Greetings from Vienna!

The sixtieth anniversary of

the signing of the initial Ful-

bright agreement between

Austria and the United States

on June 6, 1950 laid the foun-

dations for the first Fulbright

exchanges in the 1951/52

academic year, and it has

inspired a wide variety of

activities and events in 2010.

The Austrian-American Educa-

tional Commission asked the

Austrian filmmaker Georg

Steinböck to produce a docu-

mentary on the history of the

Austrian-American Fulbright

program, and the screening of

Fulbright at Sixty was the

central event of a Festakt at

the Academy of Sciences on

June 7, 2010. The worlds

Austrian and American grant-

ees visit have changed dra-

matically since the 1950s, but

the guiding principles and

objectives of the program are

fundamentally the same. I

hope that this Newsletter

gives you a concise overview

of the current Austrian-

American program!

Editorial

Welcome to our team!

In April 2010 Sibylle Eberhard

started as our new intern.

Sibylle has completed her

Bachelor in Japanese Studies

and is currently working on

her Creole Master in Social

and Cultural Anthropology.

Dr. Irene Zavarsky

AAEC U.S. Program Officer

IZavarsky@fulbright@.at

We welcome Dr. Irene Zavar-

sky as a new staff member at

the Austrian-American Educa-

tional Commission (AAEC).

She will be managing Ful-

bright grant opportunities for

U.S. students and scholars.

Irene spent the academic year

2009/10 as Fulbright German

Language Teaching Assistant

at the University of Illinois –

Urbana/Champaign and re-

cently has finished her doc-

toral dissertation in political

science. After working for the

AAEC for almost seven years,

Mag. Ulrike Seiss left the Ful-

bright Commission in August

2010 to assume a new posi-

tion at the Institute of Sci-

ence and Technology Austria

(IST Austria).

October 2010 Issue 2

Newsletter Austrian-American Educational Commission

Dr. Lonnie Johnson

AAEC Executive Director

“...to promote

mutual

understanding

between the

people of the

United States

and the peoples

of other

nations by

means of

educational

and cultural

exchange...”

(from the

Fulbright-Hays Act)

On June 7, 2010, the Austrian

-American Educational Com-

mission celebrated the 60th

anniversary of the establish-

ment of the Fulbright Pro-

gram in Austria. The cere-

mony took place in the Great

Hall of the Austrian Academy

of Sciences and was a great

success with over 350 people

in attendance. After intro-

ductory remarks by the Presi-

dent of the Academy of Sci-

ences, Prof. Helmut Denk,

the Amber Vienna String

Quartet performed classics of

W.A Mozart.

The film provided a vivid

picture of the past sixty

years of the Fulbright pro-

gram and captured the ex-

periences of former and cur-

rent „Fulbrighters‟ through

interviews, photographs from

personal and institutional

archives, and Super-8 foot-

age from the 1960s. After the

closing remarks by Dr. Lonnie

Johnson, alumni, friends,

and associates of the Aus-

trian-American Fulbright

program enjoy the rest of the

evening at a vin d‟honneur.

The 60th Anniversary of the Fulbright Program in Austria

Mag. Barbara Weitgruber, cur-

rent chair of the Fulbright Com-

mission, delivered greetings,

followed by U.S. Ambassador

William C. Eacho, III and Minis-

ter of Science and Research Dr.

Beatrix Karl, both in their ca-

pacities as honorary co-chairs

of the Fulbright Commission.

Before the main highlight of the

evening, the premiere of Georg

Steinböck‟s documentary film

Fulbright at Sixty, the Amber

Vienna String Quartet per-

formed Hang-time” and “Piece

of Cake” by Geoffrey Hudson, a

U.S. contemporary composer.

“...the Fulbright

Program remains

irreplaceable in

building

friendship, trust,

and

understanding

among peoples.

The Fulbright

experience

should broaden

the horizons of

the participants;

promote new

thinking; (…)

strengthen ties

among scholars;

and help build a

better future

through lasting

international

friendships and

professional

collaboration.

(William C. Eacho)

Page 2 Issue 2

William C. Eacho, III,

U.S. Ambassador to

Austria

www.fulbright.at

Prof. Helmut Denk, President of the Austrian Acadamy of Sciences

Prof. Helmut Denk, Dr. Beatrix Karl, U.S. Ambassador William C.

