cultural aging.” In 2012, C.IAS had already collaborated on a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) research grant titled “Generate: Seeding the
Future of North American Age Studies.” In July 2013, a planning retreat in Hiram College in Ohio, attended by Roberta Maierhofer, has been the basis for
further collaboration within the field of Age/ Aging Studies.
As the official Austrian agency for international mobility and cooperation
in education, science and research, the OEAD is a natural partner for the
Center for Inter-American Studies. A recent collaboration was the participation of Roberta Maierhofer as a respondent to a talk by Hans de Wit with
the title “Challenges and Opportunities for Internationalizing Higher Education in Europe” on May 21, 2014.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dWmk8FWfBQ
Photo Credits: ÖAD
Web: http://www.graz.at
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The City of Graz has supported higher education activities on many different levels, whether through funding, such as for the Graz International Summer School Seggau and conferences, receptions by Mayor Siegfried Nagl at
city hall, or by offering platforms for discussions and networking. A recent
example was in March 2014, the invitation for the Center for Inter-American
Studies (Roberta Maierhofer, Ulla Kriebernegg, Barbara Ratzenböck) to collaborate in an event of the city of Graz within the EU project “Senior Capital”
with participants from seven countries. As a result, Roberta Maierhofer was
invited to a network meeting in June 2014 (Netzwerkfrühstück), where different institutions in Graz meet on a regular basis to discuss issues in terms
of affirmative action and diversity challenges. On the initiative of C.IAS, the
next meeting will take place at the University of Graz in order to discuss
closer collaboration in terms of life-work balance, gender equality and
measures against age and gender discrimination.
The interdisciplinary TEMPUS project “Example of Excellence for Joint (Degree) Programme Development in South Eastern Europe” (JoinSEE ) with
24 partner institutions had the aim to establish six joint degree programs.
Roberta Maierhofer initiated this project as a Vice Rector, and offered her
expertise in terms of higher education, curriculum development and establishing joint degrees. The pictures below were taken at the final conference in Sarajevo, May 2012, where Rector Christa Neuper was the delegation leader from Graz (see photo on left).
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Photo (middle): Ulla Sladek (FGZ), Roberta Maierhofer, Vice-Mayor Martina Schröck, Priska
Pschaid (City of Graz), City Counselor Sissi Potzinger, Heide Cortolezis (NOWA), Martina Bein
(AMS Styria) (from left).
Photo credits: Stadt Graz/Fischer.
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The collaboration between UNI for LIFE, a continuing
education institution of the University of Graz, is centered on the research fields of Cultural Gerontology.
Roberta Maierhofer directs the Master program “Interdisciplinary Gerontology,” and teaches together with Ulla
Kriebernegg various courses in the field of Age / Aging Studies. In addition,
UNI for LIFE supports the Center for Inter-American Studies in organizational
matters concerning the Graz International Summer School Seggau.
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Web: http://www.uma.es
Web: http://www.uned.es
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Collaboration with the University of Málaga started in 2011 with an invitation
by Professor Rosario Arias (left photo on left) and Carmen María Lara Rallo
(left photo on right) to contribute to a research project devoted to Jacques
Derrida’s concept of the “trace” (“El concepto de la huella: delimitación, estudio y aplicación a la literatura reciente en lengua inglesa”).In the follow-up
bid (2014–2017) to the Spanish Ministry of Science and Research that was
approved in July 2014,C.IAS has been named an official partner. In addition,
Roberta Maierhofer contributes as an external collaborator to the doctoral
program “Lingüística, Literatura y Traducción” of the University of Málaga.
Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia in Madrid, a distance learning
and research university founded in 1972, has been collaborating with the
Center for Inter-American Studies on teaching and research projects. With the
support of Antonio Moreno Hernandez, Dean of the Faculty of Philology
(picture on left) as well as Marta Cerezo Moreno and Angeles de la Concha
Munoz, both from the Department of Foreign Philology and Linguistics,
cooperation projects have been drafted. Marta Cerezo Moreno has taught
at the summer school in Seggau, and is currently preparing a book publication in the “Aging Studies” series. In addition, a short-term program on
issues of diversity, migration and narrative is in the planning. In 2012, Roberta Maierhofer was appointed as an external collaborator in the PhD program “Doctorado en Estudios Filológicos.”
Web: http://www.unive.it
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The links between Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia and the Center for InterAmerican Studies are manifold. The close collaboration began under the former Vice Rector for International Relations of Ca’ Foscari, Loretta Innocenti
(photo on left), who was involved in the establishment of the Joint Degree
in English and American Studies. The Dipartimento di Studi Linguistici e Culturali Comparati has served as a basis for student and teaching exchange,
collaboration on EU levels, summer school activities, research projects,
conferences and workshops. Since 2012, Roberta Maierhofer has been on
the scientific board of the book series “Tourism and Literature,” edited by
Simone Francescato and Daniela Ciani Forza, who can be seen in the right
photo on the left with Pia Masiero. The latest project is an edited volume on
Senior Tourism, where Simone Francescato and Roberta Maierhofer will be
editing a volume in the “Aging Studies” series. In 2013, Roberta Maierhofer
was named by the Rectorate of Ca’ Foscari as an academic peer reviewer in
terms of quality assurance.
Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies
Collaboration with the Wirth Institute is based on the common interest of
European-American relationships. The Wirth Institute’s principle mandate
is to raise the profile of Central Europe and
Central European Studies in Canada. Within
the HRSM application of the Center for InterAmerican Studies (see Appendix), Prof. Joseph
Patrouch, director of the Wirth Institute (see
photo center), committed the participation
of the Wirth Institute in the context of this
project.
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The established cooperation between the University of Graz and the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, goes back to the 1980s. In 2015, The
Center for Inter-American Studies and the Center for Austrian Studies (CAS)
will be working together closely through a successful application for a
research grant from the Center for Austrian Studies for the project “Shifting
Perspectives in Europe and Beyond: Individual and Collective Identities
from an Interdisciplinary and Interregional Perspective.” Together with
Patrick McNamara, professor of history at UMN, Roberta Maierhofer, will
develop structures for joint research and teaching within the frame of the
Graz International Summer School Seggau 2015 by creating interdisciplinary
workshops and producing a documentary film that is an artistic reflection
of the academic work. In addition, Roberta Maierhofer will be conducting
research at the University of Minnesota in 2016.
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Web: http://www.utoronto.ca
Web: http://www.vielfaltalschance.at
Cooperation with the University of Toronto takes place on the one hand
through Ulla Kriebernegg and her collaborative work with The Jackman Humanities Institute, which advances scholarship in the humanities by creating
networks for interaction among humanities scholars, regardless of their
discipline. On the other hand, through close cooperation with Professor
Robert C. Austin, Munk School of Global Affairs, Centre for European, Russian
and Eurasian Studies, who has taught at the summer school since 2006,
and who was also a collaborator within the HRSM bid (see Appendix).
Vielfalt als Chance
The project “Diversity as Opportunity”– organized by Katharina Scherke
(University of Graz) within the context of the research area “Heterogeneity and Cohesion” and Robert Reithofer (ISOP Graz), and supported by FH
JOANNEUM Graz in terms of media coverage and public relations – attempts to target challenging questions from an interdisciplinary and intrainstitutional perspective. As the Center for Inter-American Studies focuses on
aspects of diversity in terms both of individual and collective identities (intersectionality) as well as migration, Roberta Maierhofer has in 2014 been
participating in this project with a lecture and interview (see photo on left),
and in terms of the planned publication of 2015.
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Web: http://www.uni-graz.at/klaus.ertler/HomepageKanada
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VertebrALCUE: ALFA
From 2008–2011, the Center for Inter-American Studies participated in the
ALFA III project VertebrALCUE with the goal to build an institutional structure among 32 partner institutions, so-called ALCUE units. These units are
to facilitate existing and future cooperation between Latin American and
European institutions of higher learning. In October 2012, as a result of the
project a Green Paper was presented in Brussels. The Center for Inter-American Studies, which took over the function of an ALCUE unit at the University
of Graz, was mentioned as best practice model within the project.
The Centre for Canadian Studies (ZKS) in Graz, directed by Klaus-Dieter Ertler
and co-directed by Martin Löschnigg, offers an interdisciplinary platform
for academic exchanges with Canada, and is an important partner for the
Center for Inter-American Studies, especially in terms of the lecture series on
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Ao. Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Roberta Maierhofer M.A.
(SUNY-Binghamton)
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Strukturelle Positionierung:
Universität Graz und Strategie 2020
Dieser Bericht des Zentrums für Inter-Amerikanische Studien (C.IAS) umfasst die
Jahre 2011-2014. Das Zentrum wurde 2007 noch als Zentrum für Amerikastudien
(Center for the Study of the Americas) mit dem Auftrag gegründet, Inter-Amerikanische Studien an der Universität Graz in Bezug auf Forschung, Lehre, Kooperation, Transfer und Service zu etablieren. Dieser Zeitraumsbericht ist einerseits
eine Dokumentation der Leistungen des Zentrums innerhalb einer fast vierjährigen Periode, andererseits eröffnet eine solche Reflexion auch die Möglichkeit,
das Zentrum in Bezug auf vergangene Leistungen, gegenwärtige Anstrengungen und zukünftige Ziele neu zu verorten. Wir hier am Zentrum haben diesen
Auftrag als eine Chance des Rückblicks und der Einschätzung unserer Leistungen wahrgenommen, um weiterhin sowohl institutionelle Ziele der Universität
zu erfüllen als auch konsequent unserem Auftrag in Forschung und Lehre nachzukommen.
Der Blick zurück auf die Jahre 2011-2014 zeigt, dass das Zentrum erfolgreich in
der Re-Konzeptualisierung traditioneller Zugänge nicht nur im Sinne der Entwicklung einer transnationalen und transregionalen Methode für die Analyse
des Doppelkontinents Amerikas war, sondern auch in Bezug auf die europäischamerikanischen Beziehungen. Die Empfehlung der Kommission der ersten
universitätsweiten Evaluation der Universität Graz im Jahr 2006, alle Agenden
Nord-, Mittel- und Südamerika betreffend zu bündeln und zu koordinieren,
wurde durch die Etablierung einer Struktur in Form des Zentrums umgesetzt
und führte zur Sichtbarkeit dieses Forschungsbereiches an der Universität. Mit
dem neuen Organisationsplan der Universität 2011 wurde das Zentrum – nach
einer kurzzeitigen Zuordnung zur Geisteswissenschaftlichen Fakultät, die sich
in Bezug auf die Zielsetzungen des Zentrums als nicht ganz ideal herausstellte – als universitätsweite Einrichtung im neuen Kontext neu etabliert. Die notwendigen strukturellen Veränderungen der Wiedereinführung des Center for
Inter-American Studies unter dem neuen Namen durch das Rektorat der Universität Graz am 18. August 2011 waren in vielerlei Hinsicht erfolgreich. Innerhalb der
neu gegründeten Struktur einer neuen universitätsweiten Einheit (die siebente
fakultät: Zentrum für Gesellschaft, Wissen und Kommunikation) entstanden neue
Möglichkeiten. Das Zusammenführen von Forschung und Lehre mit einem innovativen Auftrag zur Öffentlichkeitsarbeit und Zusammenarbeit, wie im Gründungsdokument (“Gründungserklärung”)1 formuliert, weist auf die Dynamik
hin, die eine solche Struktur zu initiieren vermag:
Interamerican
Studies - C.IAS
Universitätsmuseen
Justiz +
Gesellschaft
Diese strukturellen Veränderungen gewährleisteten erst die notwendigen Rahmenbedingungen, um den ursprünglichen Auftrag des Zentrums zu erfüllen,
und gleichzeitig ermöglichte diese neue Struktur die notwendige Flexibilität
für fakultätsübergreifende und interdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit. Sowohl den
ursprünglichen Empfehlungen der Peer-Evaluierung von 2006 wie auch den
neu definierten Zielen der Universität Graz im August 2011 verpflichtet, hat das
Zentrum für Inter-Amerikanische Studien hart gearbeitet, um ein interdisziplinäres
und interregionales Netzwerk für Forschung, Lehre, Öffentlichkeitsarbeit und
Service zu etablieren, um eine tragfähige Plattform für die Kommunikation und
Zusammenarbeit auf transatlantischer Ebene zu bieten.
Im Entwicklungsplan 2013-2015 benennt die Universität Graz Nord-, Mittel- und
Südamerika als eine weitere geographische Fokusregion neben dem bereits
bestehenden gesamtuniversitären Schwerpunkt Südosteuropa mit dem Ziel,
bereits bestehende Kooperationen zu stärken und Partnernetzwerke auszubauen.2 Die Leistungen des Zentrums in Bezug auf Kooperationen und Projekte
Web: http://www.uni-graz.at/zvwww/miblatt.html. Siehe Appendix, S. 124.
2 http://www.uni-graz.at/en/bdr1www_ep_13-18.pdf, S. 28, S. 160.
werden durch die Benennung des Kontinents ‚Amerika‘ als Schwerpunktregion
der Universität Graz offiziell honoriert. Konkrete Beispiele, die die Entscheidung
des Rektorats begünstigt haben, sind in diesem Bericht dokumentiert, wie etwa
das ALFA-Projekt VERTEBRALCUE, wo in einem Netzwerk von 32 lateinamerikanischen und europäischen Universitäten das C.IAS als ALCUE-Einheit an der Universität Graz etabliert wurde und innerhalb des Projekts als Best Practice Modell
besondere Anerkennung erlangt hat.
Geographische Fokusregionen
Im Sinne einer Stärkung des bereits bestehenden gesamtuniversitären
Südosteuropa-Schwerpunktes wird die Anbahnung neuer Aktivitäten und
Projekte im SOE-Raum weiterhin forciert. Eine weitere geographische Fokusregion umfasst den nord-, mittel- und südamerikanischen Raum, the
Americas. Ziel ist die Stärkung bereits bestehender Kooperationen sowie die
Erweiterung des PartnerInnennetzwerkes in diesen Regionen.5
Im Dezember 2011 hat Rektorin Neuper das C.IAS mit der Entwicklung eines
strategischen Konzeptes für die geographische Fokusregion ‚Amerika‘ beauftragt. Obwohl die ursprünglich zugesagte finanzielle und personelle Unterstützung durch das Rektorat nicht zur Verfügung gestellt werden konnte, wurde
dennoch das „Konzept für strategische Universitätspartnerschaften mit dem
regionalen Schwerpunkt der Universität Graz (Nord-, Mittel- und Südamerika)“ 3
erstellt, das die Grundlage für eine Verknüpfung von Fokusregion und Forschungsschwerpunkten der Universtität darstellt. Das Zentrum für Inter-Amerikanische Studien konnte somit eine Grundlage schaffen, nachhaltige Beziehungen
in amerikanischen und europäischen Netzwerken herzustellen und weitere Kooperationsmöglichkeiten mit Universitäten in der geographischen Fokusregion
aufzuzeigen, um die Erreichung der Zielsetzungen der Universität Graz, wie im
Entwicklungsplan 2013-2018 festgehalten, zu gewährleisten. Aufgrund dieses
Konzepts wurde auch eine neue Förderpolitik an der Universität Graz etabliert,
im Rahmen derer die Zusammenarbeit mit der Region innerhalb einer der sieben
Forschungsschwerpunkte der Universität Graz grundsätzlich gefördert wird.4
Strategische Partnerschaften in Nord-, Mittel- und Südamerika eröffnen neue
Möglichkeiten in Forschung, Lehre und Kooperation:
Finanzierungsrichtlinien
Strategische Partneruniversitäten (v.a. im Rahmen der sieben Forschungsschwerpunkte)
Fokusregion Nord-, Mittel- und Südamerika im Rahmen der sieben Forschungsschwerpunkte
))
Aufbau internationaler strategischer Partnerschaften
Die Universität Graz evaluiert und bündelt ihre derzeit über 500 Kooperationen mit internationalen PartnerInnen hinsichtlich ihres Beitrags zur
Profilbildung in Forschung und Lehre. Darauf aufbauend werden fünf internationale strategische Partnerschaften zur Unterstützung des Forschungsprofils, der Lehre und der Nachwuchsförderung entwickelt. Eines der Ziele
ist die Stärkung der Kompetenzen in der Schwerpunktregion Südosteuropa
und der Ausbau der Kooperationsprojekte in Nord- und Lateinamerika.6
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In den Leistungsvereinbarungen zwischen der Universität Graz und dem Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung wurde durch die dem Zentrum
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Das Zentrum für Inter-Amerikanische Studien (C.IAS) dient hierbei der Bündelung der diesbezüglichen universitären Aktivitäten, insbesondere im Bereich der Forschung.7
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Das neue Finanzierungsmodell soll sicher stellen, dass die im Entwicklungsplan 2013-2018 der Universität Graz formulierten Ziele erreicht werden können.
Durch die vom Universitätsrat am 13. April 2012 genehmigte Entwicklungsperspektive der Universität Graz „Strategie 2020“ wurde aufbauend auf der Arbeit
des Zentrums Nord-, Mittel- und Südamerika als Schwerpunktregion bestätigt:
3 Siehe Roberta Maierhofer. „Concept for Strategic University Partnerships with Regional Focus at the University of
Graz (North, Central, and South America)“, (17. Sept., 2012), Appendix, S. 129.
4 Siehe Email Petra Steinkellner (31. März, 2014) mit Bericht über den „Runder Tisch Forschung” vom 24. März 2014,
wo Sabine Pendl, Leiterin des Büros für Internationale Beziehungen das Strategiekonzept über die Unterversitätspartnerschaften präsentierte, welches ausschlaggebend für die finanzielle Unterstützung der Fokusregion war.
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6 Ebda, S. 20.
7 Leistungsvereinbarung 2013-2015.“ Mitteilungsblatt der Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, 15.X. Sondernummer, Studienjahr 2012/13 (9. Jänner 2013), S. 75.
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Das Zentrum für Inter-Amerikanische Studien beteiligt sich an drei der sieben bestehenden Forschungsschwerpunkten (Heterogenität und Kohäsion, Kultur- und
Deutungsgeschichte Europas und Lernen – Bildung – Wissen).8
Der nationalen wie internationalen Profilbildung und Erhöhung der Sichtbarkeit dienen neben dem wissenschaftlichen Output im engeren Sinne
eine Reihe flankierend geplanter Maßnahmen. Hier ist an erster Stelle
eine stärkere Konzentration auf die in den vergangenen Jahren etablierten vier interuniversitären und drei inneruniversitären Forschungsschwerpunkte, die universitätsweiten Zielregionen Südosteuropa sowie
Nord- und Lateinamerika zu nennen. Die Forschungsschwerpunkte fungieren als Motoren einer fächer- und fakultätenübergreifenden und durch
Kooperationen am Standort wie im globalen Forschungsnetzwerk verstärkten Zusammenarbeit zwischen ForscherInnen und bringen durch diese
erhöhte inter- und transdisziplinäre Kommunikation bereits jetzt in allen
Bereichen deutlich innovative Fragestellungen, Methoden und Ergebnisse
hervor. Damit werden Alleinstellungsmerkmale in bestimmten Spitzenbereichen erreicht und weiter ausgebaut.9
Der fakultätsübergreifende Forschungsschwerpunkt „Lernen – Bildung –
Wissen” ist der Idee verpflichtet, dass es gerade einer europäischen Universität entspricht, den Bildungsbegriff aus einer umfassenden, in der
Tradition der Humanitas stehenden Perspektive zu betrachten und den
Menschen in den Mittelpunkt ganzheitlicher Reflexion zu stellen.
Web: http://lernen.uni-graz.at/de/
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8 Web :http://strategische-entwicklung.uni-graz.at/de/strategie-2020/strategische-ziele/
9 Web: http://static.uni-graz.at/fileadmin/Lqm/Dokumente/Entwicklungsplan_2013-2018_Uni_Graz_fuer_BMWF.pdf, S. 28.
Der Forschungsschwerpunkt „Heterogenität und Kohäsion“ widmet sich
den sozio-kulturellen Erscheinungsformen, Ursachen und Folgen fortschreitender gesellschaftlicher Differenzierung und der Frage der Gestaltung
sozialer Ordnung unter diesen Rahmenbedingungen. Hochdifferenzierte
moderne Gesellschaften sind gekennzeichnet durch eine zunehmende
Fragmentiertheit und Individualisierung der Lebensverhältnisse, wodurch
die Problematik gesellschaftlicher Kohäsion inklusive ihrer ethischen,
rechtlichen und sozialpolitischen Aspekte besonders virulent wird. Neben
der Analyse von Migrationsprozessen, Phänomenen ethnisch-kultureller
Vielfalt, des Wandels der Geschlechterverhältnisse und der Generationenbeziehungen, neuen/alten sozialen Ungleichheiten sowie der sie begleitenden Konflikte, stehen Studien zu den sozialtheoretischen, institutionellen,
weltanschaulichen und religiösen Grundlagen gesellschaftlicher Integration auf der Agenda des Forschungsschwerpunktes. Zudem wird eine international und historisch vergleichende Perspektive eingenommen.
Web: http://huk.uni-graz.at/de/
Im Schwerpunkt „Kultur- und Deutungsgeschichte Europas“ werden Forschungen, die sich im weitesten Sinne mit der spezifischen Kulturalität Europas befassen, gebündelt. Die Besonderheiten dieser historisch gewachsenen, aber uneindeutigen Kulturalität gründen einerseits in ihrer Offenheit,
Flexibilität und Dynamik, andererseits in ihrem Bestreben, sich partiell
abzugrenzen gegen alles, was als nicht-europäisch wahrgenommen wird.
Europa bildet in diesem Zusammenhang nicht nur einen geographisch,
politisch oder wirtschaftlich (wenngleich nur schwer) zu definierenden
Raum, sondern auch eine Diskursfigur, an die implizit wie explizit Fragen
nach der Ausprägung und dem Anspruch unterschiedlichster Identitäten
– auch außerhalb Europas – geknüpft sind. Um die diesbezüglichen Konstellationen synchron und diachron zu erfassen, werden im Rahmen dieses
Schwerpunkts die komplexen materiellen, visuellen, schriftlichen und performativen Ausdrucksformen aus den Bereichen Religion, Recht, Wissen
und Bildung, Kunst und Literatur sowie in der Alltagspraxis und in lebensweltlichen Gefügen interdisziplinär erforscht – und dies unter besonderer
Berücksichtigung der wechselnden Spannungsverhältnisse von lokalen,
regionalen, nationalen und supranationalen Gegebenheiten.
Web: http://www.uni-graz.at/de/forschen/forschungsprofil/forschungsschwerpunkte/kultur-und-deutungsgeschichte-europas/
Kurzbeschreibung
Das Zentrum für Inter-Amerikanische Studien ist eine Forschungseinrichtung im Bereich der Inter-Amerikanischen Studien, die die Agenden der
Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz im Bereich Nord-, Mittel- und Südamerika
entsprechend der regionalen Schwerpunktsetzung der Universität Graz
bündelt und koordiniert. Zielsetzung des Zentrums ist es, die Kulturräume
der Amerikas („The Americas – Las Américas – Les Amériques“) interdisziplinären und interkulturellen Analysen zu unterziehen und im Sinne einer
transregionalen Perspektive die historischen, wirtschaftlichen und soziokulturellen Zusammenhänge dieser Regionen zu untersuchen.
Strategien zur Stärkung des Schwerpunktes der Inter-Amerikanischen Studien durch das Zentrum für Inter-Amerikanische Studien beinhalten:
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Gegründet wurde das Zentrum für Inter-Amerikanische Studien im Jahr 2007 in
Folge einer Forschungsevaluierung der Universität Graz 2006 mit der abschließenden Empfehlung, eine koordinierende Forschungseinheit im Bereich nord-,
zentral- und südamerikanische Kulturen zu etablieren. Entsprechend der Zielsetzung der siebenten Fakultät, universitäre Forschung einer breiten Öffentlichkeit näherzubringen, beschäftigt sich dieser Bereich mit den Kulturräumen
Nord- und Südamerikas und bietet eine Plattform für die öffentliche Auseinandersetzung mit den europäisch-amerikanischen Beziehungen. Aufbauend auf
dem Forschungs- und Lehrprofil der Universität Graz werden transnationale,
transkulturelle ebenso wie inter- und multidisziplinäre Ansätze gebündelt und
einer interdisziplinären und interkulturellen Analyse unterzogen. Die historischen, wirtschaftlichen und soziokulturellen Zusammenhänge der Regionen
werden aus einer transregionalen Perspektive relevant für Europa aufbereitet
und Forschung bezüglich der sich wandelnden Rolle Amerikas in einer globalisierten Welt einer breiten Öffentlichkeit zugänglich gemacht. Besonders in Europa, wo die Ausverhandlung einer europäischen Identität (neben nationalen
und regionalen Identitäten) zahlreiche Diskurse bestimmt, verlangen sich stetig verändernde Bezugspunkte nach einer Neuausrichtung akademischer Perspektiven. Für europäische ForscherInnen im Bereich der Inter-Amerikanischen
Studien sind daher insbesondere die „Americanness“ der Amerikas sowie sich
verändernde Konzeptionen von Selbst und Anderem von großem Interesse.
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Einrichtung einer Spezialbibliothek
Universitätsinterne sowie externe Bewerbung des neuen Schwerpunktes
der Inter-Amerikanischen Studien
Entwicklung von Studienprogrammen mit dem Ziel eines Joint Master
Programms im Bereich der Inter-Amerikanischen Studien sowie beratende Unterstützung des Joint Master Programms „English and American
Studies“
Bereitstellung detaillierter und vielfältiger Informationen für Studierende und Lehrende an der Universität Graz über Kurse im Bereich der InterAmerikanischen Studien
Konzeptualisierung und Durchführung einer Internationalen Sommruniversität mit Schwerpunkt auf Europa und den Amerikas
Betreuung von Gastforschenden und Gastvortragenden
Organisation von Vorlesungsreihen, Workshops und Konferenzen
Konzeptualisierung von und Teilnahme an Forschungsprojekten und Ausbildungsprogrammen
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Wissenschaftliche & Geschäftsführende Leitung
Strategischer Beirat
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Intersektionalität /
Alternswissenschaften
Interkulturelle Kommunikation und
transatlantische Bildungskooperationen
Menschenrechte /
Migration
Erinnerung
Trauma
Area Studies als
Transnationaler /
Transregionaler Forschungsgegenstand
Individuelle und Kollektive Identitäten
Migration]
The Americas]
INTERAMERICA
Aufbau Spezialbibliothek
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Konferenzen / Workshops
Einwerbung Drittmittel für Forschung und Lehre, Sponsoring, Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
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Lehrveranstaltungen, Gastprofessuren
Ringvorlesungen / Brown Bag Lunch Series / C.IAS Events
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Die siebente fakultät: Zentrum für
Gesellschaft, Wissen und Kommunikation
Mitteilungsblatt der Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, 136. Sondernummer,
Studienjahr 2010/11 (Ausgegeben am 24. 8. 2011), http://www.uni-graz.at/zvwww/miblatt.html
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Strategic Concepts, Objectives and Goal Attainment
In 2012, the University of Graz officially declared the region of North, Central
and South America as the second regional focus in addition to the already established area of South-Eastern Europe.1 The official commitment of the University
of Graz to the continent ‘America’ strongly acknowledged the achievements of
the Center for Inter-American Studies in terms of collaboration and cooperation.
