American Corner Innsbruck

Thanksgiving Celebration

November 24, 2019.

The American Corner Innsbruck wishes all a Happy Thanksgiving! We celebrated together with the Austro-American Society on Sunday, 24 November, with lots of pot-luck food and even an early visit from Santa!

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“He’s been to the Mountaintop: Luis Trenker’s Western Der Kaiser von Kalifornien and the Tradition of the Bergfilm”

Featuring: Kamaal Haque / Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Thursday, 14 November 2019, 12.00 Uhr to 13.30 Uhr

Universität Innsbruck, Innrain 52e, Hörsaal 5 3/4

Often called one of the best and best-known German Westerns, Luis Trenker’s 1936 film Der Kaiser von Kalifornien is a fictionalized account of the life of Johann August Sutter, best known today as the owner of the mill where the California Gold Rush of 1849 started. The film depicts Sutter as the founder and leader of a community in California where all benefit from the paradisiacal conditions of his benevolent rule, until the day that gold is found on his property and chaos ensues. Previous interpretations of this film have situated both within the traditions of the Western and National Socialism film production. Critics do, of course, mention Trenker’s past as a founding member of the uniquely German genre of the Bergfilm, yet only briefly mention the connections between the Der Kaiser von Kalifornien and the classical Bergfilm. This talk will focus on those connections. I will argue that the film is more indebted to the traditions of the Bergfilm than is often presumed. While mountains are not prominent in the film, the urge to command from on high, the desire to reach the mountaintop and see the Promised Land, is one of the film’s defining themes. Both dramaturgy and cinematography in the tradition on the Bergfilm reinforce this view from the summit in Der Kaiser von Kalifornien. Furthermore, the film’s mixed messages on modernity are in line with the Bergfilm’s own ambiguity on technological progress, an ambiguity that haunts Sutter in the film.

Kamaal Haque is associate professor of German at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania (USA). He earned his Ph.D. in German and Comparative Literature at Washington University in St. Louis with a dissertation on space in Goethe’s West-östlicher Divan. His research has most recently been on the Bergfilm as well as the literature of the German-speaking Alps. Past and upcoming essays have been on Luis Trenker, Arnold Fanck, the Heimatfilm and Franz Hohler. He is currently writing a monograph on the films of Luis Trenker.

Poster

November 8, 2019

The morning after his public concert in Innsbruck, Eric Anderson and team conducted an American roots music workshop with demonstrations and discussions for some 35 pupils and teachers at the Gymnasium in der Au, sponsored by the American Corner Innsbruck.

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November 7, 2019

The American Corner co-sponsored a public concert featuring renowned U.S. singer-songwriter Eric Anderson and accompanying musicians at the popular cultural "house" known as the Bierstindl in Innsbruck. More than 120 enthusiastic visitors crowded the modest-sized performance-barroom and enjoyed a great evening.

Talk by Prof. Dr. Ryan Gray, visiting professor of Anthrolology/Archeology at the University of Innsbruck from the University of New Orleans:

Wednesday, 23 of October 2019, 18.00 / 6pm:

Zentrum für Alte Kulturen, Langer Weg 11, SR 1

Dr. Ryan Gray

(Department of Anthropology and Sociology – University of New Orleans)

A Midwife and a 'Mother': Archaeologies of Healing and Power in the Lives of Two New Orleans Women

The field of historical archaeology, the archaeology of the modern world, is pursued as a subfield of anthropology in North America, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary research on material culture. It provides an opportunity to examine the everyday lives of people whose stories go unrecorded in documents, or who are marginalized because of race, ethnicity, gender, or class. This presentation will draw upon archaeological work at two sites from the very recent past in New Orleans, Louisiana, as examples of the practice of historical archaeology in the United States. It will use archaeological and historical evidence to examine how two women of color in the early modern city were able to make new claims on citizenship and social power, even within the racist social structure of the segregated South.

Poster

Information Open House for Teaching Assistants

On October 11 2019, the American Corner Innsbruck hosted an information open house featuring Mr. Dune Johnson, from the Education USA/Fulbright headquarters in Vienna. Students and Faculty from the University of Innsbruck and the Management Center Innsbruck stopped by to ask questions and get information. Fulbright U.S. Teaching Assistants (USTAs) newly stationed in Tirol also stopped by for discussions and a small welcome reception.

Thursday, 27.06.2019 to Saturday, 29.06.2019

International Conference

Interdisciplinary International Symposium "Disability Studies & Participation in Higher Education"

Kaiser-Leopold-Saal, Karl-Rahner-Platz 3

Admission / Costs: Free

Lecturer

Keynote speakers: Jos Boys (University College London, UK); Sheila Riddell (University of Edinburgh, UK); Petra Anders (Institute for Empirical Sociology, Nuremberg, DE); Robert Stodden (University of Hawaii, US); James Martin (University of Oklahoma, US); Justin Powell (University of Luxembourg, LU)

Additional Information

The symposium starts on Thursday, 27.06.2019 at 16:00 and ends on Saturday, 29.06.2019 at 14:30.

