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Faszination östliches Europa: viel/fältig - gross/artig - herr/lich

Theme week and campus exhibition (1–6 October 2018)

To mark the 20th anniversary of the university campus (1998–2018), the Department of East European History (IOG) and the Department of Slavonic Studies (IfS) kicked off the 2018/2019 academic year with a themed week and a campus exhibition of the same name under the motto Fascinating Eastern Europe: diverse – magnificent – marvellous. The two residents of Hof 3 on the university campus can look back on a long and almost unique tradition in the German-speaking world. They are currently among the oldest, largest and most comprehensive departments for scientific research and knowledge transfer on Eastern Europe. A cooperation between the IOG and the IfS to address the winter semester question 2018/2019 "What unites Europe?" as part of the campus celebrations was an obvious choice, particularly given Vienna's bridging function to Eastern Europe and the historical and current significance of the University of Vienna for the region mentioned. The aim was to present the Cui bono of research and university teaching at both departments to both the scientific community and the interested public.

At the kick-off event on 1 October 2018, the organising team – MARIJA WAKOUNIG, FERDINAND KÜHNEL, ANITA BIRICZ (all IOG) and KATHARINA TYRAN (IfS ) – presented the concept and programme of the theme week in the IOG lecture hall; it was opened by Vice-Rector CHRISTA SCHNABL. The historian, ambassador and and Director of the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, EMIL BRIX, who, like the legendary founder of the Department of East European History, FRANZ DE PAULA VON UND ZU LIECHTENSTEIN (1853-1938), had been Ambassador to Russia. In his lecture on "Too Much History?" BRIX discussed concepts of space, historical development and historiography in Eastern Europe, enriching his remarks with episodes from his own experience as an Austrian diplomat in Eastern Europe. Afterwards, MARIJA WAKOUNIG revealed the expanded and modified ancestral portrait gallery of all (deceased) institute directors in the IOG seminar room and presented the current pictures of all institute members (employed, emeritus, retired) and also of the specialist library team. Afterwards, the very numerous audience was rewarded with the premiere of two short films, a kind of visual showcase, about the two participating institutes.

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