Concrete examples leading to the decision of the Rectorate can be found in this
section of the report. The participation of the University of Graz in the ALFA project, which established the Center for Inter-American Studies as the ALCUE-unit
of the University of Graz, is one best practice example that should foremost be
mentioned.
On the following pages are the full texts of the “Concept for Strategic University
Partnerships with Regional Focus at the University of Graz (North, Central, and
South America)”, drafted on request of Rector Christa Neuper by Roberta Maierhofer in December 2011. This document became the basis for decisions in terms
of strategic partnerships and the allocation of funds to collaborate within the
region of North, Central and South America at the University of Graz.
In order to provide an overview of the funding and cooperation activities that
the Center for Inter-American Studies is involved in, the fourth part of the appendix
lists all proposals and applications for research projects and collaboration submitted for funding. The tables on pages 141-143 contain all details and status of
the proposals.
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1 Einleitung
1.1 Gründungsgeschichte
Die Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz bietet an ihren sechs Fakultäten nicht nur ein breites und
vielfältiges Ausbildungsangebot mit hoher wissenschaftlicher Expertise, sondern bündelt als
moderne Stätte der Wissenschaft Spitzenforschung auf höchstem internationalem Niveau. Um
dem stetig wachsenden öffentlichen Interesse für Wissenschaft und Forschung gerecht werden zu
können, wurde das Zentrum für Gesellschaft, Wissen und Kommunikation – die siebente fakultät
– gegründet, das neben der Durchführung unterschiedlicher Formate auch eine interinstitutionelle Vernetzung von Wissenschaft und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit gewährleistet.
Um durch Vernetzung mit anderen erfolgreichen Aktivitäten des Public Awareness-Sektors die
Schwerpunkte der universitären Forschung noch breiter und akzentuierter abbilden zu können,
wird das Zentrum für Gesellschaft, Wissen und Kommunikation erweitert.
1.2 Name und Bezeichnung
Die siebente fakultät: Zentrum für Gesellschaft, Wissen und Kommunikation
2 Gegenstand
2.1 Struktur
Das Zentrum für Gesellschaft, Wissen und Kommunikation fungiert als zentrale Kommunikationsschnittstelle für alle Fakultäten und untergliedert sich in folgende Teilbereiche:
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Zentrum für Interamerikanische Studien / Center for Interamerican Studies (C.IAS)
Politik und Kommunikation
Universitätsmuseen
Justiz und Gesellschaft
2.1.1 Wissenschaftskommunikation
2.1.1.1 Ziele
Das Zentrum für Gesellschaft, Wissen und Kommunikation fungiert als Schnittstelle von Wissenschaft und Öffentlichkeit auf unterschiedlichen Kommunikationskanälen. Das Zentrum setzt sich
folgende kommunikationsstrategische Ziele:
• Wissensvermittlung: Mit Hilfe von abgestimmten Schwerpunktaktionen (Vorträgen,
Podiumsdiskussionen, Schulprojekten, Veranstaltungen, etc.) soll an der Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz Wissenschaft und Forschung einer breiten Öffentlichkeit näher
gebracht werden.
• Wissenschaftstransparenz: Aktuelle Forschungsthemen der Karl-Franzens-Universität
Graz sollen näher und öffentlichkeitswirksamer vorgestellt und eventuell vorherrschende Bedenken und Hemmschwellen in der Gesellschaft abgebaut werden.
• Wissenschafts-PR: Durch einen gemeinsamen Auftritt der unterschiedlichen Wissenschaftszweige, Institute und Fakultäten soll das breite Spektrum der Karl-FranzensUniversität Graz hervorgehoben werden. Die Vernetzung der einzelnen Institute vergrößert die Breitenwirkung und stärkt somit Fachbereiche und Standort.
• Koordination von fakultätsübergreifenden Veranstaltungen und Diskussionsrunden
zur Meinungs- und Bewusstseinsbildung in Bezug auf aktuelle Forschungsthemen.
• Vergrößerung der Breitenwirkung und Stärkung der medialen Präsenz der wissenschaftlichen Fachbereiche der Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz.
2.1.1.2 Aufgabenbereiche
Das Zentrum für Gesellschaft, Wissen und Kommunikation nimmt nicht nur eine Rolle in der
nachhaltigen Wahrnehmung von Wissenschaft und Forschung in der heutigen Gesellschaft ein,
sondern fördert auch die individuelle Fähigkeit zur Meinungsbildung.
• Konzeption und Durchführung von Projekten und Veranstaltungen für eine breite Öffentlichkeit im Bereich der Wissenschaftskommunikation.
• Beratung der Fakultäten bei der Wissenschaftskommunikation.
• Netzwerkbildung von universitären Einheiten im Bereich des Public Awareness-Sektors.
• Etablierung einer Aus- und Weiterbildung für WissenschaftlerInnen und Studierende
im Bereich der Wissenschaftskommunikation.
2.1.2 Zentrum für Interamerikanische Studien /
Center for Interamerican Studies (C.IAS)
2.1.2.1 Ziele
Entsprechend der Zielsetzung der siebenten Fakultät, universitäre Forschung einer breiten Öffentlichkeit näherzubringen, beschäftigt sich dieser überfakultäre Bereich mit den Kulturräumen
Nord und Südamerikas und bietet eine Plattform für die öffentliche Auseinandersetzung mit den
europäisch-amerikanischen Beziehungen. Aufbauend auf dem Forschungs- und Lehrprofil der
Universität Graz werden im Zentrum für Interamerikanische Studien / Center for Interamerican
Studies (C.IAS) post/transnationale, transkulturelle ebenso wie inter- und multidisziplinäre Ansätze gebündelt und einer interdisziplinären und interkulturellen Analyse unterzogen. Die historischen, wirtschaftlichen und soziokulturellen Zusammenhänge der Regionen werden aus einer
transregionalen Perspektive relevant für Europa aufbereitet und Forschung bezüglich der sich
wandelnden Rolle Amerikas in einer globalisierten Welt einer breiten Öffentlichkeit zugänglich
gemacht. Konkret werden folgende Ziele verfolgt:
• Förderung und Ausbau der Forschung und Lehre im Bereich der Interamerikanischen
Studien auf gesamtuniversitärer Ebene
• Stärkung der Präsenz der Interamerikanischen Studien innerhalb und außerhalb der
KFU durch den Aufbau wissenschaftlicher und nichtwissenschaftlicher Netzwerke
• Erweiterung und Koordination der internationalen Vernetzung mit Institutionen, die
sich mit diesen Regionen beschäftigen
• Strategische und interdisziplinäre Verknüpfung von Wissenschaft und Öffentlichkeit
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Das Zentrum für Interamerikanische Studien / Center for Interamerican Studies (C.IAS) beschäftigt sich mit wissenschaftlichen und nichtwissenschaftlichen Agenden im Bereich der Interamerikanischen Studien. Im Einzelnen sind dies:
• Forschungs- und Lehrtätigkeit
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Organisation und Durchführung von wissenschaftlichen Veranstaltungen
Außer- und inneruniversitäre Vermittlungsarbeit
Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Einwerbung von Drittmitteln
2.1.3 Politik und Kommunikation
2.1.3.1 Ziele und Aufgabenbereiche
Gemäß dem Ziel der siebenten fakultät ist mit verschiedenen Formaten ein breites Publikum zu
erreichen. Darüber hinaus besteht ein starkes Engagement in der öffentlichen Kommunikation
auf breiter Basis.
Die Forschung in diesem Bereich analysiert Politische Kommunikation aus politikwissenschaftlicher und gesellschaftspolitischer Sicht. Im Mittelpunkt stehen dabei die Darstellung und Vermittlung von Politik und (neuen) Medien. Dies beinhaltet auch Wahlforschung und Politische Bildung.
Es werden innovative Forschungsfragen im interdisziplinären Kontext aufgegriffen, wobei anwendungsorientierte Forschung hierbei im Vordergrund steht.
Schwerpunkt in der Lehre bildet die Vermittlung des Faches Politikwissenschaft mit dem Schwerpunkt Politische Kommunikation und Politikvermittlung mit exemplarischem Zugang. Hauptaugenmerk wird dabei im Weiterbildungsbereich auf postgraduale Studien wie auch (themenspezifische) Veranstaltungen gelegt. Darüber hinaus besteht ein starkes Engagement in der
öffentlichen Kommunikation auf breiter Basis.
Ebenso wird der Auf- und Ausbau des Wissenstransfers im Rahmen interuniversitärer wie auch
internationaler Kooperationen forciert.
2.1.4 Universitätsmuseen
Der Bereich Universitätsmuseen betreut im Besitz der Universität stehende Sammlungen und
Einzelgegenstände von hohem (wissenschafts)historischem und teilweise auch künstlerischem
und finanziellem Wert und vermittelt Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Wissenschaftsethik sowie aktuelle wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse. Aufgabe und Zielvorgabe ist einerseits die Erfassung und
Inventarisierung, die Pflege und Erhaltung, die wissenschaftliche und öffentlichkeitswirksame
Publikation und Präsentation sowie die Vernetzung dieser Sammlungen und Gegenstände, unabhängig davon, ob diese direkt im Verantwortungsbereich der Universitätsmuseen stehen oder
als Sondersammlungen an Instituten und Zentren verwaltet werden, andererseits die Vermittlung
von wissenschaftlichen Grundlagen und Erkenntnissen an Fachleute und Laien.
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Dabei sollen universitätsinterne Synergiepotentiale ausgenützt und ein Maximum an Kooperationsmöglichkeiten im Bereich der Wissenschaftsgeschichte allgemein, der Geschichte der KarlFranzens-Universität (in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Universitätsarchiv) einschließlich der hier lehrenden und forschenden Persönlichkeiten speziell und im Ausstellungs- und Publikationswesen
als Vermittlungsinstrumente erzielt werden.
Mittel zur Erfüllung dieser Aufgabe sind die Anlage von Inventaren und Zustandsbeschreibungen,
die analoge und digitale Publikation, der Aufbau von digitalen Datenbanken auf Internetbasis
(virtuelles Museum als wissenschaftliche Arbeitsgrundlage), auf die es (kontrollierten) öffentlichen Zugriff gibt, sowie die Durchführung von langfristigen und rhythmisch wechselnden Ausstellungen (sog. Dauer und Wechselausstellungen). Das Museum vollzieht somit parallel verwaltende
und bewahrende, wissenschaftliche und wissenschaftskommunikative Aufgabenstellungen.
Zur Erfüllung dieser Aufgaben verfügen die Universitätsmuseen derzeit über drei, in jeweils eigenen geschlossenen Raumgruppen untergebrachte Abteilungen
4 organisatorischer Rahmen
4.1 Leitung
Die Universitätsmuseen werden über eine zentrale Leitung mit Sekretariat und Budgetverwaltung
geführt, jede der Abteilungen wird außerdem von einem hauptamtlichen Kustos und allfällig von
fachlich besonders ausgebildeten Sammlungskuratoren verantwortet.
Die Leitung des Zentrums für Gesellschaft, Wissen und Kommunikation obliegt dem/der LeiterIn.
Zur Wahrnehmung der damit verbundenen Rechte und Pflichten erteilt der/die RektorIn dem/
der LeiterIn des Zentrums für Gesellschaft, Wissen und Kommunikation eine Bevollmächtigung
in folgendem Umfang:
• Erwerb von Vermögen und Rechten durch den Abschluss von unentgeltlichen Rechtsgeschäften • Entgegennahme von Förderungen anderer Rechtsträger
• Abschluss von Verträgen über die Durchführung nicht-wissenschaftlicher und wissenschaftlicher Arbeiten
• Gebrauch von Vermögen und Rechten, die aus Rechtsgeschäften gemäß Zahl 1 bis 3
erworben werden, zur Erfüllung der Zwecke des Zentrums für Gesellschaft, Wissen
und Kommunikation.
Der/die LeiterIn hat bei der Erfüllung der vorgesehenen Aufgaben des Zentrums für Gesellschaft,
Wissen und Kommunikation für die Einhaltung sämtlicher gesetzlicher sowie inner-universitärer
Vorschriften zu sorgen. § 27 Universitätsgesetz 2002 kommt sinngemäß zur Anwendung. Ihm/ihr
obliegt die universitäre Verankerung und Absicherung sowie die strategische Weiterentwicklung
des Zentrums für Gesellschaft, Wissen und Kommunikation. Der/die LeiterIn zeichnet für das Management des organisatorischen Daches und die finanzielle Gebarung verantwortlich. Aufgabe
der Leitung ist es auch, die Bereiche zu koordinieren, Synergien zu schaffen und den Austausch
von Know-how auf internationaler, nationaler, regionaler und lokaler Ebene zu fördern. Dem/der
LeiterIn obliegt der Abschluss von Zielvereinbarungen mit dem Rektorat und die Berichtslegung
gemäß den dort festgelegten Berichts-Spezifikationen.
2.1.5 Justiz und Gesellschaft
4.2 stellvertretende Leitung
Mit Hilfe von Veranstaltungen für eine breite Öffentlichkeit sollen in diesem Teilbereich der
siebenten fakultät Wechselwirkungen zwischen Justiz und Gesellschaft dargelegt, kritisch hinterfragt und wissenschaftlich beforscht werden. Ein langfristiges Ziel liegt hierbei in der Antragstellung für einen SFB „Justiz und Gesellschaft“. Des Weiteren sollen Kooperationen mit
renommierten ExpertInnen bzw. Forschungsinstitutionen aus dem Bereich der Justiz mit der KarlFranzens-Universität Graz initiiert werden, um die nationale und internationale Reputation zu
verbessern und besser sichtbar zu machen.
Das Rektorat bestellt auf Vorschlag des/der LeiterIn eine/n StellvertreterIn. Der/die StellvertreterIn
vertritt im Falle der längerfristigen Verhinderung der Leitung den/die LeiterIn.
• Das Hans-Gross-Kriminalmuseum im Hauptgebäude, Westtrakt, Untergeschoss: Kriminalhistorische Sammlung
• Das UniGraz@Museum im Hauptgebäude, Nordosttrakt, Untergeschoss: Wissenschaftsgeschichte, einschließlich der Geschichte der Karl-Franzens-Universität; Wissenschaftsethik; Sammlung historisch-physikalischer Geräte und Instrumente; Forschungsbezogene Sonderausstellungen
• Das Haus der Wissenschaft in der Elisabethstraße 27: Vermittlung aktueller Forschung und gesellschaftsbezogener wissenschaftlicher Lösungsangebote
3 rechtlicher Rahmen
3.1 Rechtsform und institutionelle Zuordnung
Die siebente fakultät wurde 2008 als ein gesellschaftspolitisches und interdisziplinäres Veranstaltungsforum an der Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz gegründet und 2010 in einen fakultätsübergreifenden Leistungsbereich gem. § 20 d. Organisationsplans 2007 überführt. Die siebente fakultät:
Zentrum für Gesellschaft, Wissen und Kommunikation untersteht dem Vizerektor für Studium
und Lehre als zuständigem Mitglied des Rektorats.
4.3 Leitung der Teilbereiche
Für jeden Teilbereich wird eine wissenschaftliche Leiterin/ein wissenschaftlicher Leiter bestellt.
Jeder/jedem TeilbereichsleiterIn obliegt die Fachaufsicht ihrer/seiner MitarbeiterInnen, die Entwicklung von Projekten und Kooperationen, die Organisation und Koordination der Tätigkeiten
sowohl im zentral finanzierten Regelbetrieb als auch im Rahmen der Projekte sowie die Akquirierung von Mitteln aus Vorhaben gemäß §§26-28 UG 2002. Alle TeilbereichsleiterInnen bearbeiten
mit ihren MitarbeiterInnen ihre jeweiligen Aufgabenbereiche eigenverantwortlich, selbstständig
und mit größtmöglichem Entscheidungsfreiraum.
4.4 MitarbeiterInnen
Die MitarbeiterInnen des Zentrums für Gesellschaft, Wissen und Kommunikation sind dem/
der jeweiligen TeilbereichsleiterIn fachlich und dem/der LeiterIn des Zentrums für Gesellschaft,
Wissen und Kommunikation dienstrechtlich unterstellt. MitarbeiterInnen des Zentrums für Gesellschaft, Wissen und Kommunikation, die nicht dem Zentrum für Gesellschaft, Wissen und
Kommunikation, sondern kooperierenden Einheiten innerhalb der Universität Graz angehören
(„Stammpersonal“), bleiben im Rahmen ihrer Dienstpflichten den jeweiligen Einheiten der Universität Graz zugeordnet und den jeweiligen LeiterInnen dieser Einheiten bzw. den Organisationseinheiten dienstrechtlich unterstellt.
Die Erbringung von Leistungen dieses Stammpersonals am Zentrum für Gesellschaft, Wissen und
Kommunikation bedarf einer zustimmenden Rahmenvereinbarung auf Leitungsebene, die unter
Einbeziehung der LeiterInnen der kooperierenden Einheiten zu erstellen ist. Zusätzlich bedarf es
einer Vereinbarung zwischen dem/der jeweiligen Vorgesetzten, dem/der LeiterIn des Zentrums
für Gesellschaft, Wissen und Kommunikation und dem/der MitarbeiterIn über den prozentuellen
Anteil der Arbeitszeit, der für Leistungen am Zentrum für Gesellschaft, Wissen und Kommunikation vorgesehen ist (bzw. bei ProfessorInnen und Ao.ProfessorInnen ist die generische Nennung der
Leistungen erforderlich und die Anmerkung, dass die anderen Dienstpflichten am Stamminstitut
gleichzeitig zu erfüllen sind). Die inhaltlichen Details der Leistungen am Zentrum für Gesellschaft,
Wissen und Kommunikation sind zwischen dem/der MitarbeiterIn und dem/der LeiterIn des Zentrums für Gesellschaft, Wissen und Kommunikation zu regeln.
MitarbeiterInnen an Vorhaben gemäß § 26-28 UG 2002 sind im Rahmen ihrer Tätigkeit dem Zentrum für Gesellschaft, Wissen und Kommunikation zugeordnet und dem/der jeweiligen TeilbereichsleiterIn fachlich und dem/der LeiterIn des Zentrums für Gesellschaft, Wissen und Kommunikation dienstrechtlich unterstellt. Die Forschungsleistungen der MitarbeiterInnen des Zentrums
für Gesellschaft, Wissen und Kommunikation werden nach inhaltlichen Kriterien und mit adäquatem Bezug zu den Wissenschaftszweig- Zuordnungen des Zentrums und der Stamminstitute
anteilig bis zu 3 Wissenschaftszweigen zugeordnet. In allen Publikationen, Veröffentlichungen
und Internetauftritten des Zentrums für Gesellschaft, Wissen und Kommunikation ist dieses als
Einrichtung der Universität Graz zu bezeichnen.
4.5 Organigramm
Universitätsmuseen
Drittmittel sind für Zwecke des Zentrums zu verwenden, sofern keine Zweckwidmung vorliegt
(Vorhaben gemäß § 28 UG 2002).
Justiz +
Gesellschaft
4.6 Servicierung und Kostenersätze
Für die Inanspruchnahme von Personal und Sachmitteln der Universität Graz zur Durchführung
der Vorhaben gemäß §§ 26-28 UG 2002 am Zentrum für Gesellschaft, Wissen und Kommunikation
ist ein Kostenersatz nach den Vorschriften der Kostenersatzrichtlinie für Vorhaben nach §§ 26-28
UG 2002 idgF zu leisten.
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4.7 Ressourcen
Dem Zentrum werden die bisher von den bestehenden Strukturbereichen genutzen Räumlichkeiten und die neuen Räume des Offenen Labor Graz in der Humboldtstrasse 46 (der Multifunktionsraum 0046EG-0034, der Laborraum 0046EG-0052, die Büroräume 0046EG-0066 und 0046EG0080, und der Lagerraum 0046EG-066c) zugeteilt.
4.8 Qualitätsmanagement / Evaluierung
Das Zentrum für Gesellschaft, Wissen und Kommunikation unterliegt in vollem Umfang den Qualitätsmanagement-Richtlinien der Universität Graz. Um eine entsprechende Qualitätssicherung
zu gewährleisten, ist es Aufgabe der Leitung, nach den internen Qualitätskriterien bzw. Evaluierungsergebnissen geeignete Maßnahmen zu setzen.
Die Evaluierung des Zentrums für Gesellschaft, Wissen und Kommunikation erfolgt erstmalig
Ende 2015 und in weiterer Folge alle 5 Jahre. Sollte eine Evaluierung zu einem negativen Ergebnis
führen, entscheidet das Rektorat über den Weiterbestand des Zentrums für Gesellschaft, Wissen
und Kommunikation.
Interamerican
Studies - C.IAS
Die Universität Graz behält sich vor, im Falle einer budgetären Unterdeckung durch fehlende oder
zu geringe Einnahmen des Zentrums für Gesellschaft, Wissen und Kommunikation, für die Abdeckung von offenen Verbindlichkeiten des Zentrums für Gesellschaft, Wissen und Kommunikation
sämtliches diesem zugeordnetes Vermögen/Kapital oder die nach den Bestimmungen des UG
2002 geeigneten Deckungsfonds und Berufungszusagen heranzuziehen. Der/die geschäftsführende LeiterIn hat im Falle einer budgetären Unterdeckung dem Rektor unverzüglich ein Sanierungskonzept und/oder einen Vorschlag zur Art und Weise der Abdeckung vorzulegen.
4.9 Inkrafttreten
Die Gründung als fakultätsübergreifender Leistungsbereich wurde am 18. 8. 2011 vom Rektorat
beschlossen.
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Kosten für Leistungen, die von der Universität Graz standardmäßig gedeckt werden, aber welche
vom Zentrum selbst erbracht werden, kommen dabei zum Abzug. Weiters werden Kosten, die von
der Universität Graz für Tätigkeiten aus Vorhaben gemäß §§ 26-28 UG 2002 des Zentrums für Gesellschaft, Wissen und Kommunikation getragen werden, entsprechend der Zuordnung der Vorhaben zum Zentrum für Gesellschaft, Wissen und Kommunikation diesem im Wege eines vollen
Kostenersatzes in Rechnung gestellt.
Zusammenfassung
Alle Zuschüsse der Universität Graz an das Zentrum für Gesellschaft, Wissen und Kommunikation sind im Rahmen der Zielvereinbarungen zwischen der Leitung und dem Rektor gesondert
zu vereinbaren. Leistungen des Zentrums für Gesellschaft, Wissen und Kommunikation für die
Universität Graz und die finanzielle Bedeckung dieser dem Zentrum für Gesellschaft, Wissen und
Kommunikation entstandenen Kosten sind im Wege der Zielvereinbarung zu spezifizieren.
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2. Performance Agreement (August 2011)
(Zielvereinbarung)
Zentrum für Interamerikanische Studien / Center for InterAmerican Studies (C.IAS)
Entsprechend der Zielsetzung der siebenten fakultät, universitäre Forschung einer breiten Öffentlichkeit näherzubringen, beschäftigt sich dieser Bereich mit den Kulturräumen Nord- und Südamerikas und bietet eine Plattform für die öffentliche Auseinandersetzung mit den europäischamerikanischen Beziehungen. Aufbauend auf dem Forschungs- und Lehrprofil der Universität
Graz werden im Zentrum für Interamerikanische Studien / Center for Inter- American Studies (C.IAS) post
/ transnationale, transkulturelle ebenso wie inter- und multidisziplinäre Ansätze gebündelt und
einer interdisziplinären und interkulturellen Analyse unterzogen. Die historischen, wirtschaftlichen und soziokulturellen Zusammenhänge der Regionen werden aus einer transregionalen
Perspektive relevant für Europa aufbereitet und Forschung bezüglich der sich wandelnden Rolle
Amerikas in einer globalisierten Welt einer breiten Öffentlichkeit zugänglich gemacht.
2.2.2 Messkriterien
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Ringvorlesungen
und Joint Courses
2
2
2
2
2
Short Study
Programs
60 Personen
60 Personen
60 Personen
60 Personen
60 Personen
Gastlehre
(incoming und
outgoing)
5
5
5
5
5
Veranstaltungen
5
7
7
7
7
2.3 Ressourcen
Die im Folgenden aufgelisteten wissenschaftlichen und nicht-wissenschaftlichen MitarbeiterInnen des Bereichs Interamerikanistik werden über das Globalbudget finanziert.
Name (derzeit
besetzt mit)
Bezeichnung
der Stelle
Verwendungsgruppe
BAM
Beginn
Ende (ZV)
2.1 Forschung
Roberta Maierhofer
Akademische
Leitung
Ao. Univ.-Prof.
100%
Beginn ZV
unbefristet
2.1.1 Ziele
Isabella Schwab
Sekretariat
v3
50%
Beginn ZV
unbefristet
Ass.-Prof.
100%
Beginn ZV
unbefristet
UAss. ohne Dr.
75%
Beginn ZV
unbefristet
Stud. MA
50%
Beginn ZV
unbefristet
Senior Scientist
ohne Dr.
100%
Beginn ZV
unbefristet
Das Zentrum für Interamerikanische Studien / Center for Inter-American Studies (C.IAS) setzt sich das
Ziel, Forschungsleistungen im Bereich der Interamerikanischen Studien zu erbringen.
2.1.2 Messkritierien
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Publikationen in Sammelbänden und Journals
8
10
10
10
10
Konferenzteilnahmen
10-14
10-14
12-16
12-16
12-16
Vorträge und Keynotes
9
10
10-12
12
12
Einwerbung von Drittmitteln
€ 5.000,-
€ 6.000,-
€ 6.000,-
€ 7.000,-
€ 7.000,-
2.2 Lehre, Weiterbildung und Wissenschaftskommunikation
2.2.1 Ziele
Das Zentrum für Interamerikanische Studien / Center for Inter-American Studies (C.IAS) bietet eine Plattform für die öffentliche Auseinandersetzung mit den europäisch-amerikanischen Beziehungen.