Invitation

Independence Day celebration on July 4th

04.07.19

The American Corner Innsbruck and the Austro-American Society/Tirol Chapter held their annual Independence Day celebration on July 4th. The obligatory hamburgers and hot dogs with all the fixings were center stage, along with ribs and grilled vegetables. Society members brought side dishes and desserts and guests were greeted with a welcome prosecco drink. After two years of rainy Independence Day gatherings, this year the weather cooperated beautifully. About 80 attendees of all ages enjoyed outdoor play and good conversation well into the evening.

"Happy Hour" with the Chargé d'Affaires Robin Dunnigan

28.06.19

While on other Embassy business in Innsbruck, the Chargé d'Affaires Robin Dunnigan graciously offered to host an informal information "Happy Hour" for selected students interested in learning about life in diplomatic service. Students from the U.S., Austria and Romania joined her for a delightful and insightful discussion about a career as a foreign service officer and the importance of public diplomacy. Public Affairs officer Jitesh Ved accompanied the Chargé, and added some of his own observations. The American Corner thanks them both!

Info/Welcome Session with UT/Arlington

12.06.19

The American Corner Innsbruck held an information and welcome session in the historic Turingensaal for a study group of architecture students and faculty from the University of Texas at Arlington. Background information on the ACI and the University of Innsbruck was given first, followed by discussions of joint study abroad and forming transatlantic partnerships. The group then engaged in more discussions while enjoying a casual pizza lunch, courtesy of the UIBK Office of International Relations. All and all, an enjoyable and productive two hours!

Film Screening and Discussion:
"Water makes us Wet"

08.06.2019

With a mix of humor, curiosity and sensuality, this film takes us for a journey with the U.S. American filmmakers Annie Sprinkle, Beth Stevens and their dog Butch in their traveling camper "E.A.R.T.H.", as they explore water in California, contemplate "Earth as Mother" and "Earth as Lover" to portray a multi-faceted and sensitively-portrayed relationship with the natural world.

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"The Eyes and Ears of the World"

06.06.2019

From the series "Third Person Plural" from von Aikaterini Gegisian, "The Eyes and Ears of the World" uses visual material from the extensive archives of U.S. post-War newscasts during the years 1945-1957, which the artist culled together from the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. The Film considers this form of visual popular culture of the period, examining the aesthetics and the information control. Following the screening is a discussion moderated by Assoc.-Prof. Christian Quendler, Department of American Studies, University of Innsbruck.

Englishes in the USA

featuring

Alexander Onysko / Klagenfurt

Wednesday, 08. May 2019, 13.45 - 15.15 Uhr

Universität Innsbruck, Innrain 52d, Geiwi-Tower (Ground Floor), Hörsaal 3

Language: English

This presentation is free and open to the public!

Invitation

Junge UNI

26 April 2019

The University of Innsbruck opened its door to some 1700 (!) school pupils and teachers for it's Young University Day on Friday, 26 April 2019. The American Corner Innsbruck joined forces with the international area-studies centers for a fun and informative display on the theme "National Symbols that Tell a Story". Each country selected two national symbols. We worked up posters with information and created two quizzes based on the information posted. Young people (and teachers!) who got all the answers correct could choose a small prize (sweets, national friendship pins, etc.). We in the American Corner chose the bald eagle and the Great Seal as our symbols, and in addition to the quizzes, we had copies for the symbols printed for the younger children to color in or take with them.

Earth Day

22 April 2019

On Easter Monday (a holiday in Austria), the American Corner Innsbruck celebrated Earth Day with an info table at the annual Easter Monday Festival conducted by the Botanical Garden Innsbruck. It was fortuitous that Earth Day, April 22, coincided with this lovely and informative event. The weather cooperated beautifully and some 700 visitors came to learn, stroll the grounds, tour the green houses and generally just enjoy the day. The event is popular among all age-groups, but is especially geared towards families with children. We at the American Corner Innsbruck distributed information on the history of Earth Day, along with a special mix of bee- and butterfly-friendly flower seeds, which we packed in little bags and stapled to info flyers. Many of the visitors to our table were clearly surprised and delighted that the little packet was a gift--for the good of our earth, our insects, and all of us!

DIAMETRALE

Film Festival for experimental and weird

Innsbruck. 29. March | 11. April | 13. April
Festival Program: http://www.diametrale.at

This year we present 32 films (6 LONG -, 2 Medium-Length -, 24 short films) from all over the world, three concerts, a 16 mm short performance and a DJ movie brunch.

Places of play in Innsbruck: leokino-cinematograph, p.m.k, Brennpunkt coffee competence

UNO - Innsbruck International Summer School

INFO SESSION

Tuesday, March 12 @ 14:30

Innrain 52, 4U102b

Wednesday, March 13 @ 11:00

Herzog-Friedrich-Str. 3, Claudiana

Invitation

Mardi Gras - Faschingsdienstag

Tuesday, 5 March 2019

We celebrated New Orleans, Louisiana Mardi Gras in Innsbruck, Austria. Sharing our cultures and traditions with live Mardi Gras music, Second Line parades through Old Town, beads to throw, Hurricane cocktails, snacks, King Cakes, and lots of fun!