Eacho, III & Mrs. Eacho, Mag. Barbara Weitgruber, Dr. Lonnie Johnson

The Festakt was followed by a reception in the entrance hall of

the Austrian Academy of Sciences

The 2009-10 Fulbright Foreign

Language Teaching Assistant

(FLTA) Conference took place

in Washington D.C. from De-

cember 9-13, 2009. It is organ-

ized for all participants of the

FTLA Program. Guest speakers

and FLTA‟s give talks on pro-

gram related topics like

“Building Trust in Cross-Cultural

Contexts” or “The Use of Film

in Second Language Class-

rooms”. The Fulbright FTLA

Program supports teaching as-

sistantships in over 30 lan-

guages at hundreds of U.S. in-

stitutions of higher education.

Ms. Lindsay Hohsfield BS in Biology University of Colorado - Boul-der, CO University of Innsbruck “Transfection and transmigra-tion of NGF-secreting mono-cytes through the blood-brain

barrier”

Ms. Angela Kanerva MA in Music Education University of Cincinnati, OH Mozarteum Salzburg “The Special Course at the Orff Institute at the Universi-tat Mozarteum in Salzburg,

Austria”

Students with full research

grants:

Ms. Elizabeth Anthony PhD candidate in Holocaust and Genocide Studies Clark University, MA University of Vienna “Rückkehrer: Holocaust Survi-

vors’ Repatriation to Austria”

Ms. Micaela Baranello PhD candidate in Musicology Princeton University, NJ Univ. of Music and Performing Arts Vienna

“Operetta and the Empire”

Ms. Anna Katselas JD Vermont Law School, VT University of Vienna “Balancing Regulatory Flexibil-ity and Investor Protection in

International Investment Law”

Ms. Catherine Long BA in World Cultures and Ger-man Tennessee Technological Uni-versity, TN Diplomatic Academy Vienna

“Cross-Cultural Negotiations”

Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Conference 2009-10

U.S. Students in Austria 2010-11

Fulbright Enrichment Seminar 2010

During the Fulbright Enrichment Seminar in

Spring 2010 the Fulbright grantees were

given the amazing possibility to visit public

schools and teach children about their home

countries.

Ruth Pollak, Austrian Fulbright grantee

(2009-11), visited Eberhart School, a public

school in the suburbs of Chicago, taught a

1st grade class, and also introduced them to

life in Austria. She was also working as a

govern-ment affairs specialist for

Ambassador Paula Dobriansky, Senor Vice

President and Global Head of Government

Affairs at Thomson Reuters in Washington,

“My

experiences

over the last

year have been

truly

remarkable (…)

The people I

have met have

made lasting

impressions on

me that I will

treasure my

whole life”

(Ruth Pollak)

Page 3 Newsletter

Ruth Pollak, Fulbright

Grantee,2009-11, with

Ambassador Paula

Dobriansky

www.fulbright.at

Austrian German language teaching assistants at the IIE Seminar in

Washington, D.C.

Fulbright grantee (2009-11) Ruth Pollak visiting a

public school in the suburbs of Chicago.

Students with awards com-

bined with a Teaching Assis-

tantship:

Mr. Daniel Costello PhD candidate in Comparative Literature University of California, Irvine, CA University of Vienna “Collective Memory and Günther Anders' Philosophical

Praxis”

Mr. William Golba

BA in German and International

Relations

Canisius College, NY

University of Vienna

“Still Neutral? Austrian Foreign

Policy, the CFSP, and the UN”

Prof. Joseph Clifton Fleming, Jr. J. Reuben Clark Law School Brigham Young University, UT Fulbright-Vienna University of Economics and Business Admini-stration (WU Wien), Fulbright-Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration Distinguished Chair Tax Law Instructions and Stu-dent Project Guidance: Com-parison of US and EU Tax Law

March 1 – June 30, 2011

Prof. Arie Halachmie College of Public Service and Public Affairs Tennessee State University, TN Fulbright-University of Linz Distinguished Chair in Interna-tional Business Johannes Kepler University Linz Accounting, Accountability and Governance