Die historischen, wirtschaftlichen und soziokulturellen Zusammenhänge der Regionen werden
aus einer transregionalen Perspektive relevant für Europa aufbereitet und Forschung bezüglich
der sich wandelnden Rolle Amerikas in einer globalisierten Welt einer breiten Öffentlichkeit zugänglich gemacht.
Ulla Kriebernegg
Heidrun Mörtl
Ausbildungsstelle
Barbara Ratzenböck
N.N.
Assistenz der
Leitung
Dem Bereich Interamerikanistik stehen die Arbeitsräume 0035020002, 0035020066, 035020072,
035020074 und 003502074c (Merangasse 18, 2. Obergeschoß) sowie die Mitbenützung der Seminarräume Merangasse 18 zur Verfügung. Der Bereich Interamerikanistik verfügt über ein Investitions-und Sachmittelbudget von € 30.000,- pro Jahr. Dem Bereich Interamerikanistik wird für das
Jahr 2011 zusätzlich ein Budget von € 50.000.- zur Verfügung gestellt. Für die Weiterführung der
eingeführten Lehre im Bereich der Interamerikanischen Studien wird ein jährliches Budget von €
4.000,- zur Verfügung gestellt.
3. Concept for Strategic University
Partnerships with Regional Focus at the
University of Graz
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Based on already established internationalization strategies of the University of Graz (increasing the mobility of students, teachers, and researchers by short- or long-term visits
abroad and opportunities for exchange, summer schools and “short-term programs,” active
participation in and coordination of EU projects, developing “joint degrees,” research networks, international team teaching etc.), these measures may be implemented in the region
of North, Central and South America in order to promote the regional emphasis area.
(North, Central, and South America)
Roberta Maierhofer
2012 September 17
Preliminary Considerations:
Strategic concepts in the field of international relations are part of the university’s fundamental
strategies and permeate, as a general matter, all academic areas.
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Reference Project: Priority Strategic Objective South-East Europe
1. Research and education concerning the region (Inter-American Studies)
2. Cooperation with regional institutions
3. Institutional support for the region (Middle and South America) in cooperation with the EU/ADA/AAI etc.
For the emphasis areas North, Central, and South America, similar measures and initiatives can be set as in projects with South-East European emphasis, where structures and
programs have been developed since 1999 to strengthen the area. Budget allocations
need to be made in order to create incentives for cooperation. Raising external funds and
finding sponsors for this new emphasis area of the University of Graz need to be defined
as objectives.
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Linkage to Basic Measures and Initiatives
The already existing and varied activities of the Office of International Relations need to concentrate more heavily on this target region:
• Implement regional-specific scholarships
• Offer a wider range of short- and long-term mobility programs for students, teachers
and researchers at universities and research institutes in the target area, extend existing cooperation and promote it within the university
• Increase advanced training programs and exchange opportunities based on existing
models, particularly in the field of education, but also in research management and
administration (internship-programs)
• Give the opportunity to cultivate personal and institutional contacts in education and
research mobility programs to strengthen the relationships in the region (internship
programs, teaching in English, excursions, team teaching, common lecture hall, create
research networks)
• Raise the awareness of the university staff, and the local public in Graz and Styria for
the regional emphasis areas of the University of Graz by organizing events (series of
lectures, Brown Bag Lunches / Events / cooperation with focus on regional topics / information events)
Implement Tried-and-Tested Strategies in the Regions of North, Central and South
America
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Defining Strategic Partnerships in the Region
Based on effective partnerships and various types of cooperation in the region of North, Central and South America and established relationships within American and European networks, the following institutions in the target area are defined in order to increase cooperation with these universities and develop new structures and initiatives relevant to the new
emphasis area and the general academic objectives according to the development plan.
Suggestions for Strategic Partnerships:
All the universities suggested here are potent research and education institutions with a broad spectrum of academic disciplines in research and education and a very varied range of study programs.
According to the objectives defined by these universities – the mission statements – research, research oriented education, and international relations play a central role. Consequently, there are
many opportunities for the University of Graz to cooperate in all disciplines and study programs.
Canada
University of Toronto (http://www.utoronto.ca): Since 2010 the University of Toronto, one of the top
universities of Canada, organizes together with the University of Graz a summer school with SouthEast European emphasis on the topic of “South-Eastern Europe: Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia and
Slovenia.” Based on the University of Toronto’s strong interest in this topic and the services provided
by the University of Graz, new cooperation opportunities in research and education may be defined
in addition to the existing student exchange program. Of particular interest is the interconnection
of the two target areas of North, Central and South America with the region of South-East Europe.
Furthermore, a strong cooperation in the field of interdisciplinary gerontology already exists.
University of Alberta (http://www.ualberta.ca): A leading Canadian University and a proven cooperation partner of the University of Graz. A profound basis and a strong interest in cooperation
with the University of Graz are granted by the Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies (http://www.wirth.ualberta.ca/). The University of Graz and the University of Alberta are both
active in an Erasmus Mundus Action 3 project, coordinated by the Coimbra Group, on the topic of
“Trans-Atlantic and Transferability of Doctoral Training,” which strengthens the relations between
European, US-American and Canadian Universities: http://www.coimbra-group.eu/transdoc/. In the
context of this project joint summer schools for PhD candidates are organized with the Universities of Graz, Leuven, Granada and Århus, which offer a good basis for future projects. There is great
potential – particularly in the interdisciplinary PhD program – for developing further structures,
models and programs for cooperation. An interesting aspect of this project is the joint European
network activity with US-American and Canadian universities in cooperation with universities of
the Coimbra Group.
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Arizona State University (http://www.asu.edu): A top US-American university that offers many
cooperation opportunities. Concrete initiatives of cooperation do already exist and may be broadened to many specialist fields, due to the wide range of subjects, studies and the excellent research
institutes of Arizona’s State University. First opportunities for exchange were established by the
Memorandum of Understanding, which was signed in 2010 and primarily focuses on student mobility.
However, the greatness and variety of Arizona State University as well as the regional location offer
other great opportunities for further cooperation, which should be used by the University of Graz.
City College of New York, NY (http://www1.ccny.cuny.edu): An excellent US-American university
with a wide range of subjects. This established cooperation has been extended by a very successful Joint Master Degree Program (http://www.jointdegree.eu/eas/), which is an exceptional and
huge success story in the European context. The close cooperation between the City College and
the CUNY Graduate Center offers a good opportunity to extend the relations regarding graduate
programs. Furthermore, this partnership has been extended to the natural sciences, where NAWI
Graz, together with the TU Graz, cooperates with the City College of New York to send students to
a summer school with great success.
http://international.uni-graz.at/de/stud/int-focus/summerschools/ccny-sommerschule/
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (http://www.umn.edu): Since the 1980s there has been an
established cooperation between this large and reputable university and the University of Graz.
This makes the University of Minnesota one of Graz’s oldest partners. The cooperation models that
have been developed in the University of Minnesota may serve as examples for other universities
in the region. There is a well-proven model for a teaching exchange program (track 1/ track 2) that
may well be conferred to other types of cooperation. The Center for Austrian Studies at the University of Minnesota supports the relations to Austrian Universities at all levels and could be heavily
involved to extend these relations.
Montclair State University (http://www.montclair.edu): This university is smaller compared to the
others, less research oriented and has a smaller range of disciplines. This cooperation exists since
the 1950s, which makes Montclair State University the first US-American partner-institution of the
University of Graz. The city of Montclair is a sister city of Graz, promoting exchange and funding
the annual student exchange program. The partnership comprises all universities of Graz (except
for the Medical University). As the city of Graz is also closely involved, this cooperation is particularly important for the region. The established summer school for students of business studies,
in which firms and companies of New York are engaged, offer a great potential for development,
particularly in the fields of business studies and political economics as well as in social scientific
subjects. http://international.uni-graz.at/de/stud/int-focus/summerschools/mcss/
Rutgers University (http://www.rutgers.edu): An excellent university with long, close and effective relations in the field of the law, which have been established through an institutionalized exchange of professors of the School of Law, organized in the summer semester.
(http://camlaw.rutgers.edu/)
In 2010 this faculty partnership was broadened by a contract with the university as a whole. Beside
its activities in the fields of law, humanities and social sciences, the Rutgers University is also an
important partner institution for the NAWI Graz project, as well as for joint activities with the TU
Graz on an international scale, since 2010 summer programs have been organized – initiated and
coordinated by the TU Graz – in the field of Chemical & Pharmaceutical Engineering, which are
particularly attractive to students of the NAWI Graz.
Central and South America
Universidad de Buenos Aires / Argentina (http://www.uba.ar): An excellent university in South
America. Its great range of disciplines offers many opportunities for cooperation with the University of Graz. First contacts do already exist, and cooperation may be extended. There is also a great
interest in intensifying this relation on the side of the Universidad de Buenos Aires.
Universidade Federal da Bahia / Brazil (www.ufba.br): This highly research oriented university offers a wide range of subjects; a cooperation and a student mobility program is already established.
There is a great interest in developing and intensifying this cooperation in all disciplines. In 2010
the first exchange agreement between the University of Graz and a Brazilian university was signed
by the Universidade Federal da Bahia, where mobility of students and teachers, varied research
cooperation, education projects and joint summer programs were conceptualized that may now
be implemented in the emphasis areas by the University of Graz.
Reference Projects with Regional Focus on
North, Central and South America
At the core of this concept for an international cooperation in research and education with the
region of North, Central, and South America are two categories that open up opportunities for engagement and cooperation for all research and teaching departments, as all these activities are
interdisciplinary and interregional. These categories are research networks as well as interdisciplinary study- and teaching-programs, like a summer university, short-term programs, and postgraduate university courses (Joint Degree) in the field of Inter-American Studies. In the concept for
strategic partnerships new projects will be proposed. Furthermore, it is recommended to increase
the focus on both target areas based on well-established programs.
Based on the regional focus of the University of Graz on the areas of North, Central, and South America, in addition to the regional emphasis on South-East Europe, as defined in development plan 20132018, the Center for Inter-American Studies as well as the Center for South-East European Studies may
play an important role in the implementation of the international strategy of the University of Graz.
The herein suggested structures reinforce and support cooperation by the university and the faculties
with the aforementioned regions, and aim at implementing the international strategy, as defined
in the development plan. Based on the research questions defined in the field of area studies (see
below), the overall strategic objective will be pursued by innovative programs and structures.
A. Research Networks
1. Research Network “Inter-American Studies” (research group “Area Studies: InterAmerican Studies”)
2. Research Network Collective Identities – Nation – Transnationality (Research group
“Area Studies: Inter-American Studies/South-East Europe”)
B. Interdisciplinary Study- and Teaching Programs
1. Graz International Summer School Seggau (in cooperation with the Diocese GrazSeckau and the COMECE): With focus on SOE and the Americas
2. Short-Term Program on the emphasis area of Central and South America in cooperation with the Society for Continental American and Caribbean Studies
http://www.konak-wien.org/archivbildung.htm: Course with excursions
3. Postgraduate University Course (Joint Degree): European Master of Inter-American
Studies (Culture-History-Economics-Politics-Law)
A. Research Networks
Ad A.1. Research Network “Inter-American Studies”
(Research Group “Area Studies: Inter-American Studies”)
The primary objective of this research project is an interdisciplinary and intercultural analysis of
the cultural areas of the Americas, and the examination of historic, economic and socio-cultural
connections and relations of these areas from a transregional perspective. Not only does this provide a visible platform for the established research field of Inter-American Studies, but it also enables an interdisciplinary approach and a multi-faceted research on a high level. In this sense, the
two American continents need to be seen as a whole, and not as totally separate regions unaffected by each other. According to this notion, Americanness is examined as an all-embracing identity.
Another important innovation of this approach is the concept of abandoning the traditional, comparative perspective of “Europe-Canada,” “Europe-USA,” and respectively “Europe-Latin America,”
but to take a hemispheric perspective that opens up a new transatlantic dialogue. In this context,
the constructedness of political, economic and socio-cultural boundaries between sub-regions
will be stressed and closer attention will be paid to the reciprocal influence and mutuality, also in
order to point at differences. In the face of global challenges there is a need for basic research on
the topic of transnational interrelations and societal issues outside Europe, migration processes
and phenomena of ethnic-cultural variety. In America as in Europe interdependencies exist in the
development of individual nation states to state communities. Migration, cultural contact, interculturality, transcultural phenomena and cooperation in transatlantic education will be part of the
research. Inter-American Studies as a research field of American-European relations establishes a
transregional dialogue, for Europe and America.
Implementation:
1. §99 professorship, “European and American Processes of Integration” (€ 75,000)
2. Two PhD positions (75%) (€ 34,700 + 34,700)
3. Joint-PhD-Program “Area Studies: The Americas” (drafting of a FWF proposal for a
PhD-program)
4. Two-week international research colloquium “Inter-American Studies” (PhD/ PostDoc)
combined with the PhD Program (€ 35,000)
5. Promote internationalization by teacher and researcher mobility, block sessions and
research visits abroad (€ 12,000)
Total budget required: € 191,400
Key Words:
• The Americas as a region
• Relations between the Americas and Europe
• Processes of migration
• Ethnic cultural variety
• Eurocentrism
• Anti-Americanism
• Globalization
• Cooperation in education and higher education development
Ad. A.2. Research Network Collective Identities – Nation – Transnationality
(Research Group “Area Studies: Inter-American Studies/South-East Europe”)
The nation state, as it is exists since the 19th century, is by definition a paradigmatic idea of collective identity. In Benedict Anderson’s term of an “imagined community,” the nation state has an
enormous impact on all its members and all those, who could not, would not or were not allowed
to belong to it. Intrinsic to the concept of nation has always been a certain form of essentialism,
exclusivity and rigidity, which neither did justice to the social realities and dynamics of the 19th
century nor to those of the twentieth century. Since 1945, and with the reorganization of Europe,
the idea of nation and the national concept have been fundamentally criticized, due to constantly
changing societal and social realities, as well as to various forms of migration and political changes. Supra- and transnationality have increasingly come to be the focus of research endeavors, with
a particular emphasis on questions of personal identity construction and individual self-determination.
This research network takes a paradigmatic approach toward a reconceptualization of area studies in order to examine the comparability of the development of nation states and juxtapose the
different regions of “North, Central, and South America,” defined as emphasis areas according to
the development plan of the University of Graz, with respect to concepts of collective identities.
The inter- and transdisciplinary approach is of utmost importance; without it a proper evaluation
of the matter would not be possible. Interdisciplinarity and interregionality is granted by the cooperation of the Center for South-European Studies, Center for Jewish Studies, and the Center for
Inter-American Studies.
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1. §99 professorship, “Legitimacy of States” (EUR 75,000)
2. Two PhD positions (75%) (EUR 34,700 + 34,700)
3. PhD program “Legitimacy of States and Reactions of their Citizens” (drafting of a FWF
proposal for a PhD program)
4. Two-week international research colloquium “Collective Identities – Nation –
Transnationality” (PhD / PostDoc) in combination with the PhD Program (8 modules for
approximately 90 participants) (EUR 35,000)
research visits abroad (EUR 22,000)
Total budget required: 201,400,Key Words:
• Legitimacy of states (Comparing EU / Europe / North, Central and South America)
• Reconceptualization of global applications
• The role of civil society in Europe and the Americas
• The role of the nation state with respect to economic, political and socio-cultural developments
• Constructions of identity as an intercultural challenge (migration)
• Theoretical concepts for interdisciplinarity and interregionality
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B. Interdisciplinary Study- and Teaching-Programs
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Ad. B.1. Graz International Summer School Seggau (in cooperation with the Diocese
Graz-Seckau and the COMECE: With focus on South-Eastern Europe and the Americas)
This joint-project of the University of Graz, the Diocese Graz-Seckau, and the COMECE, is coordinated by the Center of Inter-American Studies in cooperation with the Office of International Relations. As of 2013, the focus of this summer university, which has been organized for the past seven
years, will be on the two target regions of the University of Graz, South-Eastern Europe and North,
Central and South America. The following description of the program set for the year 2013 shows
how this cooperation will work:
Collective Identities: Nationalism, Transnationalism – Europe and Beyond
Since the 19th century, nation states as a construction of collective identities have defined the political, economic and social realities in Europe and beyond. In Benedict Anderson’s term of an imagined
community, the nation state has determined both individual as well as collective identities in terms of
inclusion and exclusion. This is especially true when it comes to the rights of citizens or ethnic majorities versus the legal status of minority groups or the situation of foreigners and migrants. Although
the essentialist nature of state definition has never been able to do justice to the social, cultural, and
economic realities and challenges, it has, since the 19th century, determined the political and social
structures of Europe, led to war and destruction, but also to reconstruction and peace-building in the
20th century, if one takes the European Union as an example of a supranational governance structure.
Within a radically changed global world, where migration and transnationalism play an important
role, a reconsideration of the notion of the nation state as well as an analysis of the interconnections
between collective and individual identity formation is necessary.
Focusing on the emphasis areas of the University of Graz – South-Eastern Europe and North, Central and South America – the discursive and symbolic constructions of Europe and beyond will be
investigated from an interdisciplinary vantage point thus contributing to a redefinition of European and Inter-American Studies. The Americas provide us with many examples of an early development of the nation state in connection with processes of democratization in the late 18th and early
19th century, as well as with the question of heterogeneity versus homogeneity. South-Eastern Europe can be seen as an example for a region that has been contested by European and non-European actors and therefore as a mirror image of larger dynamics in European history. This area is also
a good example for discussing diversity in terms of opportunities provided and challenges faced in
the past, present and future. Studying collective identities by focusing on European and American
issues will thus provide a basis for meeting James Tully’s demand that “21st century identities must
be supported rather than imposed, reasonable rather than unreasonable, empowering.”
The following modules will be offered, which focus on interregionality and interdisciplinarity.
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Literature & Culture
Cultural Identities
Indigenous Identities
Urban & Regional Identities
Politics & Law
Media, Society & Culture
Economics & Power
Ethics, Religion & Leadership
Transnationalism & Migration
Cultural Narratives of Longevity
Ad. B.2. Short-Term Programs with focus on Central and South America
(in cooperation with the Society for Continental American and Caribbean Studies)
http://www.konak-wien.org/archivbildung.htm: course with excursions
This transdisciplinary study program, conceptualized as a course with excursions to North, Central, and South America, takes an interdisciplinary and interregional approach to the target area,
in order to encourage regional research and promote research and teaching topics related to the
American continent. It relies on practical and theoretical learning strategies. Thus, participants
will visit historical sites, but also elaborate scientific topics and acquire skills within local research
institutions (universities, libraries, archives). Scientific lectures and the participants’ involvement
in the local research institutes enable them to intensify their research in their special fields. This
short-term program aims at raising the interest of students and researchers of all disciplines in
issues concerning the American and Atlantic region for Bachelor, Master, or Diploma thesis, dissertations and other works of research.
Ad. B.3. Postgraduate University Course (Joint Degree): European Master of
Inter-American Studies (Culture-History-Economics-Politics-Law)
Universities in Europe, North, Central, and South America will develop this joint degree in the field
of Inter-American Studies, which evaluates the region from an interdisciplinary perspective. It will
be set up as a “Master in Inter-American Studies (Culture-History-Economics-Politics-Law)” to establish a well-founded postgraduate education with focus on the target area of North, Central,
and South America. With this Joint Degree, the University of Graz can impressively demonstrate its
expertise on these regions in further education and part-time degree programs. Graduates of this
course get the chance to improve their position in the international market by obtaining a unique
additional qualification.
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Overview Grant and Funding Proposals (1)
Type
Project Title
Applicant(s)
Cooperation Partners
international
Poverty, Migration and Exile. Looking for a Promised Land in Latin
American Literature – Research Project in the Field of Latin American
Culture and Literature
Roberta Maierhofer, Erna
Pfeiffer
Wladimir Chavez Vaca, Østfold University College, Norway
international
Roberta Maierhofer, Patrick
McNamara
University of Minnesota
international
Ageing, Communication, Technologies (ACT): Experiencing a Digital
World in Later Life (SSHRC Project)
Roberta Maierhofer
ACT
international
Broadcasting the Americas: Academic Reflections and Media Practice
on Politics and Culture
Jochen Kemner with Heidrun
Mörtl
Jochen Kemner, Bielefeld University, Germany (Coordinating Unit); Ziga Vodovnik, University
of Ljubljana, Slovenia; Barbara Potthast, University of Cologne, Germany; Daniela Ciani Forza,
Ca’ Foscari University, Venice, Italy; Nuela Finnegan, University College Cork, Ireland; Christian
Büschges, University of Bern, Switzerland; Josef Raab, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
international
Generate: Seeding the Future of North American Age Studies
(Generating Collaboration: ENAS Working Group: InheritAGE)
Roberta Maierhofer (with Ulla WAM, NANAS
Kriebernegg, Heidrun Mörtl,
Barbara Ratzenböck) Ros Jennings (with Josie Dolan, Abigail Gardner, Eva Krainitzki)
- InheritAGE Group
international
Cultural Encounters with age: The uses and value of fine art, film, literature, music, theatre and new media in current and future practices
of caring
Ros Jennings with Ulla Kriebernegg, Josephine Dolan,
Aagje Swinnen, Andrea von
Hülsen-Esch
Teaching
international
32nd American Indian Workshop “Approaching Native American Stud- Heidrun Mörtl
ies from an Inter-American Perspective: Similarities and Differences”
Events
international
VERTEBRALCUE
Ulrike Krawagna
Guests &
Guest Researchers
University of Bologna (project coordinator) and partners in the following countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay,
Peru, Portugal, Spain, Uruguay, Venezuela
national
Cultural Narratives, Processes and Strategies in Urban and Regional
Representations of Age and Aging
Roberta Maierhofer
(InheritAGE group)
Further Activities
national
Wohnst du noch, oder lebst du schon? Das Pflegeheim als Architektur
Ulla Kriebernegg
des Alterns: Eine kulturwissenschaftlich-gerontologische Untersuchung
Manfred Ohmana, Graz University of Technology; Working Group Interdisciplinary Gerontology, University of Graz; Éva Rásky, Medical University Graz; Kevin McHugh, Arizona State
University; European Network in Aging Studies
national
Einrichtung des Transnationalen Forschungsnetzwerks „Inter-Ameri- Roberta Maierhofer
can and Transatlantic Studies (IST)“ und Joint Programs im Bereich der
“Inter-American Studies“
Universität Köln (Germany), Universität Bielefeld (Germany), Rutgers University (USA), Rutgers
University, School of Law (USA), Arizona State University (USA), University of the West Indies (Trinidad
& Tobago), University of Havana (Cuba), University of Toronto (Canada), University of Alberta (Canada),
Universidad Nacional de Education a Distancia Madrid (Spain), Universidad Autonomà Metropolitana,
Unidad Xochimilco (Mexico)
national
„Nach Amerika nämlich!“ – Jüdische Migrationen in die Amerikas im
19. und 20. Jahrhundert
Ulla Kriebernegg
Gerald Lamprecht, University of Graz; Roberta Maierhofer, University of Graz; Andrea
Strutz, University of Graz
national
Kulturtheorien: Kultur- und Deutungsgeschichte Europas an der
Universität Graz
Ulla Kriebernegg
Stephan Moebius, University of Graz; Gerald Lamprecht, University of Graz
national
International Summer School on the Americas
C.IAS
Olaf Kaltmeier, Bielefeld University, Germany; Ziga Vodovnik, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; Maria
José, University of Coimbra, Portugal; Geoffrey Pitcher, University of Poitiers, France; Daniela Ciani Forza,
Ca’ Foscari University, Venice, Italy; Josef Raab, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany; Dana Badulescu,
A.I. Cuza University of Iași, Romania; Marietta Messmer, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
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Zona's Kiosk, The Netherlands; Bristol Older People's Forum, UK; Schlosstheatre Moers,
Germany; Land Steiermark, Austria
Additional Information
Grant: Center for Austrian Studies, University of Minnesota
Submission/Project Duration
Status
Details
submission: May 2014
pending
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submission: Mar. 2014
project duration: July 2015 - July 2016
$ 20,000.00 granted
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submission: Oct. 2013
collaborative research grant “ACT” granted, May
2014: C $ 1,812.00 received for student travel
grant
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€ 37,173.00 granted
(€ 7,184.00 of it for subsistence and travel of Graz
students and teachers)
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pending (part of a larger project grant to be
submitted)
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not granted
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ERASMUS Intensive Program (International Summer School)
submission: Feb. 2013
DAAD - German Exchange Service - National Agency for EU Higher Educa- project duration: 2 weeks, July 2014
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HERA – Humanities in the European Research Area
submission: Apr. 2012
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Land Steiermark (Landeshauptmann), Canadian Government, Land
Steiermark (A3), Land Steiermark (A1), Embassy of the United States
submission: July, May, Sept. 2010, Mar. 2011
project duration: Apr. 2010 - Apr. 2011
€ 15,431.57 granted
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European Commission
project duration: Jan. 2009 - Mar. 2013
€ 35,918.58 granted
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OeNB Project
project duration: Feb. 2014 - Feb. 2017
€ 108,676.00 granted
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Guests &
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OeNB Project
not granted
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Further Activities
Hochschulraumstrukturmittel: Kooperationsausschreibung 2013:
Anschubfinanzierung von Kooperationen der Universitäten in Lehre und
Forschung/ Entwicklung und Erschließung der Künste (Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung)
submission: June 2013
not granted
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Alfred Schachner Gedächtnis Fonds, Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung, Land Steiermark (A3)
submission: Sept., Nov. 2010
project duration: Oct. 2010 - May 2012
€ 5,800.00 granted
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submission: July 2011
project duration: Oct. 2011 - Mar. 2014
€ 3,300.00 granted
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ÖAD - Austrian Exchange Service - National Agency for Life Long Learning
submission: Feb. 2010 / Mar. 2011 /Mar. 2012
project duration: academic year 2010-11 /2011-12 /2012-13
summer schools in July 2011, 2012 and 2013
€ 121,863.00 granted
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Overview Grant and Funding Proposals (2)
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Type
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Applicant(s)
internal –
University of
Graz
Constructing Cultural Heritage – Cultural Narratives, Processes and
Strategies in Representations of Age and Aging in Central Europe and
North America
Roberta Maierhofer
internal –
University of
Graz
Das Pflegeheim als Architektur des Alterns: Eine kulturwissenschaftlich-gerontologische Untersuchung
Ulla Kriebernegg
“Interdisziplinäre Gerontologie”, University of Graz; Éva Rásky, Medical University Graz; Ros
Jennings, WAM; Kevin McHugh, Arizona State University; ENAS; NANAS
internal –
University of
Graz
Neu-Entdeckung eines Kontinents:
Interamerikanische transatlantische Beziehungen
Roberta Maierhofer
Stefan Brandt, University of Graz; Klaus-Dieter Ertler, University of Graz; Marta Cerezo, UNED
Spain; Maureen Goggin, Arizona State University; Mary Hawkesworth, Rutgers University;
John Oberdiek, Rutgers University; Michael Zeuske, Universität Köln; Olaf Kaltmeier, Universität Bielefeld; Heather Cateau, University of the West Indies; Ileana Sorolla Hernández,
University of Havana; Robert Clegg Austin, University of Toronto; Joseph Patrouch, University
of Alberta; Martha Griselda Mertínez Vázquez, La Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
internal –
University of
Graz
Transatlantische und interamerikanische Migration am Beispiel
deutschsprachiger Flüchtlinge zwischen 1933 und 1955
Roberta Maierhofer
Christian Cwik
internal –
University of
Graz
Trauma und Erinnerung in Darstellungen der bosnischen Diaspora in
der englischsprachigen Migration
Roberta Maierhofer
Resubmitted in June 2013 as “Wie man Amerika auch dreht und
wendet: Transatlantische Beziehungen unkonventionell entdeckt”
Cooperation Partners
Additional Information
Submission/Project Duration
Status
Details
Antrag auf fakultäre Förderung bei Drittmittelprojektanträgen
submission: Mar. 2014,
further submissions: Feb. 2013, Oct. 2013
not granted
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further submissions: Oct. 2013
not granted
155
further submissions: June 2013, Oct. 2013
not granted
157
individual projects also submitted in Feb. 2013 (“Antrag auf fakultäre Förderung bei Drittmittelprojektanträgen,” applicant: Georg Schendl)
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project duration: May 2014 - Dec. 2014
€ 10,000.00 granted
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4. Grant Proposals 1
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4.1. International Grant Proposals
Poverty, Migration and Exile. Looking for a Promised Land in Latin
American Literature - Research Project in the Field of Latin American
Culture and Literature
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Roberta Maierhofer, Erna Pfeiffer
Participation in Research Project in the Field of Latin American Culture and Literature
grant sum: € 29,600.00 - project sum from C.IAS
submission: May 2014
status: pending
Letter of Comittment
Presentations
Participation in the Research Project in the Field of Latin American Culture and Literature
(Assoc. prof. Wladimir Chavez Vaca, Østfold University College)
Teaching
On behalf of the Center for Inter-American Studies (C.IAS), Prof. Dr. Erna Pfeiffer has agreed to participate in the proposed research project in the field of Latin American culture and literature (Assoc. prof. Wladimir Chavez Vaca, Østfold University College). In addition, the participation of a PhD
student is envisioned. Prof. Pfeiffer would act as the thesis director, and Prof. Klaus-Dieter Ertler
would be willing to be the thesis co-director. Hereby active participation in the above mentioned
project and the total amount of € 23.600 as in-kind contribution in terms of human resources (project participation and support), and infrastructure will be guaranteed. Within the project, the Center
for Inter-American Studies (C.IAS) agrees to provide the amount of € 6.000 for travel for the members
of the University of Graz (Prof. Pfeiffer and student) in order to actively participate in the project.
