New Books – up-coming events
Tuesday 27 May 2008, 7pm
Austrian Cultural Forum London
State and Civil Society
Book launch
Ed. Emil Brix, Jürgen Nautz, Rita Trattnigg, Werner Wutscher
While concepts of civil society have become ever more significant and the role of the state continues to be challenged, recent civil society research suggests that the state appears to be in demand again with respect to key questions concerning distribution of power, resource management and justice. This new volume gives valuable direction regarding possible future modes of governance and participation, featuring the state as desirable regulatory framework.
Information: www.oefg.at, www.passagen.at
Venue & Information
Austrian Cultural Forum London
London 28 Rutland Gate
London SW7 1PQ
T: 020 7225 7300
E: culture@austria.org.uk
Wednesday 18 June, 2008, 7pm
Austrian Cultural Forum London
Out of Austria
The Austrian Centre in London in World War II
Book Launch
The Austrian Centre was established in London in 1939 by Austrians seeking refuge from Nazi Germany. It soon developed into a comprehensive social, cultural and political organization with a theatre and a weekly newspaper of its own. The first comprehensive English-language book on the cultural and political life of Austrian refugees in Britain, Out of Austria assesses and evaluates the Austrian Centre’s activities and achievements. It gives a fascinating insight into such figures as Sigmund Freud, who became the Centre’s Honorary President during his final months, and the poet Erich Fried, then an unknown seventeen-year old, and sheds light on the interaction of politics and culture against the background of exile in wartime Britain.
The authors, Marietta Bearman, Charmian Brinson, Richard Dove, Anthony Grenville and Jennifer Taylor, are members of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies (University of London). The book will be published in February 2008 by I.B Tauris.
www.ibtauris.com
Venue & Information
Austrian Cultural Forum London
London 28 Rutland Gate
London SW7 1PQ
T: 020 7225 7300
E: culture@austria.org.uk
Austrian Cultural Forum London
ANSCHLUSS
Ich hole Euch heim
This remarkable new photography book shows sensational and never before published images from the National Library and Film Archive in Vienna. Official photographs in addition to rare personal snapshots illustrate a precise chronological account of the Anschluss, Austria’s annexation by Nazi Germany. With informative text, and excellent reproductions this book is ideal for anyone interested in the Anschluss or Austrian history.
Edited and compiled by historian Dr Hans Petschar, Director of the Picture Archives, Austrian Nationalbibliothek.
To date this book has only been published in German language by Christian Brandstätter Verlag.
For more information please visit www.cbv.at