Austrian Studies Association Annual Conference

Thursday, May 2, 2013 12:00 am - Sunday, May 5, 2013 12:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

The Annual Conference of the Austrian Studies Association is being held at the University of Waterloo. Co-sponsored by the Association, the Faculty of Arts at the University of Waterloo, the Waterloo Centre for German Studies, and the Austrian Cultural Forum, the conference brings together students and scholars from across North America and Europe.

The theme of this year's conference - Glaubenssysteme - explores the variety of belief systems that have shaped Austrian culture both past and present through literature, film, theatre, and music, but also in natural and medical sciences, history, politics and society.