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Contributions of C.IAS
Project Participation / Infrastructure (in-kind contribution)
€ 23.600
Travel Cost (Prof. Pfeiffer and PhD student) in period 2015-18
€ 6.000
Total projected commitment
€ 29.600
Participation in this project will strengthen already existing ties and offer a sustainable platform
for future projects in order to establish an interregional and interdisciplinary research network in
the field of Inter-American Studies. In addition, the Center for Inter-American Studies is willing to
support and initiate further cooperation meetings in order to establish institutional and personal
contacts, and to increase research and teaching exchanges.
1 Please note that within the grant summary boxes the grant sums have been formatted to fit US-American
standards. The original grant proposals contain number formatting as required by the grant-giving agencies.
Joint Interdisciplinary Proposal: Austrian/Central European and Inter-American Studies
grant sum: $ 40,000.00
submission: March 2014
status: $ 20,000.00 granted
Project Description
The only consistency of today’s world is change. Current processes of transformation are frequently
perceived as unexpected and unpredictable. They are often triggered by the quest of individuals and
groups for self-determination, their need for cultural reassessment, or by more mundane motives
of globalized business and politics. Whatever their cause, contemporary societies are facing many
challenges in their constant transformation. Shifting perspectives for the individual as well as the
collective will be the focus of this project in terms of the past, present and future.
Historian Norman Davies in Vanished Kingdoms: The History of Half-Forgotten Europe (1997) compares nations to people when he uses the term “death” to describe structural changes of states. Our
project will link shifting perspectives in terms of nation-states to the aspect of individual change. Demographic change in Europe and America has become one of the key challenges and policy issues of
our time. An ageing population, low birth rates, and changing family structures have had an enormous impact on intergenerational relationships, the job market, and systems of social care, but also
on an individual’s definition of identity over the life course. At the same time, there are “others,” migrants who are trying to find their place in these societies. Nation building processes and ever-deeper
forms of economic and political integration retrace and dilute borders, again with an unprecedented
impact on the individual as well as the collective.
The proposed project will be incorporated into the already established Graz University Summer
School Seggau (GUSEGG), which takes place every year at the castle of Seggau, south of Graz near the
Slovene border, where approximately 80 students from 26 countries come together to discuss global
developments and challenges from a European and global perspective. With the help of the grant
of the Center for Austrian Studies at the University of Minnesota the already existing multidisciplinary
and interdisciplinary research program will be expanded to emphasize the aspect of collective and
individual memories by incorporating one workshop on history and memory (taught by Patrick McNamara, Department of History, UMN, and Gerald Lamprecht, Center for Jewish Studies, KFUG), and
a second workshop on narratives of the life-course (taught by Helen Kivnick, School of Social Work,
UMN; Roberta Maierhofer and Ulla Kriebernegg, Center for Inter-American Studies, KFUG) into the already existing structure. This will provide a special platform for co-teaching between faculty of the
University of Minnesota and of the University of Graz, and also offer opportunities for students from
UMN to study in a short-term program in an international environment in Central Europe.
Within the frame of the project, the workshops will offer the possibility of examining current debates
of shifting perspectives in Europe and beyond by focusing on the current challenges to established
forms of government, welfare policies and modes of transformation in a radically changed global
world, where migration and transnationalism play an important role. Focusing on the emphasis areas of the University of Graz – South-Eastern Europe and North, Central, and South America – this will
provide a basis for an interdisciplinary analysis in terms of opportunities provided and challenges
faced in the past, present, and future.
Ageing, Communication, Technologies (ACT):
Experiencing a Digital World in Later Life (SSHRC Project)
Roberta Maierhofer
participation in the collaborative research grant project “ACT”
grant sum: CAD 62,424.00 - project sum from C.IAS
submission: October 2013
status: collaborative research grant “ACT” granted
May 05, 2014: CAD 1,812.00 received by C.IAS for student travel grant
In order to achieve this goal, the Center for Inter-American Studies will offer the following:
• To develop structures for joint research and teaching within the network
• To organize lecture series, workshops and seminars
• To provide office space, library access and internship opportunities
for researchers within the network and host visiting professors
• To publish a book within the Aging Studies series
As the members of the Center for Inter-American Studies have worked very fruitfully together with
Canadian universities, this would be an expansion of this cooperation. We would also seek the assistance of the Canadian Embassy in Vienna, who has supported many of our research and teaching activities in the past.
We are very much looking forward to this fruitful cooperation and are optimistic that such international collaboration will explore issues of communication and technologies with an impact on
how we live in a digital world in later life.
Letter of Committment
Participation in the SSHRC Project
“Ageing, Communication, Technologies (ACT): Experiencing a Digital World in Later Life”
On behalf of the European Network in Aging Studies (ENAS), Prof. Dr. Roberta Maierhofer will be
the responsible project coordinator and representative of ENAS in the SSHRC Project “Ageing,
Communication, Technologies (ACT): Experiencing a Digital World in Later Life.” Hereby active
participation in the above mentioned project and the total amount of CAD 48,110 as in-kind contribution in terms of human resources (project coordination and support), and infrastructure for
meetings organized at the University of Graz will be guaranteed. Within the project, the Center
for Inter-American Studies (C.IAS) agrees to host guest lecturers for lecture series, workshops or
seminars at the value of CAD 7,157. In addition, the Center for Inter-American Studies will offer the
amount of CAD 7,157 for a publication in the Aging Studies series (http://www.transcript-verlag.de/
main/kul_age.php).
Contributions of C.IAS (ENAS)
Project Participation / Infrastructure
CAD 48,110
Hosting Lecture Series / Workshops / Seminars
CAD 7,157
Publication
CAD 7,157
Total projected commitment
CAD 62,424
Based on the research focus of the Center for Inter-American Studies of the University of Graz in the
field of Aging Studies the active participation and financial contribution (both in-kind and cash)
will strengthen already existing ties and offer a sustainable platform for future projects in order to
establish an interregional and interdisciplinary research network on a transatlantic level. In addition, there will be cooperation meetings in order to establish institutional and personal contacts,
and to increase research and teaching exchanges.
The goal will be to re-conceptualize traditional approaches, and develop new tools and methodologies addressing the issues of communication and technologies in later life. In order to not only
experience the digital world as a passive consumer, active participation in technological advances
in communication is necessary. This, however, can only be achieved if already established research
considers social and cultural aspects more extensively.
Broadcasting the Americas: Academic Reflections and Media
Practice on Politics and Culture
Jochen Kemner (Bielefeld University, Germany) in cooperation with Heidrun Mörtl and other project
partners
ERASMUS Intensive Program submitted to the DAAD - German Exchange Service - National Agency for EU
Higher Education Cooperation
grant sum: € 37, 173.00 (total project sum)
submission: February 2013
status: granted
Letter of Intent
Graz, March 26, 2013
Project title: International Summer School “Broadcasting the Americas: Academic Reflections and
Media Practice on Politics and Culture” (Bielefeld University, July 20th - August 1st 2014)
Coordinating Organization
Bielefeld University
Center for InterAmerican Studies (CIAS)
Universitätsstraße 25
D-33615 Bielefeld
Legal Representative: Prof. Dr. Ing. Gerhard
Sagerer (Rector)
Contact person’s name: Dr. Jochen Kemner
Phone: +49-521-106-3241
Our Organization
Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Center for InterAmerican Studies (C.IAS)
Legal Representative: Univ.-Prof. Dr.phil.
Christa Neuper
Position: Rector
Contact person’s name: Mag. Heidrun Mörtl
Phone: +43-316-380-8202
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I confirm on behalf of our institution that my organization has read and approved the proposal,
the budget and the breakdown of work among partners, as submitted in the application form.
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We are prepared to contribute to the project budget with our own resources as specified in the
budget. We confirm that the key staff involved in the project will be available to fulfill the role
outlined, and we undertake to comply with the principles of good partnership practice.
I declare agreement to
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(a) operating as a partner with Bielefeld University to carry out the project identified above;
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(c) managing all grant money according to the conditions of the Grant Agreement.
(d) recognize the credits obtained by students during the Summer School.
Data protection:
In case our institution is admitted as new network partner and in the interest of promoting the
achievements of Lifelong Learning Programme projects, I am aware that the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency and the European Commission may publish my organisation’s
name and address in any form and medium, including via the Internet.
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Rector Prof. Dr. Christa Neuper
Project description
The international summer school “Broadcasting the Americas: Academic Reflections and Media
Practice on Politics and Culture” is a joint project of eight European institutions of higher education. It is based on an innovative articulation of media practice and academic discussion. Based
on the educational philosophy of a problem-based learning approach, students are introduced
to academic reflections of current conflicts and are asked to formulate their own opinions in intercultural teams. In a second step, students themselves will act as transmitters of knowledge as
they develop a radio-feature during the project based part of the summer school. As an additional
bonus, their newly acquired practical media skills will be documented in the “radio passport”.
The summer school contributes to the international exchange of students and teachers as well as
on network building amongst partner institutions working in the emergent field of Hemispheric
American Studies. By bringing together and merging the positions of lecturers and students in an environment outside their own university campus, the summer school creates multifaceted exchange
of ideas, teaching styles, approaches to studying the Americas and perceptions on higher education.
The summer school programme is divided into two complementary parts: in the morning, students
choose from four innovative interdisciplinary seminars (Ethnicity & Identities; Caribbean History and
Literature; Social Movements and Human Rights; Borderland Studies). These seminars are taught by
a group of three teachers each, providing a unique atmosphere of team-teaching and co-tutelle. The
teachers will open up insight into their research activities from the vantage points of culture, history,
literature, politics and social anthropology. In the afternoon session, participants will first receive an
introduction into media praxis and specific audio tools by professional media coaches, before engaging in a student radio project related to the subjects of the seminar in which they are enrolled. Teachers and media coaches will support and advice students continuously in their efforts.
Thus, students will acquire valuable key competences such as skills in text and media analysis,
communication in a foreign language, digital competence related to basic competences in science
and technology. Skills as such are highly valued in international agencies, intercultural communication, public relations, and text- and media-based fields, all potential lines of employment for the
participating students. The learning outcomes will be broadcasted by university radio stations and
later be made available to the wider public via the host-website and other digital media channels.
The target group of the summer school is 48 students from a broad variety of educational backgrounds from all study levels. 33 students will be sent from one of the eight IP partner universities
and up to 15 places will be allocated to students from other partners interested in our cooperation
in the field of the Americas. Students who successfully complete the summer school programme
will obtain 5 ECTS Credits which will be recognized by their home universities. If their local study
programme requires an academic seminar paper as expected examination result, students can obtain an additional 3 ECTS for a 15 pages assignment.
Planned dissemination of project results
The primer, direct outcomes of this summer school are the radio broadcasts produced by the students. In a first instance, these will be presented on the final day of the summer school. A production including the radio features will be aired in cooperation with Radio Hertz 87.9, the local
university radio station, the organization that will also issue the “Radio passports”. Both the organizing institutions, as well as, the participating IP partners will look for other media partners willing
to broadcast the programme in the months leading up to the summer school.
To assure the long-term availability and of the student projects they will be inserted into the website
of the Center for InterAmerican Studies at Bielefeld University (http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/cias/) and are
at the disposal of all partners and the general public (provided that the students agree with the publication of their work). Thus, the results of the summer school are aimed to serve as an inspiration
for innovative learning arrangements that may be followed not only inside the participating institutions, but also for other transnational cooperation in education. The Academic Board appointed to
coordinate the summer school will compose a report about the project, based on classroom discussion, outcomes and results of debates, personal statements of participating students and teachers,
and observations made throughout the two-week period. This report will be made available on the
referred website. The report will serve as a reference to summer school students, teaching staff and
most importantly to the coordinators of the IP program at each participating university. Thus, the
experience gained from organizing and carrying out such an international endeavour with an interdisciplinary program is shared with the people directly involved in the project, but also with the wider
academic community. Multiplying effects or possible spin-offs:
The summer school aims to be an international platform to link and possibly extend different European networks, which share a transregional approach towards the Americas. As such the results
may not only lead towards future multilateral research initiatives, but also to the implementation
of a curriculum for possible Double Degree Programmes, for instance in Inter American Studies,
which are currently envisioned between several partners. For Bielefeld University, the international summer school will be a unique possibility to advertise the venue as an open-minded and
student-friendly institution and maybe inspire some students to return to Bielefeld for a longer
stay by applying for example to individual Erasmus mobility programmes. Especially the successful Master program in Inter American Studies may profit from this event. It has been redesigned
recently for a second accreditation period and is now even more open for international students,
as the whole programme can be completed in English and Spanish. The program targets participants who are in the first phase of their academic career and are willing to pursue an innovative,
interdisciplinary study course.
More advanced students may be attracted by Bielefeld’s unique postgraduate program. One of
the possible spin-offs of this cooperation may be the introduction of an international PhD course
including co-tutelle by experts from different partner universities. Of course, the possibility to advertise its study programmes does not only refer to the organizing institution. All participating
partners may present themselves with their respective study programmes in the field of InterAmerican, Latin American, or Anglo-American Studies.
Students have the opportunity to get to know members of the teaching staff from each participating university and have the opportunity to learn about the research topics pursued, before making
up their mind about a possible further engagement with institutions of higher education active in
this particular research field.
Number of
Students
Country of
Origin
ERASMUS HEI
Code
Requested Subsistence Costs
Requested
Travel Costs
5
Germany
D BIELEFE01
€ 0.00
€ 0.00
5
Austria
A GRAZ 01
€ 1,313.00
€ 2,250.00
5
Germany
D KOLN01
€ 1,313.00
€ 450.00
4
Italy
I VENEZIA01
€ 1,050.00
€ 1,800.00
4
Slovenia
SI LJUBLJA01
€ 1,050.00
€ 1,800.00
3
Ireland
IRL-CORK01
€ 788.00
€ 1,215.00
3
Switzerland
CH BERN14
€ 788.00
€ 945.00
4
Germany
D ESSEN04
€ 1,050.00
€ 252.00
€ 7,352.00
€ 8,442.00
Requested Subsistence Costs
Requested
Travel Costs
Total
Number of
Teachers
Country of
Origin
ERASMUS HEI
Code
2
Germany
D BIELEFE01
€ 0.00
€ 0.00
2
Austria
A GRAZ 01
€ 3,306.00
€ 810.00
2
Germany
D KOLN01
€3,306.00
€ 162.00
1
Italy
I VENEZIA01
€ 1,568.00
€ 450.00
1
Slovenia
SI LJUBLJA01
€ 1,568.00
€450.00
1
Ireland
IRL-CORK01
€ 1,568.00
€ 405.00
1
Switzerland
CH BERN14
€ 1,568.00
€ 315.00
1
Germany
D ESSEN04
€ 1,568.00
€ 63.00
€ 13,912.00
€ 2,655.00
Total
Total Costs Applied
Sum
Project Organisation Rate
€ 6,810.00
Total Estimated Subsistence Costs - Students and Teachers
€ 21,264.00
Total Estimated Grant for Travel Costs - Students and Teachers
€ 9,099.00
Total Requested Funding
€ 37,173.00
Generate: Seeding the Future of North American Age Studies
(Generating Collaboration: ENAS Working Group: InheritAGE)
Roberta Maierhofer / Center for Inter-American Studies (with Ulla Kriebernegg, Heidrun Mörtl,
Barbara Ratzenböck) in cooperation with Ros Jennings / Women Aging and Media (with Josie Dolan,
Abigail Gardner, Eva Krainitzki)
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participation in the collaborative research grant project “Generate”
grant sum: $ 113,400.00 – project sum from InheritAGE group
submission: pending (part of a larger project grant to be submitted)
Letter of Commitment
Participation in the Collaborative Research Grant Project
“Generate: Seeding the Future of North American Age Studies” (Generating Collaboration)
As part of the European Network in Aging Studies (ENAS), ENAS InheritAGE of the Center for InterAmerican Studies of the University of Graz represented by Dr. Roberta Maierhofer, Dr. Ulla Kriebernegg, Heidrun Mörtl and Barbara Ratzenböck, and the Women Aging and Media (WAM) group,
UK, represented by Dr. Ros Jennings, Dr. Josie Dolan, Dr. Abigail Gardner and Dr. Eva Krainitzki
will participate in the Collaborative Research Grant Project “Generate: Seeding the Future of North
American Age Studies”. Hereby ENAS InheritAGE guarantees active participation in the above
mentioned project and the total amount of $ 73.400 as in-kind contribution in terms of human
resources (project coordination and support). In addition, infrastructure for expert meetings, research summer schools and conferences organized at the University of Graz and the University of
Gloucestershire will be guaranteed. Within the project, ENAS InheritAGE agrees to host guests
for workshops and/or seminars at the value of $ 38.000. In addition, the Center for Inter-American
Studies will offer the amount of $ 8.000 for a publication in the Aging Studies series (http://www.
transcript-verlag.de/main/kul_age.php), and PR activities.
Activity
2015
2016
2017
Project Coordination and Support
Total Contribution
$ 73.400
Expert and Round-Up Meetings
$ 7.000
PR Presence and Webpage
$ 3.000
Research Summer Schools
$ 7.000
$ 2.000
$ 2.000
$ 11.000
$ 3.000
$ 7.000
Performance
Agreement
Publications
Presentations
Teaching
Events
Guests &
Guest Researchers
Further Activities
Cooperations
$ 14.000
ENAS/ NANAS Conference
$ 7.000
$ 7.000
Publication
$ 5.000
$ 5.000
Total Sum
Outreach
$ 113.400
Based on the research focus in the field of Aging Studies of the Center for Inter-American Studies of
the University of Graz (C.IAS), the Centre for Women, Ageing and Media (WAM) and the North American Network in Aging Studies (NANAS), active participation and financial contribution (both in-kind
and cash) will strengthen already existing ties and offer a sustainable platform for future projects
in order to establish an interregional and interdisciplinary research network on a transatlantic lev-
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el. In addition, there will be project management meetings in order to establish institutional and
personal contacts, and to increase research, research skills development and teaching exchanges.
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Outreach
Performance
Agreement
Publications
Presentations
Teaching
Events
Guests &
Guest Researchers
Time
Prof. Dr. Josie Dolan, Department of Arts and
Performance, University of the West of England
Prof. Dr. Ros Jennings, Head of Postgraduate
Research and Director of the Centre for Women,
Ageing and Media, University of Gloucestershire
October 2014 October 2017
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Prof. Dr. Abigail Gardner,
University of Gloucestershire
Dr. Eva Krainitzki, Centre for Women, Ageing
and Media, University of Gloucestershire
$ 73.400
Prof. Dr. Ulla Kriebernegg, Center for InterAmerican Studies, University of Graz
Prof. Dr. Roberta Maierhofer, Director , Center
for Inter- American Studies, Karl-FranzensUniversität Graz
• To develop structures for joint research, research skills development and teaching
within the network
• To organize expert meetings, workshops and seminars
• To submit three grant applications
• To provide office space, library access and internship opportunities for researchers
within the network and host visiting professors
• To organize two summer schools to facilitate doctoral and postdoctoral training
• To publish a book within the Aging Studies series
Prof. Dr. Leni Marshall, Department of English
and Philosophy, University of Wisconsin - Stout
Heidrun Mörtl, Center for Inter-American Studies,
University of Graz
Barbara Ratzenböck, Center for Inter-American
Studies, University of Graz
September
2015 - June
2017
Research Stays in Europe and the US
April 2015
1st Expert Meeting
Preparatory Phase: Drafting grant applications
and coordinating partner institutions, beginning
of ENAS / NANAS network activities
$ 5.000
University of
Graz
May - June
2015
PR Presence through Webpage for the
InheritAGE Project
Homepage and Translation Activities
$ 3.000
University of
Graz
July 2015
1st Research Summer School InheritAGE
$ 7.000
University of
Gloucestershire
July 2015
2nd Expert Meeting
Coordinating grant applications and distributing tasks to partner institutions, ENAS / NANAS
network activities
$ 2.000
University of
Gloucestershire
Cooperations
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Institution
Prof. Dr. Kate de Medeiros, Assistant Professor
of Gerontology, Department of Sociology and
Gerontology, Miami University
Further Activities
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Cost Contribution
Project Coordination and Support by the
Cooperation Partners (In-Kind)
“Cultural Narratives, Processes and Strategies
in Representations of Age and Aging”
This research project will focus on the interconnectedness of aging and cultural heritage in terms
of cultural representations. How can processes and strategies of identity construction over the lifecourse be identified in regard to narratives, rituals, popular media forms and other forms of cultural expression, and how do they influence both collective and individual cultural narratives? Which
methodologies can be developed for interdisciplinary and intersectional research in this context?
These questions will be addressed by conducting and analyzing qualitative interviews with old
people and experts on aging, as well as an analysis of fictional representations and other media
texts, in which biographical reflections will be positioned within a matrix of time and experience.
Interpretations of both the interviews as well as the texts within life-course narrative will focus
on continuities and discontinuities of both individual and collective identities. Research will also
include field work and ethnographic studies. One important project aim is a broad dissemination
of results in order to support the development and linking of research institutions and networks in
this emerging field of aging research. The goal will be to re-conceptualize traditional approaches,
and develop new tools and methodologies addressing the issues of later life. In order to achieve
this, the InheritAGE project will offer the following:
Activities
All Partners
December
2015
1st Submission of Grant Application: Initial
Training Networks (ITN) - Marie Curie Actions
http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions
University of
Gloucestershire
/ University of
Graz
May / June
2016
2nd Submission of Grant Application: Austrian
Science Foundation International Programs
http://www.fwf.ac.at/en/international/fundingcategories-bilateral-agreements.html
University of
Graz
Ros Jennings with Ulla Kriebernegg, Josephine Dolan, Aagje Swinnen, Andrea von Hülsen-Esch
July 2016
2nd Research Summer School InheritAGE
$ 7.000
University of
Gloucestershire
collaborative research grant project (HERA – Humanities in the European Research Area)
grant funds: € 999,933.00
submission: April 2012
status: not granted
October /
November
2016
3rd Expert Meeting and ENAS Business Meeting
Preparation of Conference and Publication,
Drafting of ENAS / NANAS Follow-up Activities
$ 2.000
University of
Graz
October /
November
2016
1st InheritAGe Workshop / Seminar:
“Cultural Narratives, Processes and Strategies in
Representations of Age and Aging”
$ 3.000
University of
Graz
April 2017
Gerontology / 3rd Conference of the European
Network in Aging Studies (ENAS) / 1st ENASNANAS Networking Conference:
$ 7.000
University of
Graz
University of
Gloucestershire
/ University of
Graz
October 2016
Publication: Developing Methodologies and
Theories of Aging Studies
$ 5.000
University of
Gloucestershire
October /
November
2017
Expert Round-Up Meeting
Drafting of Final Report and Finalizing Outputs
and Activities
$ 2.000
University of
Graz
October /
November
2017
2nd InheritAGe Workshop / Seminar:
$ 3.000
University of
Graz
We are very much looking forward to this fruitful cooperation and are optimistic that such international collaboration will augment the infrastructure of the North American Network in Aging Studies, and also strengthen research within the field of Cultural Gerontology both in Europe and the US.