Valentine's Day Meet-and-Greet

14 February 2019

A presentation by and discussion with Prof. Dr. Michaela Hoenicke- Moore, University of Iowa, USA:

“Varieties of Patriotism: Americans Debate Their Country's Role in the World”

Wednesday, 9 January 2019 5:00pm /17.00 Uhr / Claudiasaal, Claudiana, 2nd floor up Herzog-Friedrich-Str. 3, Innsbruck

CHRISTMAS CAROLING 2018

THANKSGIVING DINNER 2018

The American Corner Innsbruck joined with the Austro-American Society/Tirol for a splendid early Thanksgiving celebration, Sunday 18 November, at the Sieglanger Pfarrkirche Maria am Gstade. 90 hungry men, women and children came bearing pot-luck dishes and donations for the raffle. For this now traditional AAS/ACI celebration, the Austro-American Society provides the turkeys, gravy and beverages, everyone brings a side dish or dessert in American pot-luck style, and the ACI arranges for the venue, helpers, table supplies and a visit from Santa to the little ones after dinner. After Santa has come and gone, we hold a raffle. Everyone in attendance had a wonderful time!

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Invitation to a free event coming up this week:

Canadian Exceptionalism: Frontiers, Staples, Metropoles and Geographies of Uneven Development

Free Admission!

Speaker: Gordon Winder / LMU München

Date: Tuesday, 27. November 2018, 7:15 PM

Place: Universität Innsbruck, Innrain 52, Lecture Hall 3, Geiwi-Turm, Ground Floor

Language: English

We Hope to see you there!

Poster

Sob a Pata do Boi

Brasil, 2018, 49 min

Tuesday, October 30th 2018, 7:15PM
Univeristy of Innsbruck, Innrain 52, lecture room 3, Geiwi-Turm, ground floor
Portuguese/Brazilian with English subtitles

Presentation by Martin Coy

Info: There are 85 million cows in the Brazilian Amazon, which means three cows for each human dweller grazing today and area that was once forest. Less than fifty years ago, in the 1970s, the rainforest was intact. Since then, a portion the size of France has disappeared, 66% of which transformed into pastures. Much of this change is a consequence of government incentives that attracted thousands of farmers from southern lands. Cattle ranching became an economic and cultural banner of the Amazon, forging powerful politicians to defend it. In 2009, there was a game changer: the Public Prosecutor's Office sued large slaughterhouses, forcing them to supervise cattle supplying farms.

Poster

Fulbright Information Open House

Friday, 12 October, 16:00-17:00

at the American Corner Innsbruck

The American Corner Innsbruck hosted Mr. Dune Johnson, Fulbright representative from Vienna, who made himself available for questions and distributed materials. Following the information session, the ACI hosted a small welcome reception for the new U.S. Teaching Assistants (USTAs) in Tirol. Besides lively conversation, the USTAs also enjoyed being able to select government publications from the ACI office for use in their classrooms.

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Within the cool, Gothic vaulted walls of Innsbruck's historic Claudiana building, visitors sat comfortably on a sweltering hot afternoon to hear university professor Dr. Marc Landry present a fascinating study on environmental history: "Europe's Battery: The Alps in the Age of Fossil Fuels". In his presentation, Dr. Landry concentrated on energy policies in the 19th and 20th Centuries, but brought the discussion up to the present day. He discussed the importance of hydro-power sources in the Alps and gave comparisons with fossil fuel statistics. 30 people attended and asked many questions during and after the presentation, providing a lively basis for discussion.

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4th of July Party 2018

American Corner Innsbruck and the Austro-American Society members and friends enjoyed some festivities at the CCB in Innsbruck. The 4th of July, Independence day in the USA. The Party was a great success and very enjoyable. Hope to see you there next year!

Cultural Attaché Nathanael Lynn Podium address at the opening of the UNO-Innsbruck International Summer School and Panel Discussion: Professors Anton Pelinka & Heinz Gärtner “U.S. Politics from a European Perspective”

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The American Corner Innsbruck at the University of Innsbruck cordially invites you to

a presentation by and discussion with Prof. Dr. Marc Landry, Associate Director, Center Austria, University of New Orleans

“Europe’s Battery: The Alps in the Fossil Fuel Age”

Tuesday / 24 July 2018 / 5:00pm / 17.00Uhr / Türingsaal / Claudiana / 1st floor up / Herzog-Friedrich-Str. 3 / Innsbruck

Marc Landry II is Assistant Professor for Central European History and Associate Director of the Austrian Marshall Plan Center for European Studies (Center Austria). Dr. Landry specializes in environmental history and is currently in Innsbruck as a faculty member with the UNO-Innsbruck International Summer School.