March 1 – June 30, 2011

Prof. Michael E. Harkin Department of Anthropology University of Wyoming, WY Fulbright-University of Graz Distinguished Chair in Cultural Studies Karl Franzens University Graz Cultural Studies in the Twenty-First Century

March 1 – June 30, 2011

Prof. James McMurty Longo Department of Education Washington and Jefferson Col-lege, WA Fulbright-University of Klagen-furt Distinguished Chair in Gender Studies Alpen Adria University Klagenfurt Teaching, Curriculum and Learning Approaches to Gen-der Studies

March 1 – June 30, 2011

Prof. Issac Kalimi Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures University of Chicago, IL Fulbright-University of Salz-burg Distinguished Chair in Intercultural Theology and Study of Religions University of Salzburg Fighting Over the Bible: Bible and Biblical Interpretation in Polemical Contexts

March 1 – June 30, 2011

Prof. Stuart J. Kaufman Department of Political Sci-ence and International Rela-tions University of Delaware, DE Fulbright- Diplomatic Academy Vienna Visiting Professor of

International Relations

U.S Students in Austria 2010-11

“Das Fulbright-

Programm gilt

als Vorbild und

„Großvater‟ der

akademischen

Programme zum

Studierendenaus-

tausch. Seit der

Gründung im

Jahr 1950 hat

das erfolgreiche

Programm einen

wesentlichen

Beitrag zur

Völker-

verständigung

geleistet...”

(Beatrix Karl)

Page 4 Issue 2

Dr. Beatrix Karl,

Austrian Federal

Minister of Science and

Research

www.fulbright.at Ms. Hannah Goodwin BA in German Carleton College, MN University of Vienna “Religious Pluralism in Austria

-Hungary, 1870-1914”

Mr. Dustin Lovett BA in Comparative Literature University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL University of Vienna “Translation Studies for Cul-

tural Enrichment”

Mr. Andrew McClung BS in Physics Carleton College, MN University of Innsbruck “Scalable quantum computing through cavity quantum elec-

trodynamics”

Ms. Brandi Smith BA in German and Spanish Northern Illinois University, IL University of Vienna “Combined Study and Teaching

Assistantship (Public Policy)”

Mr. Jacob Vidourek BA in German and Music Per-formance Tennessee Technological Uni-versity, TN Univ. of Music and Performing Arts Vienna “Analyzing the Construction and Development of the Vien-

nese Oboe”

Mr. Joseph Zabinski BA in German and Physics Boston College, MA University of Vienna “Was die Welt im Innersten

zusammenhält”

Prof. Anthony Di Benedetto Department of Marketing Fox School of Business Temple University, PA Fulbright-Kathryn and Craig Hall Distinguished Chair in Entrepreneurship Vienna University of Econom-ics and Business Administra-tion (WU Wien) Instructional Program in Prod-uct Management and Technol-ogy Commerzialisation by New Ventures October 1, 2010 – January 31,

2011

Prof. Peter Bowman Rutledge University of Georgia, GA Dispute Resolution and the Constitution University of Vienna

March 1 – June 2011

Prof. Alan Lloyd Draper Department of Government St. Lawrence University, NY Fulbright-University of Inns-bruck Distinguished Chair in Humanities and Social Sci-ences University of Innsbruck A Comparison of Social Capi-tal and Social Mobility among Immigrant Groups in Europe

March 1 – June 30, 2011

U.S Guest Professors and Scholars in Austria 2010-2011

Diplomatic Academy Vienna Teaching American Foreign Policy to Future European Diplomats

March 1 – June 30, 2011

Prof. Jared Stephen Klein Department of Classics University of Georgia, GA Fulbright-University of Vienna Distinguished Chair in Humanities and Social Sciences University of Vienna Stylistic Repetition in the Rig-veda. Instructions in Rigvedic Stylistics and Indo-Iranian Syntax

Proposed start: March 2011

Prof. Mary Niall Mitchell Department of History University of New Orleans, LA Fulbright Lecturer in American Studies

“ For the first

time, an

institution

trusted me

absolutely to

develop and

deliver on my

project proposal

and experience,

an gave me

freedom do

independently

experience a

new cultural

landscape and

all of its

intricacies”