Prof. Dr. Roberta Maierhofer
ENAS InheritAGE
Application
HERA Joint Research Programme
“Cultural Encounters”
Prof. Dr. Ros Jennings
ENAS InheritAGE
Women, Ageing and Media
Application Template for Outline Proposals
Pre-Proposal Details
Proposal Title: Cultural Encounters with age: The uses and value of fine art, film, literature, music,
theatre and new media in current and future practices
of caring
Incomplete proposals will not be evaluated!
Note:
Your application must follow the structure as specified below.
Theme: Cultural Encounters
Proposed Start Date: 01/06/2013 Budget Req.: 999,933 €
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Outreach
Grant Outline / HERA JRP Outline
Proposal Overview
Ref. Number: 6848
submission date 12/04/2012
3rd Submission of Grant Application: HERA
- Humanities in the European Research Area
with US (NANAS) Partners
http://www.heranet.info/
May 2017
Cultural Encounters with age:
The uses and value of fine art, film, literature, music, theatre
and new media in current and future practices of caring
Acronym: CULTURALCARE
Duration 36 Months
Full name and institution of the Project Leader:
Performance
Agreement
Publications
Presentations
Teaching
Dr Ros Jennings, University of Gloucestershire, UK
Keywords: cultural; encounters; caring; literature; film; music; theatre; media
Proposal Title:
Summary:
Cultural Encounters with age: The uses and value of fine art, film, literature,
theatre and
newamedia
current and
practices of caring
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universities
with
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facing
western societies - the impact of ageCULTURALCARE
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i. Short Description of the proposed Collaborative Research Project (CRP) new media in encounters/interactions between age
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in just one direction). The research is central to HERA’s ‘Cultural Encounters’ theme because it in1. In what ways do fine art, literature, music, film, theatre and new media shape
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and space,
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andcomplex
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age and caring practices. Foregrounding cultural aspects of age and caring practices and develop1
ing new humanities’ based perspectives has originality and significant impact. The transnational
nature of the project ensures a multiplier effect at local, national and international levels through
its inclusion of stakeholders/user communities in its working methods and public dissemination.
Events
Guests &
Guest Researchers
Further Activities
Cooperations
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Grant Proposal /
Project Leader
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Dr. Ros Jennings
Centre for Women, Ageing and Media
University of Gloucestershire
Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Email: [email protected]
Funding Agency: Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK)
Dr. Josephine Dolan
University of the West of England
Bristol, United Kingdom
Dr. Ulla Kriebernegg
University of Graz
Graz, Austria
Funding Agency: Arts and Humanities
Research Council (UK)
Funding Agency: Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung in Österreich (AT)
Performance
Agreement
Dr. Aagje Swinnen
Maastricht University
Maastricht, the Netherlands
Dr. Andrea von Hülsen-Esch
Heinrich Heine University
Düsseldorf, Germany
Publications
Funding Agency: Nederlandse Organisatie
voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NL)
Funding Agency: Bundesministerium für
Bildung und Forschung (DE)
Presentations
Associated Partner(s)
Teaching
Ms. Vera Broos
Zona’s Kiosk
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Ms. Rosie Cripps
Bristol Older People’s Forum
Bristol, United Kingdom
Mr. Ulrich Greb
Schlosstheatre Moers
Moers, Germany
Mr. Erich Korzinek
Das Land Steiermark
Graz, Austria
Events
Guests &
Guest Researchers
Further Activities
Cooperations
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Application Template for Outline Proposals
Proposal Title:
Principal Investigator(s)
Outreach
Eligibility
We note that you have confirmed that all relevant funding agencies have been contacted in order
to confirm eligibility etc.
Note:
Cultural Encounters with age: The uses and value
of fine art, film, literature, music, theatre and
Your application must follow the structure as specified below.
new media in current and future practices of caring
1. Research questions
Incomplete proposals will not be evaluated!
Proposal
Title: theatre and new media shape cultural
1. In what ways do fine art, literature, music,
film,
encounters with age (i.e. serve as a barrierCultural
or facilitator
for
cultural
Encounters
with
age: Theinteractions)?
uses and value of fine art, film, literature,
music, theatre and new media in current and future practices of caring
2. How might a deeper understanding of the relationship between fine art, literature,
music, film, theatre and new media and age transform intercultural understandings and
practices of caring?
i. Short Description of the proposed Collaborative Research Project (CRP) max 2000 words (please refer to Call for Outline Proposals for guidance)
This project defines caring practices as complex processes
cultural encounter with age involving
1. Researchof
questions
communication and exchange (i.e. not flowing in just one direction); as taking place in real life
(within spatial and temporal frames), in texts or virtually,
and as ‘caring about’ as well as ‘caring for’
1. In what ways do fine art, literature, music, film, theatre and new media shape
(both involving ‘affect’).
cultural encounters with age (i.e. serve as a barrier or facilitator for cultural
interactions)?
2. How might
a deeper understanding
the relationship between fine art,
These main research questions will be addressed through
examination
of theoffollowing:
literature, music, film, theatre and new media and age transform intercultural
understandingstexts
and practices
of caring?
i. What fine art, film, literary, musical and theatrical
do older
people value/care
This project
defines
caring practices as complex processes of cultural encounter with
enough about to pass down to younger people
and
why?
age involving communication and exchange (i.e. not flowing in just one direction); as
ii. In what ways do fine art, literary, musical
and
film
texts
act asspatial
forms
‘affective’
cultural
taking
place
in real
life (within
andof
temporal
frames),
in texts or virtually, and
as ‘caring about’ as well as ‘caring for’ (both involving ‘affect’).
inheritance?
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iii. How are caring practices in relation to age formed by frameworks of space, place and time?
iv. What are the metalevels of investigation into these fields of research? Which methodologies can be developed for comparative multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary, interregional, and intercultural research for cultural encounters with caring and age over time
and space?
2. Innovative contribution and originality of the project
General contribution:
Drawing on humanities’ concerns and perspectives as research tools, the proposed project will
contribute new approaches and knowledge to one of the most pressing issues facing western
societies - the impact of ageing populations. Recent proliferations in representations of ageing
in popular media and simultaneous public expressions about the current and anticipated costs
of caring emphasize the need for a cultural approach that also engages with policy dimensions.
Alzheimer’s research already suggests the therapeutic importance of music and poetry in caring
practices and this project, with its focus on communication, culture and affect, therefore provides
a much needed link between the humanities and medical gerontology.
Originality:
• Specific focus on the uses and value of traditional arts, media and new media in encounters/interactions between age and caring practices.
• Focus on culture’s ‘affective’ dynamics within a broad range of caring practices.
• Engagement with age and caring practices in relation to time and space.
University), the Centre for Inter-American Studies (University of Graz) and the Graduate School
‘Age(ing): cultural concepts and practical realisations’ (Düsseldorf).
Innovation:
• Use of mixed methods to bridge representations of age and caring with everyday practices.
• Development of an ethical humanities inflected methodology that fully uses the expertise/experience of user groups and stakeholders.
WAM brings the benefits of a British Cultural Studies approach with expertise in textual and qualitative approaches to ageing and film, music and new media (including cross membership with the
Digital Cultures Research Centre UWE and links to creative industry expert networks).
Maastricht contributes an international profile in humanities’ approaches to ageing studies including interdisciplinary/mixed-methods. It is also the host of ENAS.
Graz brings a transnational Cultural Studies perspective and expertise in narrative gerontological approaches to representations of intersectionality and provides a metalevel of reflexivity and
methodological theories.
Düsseldorf contributes expertise in transdisciplinary and intercultural approaches to fine art,
theatre and ageing.
3. CRP objectives
1. To examine and compare the ways that fine art, literature, film, music, theatre and new
media shape caring practices in relation to age.
2. To employ an ethically grounded comparative mixed methods approach to generate a
deeper understanding of the relationship between fine art, literature, film, music, theatre
and new media and caring practices and to use this to transform cultural understandings
and practices of caring in relation to age.
3. To bridge knowledge generated at the micro level of everyday lives, identities and culture (e.g. local, national, kinship, community) with macro levels of transnational engagement across Europe and beyond (e.g. policy, ideology and societal institutions).
4. To pool information between academics, non-academic partners, user groups and
relevant stakeholders; to compare findings; share and develop methodologies; transfer
knowledge beyond national boundaries and to stimulate new national and regional approaches to the practices of caring in relation to age.
4. Proposed research methods
General framework:
The project will adopt a mixed methods approach using a combination of narrative and textual
analysis of literature, film, music and policy documents as well as qualitative methods such as interviews, video diaries, blogs and participant observation.
As best practice, but also to address research question (iv) above, comparative analysis and selfreflexivity will form key working methods.
The project will develop an ethical research model drawing on the guidance of our respective institutional ethics codes, and by also working with local advisory groups of non-academic partners
and user group members in each site of enquiry (Austria, Germany, The Netherlands and the UK).
This will provide a ‘sounding board’ for our research practices. It will advise and assist us in the
development of our questions, focus, methods and in the dissemination and production of recommendations that are produced as a result of our work.
Focus:
This project will engage with a spectrum of older people from those who are ‘ageing in place’ to
those in institutional care.
The partnership builds on an existing and successful track record of collaborative research (WAM
secured an AHRC Networking Grant [2007] and Maastricht, Graz and WAM have already created
the European Network in Aging Studies [ENAS] which secured funding from Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research [NWO] in 2010).
Drawing on the wide-ranging expertise of the research teams, the methods employed bring representational analyses into critical dialogue with lived experiences. This facilitates an innovative meeting of ageing studies and cultural gerontological approaches with those of British and American Cultural Studies and a comparison of different geographic specificities and social/national frameworks.
The additional interaction and knowledge exchange with non-academic partners (e.g. Zona’s Kiosk, The Netherlands; Bristol Older People’s forum, UK; Europe Direct Network Steiermark, Austria and Stadttheater Moers, Germany) will contribute to a synthesis of practical and theoretical
dimensions in the research which strengthen its impact.
The partners’ skills and approaches will work together to inform a uniquely European perspective
on the area of enquiry and this will be cascaded through Europe and beyond (specific web tools
will be developed for WAM and ENAS). The global nature of ENAS’ membership provides a significant multiplier effect for this research and therefore immense added value.
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Performance
Agreement
Publications
Presentations
Teaching
Events
Guests &
Guest Researchers
Further Activities
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5. The complementarity of the partners’ skills and added value of a transnational perspective
This proposed research partnership consists of the Centre for Women, Ageing and Media ([WAM]
- a cross-institutional research group at the University of Gloucestershire [UoG] and University of
the West of England [UWE]), the Arts, Media and Culture (AMC) research programme (Maastricht
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A co-operative ethos already exists across the proposed partnership and this will support the creation of clear and robust management and working practices. A consortium agreement will be set
up to include terms of reference, financial responsibilities, progress monitoring/reporting and
conflict resolution.
The Project Leader (Ros Jennings, University of Gloucestershire) developed and lead an AHRC Networking Grant project focused on women, ageing and media and is an experienced operational
manager of research and researchers (doctoral and postdoctoral researchers, national and international research projects). She has extensive experience of staff and research budget management at departmental and University level.
The overall partnership will involve a balanced consortium of researchers including senior researchers, postdoctoral researchers and doctoral students (including the cosupervision of a European Doctorate).
The research teams will be managed at local level by five Principal Investigators [PIs]:
• Ulla Kriebernegg, Graz
• Andrea v. Hülsen-Esch, Düsseldorf
• Aagje Swinnen, Maastricht
• Josephine Dolan, UWE
• Ros Jennings UoG (also PL for overall project)
The four research teams will consult regularly with their ‘sounding board’s and British policy think
tank DEMOS will also work closely with the project as a ‘sounding board member’ and advisor on
policy dissemination. Findings will be presented to a committee of eminent aging studies experts
(Anne Basting, US; Mel Duffy, Ireland; Stephen Katz, Canada; Roberta Maierhofer, Austria; Brian
Worsfold, Spain) at an ENAS conference. This will disseminate work beyond the HERA network
and provide critical peer review.
The research tasks will be apportioned as follows:
• UWE and Gloucestershire will lead on investigations into film, music and new media
• Graz will lead on literature and methodological theory
• Maastricht value and meaning of poetry as part of creative approaches in dementia care
• Düsseldorf will lead on fine art and theatre
A project administrator will be appointed (based at the University of Gloucestershire) who will work
with the PL and Gloucestershire’s European Funding Office to manage the financial aspects of the
overall research and to co-ordinate quarterly reports, annual statements and the final report.
Day-to-day communication will take place between the partners via, email, telephone and Skype.
There will be joint meetings with regional, national and European stakeholders and each partner
will host a project workshop during the course of the project. In year three of the research there
will be a project conference.
Research stays at partner institutions will be arranged to prepare publications, conferences and
dissemination activities.
Management structure:
7. Significance and contribution research questions to the ‘Cultural Encounters’ theme
The CRP’s research questions are central to the ‘Cultural Encounters’ theme because
they investigate specific and exemplary aspects of cultural encounters between film,
literature, music, new media, and age and caring practices.
The CRP significantly contributes to the ‘Cultural Encounters’ call because:
• It specifically addresses theme (a) ‘Cultural encounters over time and space’
by investigating how, within the parameters of time and space, knowledge
about the complex relationship between film, literature, music, new media and age can transform understandings and practices of caring.
• It addresses theme (c) ‘Practices of translation, interpretation and mediatisation, in relation to cultural encounters’ by directly interrogating the ways in which film, literature, music, new media can act as barriers and/or facilitators of cultural encounters between age and caring
practices and by providing a methodological theoretical basis.
8. Impact
As recent European Commission (FP7) initiatives (e.g. Active and Healthy Ageing Innovation Partnership) indicate, Europe’s ageing population is a major concern. This research will have impact by
foregrounding cultural aspects of age and caring practices and by bringing new humanities’ based
perspectives to this important issue and by contributing to the development of new humanities’
based methodologies in the area.
The co-operative transnational nature of the project will ensure impact and have a multiplier effect at local, national and international levels through its incorporation of stakeholders and user
communities as consultants in its working methods and for its findings.
Indicative engagement with academic disciplines will take place via:
• Double-blind peer-reviewed articles in journals such as: Ageing & Society, Journal of Aging Studies, The Gerontologist, International Journal of Aging and Later Life, Popular Studies in
Europe, The Soundtrack, British Journal of Cinema and Television.
• Four books in the Aging Studies in Europe series.
• Four doctoral theses (including one European Doctorate which will be examined in at
least two European languages).
• Conference outputs, symposia/workshops and postgraduate summer schools.
9. Knowledge exchange and dissemination outside academia
Knowledge exchange is a working method of the research (e.g. the use of ‘sounding boards’ that
ensure user groups are active participants in the research and that stakeholders are fully engaged
with the project throughout). Non-academic partners, users and stakeholders will be involved in
academic conferences and symposia and there will be an archive of podcasts from seminars on the
WAM and ENAS websites.
Active dissemination outside academia will involve press releases catered to different stakeholder
groups. Policy think-tank Demos UK will have a key role in public and policy engagement for the
research through a project pamphlet and a public launch event which will bring together policy
makers and stakeholders at local, national and European levels to enable links to be made between the outcomes of the research, policy and practice.
ii. CVs of the Project Leader and all Principal Investigators [...]
iii. Estimated Budget. The table must include the costs of each Principal Investigator per item and
over the total duration of the CRP.
BUDGET ITEMS
Estimate
of Funding
PI 1
(in Euros)
Estimate
of Funding
PI 2
(in Euros)
Estimate
of Funding
PI 3
(in Euros)
Estimate
of Funding
PI 4
(in Euros)
Estimate
of Funding
PI 5
(in Euros)
UoG
UWE
DÜSSELDORF
GRAZ
MAASTRICT
Estimate
of
TOTAL
FUNDING
(in Euros)
1. Employment
costs
Senior
researcher(s)
63173
52450
42625
-
25000
319620
Post-doc.
Researcher(s)
29895
35541
27750
136372
-
93186
PhD Student (s)
52704
-
-
69400
203532
325636
Administrative
personnel
9465
-
-
-
-
9465
Subtotal Employment costs
155236
87991
70375
205772
228532
747906
item 1
-
-
-
-
-
-
Subtotal Equipment
-
-
-
-
-
-
2. Equipment
Outreach
Performance
Agreement
Publications
3. Travel and
meeting costs
Presentations
Teaching
Conferences
1450
1450
1450
1450
1450
7250
Fieldwork
-
1950
-
-
1950
3900
Research stays
750
750
750
750
750
3750
Project meetings
7450
7450
7450
7450
7450
37250
Other (please
specify)
Subtotal Travel
and meeting
costs
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Guest Researchers
Further Activities
9650
11600
9650
9650
11600
52150
Cooperations
4. Consumables
Deutsche
item 1-
Zusammenfassung
Subtotal Consumables
5. Dissemination
and Knowledge
Exchange costs
Publication costs
-
-
-
600
10000
10600
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Estimate
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PI 2
(in Euros)
Estimate
of Funding
PI 3
(in Euros)
Estimate
of Funding
PI 4
(in Euros)
Estimate
of Funding
PI 5
(in Euros)
UoG
UWE
DÜSSELDORF
GRAZ
MAASTRICT
Estimate
of
TOTAL
FUNDING
(in Euros)
Project conference
-
5000
-
-
-
5000
Transcription
costs
-
1300
-
-
-
1300
Subtotal Dissemination and
KE costs
-
6300
-
600
10000
16900
6. Overheads (if
applicable)
137459
-
-
-
-
137459
Performance
Agreement
7. Other costs
(e.g. sub-contracting). Please
specify
Publications
General costs 5%
-
-
-
10518
-
10518
Presentations
Public launch
and publicity
-
25000
-
-
-
25000
Leaflets
-
10000
-
-
-
10000
TOTAL
302345
140891
80025
226540
250132
999933
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iv. Letters of commitment on the part of non-academic Associated Partners [...].
4.2. National Grant Proposals (Austria)
Cultural Narratives, Processes and Strategies in Urban and Regional
Representations of Age and Aging
Roberta Maierhofer
Nationalbank Jubiläumsfonds Proposal
3 year research project
requested funds: € 108,676.00
status: fully granted (project number: 15849)
project leader: Roberta Maierhofer
research associate: Barbara Ratzenböck
Project Description
The research project “Cultural Narratives, Processes and Strategies in Urban and Regional Representations of Age and Aging” focuses on the interconnectedness of aging and cultural heritage in
terms of rituals and customs. It contributes to the already existing research in cultural gerontology
by focusing on how an understanding of aging is reached through an interaction with customs
and rituals, both regional and urban, expressed as cultural narratives. In addition, these collective
expressions will be contrasted with personal narratives that juxtapose individual and collective
identities. The project is grounded in a theoretical approach developed by Roberta Maierhofer at
the beginning of the 1990s. “Anocriticism” is an approach in Age and Aging Studies based on Elaine
Showalter‘s definition of “gynocriticism,” which enables an understanding of what it means to be
“aged by culture” - in Margaret Morganroth Gullette‘s term. Germaine Greer used the term “anophobia” to speak about the fear of old women. Maierhofer uses the term “anocriticism” to express
an interpretational approach that validates individual experience of age and aging in resistance of
normative assumptions. Building on these preliminary considerations, two main research questions have been developed:
• How can processes and strategies of identity construction over the life-course be identified in terms of cultural heritage, and how do they influence both collective and individual cultural narratives?
• Which methodologies can be developed for interdisciplinary and intersectional research of individual and collective identities in terms of cultural heritage?
Besides answering these questions, one important project aim is also the broad dissemination of
research results in order to support the development and linking of research institutions and networks in the emerging field of Aging Studies.
Cooperation and exchange with partners of the ENAS Working Group InheritAGE, an international and interdisciplinary expert group in the field of Age and Aging Studies focusing on cultural
narratives, processes and strategies in representations of Age and Aging, will help achieving this
major project goal.
Wohnst du noch, oder lebst du schon? Das Pflegeheim als Architektur
des Alterns: Eine kulturwissenschaftlich-gerontologische Untersuchung
Ulla Kriebernegg in cooperation with Manfred Ohmana (Graz University of Technology), Working
Group Interdisciplinary Gerontology – University of Graz, Éva Rásky (Medical University Graz), Kevin
McHugh (Arizona State University), European Network in Aging Studies
Nationalbank Jubiläumsfonds Proposal
3 year research project
status: not granted
Project Description
Während Alter und Altern meist mit dem Vergehen von Zeit und der im Laufe dieser Zeit gesammelten Erfahrungen in Verbindung gebracht wird, wird Aspekten des Raumes in der kulturellen
Gerontologie noch sehr wenig Bedeutung zugemessen. Edward Soja stellt in Postmodern Geographies fest, dass Raum mehr als nur ein passiver, neutraler Behälter von sozialem Leben ist1 und argumentiert wie auch Henri Lefebvre, dass Raum sowohl als imaginierter als auch als realer Raum
sozial produziert, mit verschiedenen Bedeutungen aufgeladen und eng mit kulturellen Machtverhältnissen verwoben ist.2
Die verstärkte Beschäftigung mit dem Raum, die in den Geistes-, Sozial- und Kulturwissenschaften im Anschluss an den „spatial turn“ seit einigen Jahren erfolgt, hat jedoch erstaunlicherweise,
so die Soziologin und Architektin Christina Hilger, bislang kaum Eingang in die Architektur gefunden: „Die neuen Raumkonzepte [..] werden vor allem als theoretische Konstrukte verstanden,
die mit der ‚Realität‘ des gebauten Raumes nichts zu tun haben (können)“.3 Hilger diagnostiziert
für die Architektur, dass sie nach wie vor mit einem Raumverständnis operiert, das Raum als „Behälter“ bzw. „Container“ versteht und einen relationalen Raumbegriff „fast als Bedrohung für das
spezifische Wesen von architektonischer Raumkonstruktion“ darstellt.
In diesem Projekt soll der Zusammenhang von Raumwahrnehmung und von Wissensvermittlung über das Alter(n) auf einer raumtheoretischen, insbesondere relationalen Ebene erörtert
werden. Diesen Analysen werden Untersuchungen von kulturellen Repräsentationen von Alternsräumen gegenübergestellt.
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1 Edward Soja. Postmodern Geographies. The Reassertion of Space in Critical Social Theory. London und New
York: Verso, 1989.
2 Henri Lefebvre. The Production of Space.Transl. by Donald Nicholson-Smith.Reprint. Oxford [u.a.]: Blackwell, 1992.
3 Christina Hilger. Vernetzte Räume. Plädoyer für den Spatial Turn in der Architektur. Bielefeld: transcript, 2011, S. 12f.
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„Kooperationsausschreibung 2013: Anschubfinanzierung von Kooperationen der Universitäten in Lehre und
Forschung/ Entwicklung und Erschließung der Künste“ (BM.W_F)
International cooperation in higher education and research project
submission: June 2013
status: not granted
Project Description
Cooperations
Einrichtung des Transnationalen Forschungsnetzwerks „Inter-American and Transatlantic Studies
(IST)“ und Joint Programs im Bereich der „Inter-American Studies”
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Nov. 2013 Okt. 2016
Gemeinsam mit 11 Universitäten in Europa und den Amerikas wird ein interdisziplinäres Forschungsnetzwerk „Inter-American and Transatlantic Studies“ with Joint Programs on Inter-American Studies entwickelt. Diese Struktur dient der regionalen Schwerpunktsetzung „Amerikas“
und „Südosteuropa“ durch die Vernetzung exzellenter Forschungsbereiche. Für die Universität
Graz ermöglicht das Projekt eine interdisziplinäre Auseinandersetzung mit kultur-, rechts- und
sozialwissenschaftlicher Forschung, weitreichende internationale Kooperationen mit exzellenten
europäischen Lehr- und Forschungseinrichtungen sowie führenden Institutionen in den Amerikas.
Durch die Institutionalisierung der Maßnahmen werden nachhaltige Hochschulraumstrukturen
etabliert.
Project Schedule /
Zeitplan und Finanzverteilung des Projekts 2013-2016
Kosten /
Finanzleistungen
Universität Köln (Deutschland), insbes. Abteilung für iberische und lateinamerikanische Geschichte (IHILA), Koordinator: Prof. Dr. Michael Zeuske
€ 27.900
Universität Bielefeld (Deutschland), insb. Center for InterAmerican Studies, Koordinator: Prof. Dr. Olaf Kaltmeier
€ 27.900
Rutgers University (USA), insb. American Studies, Latino
and Caribbean Studies, Institute for Research on Women,
Women’s and Gender Studies, Koordinatorin: Prof. Dr.
Mary Hawkesworth
€ 22.200
Rutgers University: School of Law (USA), Koordinator: Vice
Dean Prof. Dr. John Oberdiek
Aufgrund der Schwerpunktsetzung der KFUG auf die Region Nord-, Mittel- und Südamerika werden Strukturen mit folgenden Zielen entwickelt:
1. Forschung und Lehre über die Region (Interamerikanistik)
2. Kooperationen mit Institutionen der Region
3. Institutionelle Unterstützung für die Region (Mittel- und Südamerika)
Aktivität
Träger
Projektleitung und Koordinationsarbeit durch die Kooperationspartner (In-Kind)
Roberta Maierhofer
Further Activities
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Zusammenfassung
Zeitrahmen
€ 22.200
Arizona State University (USA), insb. Department of English, Koordinatorin: Prof. Dr. Maureen Goggin
€ 22.320
University of the West Indies (Trinidad & Tobago) insb.
Abteilung für Geschichte, Koordinatorin: Dean Prof. Heather Cateau
€ 7.500
University of Havanna (Kuba), insb. Zentrum für Internationale Migrationsstudien (CEMI), Koordinatorin: Directora Prof. Ileana Sorolla
€ 4.200
University of Toronto (Kanada), insb. Centre for European,
Russian and Eurasian Studies, Koordinator: Prof. Dr. Robert
C. Austin
€ 22.200
University of Alberta (Kanada), insb. Wirth Institute for
Austrian & Central European Studies, Koordinator: Prof. Dr.