Invitation

The American Corner Innsbruck at the University of
Innsbruck cordially invites you to the international conference:

Europe‘s Staging – Staging Europe

International Conference 28–29 June 2018, Start: 9.00 a.m.

Conference venue:
Claudiana, Herzog-Friedrich-Str. 3, Innsbruck

Institute of Romance Languages and Literatures (Innsbruck)
Department for Music and Dance Studies (Salzburg)

Program

Poster

The Department of American Studies, the American Corner Innsbruck at the University of
Innsbruck and the Center for Interamerican Studies (ZIAS) cordially invite you to a talk by

Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Alexandra Ganser (University of Vienna)

The Many Faces of American Piracy, 1678-1861

Monday / June 25 / 2018 / 7.00 p.m. / HS 6 / Humanities Building

From the colonial era to the twenty-first century, pirates have remained fascinating figures in transatlantic American literature and popular culture. In my talk, I ask about the causes of this popularity and explore in what ways the cultural imaginary teased out the pirate’s ambivalent potential as a figure of identification and Othering. I will touch on Puritan execution sermons, early American broadsides, antebellum historical romances and popular plays, and caricatures of alleged secessionist ‘pirates’ at the beginning of the Civil War. I argue that in all of these cases, piracy functions as a discursive category moving in a continuum between the propagation of (post-)colonial adventure and accumulation on the one hand and critical commentary on exploitation and colonial oppression on the other.

Alexandra Ganser is professor for American Studies and Executive Director of the Centre for Canadian Studies at the University of Vienna. She received her PhD from the University of Erlangen (Roads of Her Own: Gendered Space and Mobility in American Women’s Road Narratives, 1970-2000, Rodopi 2009). She was Christoph-Daniel-Ebeling Fellow at the American Antiquarian Society and is a Fulbright Alumna. Her research interests center on mobility studies (Key Researcher, interdisciplinary platform Mobile Cultures and Societies, U of Vienna), popular culture, gender studies, transatlantic American studies, and ecocriticism. Her current FWF-sponsored project Crisis and Discourses of Legitimacy in Transatlantic Narratives of Piracy, 1678-1865 is forthcoming as a monograph with Palgrave Macmillan.

The Department of American Studies, the American Corner Innsbruck at the University of
Innsbruck and the Center for Interamerican Studies (ZIAS) cordially invite you to a talk by

Dr. James C. Chatters (Applied Paleoscience)

The First Americans’ Faces

Monday / June 11 / 2018 / 7.00 p.m. / HS 6 / Humanities Building

Remains of ancient people are commonly treated as specimens and their humanity fails to be conveyed properly. Although this is thought by many academics to be the proper way to do science, it is more rewarding, and easier to communicate to the lay public when we humanize our ancient predecessors. We give them names, like Lucy or Ötzi and recreate their faces. In this presentation Dr. Chatters describes the processes he followed to recreate the images of two widely publicized early Americans: Kennewick Man and Naia of Hoyo Negro. It begins with the scientific research into their diets, development, and activity patterns and is completed through forensic sculptural reconstruction. The latter requires decisions informed by science and must avoid the pressures of politics, ethnocentrism, and nationalism to achieve the most objective and accurate representation possible.

Dr. James Chatters is an archaeologist and paleontologist with over fifty years of research experience. He has been involved in the recovery and first studies of ten of North America’s fifty oldest skeletons. He has presented his research around the world and has appeared articles in numerous leading journals such as Science, Quaternary Science Reviews, Quaternary International, World Archaeology, Journal of World Prehistory, and Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology as well as the book Ancient Encounters. His work has appeared in many documentaries, and is central to PBS NOVA’s “Mystery of the First Americans” and “The First Face of America.” He lives in Bothell, Washington, USA.

The Department of American Studies and the American Corner Innsbruck at the University of
Innsbruck cordially invite you to a talk by

PD Dr. Sascha Pöhlmann
Associate Professor at the Amerika-Institut of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich

Play Around to Lose Yourself: David OReilly's Everything

Thursday / June 7 / 2018 / 10.15 a.m. / HS 2 / Humanities Building

The Department of American Studies, the American Corner Innsbruck, and the Research Platform Gender Studies at the University of Innsbruck cordially invite you to a film screening of

Su Friedrich ́s

THE TIES THAT BIND

Monday / April 23 / 2018 / 5.15 p.m. / HS 5 / Humanities Building

Invitation

The American Corner Innsbruck invites you all and friends to stop by the Prandtauer Ufer park (across the Inn from the GeiWi towers) for an early

Celebration of Earth Day

Friday / April 20 / 2018 / 11.00 – 16.00

Public Park at Prandtauer Ufer on the Inn (opposite the GEIWI Towers)

In case of bad weather, we will picnic at our officegalerie and kitchen area.

