The Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies
Othmar Karas, Vice President of the European People’s Party and Austrian delegate to the European Parliament spoke on “Lessons Learned from the Financial Crisis in the US, in the EU, and in Austria” at the Third Annual Botstiber Lecture on Austrian-American Affairs at the Austrian Embassy, Washington, D.C. on June 17, 2011. You can listen to his lecture here.
–Photo by Karl Schrammel
Dietrich Botstiber witnessed the most unsettling times in modern Austrian history. In his memoirs, he describes the difficult social and economic conditions in Austria from the time of the breakup of the Dual Hapsburg Empire to the 1938 Anschluss. He left Austria for the United States in 1938. He was grateful to become an American but at the same time Botstiber believed that Americans did not fully appreciate the Austrian predicament leading up to World War II. One of Botstiber’s objectives in establishing his Foundation was to “promote an understanding of the historic relationship between the United States and Austria.”
To that end, the Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies (BIAAS) supports projects that implement Botstiber’s mission. BIAAS and the Austrian-American Educational Commission jointly sponsor two Fulbright-Botstiber visiting professorships, one in Austria and the other in the United States. BIAAS offers an annual fellowship in Austrian-American Studies, and it provides grants for work, and sponsors programs, in the field of history, politics, economics, law, literature, poetry, music and translations.
Learn more about:
- Fulbright-Botstiber Visiting Professors of Austrian-American Studies in Austria and the United States
- The Botstiber Fellowship
- BIAAS Grants for the Study of Austrian-American History
- BIAAS Programs
For more information, contact:
Carlie Numi
Deputy Administrator
The Dietrich W. Botstiber Foundation
P.O. Box 1819
Media, PA 19063
–Photo by Karl Schrammel