Joseph Patrouch
€ 22.200
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (Spanien),
insb. La Facultad de Filología de la UNED, Koordinatorin:
Prof. Dr. Marta Cerezo
€ 22.200
División de Estudios Sociales y Humanidades, Universidad
Autónoma Metropolitana – Xochimilco, Mexico, Koordinatorin: Prof. Dr. Martha Griselda Martinez Vazquez
€ 4.500
Nov. 2013 Okt. 2016
Projektleitung durch Projektleader Center for InterAmerican Studies an der Karl-Franzens Universität Graz
Personalkosten Projektleitung u. Koordination
Nov. 2013 Okt. 2016
Post-Doc Projektmitarbeit
Nov. 2013 Okt. 2016
Projektassistenz
Personalkosten (Doc-Stelle)
Arbeitsplatz und Infrastruktur
Die jeweilige Universität,
in-kind, siehe linke Spalte
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Einrichtung des Transnationalen Forschungsnetzwerks
„Inter-American and Transatlantic Studies (IST)“ und Joint Programs
im Bereich der „Inter-American Studies“
€ 30.000 C.IAS
€ 12.000 C.IAS
€ 108.676 KFUG,
€ 7.560 C.IAS
Nov. 2013 Okt. 2016
Nov. 2013
Gastprofessur zum Thema Migration Europa/Amerika
(Inter- American and Transatlantic Studies)
Studienjahr 2013/14
Studienjahr 2014/15
Studienjahr 2015/16
Kick-Off Meeting, Arizona State University (USA)
Vorbereitungsphase, Koordination der Partnerinstitutionen, Beginn der Netzwerkaktivitäten
Veranstaltungskosten, Reise- und Aufenthaltsspesen
Dez. 2013
April / Mai
2014
Konzeption des Webauftritts und Erstellung der Homepage
Homepage und Übersetzungen
Koordinationstreffen mit den KoordinatorInnen, Universität Bielefeld (Deutschland)
Vorbereitung von Workshops, Team-Teaching,
des Forschungskolloquiums und der Konferenz
Veranstaltungskosten, Reise- u. Aufenthaltsspesen
Juli 2014
€ 21.800 bm:wf
€ 21.800
€ 21.800
€ 4.500 C.IAS,
€ 15.000 bm:wf
€ 3.000 C.IAS
Feb. 2015
€ 17.000 bm:wf,
Uni
€ 3.000 Bielefeld
Forschungskolloquium, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid (Spanien) zum Thema: “Who
Cares? Approaches to Representations of Individual and
Collective Identities from an Inter-American / European
Perspective”
In this research colloquium, the meaning of individual and
collective identity within the life course will be investigated by discussing models of representation and discourse.
Within the interplay between the fields of sciences and
humanities, textual representations are important sources
that contribute towards understanding the way individuals construct their lives. Whereas on the public level these
stories communicate the significance of particular lives
and communities for society as a whole, on the individual
level the telling of stories is a medium for the integration of
lives, for explaining discontinuities as well as continuities.
Veranstaltungskosten, Reise- u. Aufenthaltsspesen, Stipendien für Studierende
Kurzprogramm mit Schwerpunkt Mittel- und Südamerika gemeinsam mit dem Forschungs- und Kulturverein für
Kontinentalamerika und die Karibik - LV mit Exkursionen
(KONAK) http://www.konak-wien.org/archivbildung.htm
Dieses fächerübergreifende Studienprogramm, als Lehrveranstaltung mit Exkursion nach Mittel- und Südamerika
konzipiert, ermöglicht eine interdisziplinäre und interregionale Erschließung der Zielraums, die zur verstärkten regionalen
Forschung anregen soll und Forschungs- und Lehrthemen den
Kontinent Amerika betreffend fördert. Im Rahmen dieses
Kurzprogramms werden einerseits historische Schauplätze
besucht, andererseits mit lokalen Forschungseinrichtungen
(Universitäten, Bibliotheken, Archive) wissenschaftliche
Themengebiete erarbeitet und theoretische Kenntnisse vermittelt. Wissenschaftliche Vorträge und Einbindung in die
Forschungseinrichtungen vor Ort ermöglichen weiterführende Forschungen in den Fachbereichen der TeilnehmerInnen. Dieses Kurzstudienprogramm zielt darauf ab, das Interesse von Studierenden und WissenschaftlerInnen sämtlicher
Disziplinen an Fragestellungen den amerikanischen sowie atlantischen Raum betreffend für Bachelor-, Master-, Dissertationen oder andere Forschungsarbeiten zu wecken.
Organisations- sowie Reise- und Aufenthaltskosten
März
2015 Okt. 2016
Sept. 2015
- Juni 2016
Okt. 2015
Reisekosten
Publikationen und Druckkostenzuschüsse
Forschungs- und Lehraufenthalte in den USA:
Inter-American Studies as New Area Studies (Individual
and Collective Identities)
Joint Seminar “Inter-American Migration“, Universität
Havanna (Kuba)
Reise- u. Aufenthaltskosten für Studierende u. ForscherInnen
April 2016
Internationale, interdisziplinare AbschlussKonferenz, Universität Graz
Konferenzorganisation und -abhaltung
Performance
Agreement
Publications
Presentations
€ 4.000 KFUG,
€ 4.500 bm:wf
€ 9.000 C.IAS,
€ 20.000 bm:wf
Teaching
Events
Guests &
Guest Researchers
Further Activities
€ 22.000 bm:wf
€ 7.440 KFUG,
Uni
€ 3.000 Bielefeld
Forschungskolloquium, University of the West Indies
(Trinidad and Tobago)
Organisationskosten, Reise- und Aufenthaltskosten
Okt. 2016
€ 22.310 bm:wf,
Uni
€ 3.000 Bielefeld
Expert Meeting, Rutgers University (USA)
Schwerpunkt: Frage der Legalität und Arbeitssituation
bezüglich transatlantischer und inneramerikanischer Migration. Fokus auf Transkulturationsprozesse
Organisationskosten, Reise- und Aufenthaltskosten
Feb. 2016
Outreach
Verschriftlichung und Präsentation der Ergebnisse sowie
Vorbereitung der Abschlusskonferenz
Reise- und Aufenthaltskosten
€ 15.000 bm:wf
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€ 24.110 bm:wf
€ 28.144 KFUG,
€ 9.000 bm:wf
PROJEKT-GESAMTKOSTEN € 642.960
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4.3. Internal Grant Proposals University of Graz
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Strategies in Representations of Age and Aging in Central Europe
and North America
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Zusammenfassung
funding to write a FWF/ EU grant proposal: “Antrag auf fakultäre Förderung bei Drittmittelprojektanträgen”
requested funds: € 18,085.00 (total grant sum of grant to be written€ 456,007.80)
further submissions: February 2013 and October 2013
status: not granted
Constructing Cultural Heritage – Cultural Narratives, Processes and Strategies in Representations
of Age and Aging in Central Europe and North America
(ao. Univ-Prof. Mag. Dr. Roberta Maierhofer, MA)
13. März 2014
Kurzdarstellung
Forschungsprojekt: Constructing Cultural Heritage – Cultural Narratives, Processes and Strategies
in Representations of Age and Aging in Central Europe and North America
Forschungsfragen:
1. Wie werden Prozesse und Strategien der kollektiven und individuellen Identitätskonstruktion im Lebensverlauf als Teil des kulturellen Erbes definiert und narrativ konstruiert?
• Welche Rolle spielen Rituale und kulturelle Praktiken bei der Definition des kulturellen Erbes und wie tragen sie zum individuellen und kollektiven Narrativ von Identität
im Lebensverlauf bei? Wie tragen diese zur Stereotypenbildung und Stereotypenvermeidung bei?
• Wie wird kulturelles Erbe individuell und kollektiv durch Lebensnarrative von Frauen
60+ konstruiert?
2. Welche Methoden und Theorien können für interdisziplinäre Forschungsfragen in Bezug auf individuelle und kollektive Identitätskonstruktionen, die Erfahrungen und Praktiken als kulturelles Erbe definieren, entwickelt werden?
Schlüsselbegriffe: Interdisziplinäre Gerontologie, Alter und Altern, Cultural Heritage, Interdisziplinäre Theorie und Methode, Kohorten vs. Individuelle Identitäten, Kulturwissenschaften
Fördergeber: FWF, danach EU Antrag
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Programmschiene: Einzelantrag (interdisziplinär), um 3 Forscher/innenstellen zu finanzieren
Geplanter Einreichtermin: Ende 2014 / Anfang 2015
Projektleitung: ao.Univ-Prof. Mag. Dr. Roberta Maierhofer, MA
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Projektkonzeption und Überblick über den Forschungsstand
Grant Proposal: Cultural Narratives, Processes and Strategies in Representations of Age and Aging
in Central Europe and North America
Project coordinated by Roberta Maierhofer and Barbara Ratzenböck
I. Project Aims and Research Questions
Funding Proposal /
))
Profilierung folgender Forschungsschwerpunkte der KFU:
Kultur- und Deutungsgeschichte Europas (Forschungsbereiche: Kulturtheorien und (empirische)
Methoden; Alltag und Lebenswelt; (Kollektive) Identitäten – Nation – Transnationalität)
Ansiedelung des Projekts: Zentrum für Inter-Amerikanische Studien
Roberta Maierhofer
Outreach
Transnationales Forschungsnetzwerk:
European Network in Aging Studies (ENAS)
North American Network in Aging Studies (NANAS)
Gerontological Society of America (H&A Committee)
Centre for Women, Ageing and Media (WAM) / Großbritannien
Arbeitsgruppen „Cultural Heritage“ und „Interdisziplinäre Gerontologie“ der KFU
The planned research project will focus on the interconnectedness of aging and cultural heritage
in terms of rituals. It will contribute to the already existing research in cultural gerontology by focusing on how an understanding of aging is reached through an interaction with rituals, expressed
as cultural narratives. In addition, these collective expressions will be contrasted with personal
narratives that juxtapose individual and collective identities.
Building on these preliminary considerations, two main research questions have been developed:
1. How can processes and strategies of identity construction over the life-course be identified in terms of cultural heritage, and how do they influence both collective and individual cultural narratives? How do these processes construct and deconstruct stereotypes
concerning age and aging?
2. Which methodologies can be developed for interdisciplinary and intersectional research of individual and collective identities in terms of cultural heritage?
Research question 1 also includes two sub-questions:
• How is cultural heritage constructed over the life-course on a collective and individual
basis by performing rituals and engaging in cultural practices?
• How is cultural heritage constructed over the life-course on a collective and individual
basis by women narrating their lives in terms of continuities and discontinuities?
These questions will be addressed by conducting and analyzing qualitative interviews with people
of a certain cohort identity (retirement age) and experts on aging in Central Europe and North
America. Research will also include field work and observational studies in senior centers in those
regions. Interpretations of rituals within a life-course narrative will then focus on continuities and
discontinuities of both individual and collective identities.
Besides answering the questions outlined before, one important project aim is also a broad dissemination of research results in order to support the development and linking of research institutions and networks in the field of aging studies. The dissemination strategy of the project includes
a project homepage documenting the research process and results, interdisciplinary, international
academic teaching in the frame of the European Network in Aging Studies (ENAS) and the North
American Network of Aging Studies (NANAS), a three-day conference including an artistic intervention towards the end of the project as well as cooperation with various regional and national
media in order to also ensure public dissemination of results.
II. Work Packages and Empirical Research
The planned project consists of 10 work packages over a period of 36 months: a coordination and
conceptualization phase at the beginning of the project (1) followed by a phase dedicated to research and homepage set-up (2), an explorative field trip (3), a first writing phase (4), a phase of
interviews and observations (the main research phase) (5), transcription and a first phase of analysis (6), a second phase of analysis and a second writing phase (7), a second phase of research (8), a
third writing phase (9) and finally an interdisciplinary conference (10).
After initial meetings of the project team to organize the distribution of project tasks and also
to make final adjustments to the research design, initial field contacts will be established. In a
first explorative phase of empirical research, three narrative interviews with elderly people living
in senior centers will be conducted. Furthermore, narrative interviews with experts in the field of
aging in Central Europe and North America are planned. In addition, qualitative (participant) observations in senior centers in Central Europe and North America will be conducted. Subsequently,
these explorative interviews and observations will be used as starting points for the development
of qualitative questionnaires.
In the main phase of empirical research, qualitative interviews based on the questionnaires developed during the explorative phase will be conducted. Since openness is an important feature
of qualitative research it is difficult to estimate when data saturation will be reached. The qualitative research process will be based on theoretical sampling as conceptualized by Glaser and Strauss
(Strauss and Corbin). This concept refers to a process of cyclic data collection and interpretation.
After conducting some initial interviews, a first material analysis will be undertaken. Depending on
analysis results, further interview partners will be chosen. Therefore, the exact amount of interviews
cannot be determined beforehand and will be adjusted as needed during the research process.
III. State of the Art and Theoretical Implications
Until the 1960ies, rituals have often been conceptualized as secondary phenomena. Research on
rituals focused on functions and meanings at the basis of a ritual. Thus, the ritual was thought of as
expression of some underlying social need, for example to create solidarity in a group as described
by Durkheim (Krieger and Belliger 7). During the last decades, research on rituals has not only become more interdisciplinary, also the theoretical conceptions of rituals have changed. One example for this change in ritual conceptions is the idea of ritual as performance (Schechner; Turner) or
communication (Krieger and Belliger 17). Drawing on such definitions, researchers investigating
rituals do no longer merely analyze them as manifestations of underlying social functions but also
understand them as discrete phenomena, as acts of creation of meaning and identity formation.
One of the pioneers in the study of old age and rituals from this perspective was Barbara Myerhoff.
Her book Remembered Lives in which she documented her work of narrative ethnography on the
lives of elderly Jews at a senior center in Venice, California, is considered a classic. Myerhoff’s work
inspired many subsequent empirical studies. E.g. In 2011, Generations: Journal of the American Society
on Aging dedicated its entire fall issue to the topic of ritual and aging. Among the contributions
to this issue was an article by Maria D. Vesperi examining secular rituals performed by a group of
elderly women in a high-crime neighborhood. In her article “A Performance Studies Approach to
Age and Secular Ritual” Vesperi analyzes how a group of six woman aged 60 to 83 named “Feet with
Prayer” meets in the morning to exercise, pray, and collect litter in the neighborhood. Vesperi describes their collective actions as resistance against stereotypes of homebound old people which
she identifies as particularly significant for older people living in high crime areas (75). According
to Vesperi, by conceptualizing this group of older woman as social actors performing a public ritual
“it becomes apparent that older people, like the young, use ritual performances to generate meaning for themselves and to share concepts and goals with others” (76).
The pioneering works of Myerhoff and the subsequent work of scholars such as Vesperi will serve as
starting points in the development of empirical tools and theoretical frameworks in terms of rituals.
The project is grounded in a theoretical approach developed by Roberta Maierhofer at the beginning of the 1990s. “Anocriticism” is an approach in age and aging studies based on Elaine Showalter‘s definition of “gynocriticism,” which enables an understanding of what it means to be “aged by
culture” – in Margaret Morganroth Gullette’s term. Germaine Greer used the term “anophobia” to
speak about the fear of old women. Maierhofer uses the term “anocriticism” to express an interpretational approach that validates individual experience of age and aging in resistance of normative
assumptions.
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The proposed project will contribute to the already existing research in the field of cultural gerontology by focusing on how an understanding of aging and thus identity is reached through an
interaction with cultural heritage in terms of rituals expressed as cultural narratives.
IV. Innovative Aspects and Added Value of the Project
Although research concerning the importance of using methods and approaches from the humanities in the context of aging has been established, and US and Canadian colleagues have provided
impressive evidence on the importance of data-collection and interpretation from disciplines of
the humanities such as cultural studies and cultural anthropology, Europe is lagging behind. This
seeming-lack of vision may be caused by the absence of a difference in disciplinary methodologies,
or institutional factors. Whatever the impetus, the result has been that although there have been
some attempts to give research from the humanities more importance in gerontology in Austria,
many opportunities have gone unnoticed and important research has been ignored.
The project will combine perspectives from various disciplines such as cultural anthropology, sociology, literary studies and cultural studies in order to provide an empirical example for complex
processes of identity formation in the context of aging. This interdisciplinary academic work will
enable participating researchers to also think about methodological implications concerning intersectional research of individual and collective identities in terms of cultural heritage. In this
context, the development of a qualitative research methodology which could serve as theoretical
underpinning for future empirical research in the field of cultural gerontology is also an important
innovative aspect of the project.
Especially with regards to changing demographics in the European context, the project is of major
significance. According to the Demography Report 2010 of the European Commission and Eurostat,
the statistical office of the European Union, older people will account for an increasing proportion
of the EU’s population. The share of the EU-27 population aged 65 or older amounted to 17.4% in
2010 and will increase to 30% by 2060. Major changes in demographics of the EU-27 population
are projected to occur in the period from 2020 to 2040 (Demography Report 2010 66). Profound
changes in demography will also involve profound changes in policy making which need to be well
informed by empirical and theoretical findings on cultural and social dimensions of aging.
Much like gender, bodily ability, gender identity, and ethnicity, age is an identity category, a factor
affecting each individual’s self-concept and the ways in which individuals interact with each other
(Biggs; Featherstone and Hepworth; Hazan and Raz). Embodiments of age and performances of
age impact a person’s place in a social hierarchy (Barrett and Cantwell; Blunk and Williams 233),
just as other categories of bodily diversity do.
Focusing on cultural vehicles such as rituals that convey this information, humanity-based research can help developing critical systems of analysis and use those systems to structure additional research. Consequently, activists and political leaders can use them to develop awareness
and means of resistance against ageism and negative stereotypes of aging.
Outreach
Performance
Agreement
Publications
Presentations
Teaching
Events
Guests &
Guest Researchers
Further Activities
Cooperations
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Zusammenfassung
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Month 12
Month 11
Month 10
Month 9
Month 8
Month 7
Month 6
Month 5
Month 12
Month 11
Month 10
Month 9
Month 8
Month 7
Month 6
Month 5
Month 4
WP 5: Interviews & Observations
WP 6:
Transcription and 1st Phase
of Analysis
Strauss, Anselm, and Corbin, Juliet. Grounded Theory. Grundlagen Qualitativer Sozialforschung.
Weinheim: Beltz, 1990. Print.
Turner, Victor. The Anthropology of Performance. New York: Performing Arts Journal Publications,
1987. Print.
WP 7: 2nd Phase of Analysis
and 2nd Writing Phase
Vesperi, Maria D. “A Performance Studies Approach to Age and Secular Ritual.” Generations – Journal
of the American Society on Aging. 35.3. (2011): 74-79. Print.
Month 12
Month 11
Month 10
Month 9
Third Year
Month 8
Deutsche
Zusammenfassung
Showalter, Elaine, ed. New Feminist Criticism: Essays on Women, Literature, and Theory. New York:
Pantheon Books, 1985. Print.
Month 7
Cooperations
Schechner, Richard. The Future of Ritual. London: Routledge, 1993. Print.
Month 6
Further Activities
Myerhoff, Barbara. Remembered Lives. The Work of Ritual, Storytelling, and Growing Older. Ed. Marc
Kaminsky. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1995. Print.
Second Year
Month 5
Guests &
Guest Researchers
Maierhofer, Roberta. “Third Pregnancy: Women, Ageing and Identity in American Culture. An
Anocritical Approach.” Old Age and Ageing in British and American Culture and Literature. Ed. Christa
Jansohn. Münster: LIT Verlag, 2004. Print. Studien zur englischen Literatur 16.
WP 4: 1st Writing Phase
Month 4
Events
Krieger, David J., and Belliger, Andréa. “Ritual und Ritualforschung.” Ritualtheorien. Ein einführendes
Handbuch. Ed. Belliger, Andréa and David J. Krieger. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 2013. 7-34. Print.
Month 3
Teaching
WP 3: Explorative
Research
Month 3
Presentations
Hazan, Haim and Raz, Aviad E. “The Authorized Self: How Middle Age Defines Old Age in the Postmodern.” Semiotica. 113.3/4. (1997): 257-76. Print.
Month 2
Publications
WP 2: 1st Phase of Research
and Homepage Set-up
Month 2
Performance
Agreement
Greer, Germaine. The Change: Women, Aging and the Menopause. New York: Ballantine Books, 1993.
Print.
WP 1: Coordination and Conceptualization
Month 1
Outreach
Featherstone, Mike, and Hepworth, Mike. “The Mask of Ageing and the Postmodern Life-Course.”
The Body. Social Process and Cultural Theory. Eds. Mike Featherstone, Mike Hepworth, and Bryan S.
Turner. London: Sage, 1991. Print.
Month 4
European Commission and Eurostat. Demography Report 2010 - Older, More Numerous and Diverse
Europeans. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2011. Print.
First Year
Month 3
Blunk, Elizabeth M., and Williams, Sue W. “The Effects of Curriculum on Preschool Children’s
Perceptions of the Elderly.” Educational Gerontology. 23.3. (1997): 233-241. Print.
Month 2
Biggs, Simon. Understanding Ageing - Images, Attitudes and Professional Practice. Buckingham: Open
University Press, 1993. Print.
Zeitplan und Arbeitspakete
The planned project consists of 10 work packages such as a coordination phase, research, field work,
an analysis phase, and writing phases. In the following paragraphs a more detailed description of
the individual work packages and tables visualizing the different project phases are provided.
Month 1
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Barrett, Anne E., Cantwell, Laura E. “Drawing on stereotypes: Using Undergraduates’ Sketches of
Elders as a Teaching Tool.” Educational Gerontology. 33.4. (2007): 327-348. Print.
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Month 1
References
WP 8: 2nd Phase
of Research
WP 9: 3rd Writing Phase
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WP 10: Meetings &
Publications, PR
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Finanzierungsplan FWF
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Personnel
Salary for:
1 post-doc researcher (40 h/week) for 3 years
+ 1 PhD student (30 h/week) for 3 years
+ 1 PhD student (30 h/week) for 3 years
Beantragte Fördersumme GEWI Fakultät
Gesamtkosten: € 18.085
Personalkosten: Studentische MitarbeiterIn (20 Std, 6 Monate): € 8.085
Werkverträge € 10.000
= € 181.830.= € 104.100.= € 104.100.- ∑= € 390.030.€ 390.030.-
Other Costs: Expert Meeting
Venue: rooms provided by the University of Graz
+ IT specifications
sound system
student assistant for technical support (30 hours)
= € 0.-
Das Pflegeheim als Architektur des Alterns:
Eine kulturwissenschaftlich-gerontologische Untersuchung
= € 500.= € 290.- ∑ = € 790.-
Ulla Kriebernegg
+ Catering
opening reception
coffee breaks (3 days)
= € 3.000.= € 1.500.- ∑ = € 4.500.-
+ Marketing
brochures
posters
= € 500.= € 120.- ∑ = € 620.-
further submissions: June 2013
status: not granted
+ Speakers and committee expenses
= € 6.250.payment of 25 speakers à € 250.accommodation for 20 speakers (3 nights) à € 220.- = € 4.400.= € 4.400.- ∑ = € 15.050.travel costs for 20 speakers à € 220.+ Social program
guided city tour
closing reception
= € 90.= € 390.- ∑ = € 480.-
+ Conference supplies (folders etc.)
= € 280.-
+ Conference proceedings publications
printing costs
layout costs
= € 3.500.= € 700.- ∑ = € 4.200.-
+ Contingency Fund
= € 500.-
- Fees from participants
estimated 100 participants x fee of € 30
estimated 30 student participants x fee of € 20
Funding Proposal
Das Pflegeheim als Architektur des Alterns: Eine kulturwissenschaftlich-gerontologische
Untersuchung
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= € 3.000.= € 600.- ∑ = € 3.600.-
Costs after deduction of fees =
Total expert meeting costs
= € 22.820.- = € 22.820.-
Material Costs
2 transcription program licenses (f4)
+ 2 transcription support pedals (1 à € 99)
+ copying expenses
+ 1 laptop (for fieldtrips)
=€
=€
=€
=€
19,8
198.500.1.200.- ∑ = € 1.917,8
Kurzdarstellung
Projektleitung: Ass.-Prof. Mag. Dr. phil. Ulla Kriebernegg, Zentrum für Inter-Amerikanische Studien,
Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Merangasse 18/2, 8010 Graz, Tel.: 0316/380 8211, e-mail:
[email protected]
= € 26.420.-
Costs before deduction of fees
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Kooperationspartner/innen:
• Arbeitsgruppe „Interdisziplinäre Gerontologie“ der Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
• ao.Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Éva Rásky, MME, MSc (Geriatrie) (Institut für Sozialmedizin und
Epidemiologie der Medizinischen Universität Graz
• Prof. Dr. Ros Jennings, Center for Women, Aging, and Media (WAM), University of Cheltenham, Großbritannien
• Prof. Dr. Kevin McHugh, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona
State University, USA
• European Network of Aging Studies (ENAS) (www.agingstudies.eu)
• North American Network in Aging Studies (NANAS) (http://agingstudies.org/NANAS/)
Projektdauer: 1. Jänner 2016 bis 31. Dezember 2018 (3 Jahre) – Einreichung 2015
= € 1.917,8
Travel Costs within Central Europe and North
America to partner institutions
€ 41.240.-
Total Project Costs
€ 456.007,8
Outreach
Performance
Agreement
Publications
Presentations
Teaching
Events
Guests &
Guest Researchers
Further Activities
Cooperations
Deutsche
Zusammenfassung
Gesamtbudgetbedarf: EUR € 454.173,Förderstelle: FWF – Förderschiene „Einzelantrag“
Forschungsschwerpunkt: Heterogenität und Kohäsion, Schwerpunktbereich „Aging and Demography“
Beantragte Fördersumme GEWI-Fakultät zur Personalkosten: € 8.085,00 (Studentische MitarbeiterIn, 20 Std., 6 Monate)
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Schlagwörter: Demographische Entwicklungen, Pflege- und Altersheime, Architektur und Raumgestaltung, Kulturwissenschaften, Gerontologie und Geriatrie, Interdisziplinarität, Formulierung
neuer Theorien und Methoden
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Outreach
Performance
Agreement
Publications
Presentations
Teaching
Events
Guests &
Guest Researchers
Further Activities
Beteiligte Disziplinen: Kulturanthropologie, Architektur und Raumgestaltung, Sozialmedizin,
Pflegewissenschaften, Gender Studies, Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaften, Geographie und regionale und urbane Raumgestaltung, Kultursoziologie, Gerontologie
Angesiedelt im Forschungsschwerpunkt „Heterogenität und Kohäsion“
Schwerpunktbereich „Aging and Demography“ der Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz:
Die Alternswissenschaft(en) verorten sich im kulturwissenschaftlichen und gesellschaftlichen
Diskurs. Die Reziprozität zwischen biologischem und kulturellem Alter ist ein essenzieller Forschungsbereich des Zentrums für Inter-Amerikanische Studien der Karl-Franzens-Universität
Graz. Zur Zielsetzung gehören die Analyse und Kritik von altersbezogenen Stereotypen sowie
die Schaffung von Strategien, um den Alterungsprozess besser verstehen zu können. Für den neu
etablierten Bereich der „kulturellen“ oder „narrativen Gerontologie“ übernimmt das Zentrum die
Aufgabe, europäische und interamerikanische Netzwerke aufzubauen und internationale Forschungsarbeiten auf diesem Gebiet zu betreiben.