The Department of American Studies and the American Corner Innsbruck at the University of Innsbruck cordially invite you to a talk by

Dr. Joshua Parker

Ass.-Professor at the Department of English and American Studies at the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

Friday / April 20 / 2018 / 10.15 a.m. / HS 2 / Humanities Building

The Department of American Studies, the American Corner Innsbruck, and the Research Platform Gender Studies at the University of Innsbruck cordially invite you to a film screening of Su Friedrich´s

SINK OR SWIM

Monday / April 9 / 2018 / 5.15 p.m. / HS 5 / Humanities Building

Poster/Invitation

Dr. Margaret Davidson and some American students that are studying in the spring semester of 2018 at the University of Innsbruck took a trip to the "70 Years Marshall Plan Exhibit" at the WKO Tirol. This exhibit is on display until the end of the month March 2018 and celebrates the anniversary of the Marshall Plan, a key American initiative to help rebuild and strengthen Austria, post-WWII.

February 23, 2018 the American Corner Innsbruck conducted a presentation about the Civil Rights Movement in America at Akademisches Gymnasium Innsbruck!

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KEVIN MEISEL TRIO (Michigan)

Tuesday, February 27, 2018, 20.00 pm

BrennPunkt coffee competence Viaduktbogen 46

Folk/Roots-Rock raconteur Kevin Meisel is a gifted and honest singer-songwriter.

"Songs wie ganz großes Kino"

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3 Day Startup

In recognition of International Mountain day, we would like to invite you to a series of events! The first is on Monday , December 4, 2017 and a second on Monday, December 11, 2017. Check out the flyer for more information!

The Crowdsourced Archive:
Mobile Media, Appalachian Photography, and the Local(ized) Frame

Tuesday, November 21, 2017, 6.00pm (18.00 Uhr) HS 7, Lecture Hall 7, Humanities Building

Be sure to stop by and check out this guest lecture from Professor Mark Nunes of Appalachian State University concerning the relationship between social media photography & the attempt to document a sense of place. Please refer to the flyer below for more info!

Christmas Caroling

20 brave souls came to sing with us at the now annual ACI| AAS Christmas party. Food and drink--especially drink-- helped lower inhibitions about singing without back up music for a full hour, until our professional musician and music teacher arrived with her flute. Competition with other Christmas parties was stiff this year, but those who came for the 6 pm party stayed until well after 10 pm and a wonderful time was had by all!

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American Folk/Bluegrass Concert

October 13th, 2017, Café Brennpunkt

Danny Santos, a singer/songwriter who is a “travelin Texas troubadour & tunesmith” and his partner Tom Custer played a concert at Cafe Brennpunkt. The concert was co-sponsored by the ACI

School workshop BORG Innsbruck

Earlier that day Santos & his partner Tom Custer held a music workshop at the BORG in Fallmeraryerstrasse Innsbruck for about 25 English & Music students from Magister Jutz’s course and the workshop was enthusiastically received.

USTA Welcome Reception

Wednesday October 11^th ACI 5-8pm

About 15 US Teaching assistants were invited to view the American Corner and see what is available for them and to meet with their USTA coordinator, Mag. Belona Berchtaler

American Corner Innsbruck & Fulbright Austria Information Open House Session

October 11th 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm

American Corner Innsbruck, Claudiana, 1st floor up Herzog-Friedrich-Straße 3, Innsbruck

Panel Discussion: Wolfgang Dvorák, Jenny Hausberger, et al. July 31st 6:00 PM, HS5 Geiwi

The European Migrant Crisis from a Refugee Perspective

UNO-Innsbruck International Summer School Lecture Series

Professor Verena Wieser July 24th 2:00 PM, HS5 Geiwi

Sport Event Sponsoring as Cultural Branding Tool: Austrian and Int’l Contexts

EducationUSA Interactive: U.S. Campus Culture

Date and Time: Thursday, July 6, 2017, 10:00am EDT / 14:00 UTC

Event page: educationusa.state.gov/educationusa-interactive

Curious about studying in the U.S.? Already accepted and starting to pack? Either way, this EducationUSA Interactive is for you! Join U.S. higher education experts, currently enrolled international students, and a U.S. Department of State official for an introduction to U.S. academic culture and campus life.Find out what daily student life is like for international students studying in the U.S. today. Ask questions and learn how U.S. campuses welcome international students.

This free, online discussion was open to the public and included a moderated conversation with questions submitted live from the online audience.

July 4th Barbeque

Foreign Policy under the Trump Administration speech by visiting scholar Brett Netto

Mr. Brett Netto, Ph.D. candidate at Virginia Tech, spoke on U.S. Foreign Policy under Trump. After introductory remarks on how U.S. foreign policy is conducted and who is involved, he considered a few examples to analyze how U.S. foreign policy is perceived under the Trump administration, followed by a very active discussion period."

Wednesday June 21st, 6 PM Geiwi Building HS 7

We hope all who went had fun checking out the American music group "The Howlin' Brothers" at Cafe Brennpunkt on May 30th

Thanks to all who attended on Tuesday May 23rd for a speech by visiting Professor Kevin Schilbrack!

"Religious Affordances"

Professor Cheah, UC/Berkeley “Worlding Literature”

May 12^th-13^th, 2017, Claudiana

Thanks for joining us in listening to an interesting talk by visiting Professor Damien B. Schlarb on May 9th!

