Friday, 22 June 2007 | ||
9.00 | Opening |
Gudrun M. Grabher
(Chair, Dept. of American Studies, University of Innsbruck) Margaretha Friedrich (Vice Rector of the University of Innsbruck) Hans Moser (Dean, Faculty of Language, Literature and Culture, University of Innsbruck) Karin Schmid-Gerlich (Cultural Affairs Specialist, U.S. Embassy Vienna) |
9.30 | "Difficult Beginnings: Birth and Growth of American Studies at the University of Innsbruck" |
Arno Heller
(Dept. of American Studies, University of Innsbruck) |
10.30 | Coffee Break | |
11.00 |
"Dedicated to a Proposition: 'All Men Are Created Equal' in American Culture" |
Werner Sollors (Dept. of African and African American Studies, Harvard University) |
12.00 | Lunch (Buffet) | |
Multidisciplinary American Cultural Studies | ||
2.00 |
History
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Franz Mathis (Dept. of History and Ethnology, University of Innsbruck) |
3.00 |
Politics |
Anton Pelinka (Naturalism Studies Program and Dept. of Political Science, Central European University, Budapest) |
4.00 | Coffee Break | |
4.30 |
Geography |
Klaus Frantz (Dept. of Geography, University of Innsbruck) |
5.30 |
Special Program |
Theater Workshop of the American Studies Department |
Saturday, 23 June 2007 | ||
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Transdisciplinary American Studies | |
all day |
Special Program: "The best of 25 Years of Film Studies" A non-stop screening of selected films by students of the American Studies Department |
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9.00 | Presentation: "Transdisciplinary American Studies" | |
10.00 | Coffee Break | |
10.30 |
Medical Humanities ![]() |
Claude Desjardins (College of Medicine, University of Illinois Medical Center) |
"Basics of Healing" |
Paul König (Nephrology, Medical University Innsbruck) | |
12.00 | Lunch Break | |
2.00 |
Law and the Humanities |
Walter J. Pratt (Law School, University of South Carolina) |
"Hot Coffee and Dogs in Microwave OVens: What Austrians Should REALLY Know about American Tort Law" |
Bernhard Koch
(Dept. of Private Law, University of Innsbruck) |
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3.30 | Coffee Break | |
4.00 |
Business/Management and the Humanities |
Todd Mooradian (Mason School of Business, The College of William & Mary) Kurt Matzler (Dept. of International Management Johannes Kepler University Linz) |
5.30 |
Closing of the Conference |
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Press Release (German) |