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Projektkonzeption
Ausgangslage:
Während Alter und Altern meist mit dem Vergehen von Zeit und der im Laufe dieser Zeit gesammelten Erfahrungen in Verbindung gebracht wird, wird Aspekten des Raumes in der kulturellen Gerontologie noch sehr wenig Bedeutung zugemessen. Edward Soja stellt in Postmodern Geographies fest, dass
Raum mehr als nur ein passiver, neutraler Behälter von sozialem Leben ist1 und argumentiert wie auch
Henri Lefebvre, dass Raum sowohl als imaginierter als auch als realer Raum sozial produziert, mit
verschiedenen Bedeutungen aufgeladen und eng mit kulturellen Machtverhältnissen verwoben ist.2
Die verstärkte Beschäftigung mit dem Raum, die in den Geistes-, Sozial- und Kulturwissenschaften im Anschluss an den „spatial turn“ seit einigen Jahren erfolgt, hat jedoch erstaunlicherweise,
so die Soziologin und Architektin Christina Hilger, bislang kaum Eingang in die Architektur gefunden: „Die neuen Raumkonzepte [..] werden vor allem als theoretische Konstrukte verstanden,
die mit der ‚Realität‘ des gebauten Raumes nichts zu tun haben (können)“.3 Hilger diagnostiziert
für die Architektur, dass sie nach wie vor mit einem Raumverständnis operiert, das Raum als „Behälter“ bzw. „Container“ versteht und einen relationalen Raumbegriff „fast als Bedrohung für das
spezifische Wesen von architektonischer Raumkonstruktion“ darstellt.
Cooperations
In diesem Projekt soll der Zusammenhang von Raumwahrnehmung und von Wissensvermittlung über das Alter(n) auf einer raumtheoretischen, insbesondere relationalen Ebene erörtert
werden. Diesen Analysen werden Untersuchungen von kulturellen Repräsentationen von Alternsräumen gegenübergestellt.
Deutsche
Zusammenfassung
Bekannte Probleme – Neue Denkansätze:
Die Frage, wo und wie man selbst einmal im Alter leben wird, stellt sich in Zeiten des vielbeschworenen demografischen Wandels Menschen auf der ganz individuellen Ebene und berührt auch Fragen der intergenerationellen Solidarität und des Umgangs. Im hohen Alter etwa Kindern oder na-
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1 Edward Soja. Postmodern Geographies.The Reassertion of Space in Critical Social Theory. London und New York:
Verso, 1989.
2 Henri Lefebvre. The Production of Space.Transl. by Donald Nicholson-Smith.Reprint. Oxford [u.a.]: Blackwell,
1992.
3 Christina Hilger. Vernetzte Räume. Plädoyer für den Spatial Turn in der Architektur. Bielefeld: transcript, 2011,
S. 12f.
hen Verwandten zur Last zu fallen wird oft als ebenso unangenehm imaginiert wie die Aussicht, den
Lebensabend im Pflegeheim verbringen zu müssen. Das Heim ist, wie die amerikanische Feministin
Betty Friedan es ausdrückt, in der Vorstellung vieler Menschen noch immer ein „Schreckgespenst“4,
nicht zuletzt deshalb, weil an Orten wie Alters- und Pflegeheimen die Tendenz, alte Frauen und
Männer als homogene Masse wahrzunehmen, besonders sichtbar wird, da dort oft das biologische
Alter als gemeinsames identitätsstiftendes Merkmal der Bewohner/innen konstruiert wird. Während Menschen im Laufe ihres Alterns aufgrund der individuellen Erlebnisse und ihres wachsenden
Erfahrungsschatzes jedoch möglicherweise mehr Unterschiede als Gemeinsamkeiten bezüglich
der eigenen Identitätskonstruktion („life course identity“) aufweisen, wird immer noch davon
ausgegangen, dass hohes Alter, selbst wenn es eine Zeitspanne von fast 30 Jahren umfassen kann,
eine Art Gruppenidentität stiften könne. Auch wenn auf den ersten Blick angenommen werden
könnte, dass die steigende Anzahl alter Frauen und Männer in der Gesellschaft auch Möglichkeiten
zur intragenerationellen Solidarität eröffnen würde, ist genau das Gegenteil der Fall: Alter ist eher
ein Ort der Diskrepanzen statt der Gemeinsamkeiten.5
Die theoretische und auch praxisorientierte Fragestellung, die hier behandelt werden soll, betrifft
eine Analyse jener „Wissensräume“ des Alters, wie sie im Alltag von alten Menschen selbst, aber
vor allem auch von Angehörigen, Bekannten, Freund/innen usw. wahrgenommen werden. Es wird
von der Hypothese ausgegangen, dass in Zeiten zunehmender Arbeitsteilung bzw. räumlicher Differenzierung Wissen über das Alter gesamtgesellschaftlich nur schwer vermittelbar ist. Eine zentrale These dieses Projekts lautet, dass die vermeintliche Binarität von „jung“ und „alt“, die auf einem
biogerontologischen Defizitmodell des Alterns als körperlicher Verfall basiert, aus kulturwissenschaftlicher Perspektive in eine Ambiguität des Alterns umgedeutet werden muss. Diese kulturell
definierte Ambiguität ermöglicht es, positive und negative Altersbilder in ihrer gesellschaftlichen
Bedeutung zu analysieren und damit einen Ausgangspunkt für einen Dialog unterschiedlicher Disziplinen des Wissens über das menschliche Altern anzubieten. Scheinbar negative Altersbilder, die
auf den zunehmenden körperlichen Verfall und auf Krankheitserfahrungen fokussieren, können
jedoch durchaus eine Wertschätzung des Lebens auch im hohen Alter umfassen, wenn es von „erfolgreicher Zerbrechlichkeit“ („successful frailty“) gekennzeichnet ist.
Der Versuch dieser Umdeutung führt zu einer langfristigen Sicherung von Beziehungen zwischen den Generationen, für die es aber von Seiten der Architektur auch grafischer Darstellungsformen (Visualisierungen) der erhobenen Wissensräume bedarf. Die Stärke der Visualisierung
liegt dabei gerade in der Zusammenarbeit zwischen kulturwissenschaftlichen Analyseformen
und architektonischen Übersetzungen. Obwohl sich die kulturwissenschaftliche Altersforschung
als interdisziplinäres Projekt anbietet, ist es bislang kaum zu Überschneidungen bzw. Kooperationen zwischen der Architektur und der Kulturwissenschaften gekommen. Die Zusammenarbeit
ist somit eine sinnvolle, vor allem aber innovative und unkonventionelle Ergänzung zur vorherrschenden an Disziplinen gebundene Beschäftigung mit dem Alter.
Die zentrale und neue Forschungsfrage ist nun, wie der Ort des Alters- und Pflegeheimes als
Wissens- und Erinnerungsraum für eine interdisziplinäre Gerontologie erschlossen werden kann.
Durch eine vergleichende Analyse der „Wissensräume“ von Angehörigen, Freund/innen, Bekannten sowie medizinischem Personal, aber auch in kulturellen Repräsentationen (Literatur, Film),
kann die Aufmerksamkeit für das Alter(n) in unterschiedlichen Feldern erhöht werden.
Die Analyse der „Wissenskanäle“ über das Alter(n) im Bereich der Architektur bietet den Vorteil,
die Erkenntnisse als Grundlagen für raumplanerische Anforderungen verwendbar zu machen.
In diesem Kontext stellt sich die Frage, warum Raumkonzepte – trotz wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse aus dem Forschungsbereich der interdisziplinären Gerontologie – immer noch einer
Foucault’schen Logik der Disziplinierung folgend und nicht den menschlichen Bedürfnissen im
4 Betty Friedan. Mythos Alter. Reinbek: Rowohlt, 1995, S. 663ff.
5 Vgl. Paul Gilleard and Chris Higgs, Cultures of Ageing: Self, Citizen, and the Body. Essex: Pearson, 2000, S. 8.
Alter entsprechend entwickelt werden. Eine Untersuchung fiktionaler Repräsentationen von Alter
und Altern in Hinblick auf die Raumkomponente gibt darüber hinaus noch Auskünfte für zukünftige Projekte der räumlichen Gestaltung von Alters- und Pflegeheimen.
Neue Forschungsfragen:
• Wie kann das Alters- und Pflegeheim als „Wissensraum“, als Ort der Weitergabe von
Wissen (Wissenstransfer) über den Alterungsprozess sowie über Hochaltrigkeit erschlossen werden?
• Inwiefern kann Raum speziell in Verbindung mit Alter und Altern als identitätsstiftend
und -produzierend angesehen werden? (auch im Kontext von Migrationserfahrungen
und Interkulturalität, z.B. „kultursensitive Alters- und Pflegeheime“)
• Welche Handlungsspielräume entstehen für die Bewohner/innen, welche werden für
sie unzugänglich, und welche Machtverhältnisse werden auf welche Weise durch die
Raumgestaltung gespiegelt, verfestigt, oder unterlaufen?
• Welche Möglichkeiten ergeben sich durch neue Medien und neue Technologien (z.B.
SocialRobots, Internet, Tablet, Games, E-books, Wii...) um Räume verschiedenster Art
(z.B. virtueller, sozialer, technischer, aber auch physischer Natur) für Bewohner/innen
und Patient/innen in Alters und Pflegeeinrichtungen zu erweitern?
• Welche Auswirkungen haben neue Forschungsergebnisse auf Baumaßnahmen und
die Architektur im Altersbereich? Wie können Erkenntnisse umgesetzt werden?
Das Innovationspotenzial hierbei liegt
• in der Erschließung neuer Forschungsgebiete durch die innovative Verknüpfung von
Wissenschaftsfeldern wie das Einbeziehen der Architektur und der interdisziplinären Gerontologie (interuniversitäre Forschung am Standort Graz zu neuen Alter(n)sWohnkonzepten in Kooperation der TU Graz, KFUG und MUG)
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Sichtbarkeit durch die Vernetzung mit dem European Network of Aging Studies und dem
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Kurzdarstellung
Forschungsprojekt: Neu-Entdeckung eines Kontinents: Interamerikanische transatlantische
Beziehungen
Forschungsfragen: Dieses Forschungsprojekt beschäftigt sich mit den Zusammenhängen zwischen Migration und Globalisierung sowie den gesellschaftlichen, kulturellen und wirtschaftlichen
Konsequenzen von Migrationen in den Herkunfts- und Aufnahmegesellschaften und deren Beitrag
zur mehrdimensionalen Vielfalt in den Gesellschaften. Weiters wird die implizite und explizite Frage nach dem Anspruch europäischer und amerikanischer Identitäten in der Geschichte, kultureller
Repräsentationen und dem Verhältnis von individueller und kollektiver Identität behandelt.
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Schlüsselbegriffe: Interamerikanistik, Nord-, Mittel- und Südamerika, Mitteleuropa, Migration,
Globalisierung, Kulturwissenschaften Interdisziplinäre Theorie und Methode, kollektive Identität
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Projektleitung: ao. Univ-Prof. Mag. Dr. Roberta Maierhofer, MA
Kultur- und Deutungsgeschichte Europas (Forschungsbereiche: (Kollektive) Identitäten – Nation –
Transnationalität) und Heterogenität und Kohäsion, Schwerpunkte: Migration und Die Amerikas
– transnationale und transatlantische Perspektiven
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Ziel dieses Forschungsprojektes ist es, die Kulturräume der Amerikas einer interdisziplinären und
interkulturellen Analyse zu unterziehen und im Sinne einer transregionalen Perspektive die historischen, wirtschaftlichen und soziokulturellen Zusammenhänge dieser Regionen wissenschaftlich
zu untersuchen. Damit soll dem sich etablierenden Forschungsfeld der Inter-American Studies nicht
nur eine sichtbare Plattform geboten, sondern gleichzeitig eine interdisziplinäre Arbeitsweise und
eine vielschichtige Forschung auf hohem Niveau eröffnet werden. Der Doppelkontinent Amerika soll
somit in seiner Gesamtheit, und nicht seine Teile als völlig separate und voneinander unbeeinflusste Regionen wahrgenommen und die Amerikanität untersucht werden. Eine wichtige Neuerung
in der Herangehensweise besteht auch darin, die Amerikas nicht wie bisher aus den traditionellen
Perspektiven „Europa-Kanada“, „Europa-USA“, bzw. „Europa-Lateinamerika“ zu betrachten, sondern
einen hemisphärischen Blick anzuwenden, der wiederum eine neuartige Form des transatlantischen
Dialoges ermöglicht. Dabei wird außerdem auf die Konstruiertheit der politischen, wirtschaftlichen
und soziokulturellen Grenzen zwischen den Teilregionen aufmerksam gemacht und stärkeres Augenmerk auf die gegenseitige Einflussnahme und auf Verbindendes gelegt, um jedoch auch auf Gegensätzliches Bezug zu nehmen. Ausgehend von globalen Herausforderungen entsteht ein Bedarf
an Grundlagenforschung zu transnationalen Verflechtungen und Problemstellungen in außereuropäischen Gesellschaften, zu Migrationsprozessen und Phänomenen ethnisch-kultureller Vielfalt.
Interdependenzen in der Entwicklung von Einzelstaaten zur Staatengemeinschaft bestehen in den
Amerikas wie auch in Europa. Migration, Kulturkontakt, Interkulturalität, Transkulturationsphänomene und transatlantische Bildungskooperationen werden erforscht. Interamerikanistik als Forschungsfeld der amerikanisch-europäischen Beziehungen begründet einen transregionalen Dialog,
sowohl für Europa wie für Amerika.
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Teilprojekt I: Rolle von BürgerInnen- und Menschenrechten in Europa und den Amerikas
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Projektkonzeption
Das Forschungsprojekt beschäftigt sich mit der Rolle von BürgerInnen- und Menschenrechten in
Europa und den Amerikas. Ausgehend von der US-amerikanischen und der französischen Revolution wurden BürgerInnenrechte im sich entwickelnden Nationalstaat implementiert. Diese Rechte wurden zwar als universal angesehen, galten jedoch nur für eine kleine Gruppe von Menschen.
Frauen, SklavInnen und die indigene Bevölkerung waren trotz der Gültigkeit für alle nicht inkludiert.
Ausgehend von den erwähnten Revolutionen wird der Einfluss von Menschenrechten auf die im
19. Jahrhundert entstehenden Nationalstaaten untersucht, die auf die eigenen Bürger und später
Bürgerinnen abzielten. Dieser erste Schritt ist notwendig, um die Entwicklung des Nationalstaates zu verstehen und den Versuch der Homogenisierung innerhalb der Grenzen zu erkennen. Die
Entstehung internationaler Vertragswerke nach dem 2. Weltkrieg und die Etablierung einer internationalen Strafgerichtsbarkeit sowie die Menschenrechte der dritten Generation (Rechte indigener Völker) können hingegen als gänzlich andere Entwicklung angesehen werden. Affirmierten die
BürgerInnenrechte noch den Nationalstaat, so sehen KritikerInnen in der Entwicklung internationaler Menschenrechtsstandards eine Beschneidung der Souveränität des Nationalstaates und eine
Konkurrenz für das herkömmliche Internationale Recht. Von diesem Spannungsfeld ausgehend
wird der Umgang mit Menschenrechten analysiert, die auch einen Schutz für all jene bieten, die beispielsweise als MigrantInnen und oft Minderheiten nicht durch BürgerInnenrechte abgesichert sind.
Dieser historischen und juristischen Sicht wird in dem Projekt eine kulturwissenschaftliche zur Seite
gestellt. Diese befasst sich mit der Frage der Nation, die seit dem 19. Jahrhundert als Inbegriff einer
kollektiven Identität angesehen werden kann. Sie hatte und hat stets eine homogenisierende Funktion, da Minderheiten oft als zu assimilierend wahrgenommen wurden. Benedict Anderson prägte
den Begriff der „imagined communities“, also Gemeinschaften, deren Gemeinsamkeiten lediglich
imaginiert sind. Sie sind jedoch äußerst wirkmächtig für die, die ihnen angehören, aber ebenso für
alle Exkludierten. Diese imaginierten Gemeinschaften spiegelten bereits im 19. Jahrhundert keineswegs die Realität der einzelnen Nationen wider, wie sprachliche, ethnische und religiöse Minderheiten stets bewiesen haben. Durch den Zweiten Weltkrieg und die anschließende Neuordnung
Europas ist dies nicht mehr aufrechtzuerhalten. Dasselbe gilt für die Länder Amerikas, die vor allem
durch ihre indigenen Mehr- oder Minderheiten dieses Bild nur schwer aufrechterhalten konnten.
Für beide Regionen gilt, dass gerade rezente Migrationsphänomene diese Konzeption der Gemeinschaft weiter unterlaufen. Oft reagiert die imaginierte Gemeinschaft aber mit restriktiven Gesetzgebungen, um diesen Entwicklungen gegenzusteuern. In diesem Forschungsprojekt werden einerseits
die Entwicklungen von Bürgerrechten in den Amerikas und Südosteuropa vom 19. Jahrhundert bis
heute anhand ausgewählter Fallstudien nachgezeichnet. Diese Entwicklung wird mit der imagined
community, der Nation, gegengelesen. Es wird untersucht, inwiefern sich BürgerInnenrechte und
imaginierte Gemeinschaft wechselseitig beeinflussen. Dem wird die Entwicklung des Konzeptes der
Menschenrechte kritisch gegenüber gestellt. Ursprünglich als Ausdruck der Nation nach der amerikanischen und französischen Revolution formuliert, entwickelten sie nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg
eine Art Eigendynamik, die sie auf internationale Ebene brachte und somit vom Nationalstaat abkoppelten. Zusätzlich muss die theoretische Kritik an universalistischen Ansätzen von Menschenrechten einerseits und die Praxis militärischer Interventionen im Namen der Menschenrechte andererseits einbezogen werden, um das Verhältnis dieser Regionen zu diesem Konzept zu verstehen.
Auch die Frage der Legitimität des Staates und die Möglichkeit von BürgerInnenbeteiligung in Zeiten sozialer Konflikte werden im Rahmen dieses Forschungsprojekts behandelt.
Neue Forschungsfragen / Neue Zugänge
Das Forschungsprojekt stellt sich die Frage, inwieweit sich BürgerInnenrechte und imagined communities als Konzept wechselseitig bedingen. Anschließend wird anhand von Fallstudien gefragt,
inwieweit sich solche Vorstellungen von Gemeinschaft in den Amerikas und Südosteuropa etabliert haben. Drittens wird analysiert, inwieweit die universellen Menschenrechte entgegen dieser
Entwicklung wirken, obwohl sie letztendlich aus der Logik des Nationalstaates entstanden sind.
Zuletzt wird herausgearbeitet, ob aus den Fallstudien etwas für die weitere Entwicklung der beiden Regionen strukturell ausgesagt werden kann.
Teilprojekt II: Gruppenrechte, Klimawandel und Verteilungsgerechtigkeit in den Amerikas
Projektkonzeption
Das Forschungsprojekt „Gruppenrechte, Klimawandel und Verteilungsgerechtigkeit in den Amerikas“
beschäftigt sich in einem ersten Schritt mit der Frage von Gruppenrechten in den Staaten der Amerikas. Diese Region wurde aus zwei Gründen ausgewählt. Erstens sind die Demokratien in den Amerikas vergleichsweise alt (trotz einiger Unterbrechungen in Lateinamerika) und daher für die Frage des
Nationalstaates sehr interessant. Zweitens ist die Besiedlungs- und Kolonisationsgeschichte mit der
Konsequenz verschiedener ethnischer Gruppen, die von europäischen Kolonialherren, afrikanischen
SklavInnen und indigener Bevölkerung abstammen, beziehungsweise aus der Verbindung zweier
oder mehrerer Gruppen hervorgingen. Besonders der Umgang mit der indigenen Bevölkerung hat
sich seit dem Ende der Kolonialzeit gewandelt, führt aber bis heute zu Konflikten. Waren ursprünglich Vertreibung, Vernichtung, Assimilierung und Mestizaje mehr oder weniger gewalttätige Strategien, so findet sich in der jüngeren Geschichte die Idee von (teilweiser) Autonomie indigener Gruppen und die Frage der Gruppenrechte. Diese sind in der Idee des Nationalstaates kaum vorgesehen,
geht es bei BürgerInnenrechten doch meist um Individualrechte. Autonomiebestrebungen werden
auch in Europa nicht unbedingt gerne gesehen und das, obwohl Minderheitenrechte ein Bestandteil
der meisten Verfassungen sind. In den Amerikas hat sich jedoch – zumindest in manchen Nationen
– ein Umgang mit indigenen Gruppen etabliert, der in Richtung Gruppenrechte deutet und auch in
der Tradition der ILO Konvention 169 zum Umgang mit indigenen Völkern steht. Kolumbien hat seit
1991 eine der progressivsten Verfassungen der Welt, auch was den Umgang mit indigenen Gruppen
betrifft, oft bleiben diese Rechte jedoch lediglich auf dem Papier. Bolivien hat sich eine plurinationale
Verfassung gegeben und in Ecuador wurden durch die Verfassung von 2007 die Rechte der indigenen Bevölkerung erweitert. Diese Entwicklungen sollen jedoch nicht darüber hinwegtäuschen, dass
die Existenzgrundlagen ganzer Völker bis heute bedroht sind. Einerseits handelt es sich hier oft um
nationalstaatliche Bestrebungen, Gebiete, in denen mehrheitlich Indigene leben, und deren Ressourcen zu erschließen. Ein wichtiger Faktor ist aber auch der Klimawandel. Dieser und die potentiellen Auswirkungen auf die Amerikas soll in einem nächsten Schritt untersucht werden. Dabei wird
analysiert, welche Regionen des Kontinents davon besonders betroffen sein werden, auch wenn das
„2 Grad Ziel“ der Erderwärmung durch internationale Maßnahmen erreicht werden sollte. Es wird
dabei auch auf bereits aktuell nachweisbare Veränderungen eingegangen, um Probleme und gesellschaftliche Konflikte zwischen indigenen Gruppen und dem Nationalstaat antizipieren zu können,
die durch eine Veränderung mikroklimatischer Bedingungen hervorgerufen werden. Ziel ist es, die
sozialen und kulturellen Dynamiken zu analysieren, die einen Wandel der Umweltbedingungen für
diese Gruppen mit sich bringen. Diese betreffen meist ohnehin fragile Regionen, deren BewohnerInnen sich nur mit erheblichen Schwierigkeiten an die neuen Lebensumstände werden anpassen
können, da sie unter Ressourcenknappheit und daraus folgender Armut leiden.
Neue Forschungsfragen/ Neue Zugänge
Aus dieser Überlegung soll das Konzept der Klima-/Verteilungsgerechtigkeit diskutiert werden. Inwieweit ist es auf die behandelten Gebiete anwendbar, und welche Möglichkeiten würde die Umsetzung
des Konzepts für die indigenen BewohnerInnen bieten? Es stellt dich weiters die Frage, wie eine solche Redistribution aussehen könnte und wer als AdressatIn in Frage käme. Würde der Nationalstaat
oder die betroffene Bevölkerung diese Rolle übernehmen? Welchen Einfluss hätte eine distributive
Gerechtigkeit auf Migrationsströme von Klimaflüchtlingen? An dieser Stelle muss das Konzept der
Verteilungsgerechtigkeit von einer globalen Dimension auf eine regionale heruntergebrochen werden. Dadurch kann das abstrakte Konzept von Gerechtigkeit durch kulturtheoretische und kulturwissenschaftliche Aspekte ergänzt werden, da die Sichtweisen indigener Völker hier einbezogen werden
müssen. Begriffe wie Gerechtigkeit und Katastrophe müssen somit überdacht werden, ebenso wie
der Umgang damit. Die Ergebnisse aus dieser Untersuchung würden auch neue normative Erkenntnisse bringen und die Frage von kollektiver Verantwortung in Form des Nationalstaates aufwerfen.
dungsideal“ herausgebildet hat. Der Begriff der „Bildung“ umreißt hierbei eine Vielzahl an Befindlichkeiten und Parametern, die in der Frühzeit der Amerikanischen Republik eine Rolle gespielt haben: Selbstmodellierung (self-fashioning), persönliche/kulturelle Reife (maturation) und Erziehung
(urban elite). Den Prozess der kulturellen Selbstmodellierung Amerikas wird in einem dynamischen
Spannungsfeld von Exzeptionalismus und Transkulturalität angesiedelt, in dem das Zusammenspiel einzelner Medien (Literatur, Malerei, Photographie) und Subgenres (Seduction Novel, Gothic Tradition, Schelmenroman, Historiendrama und Reiseliteratur) von zentraler Bedeutung gewesen ist.
Ein weiterer Aspekt werden Untersuchungen zur symbolischen Konstruktion transkultureller urbaner Räume durch die Untersuchungen von „Stadt als Palimpsest“ (Immigration, Emigration) und
„Auswirkungen von Globalisierung auf urbane Räume“ (Ökologie, Stadtgeschichte) stehen. Weiters
werden kulturelle Repräsentationen von transnationalen Dialogen in Bezug zu geographischen
und symbolischen Grenzregionen USA/Kanada (Niagarafälle, St. Lawrence River, Rocky Mountains,
Prärie, British Columbia, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Arktis) und USA/Mexiko (borderlands) untersucht.
Neue Forschungsfragen/ Neue Zugänge
In welchem Maße sind in diesen neuen kulturellen Selbstbildern der Amerikas Komponenten und
Kompositionsmuster enthalten, die bereits von der europäischen Tradition vorgezeichnet wurden?
Inwiefern ist das vielgepriesene nationale Selbstideal der USA in Wirklichkeit ein transnationales?
