- The Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies
Audio Version of Eric Frey's Lecture
Text of Eric Frey's Lecture (pdf)
Audio Version of Dr. Alfred Gusenbauer's Lecture
The Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies
Eric Frey, Managing Editor of Austria’s Der Standard newspaper, spoke on “Right Wing Populism in Austria and the United States–A Comparative View” at the Second Annual Botstiber Lecture on Austrian-American Affairs at the Austrian Embassy, Washington, D.C. on June 4, 2010. 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.”
BIAAS, the Botstiber Institute of Austrian-American Studies, supports programs that implement Botstiber’s mission. BIAAS currently supports fellowships, seminars and academic research at the University of Minnesota, the University of New Orleans and Rutgers University. BIAAS also supports programs of the Austrian Cultural Forum in New York City.
Funding decisions are made by the BIAAS Board of Advisors which is under the leadership of Professor Siegfried Beer of Graz University, Austria. The Board will consider requests for grants. Any grant proposal should be emailed or mailed to:
Carlie Numi
Deputy Administrator
The Dietrich W. Botstiber Foundation
P.O. Box 1819
Media, PA 19063
On June 26, 2009, at the Austrian Embassy in Washington, DC, BIAAS hosted the First Annual Dietrich W. Botstiber Lecture on Austrian-American Affairs, featuring former Austrian Prime Minister Dr. Alfred Gusenbauer, who lectured on How the Economic Crisis Affects the Relationship between the United States and Europe: The Case of Austria and Central Europe.
The speaker at the Second Annual Botstiber Lecture on Austrian-American Affairs was Eric Frey, Managing Editor of Austria's Der Standard Newspaper. Text of Eric Frey's presentation is here.
Cooperating Institutions
Center Austria, University of New Orleans
Center for Austrian Studies, University of Minnesota