"Irregular, not Irreverent: Religion and Theology in Moby-Dick and The Scarlet Letter"

[Link to Invite/more Info]

The following flyer was for a great opportunity known as the "Austria to Austin Student Startup Exchange"

A program of U.S Embassy Vienna´s Young Transatlantic Leaders Initiative

[Flyer]

Charge d' Affaires Eugene Young Speech on New U.S Adminsitration

Thanks to all who came to hear an interesting take on the new U.S. Administration by Charge d' Affairs Eugene Young from the U.S. Embassy in Vienna on Tuesday March 28th, 18:30 in the Aula of the Main University!

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Professor Walter Mead Speech on Current Administration

Thanks to all who joined us for a successful lecture about the current administration and its influence on foreign policy by Professor Walter Mead on March 9th at 18:00 HS 1 in the Sowi.

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The American Corner invited you to join in at Tyrolia Buch on January 26th 7:30 PM as Barbara Hahn introduced her book "Die US-amerikanische Stadt im Wandel." Entry was free. This event was co-sponsored with the Center for Interamerican Studies (ZIAS) and TYROLIA, and was conducted in German.

Flyer

Christmas Caroling Party

Members of the Austro-American Society/Tirol and invited ACI guests gathered on Thursday, 15 December, for our annual Christmas Caroling party. Before singing, people enjoyed a buffet of food and drink. Then the songbooks were distributed and the caroling began. Great fun was had by all!

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“What’s next? America under President Trump & what we can learn from the 2016 election cycle.”

Featuring Mr. Yussi Pick

Monday, November 28th, 2016 7PM in Claudiasaal (2nd floor) of the Claudiana, Herzog-Friedrich-Straße 3, 6020 Innsbruck.

The American Corner Innsbruck (ACI) and the Center for Interamerican Studies (ZIAS) hosted a post-election event featuring Mr. Yussi Pick, U.S. elections and campaigns expert and managing partner at Pick and Barth Digital Strategies. Mr. Pick spent the final weeks before the election working at the Clinton campaign headquarters. He first explained how a campaign staff is normally grouped into special ares of responsibilities, showed photos inside the Clinton headquarters, and then talked some about the innovative approaches taken for digital and media campaigning. Some digital and media approaches used by the Trump campaign were also addressed. After commenting on we we can learn from this campaign and where we move forward, Mr. Pick took questions from the audience on the role of social media, fake news/propoganda, the role of tradtional media, the creation of "narratives" which hurt or help a candidate, and more. The full house of 75 included a local Gymnasium class and teacher.

[Link to Invite, Photos]

Thanksgiving Dinner together with the Austro-American Society

Sunday, 20 November, 2016, Sieglanger Pfarrkirche Maria Gstade, Weingartnerstr. 44, 6020 Innsbruck

We celebrate traditionally on the Sunday before Thanksgiving Thursday, which isn't a holiday here in Austria. AAS members, ACi invited guests, families with children, students and retirees all came together for an evening of great food and conviviality. The Austro-American Society provides the turkeys/gravy and beverages, attendees all bring some sort of dish to share--in true American pot-luck tradition. After dinner Santa Claus even comes to visit the young ones, and a raffle rounds up the evening of togetherness. We are already looking forward to next year's event!

[Link to Photos]

The First Clinton and Trump Debate: Out of a Frying-pan into the Fire

Monday, November 14, 2016, 10:15am in the HS 7, Humanities Building,GEIWI (Innrain 52), 6020 Innsbruck

The American Corner Innsbruck and the Department of American Studies at the University of Innsbruck organized a talk on the first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Manfred Kienpointner, Professor of General Linguistics at the University of Innsbruck, Austria spoke on the topic.

[Link to Photos]

43^rd International Conference of the Austrian Association for American Studies:

"America Through the Small Screen: Television and Its Transformations"

November 11-13, 2016, School of Catholic Theology (Karl-Rahner-Platz 1) and the GEIWI (Innrain 52), 6020 Innsbruck.

The Austrian Association for American Studies (AAAS) held their 43rd Conference here at the University of Innsbruck from November 11-13. Keynote speakers included Christopher Bigsby from the University of East Anglia, Amanda D. Lotz from the University of Michigan and Diane Negra from the University College Dublin.

[For more information, please click here.]

[Download the program here.]

International Day of the International Services of the University of Innsbruck

Tuesday, November 8, 2016, 11:00 am – 04:00 pm in the Claudiana (1^st floor), Herzog-Friedrich-Straße 3, 6020 Innsbruck.

The American Corner Innsbruck joined with the Landeszentren for the annual University of Innsbruck International Day, held this year on 8 November 2016. Some 200 students, pupils, and interested members of the public came through our offices to learn about what we have to offer. The American Corner was please to welcome two representatives from Fulbright in Vienna, who stayed the day and talked to many about education and teaching opportunities supported by Fulbright in the United States. A photo contest announced several months ago was judged by the visitors, who voted by ballot--fitting for the November 8th Election Day in the U.S.--and the ACI was pleased to present a GoPro camera to the young photographer of the public's favorite photo: a splendid, almost spiritual photo of campers around a fire and the brilliant Milky Way stretching out above them in the night sky.