(Vivek Rao)

Page 5 Newsletter

Vivek Rao, US Fulbright

grantee (2009-10) and

Teaching Assistant

www.fulbright.at

University of Innsbruck The Craft of History in American Studies

March 1 – June 30, 2011

Prof. Liliane Weissberg School of Arts and Science University of Pennsylvania, PA Fulbright-Freud Visiting Lec-turer/Scholar of Psychoanaly-sis Freud Museum Vienna and University of Vienna Freud and Textiles: Meta-phors and History

March 1 – June 30, 2011

Prof. William Wendling Woessner Department of Geosciences

University of Montana, Mis-soula, MT Fulbright-NAWI Graz Visiting Professor in the Natural Sci-ences Karl Franzens Univerisity Graz and Graz University of Technology Groundwater and River Ex-change in Headwater Systems

March 1 – June 30, 2011

Natalie Zimmerman California Institute of the Arts, CA "Viennese Dreams: Mapping the 21st Century Uncon-scious" quartier21/MQ Fulbright-quartier21 artist in residence

June 1 – July 31, 2011

U.S Guest Professors and Scholars in Austria 2010-2011

Austrian Fulbright Students in the U.S. 2010-2011

Bert Azizoglu Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien PhD in Public and Urban Policy

New School University

Mag. Maschenka Braganca Universität Innsbruck Master in International Af-fairs

American University

Mag. Katja Bratrschovsky Universität Wien MPA in Public Administration

Harvard University

Mag. Christoph Elhardt Universität Innsbruck PhD in Political Science

University of Oklahoma

Mag. Philipp Essl Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien MPA in Public Administration

Harvard University

MMag. Esther Hackl Universität Wien LLM

Harvard University

Mag. Clemens Kaupa Universität Wien LLM

Harvard Unversity

Mag. Martina Koegeler Universität Graz Master in Comparative Lit-erature

SUNY – Stony Brook

Mag. Johannes Langer Universität Wien Master in International Peace and Conflict Resolu-tion

American University

Rudolf Alvise Lennkh, B.Sc. University of Warwick MPA in Public Administration

Columbia University

Mag. Anna Orthofer Universität Wien MA in Economics

Johns Hopkins University

Daniel Pickem Technische Universität Wien Master in Electrical Engi-neering Georgia Institute of Technol-

ogy

Mag. Stephanie Probst Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien PhD in Music Theory

Eastman School of Music

Christoph Rainer Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien MFA in Film

Columbia University

Gerda Ricken Akademie für den mediznisch-techn. Laborato-riumsdienst MS in Molecular and Cell Biology

Brandeis University

Matthias Taus, Bakk. Technische Universität Graz PhD in Computational Sci-ence, Engineering, Mathe-matics

University of Texas at Austin

Sarita Vollnhofer, Bakk. Fachhochschule Wiener Neustadt MIA in International Affairs

Columbia University

Field: History U.S. University: University of Minnesota, Department of History Dr. Harald Stelzer Home Institution: Karl-Franzens-University Graz Field: Philosophy Project Title: The motiva-tional problem in the context of global climate change from the perspective of a problem-solving ethics

U.S. University: University

of Washington

Dr. Franz Winter Home Institution: University of Vienna Field: Religious Studies Project Title: A new relig-ion in Austria and the USA: A cross-cultural case study in the presentation of reli-gious content U.S. University: Boston

University

Austrian Fulbright Scholars in the U.S. 2010-2011

Ich denke, dass

das Fulbright-

Programm (…)

einen wichtigen

Beitrag zu bi-

nationalem

Verständnis in

einer immer

internationalisier

enden und

globalisierenden

Welt und auch

einen Beitrag zu

friedenstiftenden

Maßnahmen

leistet.

(Barbara Weitgruber)

Page 6 Issue 2

Mag. Barbara

Weitgruber, MA,

Director General of

Scientific Research and

International Relations

at the Austrian Ministry

of Science & Research

www.fulbright.at Dr. Katharina Chudzikowski Home Institution: WU Vienna Field: Business Administra-tion Project Title: Careers and aging: A comparative study in Austria and the U.S.

