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Lecture by Fulbright Specialist Prof. Carlos Diaz, Religion, Fear and Hope in the US Presidential Election 2016, Tuesday, April 19

Fulbright Austria and the Church University College of Teacher Education Vienna/Krems invite to a lecture by Fulbright Specialist on Multicultural Education, Dr. Carlos Diaz, Professor at Florida Atlantic University, on Tuesday, April 19, 5-7 p.m. Singerstraße 7/4/1, MS.

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Talk: GLOBALISATION: MORE DEMOCRACY OR NEW ARISTOCRACY?, April 18, 2016

The Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, Fulbright Austria, the Austrian Fulbright Alumni and the Embassy of the United States of America in Vienna are pleased to announce a public lecture by Fulbright-Diplomatic Academy of Vienna Professor of Political Science (California State University, Long Beach) Prof. Frank Baber on "GLOBALISATION: MORE DEMOCRACY OR NEW ARISTOCRACY?", Monday, April 18, 2016, 6.30 pm, Festsaal of the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, Favoritenstraße 15a, 1040 Wien.

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International Week - University of Salzburg, April 12, 2016

Fulbright Austria EducationUSA Educational Adviser, Molly Roza, and Program Coordinator, Martina Laffer, are taking part in the International Week at the University of Salzburg and will be giving a talk to promote the Fulbright Programs for Students, Teaching Assistants and Scholars.

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Celebrating 65 Years of Fulbright Exchanges at the Austrian Cultural Forum in NYC, April 5, 2016

The Austrian Cultural Forum New York hosted a reception for Austrian and US Fulbright grantees and alumni from the metropolitan area as well as friends, associates, and partners of Fulbright Austria to commemorate the 65th anniversary of Fulbright exchanges between Austria and the United States and to acknowledge the generous support of the Craig and Kathryn Hall Foundation for the Fulbright-Hall Distinguished Chair for Entrepreneurship in Central Europe.

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Star Trek and Fulbright Specialist James Forsher

Fulbright Specialist James Forsher spent six weeks at Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt conducting seminars about the social repercussions of Star Trek and other pop culture topics.

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Record Number of USTAs

We were pleased to welcome a record number of US teaching assistants to the Fulbright Austria community this year: 164!

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Saving Fish through Institutional Partnerships: Rafaela Schinegger

Fulbright Austrian Scholar and fisheries scientist Dr. Rafaela Schinegger spent a semester at Michigan State University exploring the impact of humans on rivers and river fish and how fish populations respond to different ecological stresses. While on her Fulbright grant, she initiated a new partnership entitled CROSSFISH, which connects her home university, the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna, Austria (BOKU), with Michigan State.

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Feature on US Fulbright Scholar alum and food scientist Andy Proctor's cooperation with NAWI Graz

US Fulbright Scholar alum and food scientist Andy Proctor organized and taught seminars in communication and networking to NAWI Graz students. His home institution, the University of Arkansas, has written up a nice feature on this collaboration.

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Agnes Scott College is one of our new Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistantship partner institutions

We are excited to announce that Agnes Scott College is one of our new Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistantship partner institutions! Starting this fall, we'll be sending Austrian FLTAs to Agnes Scott (along with our other 9+ partner institutions).

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Intercountry Lecture Program: Maureen Goggin is giving lectures at LMU, Munich and Andrássy University Budapest

US Fulbright Scholar Maureen Daly Goggin, University of Graz/Arizona State University, will be giving a talk on “Writing Trauma in Pens of Steel and Inks of Thread” on June 1 as part of a Fulbright lecture series hosted by the Department for English and American Studies at LMU Munich. She was also invited to talk about “Women Hidden in Plain Sight: Race and Aging in Art and Life” by the Andrássy University Budapest, on May 11.

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Talk: Fulbright-University of Klagenfurt Visiting Professor, Owen Mundy - "Free Market Privacy: The Increasing Commodification of Personal Data"

Fulbright-University of Klagenfurt Visiting Professor, Owen Mundy, Florida State University, will be taking part in a data privacy symposium at the Bundeskanzleramt and will be giving a talk on "Free Market Privacy: The Increasing Commodification of Personal Data" on Friday, March 18, 2016, 11:00 am, Bundeskanzleramt, Kongresssaal, Ballhausplatz 2.

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Annual Conference of the Austrian Studies Association, March 14.-17, 2016

The Austrian Studies Association is holding its annual conference in Vienna this week! Fulbright Austria is pleased to be co-sponsoring the event (along with Universität Wien, OeAD, Wien Museum, Austrian Cultural Forum New York, U.S. Embassy Vienna and the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation) and to welcome the many alumni who will be participating in "Österreich – USA Künstlerischer und interkultureller Dialog" over the next four days.

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BeSt3 - The Job and Education Fair March 3-6, 2016

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Lecture by Fulbright Austria Alumna, Prof. Alexandra Ganser, March 2, 2016

Fulbright Austria Alumna, Prof. Alexandra Ganser, will be giving a lecture on "Stranger than TV Reading Twin Peaks as Prequel to the Y2K Television Series" on Wednesday, March 2, 2016, 6:oo pm, Amerika Haus. Admission is free.

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Newsletter March 2016

Fulbrighters have been winning awards for their work on extraterritorial migration controls, saving freshwater fish, expounding on the pop cultural impact of Star Trek and more this year! Read about it in the March 2016 Fulbright Austria Newsletter.

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US Fulbright Scholars Orientation, February 25-26, 2016

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International Day, Montanuniversität Leoben January 11, 2016

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Previous Fulbright Austria Newsletters

Fulbright Austria newsletters dating back to 2010 are archived on our website.

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Fulbrighter wins Austrian Academy of Sciences 2015 Prize on Migration Research

Congratulations to Fulbright Austria Student Fabiane Baxewanos for winning the Austrian Academy of Sciences' 2015 Prize on Migration Research for her dissertation on “Closing the Gap: State Responsibility in Europe’s Extraterritorial Migration Control.”

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Video: Fulbright Austria in Action

Have you ever wondered what kind of projects Fulbrighters in and from Austria are working on? This short video follows a few of our Austrian and American Fulbright students, scholars, teaching assistants (‎FLTAs and USTAs) and an alumna through their classrooms, labs and lives.