[Link to Program, Invite, Press Release,Photos]

An American View on US Presidential Elections

Thursday, November 3, 2016, 6pm (18:00) in the Claudiasaal (2nd floor) of the Claudiana, Herzog-Friedrich-Straße 3, 6020 Innsbruck.

Robert Greenan, Public Affairs Counselor of the US Embassy in Vienna spoke on the US Presidential elections and also took questions from the audience.

Following this talk/discussion, there was a light reception.

[Link to Invite, Photos]

School Music Workshop

Monday, October 24 2016, Innsbruck Waldorfschule, Jahnstraße 5, 6020 Innsbruck

The American Corner Innsbruck was pleased to sponsor a school music workshop on the morning of 24 October featuring Emily Jane White, a singer/songwriter influenced by the American blues and folk tradition with a mix of pop-rock added. Ms. White spoke and performed for a school audience of 25 (9th class, Innsbruck Waldorfschule), talking about and demonstrating song-writing. There was a active exchange, with pupils asking lots of questions before Ms. White had to leave with her band for an engagement in Vienna that same night.

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Emily Jane White & Band

Sunday, October 23 2016, 8:00pm/20:00 at the Bierstindl, Klostergasse 6, 6020 Innsbruck

Her music is best described as "Americana folk with a dark flavor to it". Emily Jane White has recently released her new album "They Moved in Shadow All Together" and has performed at the Bierstindl on Sunday.

eLibrary USA Workshop

October 11, 10:30am - 11.30 am, in the coffeeroom (1^st floor) of the Claudiana, Herzog-Friedrich-Straße 3, (Altstadt), 6020 Innsbruck.
The aim of the workshop was to broaden academic research skills and to give people an insight into online research possibilities with a focus on eLibrary USA.

A Guest Lecture by Prof. Noam Shoval on

The Urban Development of Jerusalem and its Geopolitical Future

Friday, October 7, 6:00 pm (18:00) in Hörsaal 7 of the GEIWI Gebäude, Innrain 52, Innsbruck

Our friends from the Austro-Israel Academic Network Innsbruck (AIANI) have invited Prof. Shoval from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem to speak on Jerusalem's current urban and social geography.

[Link to more Info]

Freakwater Concert

Saturday, October 1 2016, 7:30pm/19:30 at the Bierstindl, Klostergasse 6, 6020 Innsbruck

After more than ten years Freakwater came back to Europe again. They were presenting their new album 'Scheherezade'.

[Link to more Info/Website/Photos]

UNO Summer School Lecture Series

July 11, 25 at 6pm/18:00 in Hörsaal 4 of the GeiWi Turm - Main University Building

To all interested, feel free to join us at the UNO Summer School Lecture Series. These events are free and open to the public!

Reflections on the U.S. Presidential Elections

Wednesday, July 27 2016, 5 pm/17:00 in the Claudiasaal of the Claudiana, Herzog-Friedrich-Straße 3, (Altstadt), 6020 Innsbruck.

This lecture, held by Robert Dupont, an Associate Professor of History at the University of New Orleans, is part of the UNO Summer School Lecture Series and presented in cooperation with the American Corner Innsbruck. This event is free and open to the public. A small reception will follow Prof. Dupont's remarks.

[Link to Invite/more Info]

Independence Day Celebration at Lanser See

Saturday, July 2, 2016, 3:30 p.m.

On Saturday the American Corner in cooperation with the Austro-American Society held their popular family picnic day. Our guests were provided with American foods, music and free to enjoy the amenities of Lanser See. The entire staff of the Institut für Amerikastudien from the University of Innsbruck was invited and we were especially glad to receive Management Counselor Scharpf from the U.S. Embassy together with his wife, who have attended our celebration.

[Link to Invite/more Info/Lecture Abstracts/Photos]

Piracy and Captivity in the Mediterranean 1530 - 1810

"Barbary Coast Captivity Narratives"

Thursday, June 16 - Saturday, June 18, 2016 in the Claudiasaal and Türingsaal of the Claudiana, Herzog-Friedrich-Straße 3,(Altstadt, Claudiana), 6020 Innsbruck.

Piracy and captivity were important issues for almost all Muslim and Christian regions that were to some degree involved in Mediterranean trade in the early modern era. Most of them, including the young United States of America, had to cope with corsairs capturing trading goods and enslaving members of their communities. Some survivors of Mediterranean piracy and enslavement later wrote or published accounts of their experiences.

The aim of this conference was to look at these narratives in a variety of languages from a literary perspective, while putting them into a proper historical and cultural context.

Consular Services

Monday, 25 April, 2016 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the American Corner Innsbruck, Herzog-Friedrich-Straße 3, 1. Stock (Altstadt, Claudiana), 6020 Innsbruck.