U.S. University: UCLA

Dr. Annemarie Steidl University of Minnesota Vis-iting Professor (in History) Home Institution: University of Vienna

Austrian Foreign Language Teaching Assistants

at US. Colleges and Universities 2010-2011

Mag. Sabrina Bacher Universität Salzburg (Spanish)

University of Oklahoma, OK

Mag. Heidi Danzl Universität Salzburg (American Studies)

Sweet Briar College, VA

Julia Gundacker Universität Wien (English)

University of Montana, MT

Mag. Claudia Hinterberger Universität Wien (German / English Studies / German as a Foreign Language) Bowling Green State Univer-

sity, OH

Kerstin Istvanits Universität Wien

(Hungarian / English) University of Illinois Urbana-

Champaign

Theresia Kopper, Bakk. Universität Graz (German)

Simpson College, IA

Mag. Theresa Mairhofer Universität Innsbruck (Pedagogy /English)

Juniata College, PA

Mag. Julia Naderer Universität Salzburg (Sport and Exercise / Spanish)

College of Wooster, OH

Ralph Neumayer Universität Wien (History/English and American Studies)

St. John‟s University, MN

Mag. Christine Pichler Universität Graz (Sociology) Hobart and William Smith

Colleges, NY

Mag. Elisabeth Pölzl-Hofer Universität Graz (Musicology)

Yale University, CT

Elena Todeva Universität Wien (Translation Studies)

Hartwick College, NY

Mag. Martha Weicher Universität Wien (Political science) Fachhochschule Joanneum Graz (Information Design)

Bard College, NY

In September 2010 the AAEC

launched a new and easier to

navigate website that pro-

vides an overview of Fulbright

opportunities for Austrian and

American students, teaching

assistants, and scholars as

well as opportunities to study

in Austria and the United

States.

AAEC’s New Website: www.fulbright.at

quartier21/MQ

Museumsplatz 1

A-1070 Vienna

Phone: (+431) 236 7878-0

Fax: (+431) 236 7878-17

www.fulbright.at

On November 18-19, 2010, the AAEC will co-host an academic conference titled “Impacts: Does Academic Exchange Matter?” at the Amerika Haus in Vienna. The aim of this conference organized under the auspices of the commemoration of the 60th anniver-sary of the establishment of the Fulbright Program in Austria in 1950 is to highlight ongo-ing research on the various topics related to academic exchange and to stimulate further reflection on the state of cultural diplomacy, scholarly internationalism, and the their ultimate impacts on foreign relations. For details on the conference and program consult the AAEC website at: www.fulbright.at/impacts.html.

Austrian-American

Educational Commission

(Fulbright Commission)

Upcoming 2010

...the promotion of mutual understanding...

Please keep us informed

of your contact data at

staff@fulbright.at

Austrian alumni can

become a member of the

Austrian Fulbright Alumni

Association at

alumni.fulbright.at

Fulbright Alumni

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Monday, October 4, 2010 Center for Austrian Studies in conjunction with Institute for Global Studies University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota

Tuesday, October 12, 2010 Embassy of Austria 3524 International Court, NW Washington, D.C.

Saturday, October 9, 2010 Thirty-Fourth Annual Conference of the German Studies Association Oakland Marriott City Center 1001 Broadway Oakland, California

Friday, October 15, 2010 Institute of International Education 809 United Nations Plaza New York, New York

Screening of the documentary film Fulbright at Sixty on October 12, at the Austrian Embassy in

Washington, D.C.

Since April 2010 the Fulbright

Commission is staying in touch

with friends of the AAEC on

Facebook: www.facebook.com/

austria.fulbright. The page pro-

vides information on Fulbright

awards and related opportuni-

ties for study, research, lectur-

ing, and teaching in the U.S. and

Austria and has regular postings

and pictures of events, grant-

ees, and alumni. It also has a

link Fulbright Austria on You-

Tube where Georg Steinböck‟s

documentary Fulbright at Sixty

will be posted soon.

...and Facebook Homepage!

In October 2010, Fulbright at Sixty: The Austrian-American Fulbright Program, 1950-2010

was screened at the following venues in the United States:

US Screenings of Fulbright at Sixty