Welche Bedeutung kommt diesen Räumlichkeiten und Demarkationslinien in der Vorstellungswelt
Kanadas bzw. Mexikos zu? Auf welche Weise haben sich Erfahrungen der Liminalität auf Prozesse der kulturellen und nationalen Identitätsstiftung ausgewirkt? Wenn in der US-amerikanischen
Bilderwelt die frontier, jene sich kontinuierlich nach Westen verschiebender mythologische Grenze,
zur wichtigen Trope geworden ist, so ist es im kanadischen Bewusstsein die Vorstellung einer omnipräsenten Grenzhaftigkeit, die das Verständnis von Umwelt und kultureller Identität geprägt hat.
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Teilprojekt III: Kulturelle Repräsentationen von transnationalen Dialogen in Grenzbereichen
Projektkonzeption
Das Forschungsprojekt setzt sich, in Anlehnung an den „Transnational Turn“ in der Literatur- und
Kulturwissenschaft, mit transkulturellen Kontexten auseinander. Das Hauptinteresse des Projektes
gilt der Frage, inwiefern sich in postrevolutionären Phasen in den Amerikas ein „demokratisches Bil-
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Transatlantische und interamerikanische Migration am Beispiel
deutschsprachiger Flüchtlinge zwischen 1933 und 1955
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further submissions: February 2013 (with Gerald Lamprecht - Centrum für Jüdische Studien, KFU Graz),
June 2013 and October 2013
status: € 10,000.00 granted
Project Description
Das Projekt untersucht die Migration von Österreicherinnen und Österreichern in den karibischen
Raum (transatlantische Dimension) sowie ihre Weiterwanderung innerhalb der Amerikas (interamerikanische Dimension) im Zeitraum von 1933 bis 1955. Bei den Migrant/innen, die bis 1945 Österreich verließen, handelt es sich hauptsächlich um jüdische Flüchtlinge, die vor den faschistischen
Regimen Zuflucht in der Karibik suchten. Nach 1945 finden sich unter den österreichischen Migrant/
innen in den karibischen Raum auch Nazi-Flüchtlinge. Im lateinamerikanischen Vergleich nahm
beispielsweise die Karibikinsel Kuba über 10.000 Shoa-Flüchtlinge auf, womit die Antilleninsel
nach Argentinien und Brasilien den dritten Platz belegt und proportional betrachtet mehr jüdische
Flüchtlinge aufnahm als alle anderen Staaten der Westlichen Hemisphäre.6 Die Frage, warum gerade Kuba so viele Flüchtlinge aus Europa aufnahm (kubanische Einwanderungspolitik), soll im Zuge
der Forschungen genauso analysiert werden sowie die Entscheidung der österreichischen Migrant/
innen nach Kuba (das Bild Kubas in Österreich, Nähe zu den USA) zu flüchten, wobei auch die Flucht
während der Zeit des Austrofaschismus (teilweise als Brigadisten über Spanien als Opfer des Bürgerkriegs) und die Zeit nach dem Ende des 2. Weltkrieges bis ins Jahr 1955 (Konsolidierung Österreichs
als souveräner Staat) untersucht werden soll. Auf den anderen karibischen Inseln hingegen fanden
europäische Flüchtlinge im Allgemeinen und österreichische im Speziellen, mit Ausnahme der Dominikanischen Republik wohin sich etwa 500 europäische Flüchtlinge vor dem Faschismus retten
konnten, kaum Exil. Durch die Tatsache, dass es sich im Untersuchungszeitraum mit Ausnahme von
Kuba, Haiti und der Dominikanischen Republik ausschließlich um britische, französische, niederländische - und somit europäische Kolonien beziehungsweise zwei US-assoziierte Territorien handelte,
drängt sich die Frage auf, warum die westlichen Regierungen, die auf der internationalen Flüchtlingskonferenz von Èvian im Juli 1938 einen Aufnahmestopp für Flüchtlinge aus dem Dritten Reich
beschlossen hatten (globaler Antisemitismus), ihre karibischen Kolonien für die zum größten Teil
qualifizierten europäischen Flüchtlinge nicht öffneten, obwohl es in den meisten Kolonien an Siedlern fehlte. Für diejenigen Flüchtlinge aus dem Deutschen Reich (Österreicher ab März 1938), denen
es trotz politischen (und religiösen) Widerstands gelang Zuflucht in den europäischen Kolonien zu
finden, verschlechterte sich die Situation mit Kriegsbeginn, da sie nun unabhängig ihres Asylstatus
als „Feindbürger“ eingestuft und in Internierungslager gesperrt wurden. Wir wollen hinsichtlich dieser Vorgangsweisen vor allem die britische und US-amerikanische Flüchtlingspolitik im karibischen
Raum untersuchen. Ebenso in den Fokus unserer Fragestellung rückt die gefährliche Situation all jener österreichischen Migrant/innen, denen die Flucht in niederländische und französische Kolonien
gelang, die jedoch ab 1940 zu quasi Kolonien Hitlerdeutschlands wurden, wodurch ihnen die Deportation in deutsche Konzentrationslager drohte. Die Fragen, inwieweit die österreichischen Flücht6 LEVINE (1993).
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linge ihr Leben im karibischen Exil organisierten (Integrations- und Akkulturationsprozess) oder in
andere amerikanische Staaten (v. a. USA, Mexiko) weitereisten bzw. nach Österreich zurückkehrten,
stellen den abschließenden Teil unserer Forschungen dar. Besonders interessieren uns hierbei die
unterschiedlichen Motive für den Verbleib im Exilland bzw. für die Entscheidung weiter- oder zurück
nach Österreich zu reisen.
Trauma und Erinnerung in Darstellungen der bosnischen Diaspora
in der englischsprachigen Migration
Roberta Maierhofer
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Trauma und Erinnerung in Darstellungen der bosnischen Diaspora in der englischsprachigen Migration
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Kurzdarstellung
Forschungsprojekt: Trauma und Erinnerung in Darstellungen der bosnischen Diaspora in der englischsprachigen Migration
Forschungsfragen:
1. Wie werden Prozesse und Strategien der kollektiven und individuellen Identitätskonstruktion im Fall von traumatischen Erlebnissen im Lebensverlauf als Teil sowohl der individuellen wie auch kollektiven Identität definiert und narrativ konstruiert?
2. Welche Methoden und Theorien können für interdisziplinäre Forschungsfragen in
Bezug auf individuelle und kollektive Identitätskonstruktionen, die durch Trauma, Verfolgung und Migration geprägt sind, entwickelt werden? Wie prägt das Narrativ Prozesse der
Verarbeitung der Erlebnisse der Vergangenheit und wie einflussreich ist dieser Prozess
auf neue Identitätskonstruktionen in der Gegenwart in der Migration? Was bedeutet
diese Konstituierung der Identität in einer neuen Sprache?
Schlüsselbegriffe: Trauma und Erinnerung, Migration, Interdisziplinäre Theorie und Methode,
Kohorten vs. Individuelle Identitäten, Kulturwissenschaften
Geplanter Einreichtermin: Ende 2014/ Anfang 2015
Projektleitung: ao. Univ-Prof. Mag. Dr. Roberta Maierhofer, MA
Kultur- und Deutungsgeschichte Europas (Forschungsbereiche: Kulturtheorien und (empirische)
Methoden; Alltag und Lebenswelt; (Kollektive) Identitäten – Nation – Transnationalität). Schwerpunktsetzungen der Universität Graz: Südosteuropa und Nord-, Mittel- und Südamerika.
Kooperationspartner: Prof. Benjamin Moore, Professor of English and Director of the Bosnia
Memory Project, Fontbonne University, 6800 Wydown Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63105, Missouri,
United States: http://www.fontbonne.edu/bosnia
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Projektbeschreibung
In 1992, with the break-up of Yugoslavia, Slobodan Milošević (1941-2006) began igniting the flame of
an ultra-nationalist fervor in Bosnian Serbs, and under the auspices of an ethnically pure “Greater Serbia,” the multi-ethnic Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina became the site of warfare and the target
of a genocidal plan. Despite the irrefutable evidence of “ethnic cleansing” from war correspondents,
the international community still chose isolationist policies, and according to the Sarajevo-based
Research and Documentation Center (RDC), the mass atrocities, notoriously in Srebrenica, claimed the
lives of a minimum of 33,071 Bosnians. In addition to fomenting the worst human rights abuses that
Europe had experienced since World War II, the war resulted in the displacement of approximately
one million Bosnians to other countries. Drawing on the data of the “Bosnia and Herzegovina Migration Profile 2013,” today, there are an estimated 30,000 Bosnian diaspora in the UK and 500,000 in
the U.S. The Bosnian population in St. Louis, Missouri, numbers over 60,000, making it the largest
Bosnian diaspora community outside of BiH.
The planned research project will explore how traumatic memories of mass atrocities and genocide, together with the changes brought about by settling in the UK and the US, have continued to
complicate the collective memory of the Bosnian diaspora. In addition, Bosnia war correspondents’
continued dedication to establish an enduring record of the experiences of Bosnian refugees surviving concentration or detention camps will also be considered in the context of this research project.
The growing corpus of Anglophone testimonial literature by Bosnia war correspondents and Bosnian survivors in exile has not only borne witness to the unspeakable horrors, but has also renewed
international debate over responses to genocide in contemporary society. Life-story narratives not
only address the personal issue of self-healing, but are also written with the intent to seek justice for
victims of mass atrocities, and thus are also documents of moral resources speaking for the greater
good. As the scholar Brené Brown has stated, stories are data with a soul.
The proposed project will focus as a first step on an analysis of confessional life-writings, and in a
second step be made up by empirical research through narrative interviewing among the Bosnian
immigrants in St. Louis, as well, the interconnectedness between the recollection of trauma and the
reconstruction of a unified sense of self in the post-genocidal exile environment. In an age of human
rights accountability, the documentation and dissemination of experiential moral aspects, as reflected in survivor testimonies, are of high importance, globally as well as in a Central European context.
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Gesamtkosten: € 21.585
Personalkosten: Studentische MitarbeiterIn (20 Std, 6 Monate): € 8.085
Werkverträge € 10.000
Reisekosten (Bosnian Memorial Funds, USA):
€ 3.500
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5. Concepts for Research Networks and
Strategic Objectives
Wolfgang Benedek/ Georg Schendl
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(Assignment of the Center for Inter-American Studies by rector Neuper)
“Inter-American Studies”
Roberta Maierhofer in cooperation with the research network “Area Studies: Inter-American Studies”
Research Network: Civil- and Human Rights
within the Context of the Nation State
Outreach
Priority Strategic Objective North, Central and South America according to the Development Plan of the University of Graz
This research network focuses on the role of civil and human rights in Europe and the Americas.
Originating from the American and French Revolution, civil rights have been implemented in the
emerging nation states. Though generally considered universal, in reality these rights could only
be claimed by a small group of people. Women, (female) slaves and the indigenous population
were excluded. Based on the aforementioned revolutions, this research network examines how
human rights, which were first bestowed upon male citizens and later women, influenced the
emerging nation states of the 19th century. This first step is necessary to understand the emergence of the nation state and recognize the attempted homogenization within its borders. In contrast, the establishment of international agreements after World War II, the international penal
jurisdiction, and the third-generation of human rights (rights of indigenous people) are viewed
as entirely different developments. While civil rights are still affirmed by the nation state, critics
argue that the development of international human rights standards may limit the scope of the
nation state’s sovereignty, and compete with conventional international law. Based on these conflicts, the situation of human rights will be analyzed. In addition, and in order to comprehend the
relation between the concept and the region, the theoretical critique on universalistic approaches
to human rights, and the practice of military interventions in the name of human rights, need to
be included. Furthermore, the issues of the legitimacy of nation states, and the opportunities for
citizens in times of social conflicts, will also be addressed in this research project.
Implementation:
1. §99 professorship, “Human Rights in Europe and the Americas” (€ 75,000)
2. Post-Doc position (100%) (€ 60,610)
3. Two-week research colloquium: “Civil and Human Rights within the Context of the Nation State” (€ 25,000)
Total budget required: 182,610,Key Words:
• human rights
• nation state
• The Americas
• universality
The primary objective of this research project is an interdisciplinary and intercultural analysis of
the cultural areas of the Americas (“The Americas – Las Américas – Les Amériques”), and a scientific
examination of the historical, economic and socio-cultural connections of these regions in terms
of a transregional perspective. Not only does this provide a visible platform for the established
research field of Inter-American Studies, it also enables an interdisciplinary approach and a multifaceted research on a high level. In this sense, the two American continents need to be seen as
a whole, and not as entirely separate regions unaffected by each other. According to this notion,
Americanness is examined as an all-embracing identity. Another important innovation of this approach is to abandon the traditional, comparative perspective of “Europe-Canada,” “Europe-USA,”
and respectively “Europe-Latin-America,” but to take a hemispheric perspective that opens up a
new transatlantic dialogue. In this context the constructedness of political, economic and sociocultural boundaries between sub-regions will be stressed and closer attention will be paid to the
reciprocal influence and mutuality, also in order to point at differences. In the face of global challenges there is a need for basic research on the topic of transnational interrelations and societal
issues outside Europe, migration processes and phenomena of ethnic-cultural variety. In America,
as in Europe, interdependencies exist in the development of individual nation states to state communities. Migration, cultural contact, interculturality, transcultural phenomena and cooperation
in transatlantic education will be part of the research. Inter-American Studies as a research field of
American-European relations establishes a transregional dialogue, for Europe and America.
Implementation:
1. §99 professorship “European and American Integration Processes” (€ 75,000)
3. Joint-PhD Program “Area Studies: the Americas” (drafting of a FWF-proposal for the
PhD program)
4. Two-week international research colloquium “Inter-American Studies” (PhD / Post-Doc
Position) in connection with the PhD program (€ 35,000)
Total budget required: 191,400.Key Words:
• The Americas as a region
• relation between Europe and the Americas
• migratory processes
• ethnic cultural diversity
• Eurocentrism
• Anti-Americanism
• globalization
• educational cooperation and university development
Research Network Collective Identities – Nation – Transnationality
Florian Bieber / Gerald Lamprecht / Roberta Maierhofer
The nation state, as it is exists since the 19th century, is defined as a paradigmatic idea of collective identity. In Benedict Anderson’s term of an “imagined community,” the nation state had an
enormous impact on all its members and all those, who could not, would not or were not allowed
to belong to it. Intrinsic to the concept of nation has always been a certain form of essentialism,
exclusivity and rigidity, which neither did justice to the social realities and dynamics of the 19th
century nor to those of the twentieth century. Since 1945, and with the reorganization of Europe,
the idea of nation and the national concept have been fundamentally criticized, due to constantly
changing societal and social realities, as well as to various forms of migration and political changes. Supra- and transnationality have increasingly become the focus of research endeavors, with a
particular emphasis being placed on questions of personal identity construction and individual
self-determination.
This research network takes a paradigmatic approach toward a reconceptualization of Area Studies in order to examine the comparability in the development of nation states and compare the
different regions of “North, Central, and South America,” defined as emphasis areas according to
the development plan of the University of Graz, with respect to concepts of collective identities.
The inter- and transdisciplinary approach is of utmost importance, as without it a proper evaluation of the matter would not be possible. Interdisciplinarity and interregionality is granted by the
cooperation of the Center for South-European Studies, Center for Jewish Studies, and the Center for
Inter-American Studies.
Implementation:
1. §99 professorship, “Legitimacy of States” (EUR 75,000)
2. Two PhD positions (75%) (EUR 34,700 + 34,700)
3. PhD program “Legitimacy of States and Reactions of their Citizens”
(drafting of a FWF proposal for a PhD program)
4. Two-week international research colloquium “Collective Identities – Nation - Transnationality” (PhD / PostDoc) in combination with the PhD Program (8 modules for approximately 90 participants) (EUR 35,000)
research visits abroad (EUR 22,000)
Total budget required: 201,400.Key Words:
• legitimacy of states (comparing EU / Europe / North, Central and South America)
• reconceptualization of global applications
• the role of civil society in Europe and the Americas
• the role of the nation state with respect to economic, political and socio-cultural developments
• constructions of identity as an intercultural challenge (migration)
• theoretical concepts for interdisciplinarity and interregionality
Research Network: Interdisciplinary Gerontology at the Interface
of Social Sciences, the Humanities and Natural Sciences as well as
Medical Sciences
Peter Teibenbacher / Roberta Maierhofer in cooperation with the working group of Interdisciplinary
Gerontology at the University of Graz
This research network works on an interdisciplinary examination of the demographic changes
caused by an altered age distribution. The main aim is an interdisciplinary analysis of the decisions of individual persons or smaller social groups (family, village community etc.) within a sociocultural and economic-cultural living environment, influenced by politics and overall societal factors. The field(s) of gerontology is/are specialized in examining the effects transitional processes
have on the age distribution of a population. A particular focus is placed on the age structure of a
given population due to an increasing life expectancy (mortality transition) and declining fertility
(fertility transition), partly balanced by ‘young’ migration. These changes in the age structure of a
population have an enormous impact on intergenerational relationships, the job market, systems
of social care and security.
Demography and the science(s) of ageing primarily see themselves as basic sciences, but also
as applied social sciences, as their analyses may provide important contributions for the areas
of politics and the economy where the power lies to implement these insights on a broad scale
(family policy, social policy, health policy, labor market policy, human resource management etc.).
Thus this research network considers itself at the interface of basic research and applied sciences.
(Historical) demography comprises the social discourse and the target values with respect to demographic changes. The science(s) of ageing is/are particularly located in cultural scientific and
societal discourses. Understanding the reciprocity between biological and cultural ageing is essential for realizing scopes in politics and society. Therefore one objective of this project is to critically analyze and question age specific stereotypes, as well as to find new strategies that help us to
improve our knowledge of the aging process.
The research network “Interdisciplinary Gerontology” is based on an established cooperation at
the location of Graz and will assume the coordination of the various disciplines, such as medical
and nursing sciences, gerontology with natural scientific focus, social sciences and economics, the
humanities and cultural sciences as well as demography. The aim is to produce an interdisciplinary
manual of gerontology (textbook) that gives all the participating scientific disciplines access to the
methodological and theoretically founded approaches in the field of gerontology.
Implementation
1. §99 professorship “Interdisciplinary Gerontology” (€ 75,000)
2. Two-week research colloquium “Aging and Demography” (€ 20,000)
3. Interdisciplinary modules in PhD programs (€ 22,000)
Total budget required: € 186,400.Key Words:
• demographic changes / age pyramid
• interdisciplinary gerontology/ Aging Studies
• role of the individual with respect to the nation state and society
• manual of interdisciplinary gerontology
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Interculturality, Interdisciplinarity, Diversity
and Migration in Area Studies
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Georg Schendl, Hermine Penz in cooperation with the PhD program “Migration-Diversity-Global Societies/or Companies?“
This research network is devoted to the theoretical conceptualization of area studies/regional
studies and evaluates the role of interculturality, interdisciplinarity, diversity and migration in this
field. Based on the assumption that interculturality / intercultural communication pertain to area
studies, the positioning of a subaltern “Other” in the research of regions and cultures has to be
avoided. At the same time, the diversity of regions needs to be recognized, particularly with regard
to migration processes. Furthermore, the research approach to a region not only needs to apply
the knowledge of various disciplines, but should further develop genuine and interdisciplinary
research questions.
As a model for area studies, this research network analyzes Inter-American Studies from a cultural
scientific perspective on a meta level and discusses it in the context of globalization and postcolonialism, in which issues of heterogeneity and cohesion are of vital importance to oppose essentialist approaches to a region. Interculturality and intercultural communication are crucial parts in the
research of area studies. As a theoretical field these methods need to be more integrated into the
requested interdisciplinarity of the subject. Contrary to multiculturalism, interculturality goes one
step further than merely acknowledging difference and diversity. It assumes a relation of mutual
respect, based on the concept of equality. The integration of intercultural communication and social competences into regional programs is essential for the field of area studies, not only in order
to acquire a broad general knowledge of various cultural areas, but also to allow for reflection on
questions and issues of inter- and transcultural communication as well as to establish this field as
a basic discipline of area studies.
Implementation:
1. §99 professorship “Migration and Diversity Policies” (€ 75,000)
3. Two-week international research colloquium “Migration and Diversity Policies” (PhD/
PostDoc) in combination with the PhD program (€ 35,000)
Total budget required: € 201,400.-
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Key Words:
• area studies
• priority strategic objective as defined in the development plan of the University of Graz: Inter-American Studies and South-East Europe
• interculturality and intercultural communication
• interdisciplinarity
• diversity
• migration
Climate Change and Distributive Justice
Georg Schendl in cooperation with the research groups of Inter-American Studies, Systems Sciences,
Innovation- and Sustainability Research and Philosophy
In a first step, the research project “Consequences of Climate Change and the Issue of Distributive
Justice the Americas” deals with the potential impacts of climate change on the Americas. Part of
the examination is to analyze which regions of the continent are particularly affected, even if the
“two degree climate target” of global warming was met by international measures. Present, verifiable changes are taken into account to anticipate challenges and societal conflicts resulting from
changes in the microclimatic conditions. The aim is to analyze social and cultural transformations
that are caused by changes in the environmental conditions. These mostly affect already fragile
regions with populations who are already suffering from resource scarcity and thereof resulting
poverty, and will thus have severe difficulties in adapting to these new conditions.
Based on these considerations, the concept of climate-/ distributive justice will be discussed. If this
concept was implemented, to what extend would it be applicable to the regions in questions and
what opportunities would it offer to the population? Another question is, how could such a redistribution be arranged, who may qualify as recipients? Should this role be taken by national states
or by the affected population? Would distributive justice influence the migration flows of climate
refugees? In this context the Americas are considered an exemplary region, and the results might
be transferred to other affected regions.
Implementation:
1. §99 professorship, “Climate Change” (€ 75,000)
3. Two-week international research colloquium
“Sustainable Development – Distributive Justice” (€ 20,000)
4. Interdisciplinary modules in a PhD program (€ 22,000)
Total budget required: € 177,610.Key Words:
• climate change
• social change
• migration caused by climate
• climate / distributive Justice
• The Americas (defined as emphasis areas according to the development plan of the University of Graz)
Cultural Heritage: Values and Practices of Humane Care
in Old Age by Integrating Arts and Culture
(Literature / Film / Music / Theater / Internet)
Working group of interdisciplinary gerontology at the University of Graz (Maierhofer/ Simon/ Kriebernegg/ Rásky/ Konrad/ et.al)
In the institutional support and care of elders, music, literature and theater are increasingly used
as therapy methods. Research on dementia verifies that the engagement with art and culture, as
individual expressions of time and experience, has medical benefits. Based on the latest results of
Alzheimer’s research that point to the therapeutic relevance of music and literature, this research
network examines what value and benefits can be derived from art, literature, film, music, theater
and the new media in cultural encounters and interactions in the field of old age and care, defined
as complex processes of cultural encounter and communication. The aim is to link cultural representations of old age and care with the experiences of care providers and thus establish the urgently needed interface between the humanities and medical gerontology. The increase in representations of aging in the media and the publically expressed concern about real and anticipated
high costs for care and support of elder people, forces an innovative and cultural scientific research
approach that deals with questions of aging and care on an interdisciplinary basis. Thus, positive
and negative images of aging are analyzed in terms of their social significance and a dialogue between various scientific disciplines on human aging is initiated.
Research Questions:
1. How do art, literature, music, film, theater or the new media affect cultural encounters
with older people?
2. How can new insights concerning the relation between age and art, literature, music,
film, theater, and new media change the intercultural understanding and methods of
care?
3. What forms and examples of art, film, literature, other cultural products or rituals do
elder people consider of sufficient value to pass them onto the next generation?
4. In what way can these examples be viewed as “affective cultural heritage”?
5. What kind of meta-levels are available for research? What kind of methods can be
developed to create comparative, multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, interregional and
intercultural approaches for researching cultural encounters in the field of support and
care?
Implementation:
1. §99 professorship “Cultural Gerontology” (€ 75,000)
2. Two-week research colloquium “Art as Therapy” (€ 20,000)
3. Scheduling of a FWF proposal “Cultural Encounters with Age” (€ 9,000)
4. Scheduling of EU projects (Marie Curie / COST): Travels (€ 3,000)
Key Words:
• gerontology
• Alzheimer’s and Dementia research
• care and support
• significance of culture and art
• integration
• cultural transfer
• cultural heritage
• palliative medicine
Interdisciplinary Research Network “Space and
Resource Management” in Institutions of Eldercare
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Ulla Kriebernegg in cooperation with TU Graz and the working group “Interdisciplinary Gerontology” at
the University of Graz
Performance
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In his groundbreaking essay “Of Other Spaces” Foucault defines heterotopias (literally: “the other
space”) as spaces that in a way simulate reality. With regard to prisons, hospitals and retirement or
nursing homes, Foucault talks about heterotopias of deviation, places where “individuals whose behavior is deviant in relation to the required mean or norm are placed” (1986, 25). Based on Foucault’s
concept of the panopticon, this network investigates why institutions such as nursing homes are
still build according to a disciplinary logic and why spatial concepts are only very slowly developed
according to the needs of old people.
Highlighting the significance of spatial arrangements as a critical and experiential framework
through which contemporary cultural constructions of home, embodied subjectivity and old age
can be understood, this project focuses on representations of institutional eldercare to unveil the
complex operation of spatial dynamics for the construction and redefinition of life-course narratives. An analysis of cultural representations of age and aging with regard to space and place will
inform future decisions regarding architecture and interior design of nursing homes. Only by taking
an interdisciplinary and collaborative approach to aging and old age can future challenges of eldercare be met. As a result of this project, concrete social and political measures will be formulated.
Publications
Research questions:
1. What role do aspects of space and place play for the construction of identity especially
in old age?
2. What scope of action can develop, which spheres of influence become inaccessible,
and what kinds of power relations are mirrored, reinforced, or subverted through spatial
practices?
3. How can the results of such research influence nursing home architecture, and which
concrete measures can be implemented?
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Implementation:
1. §99 professorship “Designing Future Spaces” (with TU Graz) (€ 75.000)
2. Two-week research colloquium “Space and Place in Gerontology” (€ 20.000)
3. Preparation of research proposal “Interdisciplinary Gerontology,”
Travels (€ 9.000)
4. Preparation of EU projects (Marie Curie / COST): Travels (€ 3.000)
5. Post-doc position (100%) (€ 60.610)
Total budget: € 167.610.-
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Key words:
• Cultural Gerontology
• space, place
• nursing homes
• architecture and interior design,
• care
• demographic change
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