The American Citizens Services Section of the US-Konsulat Wien was in Innsbruck to provide Consular services such as passport services, birth registration, notary services etc.

Concert with Roberta Piket and Roland Heinz

Wednesday, March 9, 2016, 7:00pm (19:00) in the Mozarteum, Innrain 15, 6020 Innsbruck

New York musicians and composers Roberta Piket (piano) and Billy Mintz (percussion) joined with Austrian guitarist Roland Heinz for a performance conducted in the music room of the Mozarteum Innsbruck. Three very different pieces gave the audience an idea of the range of modern jazz: a solo guitar piece with synthesizer by Roland Heinz, a beautiful jazz "ballad" on piano by Roberta Piket, and a long joint improvisational piece by all three.

Mardi Gras

Tuesday, February 9, 2016, 2:00pm (14:00) in the Claudiasaal of the Claudiana - Herzog-Friedrich Straße 3, 6020 Innsbruck.

The American Corner Innsbruck, the Austro-American Society/Tirol chapter and the Center New Orleans invited friends and guests to celebrate Fasching New Orleans-style: Mardi Gras in the Altstadt of Innsbruck! With live Mardis Gras jazz from the BORG Second-Liners, purple/green/gold beads galore and lots of enthusiasm, we paraded twice through town. In between our Second Line parades, featuring our very own self-made mini-floats, guests feasted on famous New Orleanian cooking, including Crawfish, Jambalaya and King Cake!

"The 2016 U.S. Presidential Election - An Outlook on the Eve of the Primaries"

Monday, January 25, 2016, 7:00pm (19:00) in the Claudiasaal of the Claudiana - Herzog-Friedrich Straße 3, 6020 Innsbruck.

A discussion on the 2016 Presidential Election, led by senior editor for the National Review, Ramesh Ponnuru.

Wo sich Amerika erfand - Große Erinnerungsorte in Neuengland

Wednesday, January 20, 2016, 7:30pm (19:30) in the Tyrolia, Maria-Theresien-Straße 15, 6020 Innsbruck

Using eight important US memorial sites, Arno Heller tells the story of American self-discovery, exploring its nature, culture, history, tradition and the American Dream.

This book presention is the first of many others to come, organized in collabortion with the ZiAS (Zentrum für Interamerikanische Studien and the bookstore Tyrolia.

Movie Monday

Monday, November 30, 2015, 4pm in the coffee room of the GeiWi Turm - Main University Building

November is Native American Heritage Month. Therefore, the American Corner Innsbruck was showing "The Last of the Mohicans" by Michael Mann. A discussion of the American classic of the same name, written by James Fennimore Cooper, followed the movie.

[Link to Event]

"New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina - Then & Now" event and film series.

Epilogue of "When the Levees Broke" by Director Spike Lee

Tuesday, November 24, 7:00PM (19:00), in HS 2 of the GeiWi of the University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52, 6020 Innsbruck.

"Since September 1st, the American Corner Innsbruck has been conducting a series of events commemorating the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The 6th and last of these events for this year took place Tuesday, November 24th. A 20-minute segment from the epilogue to Spike Lee's "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Fours Acts" was screened, leading into a discussion of major themes and issues. ACI director Margaret Davidson lead the discussions, providing additional input in power point-form on animal rescue with brief clips from the filmed version of "Dark Water Rising", along with pre-and post Katrina statistics, and examples of the controversial issue of gentrification. The ACI may re-visit the topic from a different perspective in the New Year, so please stay tuned."

[Link To Invite]

"New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina - Then & Now" event and film series.

ACT IV of "When The Levees Broke" by Directer Spike Lee

Tuesday, November 10, 7:00PM (19:00), in HS 2 of the GeiWi of the University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52, 6020 Innsbruck.

The fourth event in our Hurricane Katrina series featured a screening of Act IV of Spike Lee's documentary "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts", followed by some eye-witness testimony and some discussion with a small reception:

[Link To Invite]

International Day

Tuesday, November 10 from 10am (10:00) to 4pm (16:00) in the Claudiana - Herzog-Friedrich Straße 3, 6020 Innsbruck.

On this day, the Claudiana — which houses 11 international institutions and centers for area studies — opened its doors and showed the public what it has to offer. We in the American Corner can help you find out about studying and doing research abroad, offer you lots of free materials with information about the United States, and let you know about the wide variety of events we conduct throughout the year. Our special theme for the day was American football and we had clips of NFL games playing. Better still, one of the coaches for the Swarco raiders was on hand to give some basic football information and demonstrations. Also present was Dr. Jürgen Hörmann from the Austrian-American Educational Commission in Vienna to talk about Fulbright scholarships and the Teaching Assistantship program, with current and former teaching assistants also on hand to share their experiences.

[Link To Invite]

Aktionstag der Jungen Uni

Friday, November 6 from 8am (08:00) until 2pm (14:00), in the GeiWi of the University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52, 6020 Innsbruck.

The American Corner Innsbruck participated in the Junge Uni Event.