A moderated discussion, also, with a very virtuous virtual option. as.nyu.edu/research-cen... @deutscheshausnyu.bsky.social

Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This day honours and remembers the children who were forced into Canada's Residential School system. It was first observed as Orange Shirt Day in 2013 and was elevated to a statutory holidy for federal workers in 2021.

As someone in the Talking Heads used to shout, "animals think (pause), they're pretty smart."

(2) Speakers: Balázs Trencsényi, Lucija Balikić, Isidora Grubački, Stevo Đurašković, Marko Zajc, Tjaša Konovšek. Moderator: Adela Hîncu. Venue: Institute of Contemporary History, Ljubljana. Theme: how “crisis” shaped 20th-century East-Central Europe. @inz-ljubljana.bsky.social

Too close to call right now on the E-ID referendum in Switzerland.

From Oglala Lakota poet Layli Long Soldier’s poem ‘Diction,’ a fragmented account of the massacre at Wounded Knee that communicates the immeasurable loss.

Fashion in Mariahilf, ... #WienLiebe #plompergwienliebe

Why on earth would they close the DC Goethe institute that’s crazy

Quieter than the Kapuzinergruft on Bluesky about #thegsa2025, aka the German Studies Association conference starting today. Hearing some excellent presentations!

T.S. Eliot anniversary today. Poem "The Waste Land" has marginal connection to Austria through its figure of Archduchess Marie. Poem also had genius working title... "He do the Police in Different Voices"

Still worth reading... "Our Country and Our Culture" Symposium in Partisan Review. U.S. intellectuals debate cultural independence now that U.S. "can no longer fully depend on Europe as cultural example and source of vitality." Norman Mailer disagrees, says without Europe, U.S. is McCarthy.

Today I stumbled across this nice little Béla Bartók monument at his old house in Manhattan.

A 17th-century French drawing of a tattooed Odawa man in a similar quilled headband

Here he is. Kurt Kaznar, Austrian emigre to the U.S. in the 1930s. Studied with Max Reinhardt, photographer for U.S. Army, married an American heiress (according to bio) -- along with other achievements.

My take on protests in Serbia 🇷🇸 for Bloomberg www.bloomberg.com/news/article... @biepag.bsky.social

As journalists in Austria demand that "X" must be shut down in Europe to defend democracy, most Austrian government reps in U.S. maintain active social media accounts there, including Austrian Embassy in Washington and Austrian Mission to UN. Anyone interested can easily look up the others.

There is still some time left to apply for our amazing Balkan course at the Invisible University for Ukraine. It's always a great place for mutual exchange (and aid), and exploring (un)expected connections. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions. ifdt.bg.ac.rs/2025/09/call...

Es waren bekanntlich zwei Katzen im Film: Eine lief vor dem Gebäude entlang und die andere saß vor der Tür, weil die erste es erniedrigend fand, mit Harry Limes Schubinden zu spielen, weshalb sie ersetzt werden musste. So ist es.

Outtakes of cinema classic *Citizen Kane,* directed by Harry Lime, might include a conversation between Hearst/Kane and his son. He and Hearst, Jr., talk about Jr. going to Vienna to meet Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss, and Dollfuss offering him the Grand Gold Decoration for Service to Austria.

Like Klimt, Egon Schiele hardly had a reception among collectors in the U.S. As a result, very few of his paintings are on permanent displays in U.S. museums. On the other hand, if you had $1500 in 1930, and were out shopping in Michigan, you could have gone home with two Schiele works.

Go home Spain, you're drunk

Items from Hedy Lamarr estate that were on display at the "Lady Bluetooth" exhibition at the Vienna Jewish Museum are being sold off. That exhibition was the best-attended exhibition at the Museum between 2010 and 2022. Unfortunate backstory here as well. www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

Die Bäume am Michaelerplatz bieten ganz neue Perspektiven, ... #WienLiebe #plompergwienliebe

Der ORF-Washington-Korrespondent Thomas Langpaul ist nach Wien zurückgekehrt. Er hat kein Blatt vor dem Mund gehalten, wenn es darum ging, die USA zu kritisieren, aber trat gern, wo es zutraf, entschieden gegen österreichische Klischees über die USA entgegen. Auch witzig. Er wird fehlen.

History will have the last word, but this looks like an devastating setback for the revolution.

It doesn't make glossy exhibitions like Richard Neutra, but, the work of Habsburg Hungarian-born, Vienna-trained Paul László is also inscribed across landscape of mid-century SoCal. Here, fallout shelter László designed for rental car king John Hertz. drawingmatter.org/hertz-fallou...

Thrilled to be promoted to Associate Teaching Professor after only a year! 🚀

An Oneida legend from Six Nations— RIP to an incredible Indigenous talent.

📘From our latest Special Issue Sarah Knoll (@sarahmknoll.bsky.social) (@uni-graz.at) on 'Hungarian Refugees in the United States between Cold War Politics, Economic Growth, and Labour Demands, 1956–1958' #ColdWar #Emigration #Religion 20thc 🗃️ 👉Read open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Die unbesiegbare Brand Austria. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/w...

Volkstimmefest, ... #WienLiebe #plompergwienliebe

Der Hauptbahnhof ist viel (wenig visionär, schon nach 10 Jahren oft übervoll) aber sicher nicht schön www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

Yes... When star’s understudy is found dead in a hotel room under graffiti reading, “How do you solve a problem like Maria?”, assistant stage manager Lee Solomon must try to uncover killer before anyone else dies. www.broadwayworld.com/article/Jose...

Article entirely misses that "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria" is the best number in the entire film. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...

when you're a Grand Slam champion, no one tells you the truth about your haircut

Just three weeks left until the deadline for the CEH Prize. We can't wait to read all the submissions!

Everyone who has studied history and war endings remembers how FDR rolled out the red carpet for Hitler and Woodrow Wilson showed off pictures of Wilhelm II in the Oval Office …

Serbien als die Schweiz des Balkans zu bezeichnen ist schon sehr gewagt

"Bruno Kreisky's Foreign Policy: A Reassessment" has been published with Berghahn Books as part of our Center's Austrian and Habsburg Studies book series: www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Bischo...

Due to unclear and/or inexistent rules about the end of de minimis exemption by Donald Trump, France's La Poste has suspended shipments to the US Germany's DHL did the same

Der Politikwissenschafter Farid Hafez klagt in den USA auf Entschädigung. Im Zentrum seiner Klage steht ein anderer Forscher, dem Justiz und Staatsschutz in Österreich vertrauten www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

After 1934, Austrian government fell all over Hungary, giving state medals, awards, and decorations to Hungarian citizens like priests and communion wafers at mass. Here, Austrian Foreign Ministry asks for objections to Hugo Botstiber receiving distinguished service award from Hungarian govt.

The next American Political History Conference will be in DC next June and will once again be open to historians from different arenas. Submission deadline is Dec. 31, 2025.

Eine gut informierte und detaillierte Reportage vom ORF über ein ungewöhnliches Event. Aus Washington, D.C. ...

The journal avoids following the daily news cycle, but the reality is that our poll numbers are up.

I have a new piece up @thenation.com on Billy Wilder, the Holocaust, survivor's guilt, and confronting the limits of Zionism. www.thenation.com/article/cult...

From the editor's desk... ... if anyone is thinking about writing an article on Arnold Schwarzenegger, we would love to see it.