Austrian Events in the Midwest
Chicago, IL: 13th EU Film Festival, Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute, 5 March – 1 April
20 March, 3:00 pm: LOURDES by Jessica Hausner
25 March, 6:00 pm: LOURDES, Regie Jessica Hausner
Chicago, IL: Concert by Austrian brass band Mnozil Brass, Northeastern Illinois University, 21 March, 3:00 pm (for tickets ($25) please visit the website of Northeastern Illinois University)
Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN: "From ‘Methodenstreit’ to the ‘Science Wars’ - Lessons from Methodological and Foundational Debates in the History and Philosophy of Science", lecture by Friedrich Stadler (University of Vienna), Center for Austrian Studies, 24 March, 12:00 pm
Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN: "Language, Nation State and Diversity: Sociology in Europe", lecture by Christian Fleck (Karl-Franzens University Graz), Center for Austrian Studies, 25 March, 4:00 pm
Chicago, IL: Concert by Austrian musician Willi Resetarits (also known as Ostbahn-Kurti, Professor Dr. Kurt Ostbahn), DANK-HAUS, 27 March, 7:30 pm (for tickets ($5) please call Joanne McAllister at 312 863 5220)
Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN: "Understanding the Migration Experience: The Austrian-American Connection, 1870-1914 -- An Interim Project Report", Vortrag von Annemarie Steidl (University of Vienna), Wladimir Fischer (University of Vienna), and James Oberly (University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire), Center for Austrian Studies, 19 April, 12:15 pm
Chicago, IL: Lecture by Austrian author Gloria Kaiser: ‘The Brazilian Expedition of 1817 as Portrayed in the Art of Thomas Ender', Goethe-Institut, 4 May, 6:00 pm
Gloria Kaiser will present a lecture on the watercolors of Thomas Ender, who was part of the royal expedition to Brazil in 1817, accompanying Dona Leopoldina, the Habsburg Archduchess who had been married in absentia to Pedro of Brazil.
Gloria Kaiser, born in Styria, is a prize-winning novelist, known for her historical novels with a focus on Brazil, where she lives for three months a year.
Her books include: "Dona Leopoldina. The Habsburg Empress of Brazil"; "Saudade. the Life and Death of Queen Maria Glória of Lusitania"; "Pedro II of Brazil. Son of the Habsburg Empress"; "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Perspectives from his Correspondence" and "Die Amazone von Rom, Das abenteuerliche Leben der Christina von Schweden".
