The Wirth Institute recognizes the extraordinary life and legacy of Professor Berend T. Iván, one of Hungary’s most distinguished historians. In what may be his final essay, Professor Berend reflects on the defining journeys of his remarkable life. Read his moving farewell here: tinyurl.com/y4s6rvx

🇵🇱✨ Polish Week kicks off Monday, Sept 8 @ UAlberta! ✨🇵🇱 Celebrate Polish culture, music, & diplomacy all day on campus 🎶🎤🧛‍♀️ 📍 Senate Chamber & Uni Commons Atrium Full schedule 👉 www.ualberta.ca/en/wirth-ins... #PolishWeek #PolishCulture #WirthInstitute #ObsessionsQuartet #YEGevents

Today, the Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney and the Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk issued a joint statement after meeting in Warsaw to discuss the deepening of ties in trade, energy, and defence between the two countries. 🇨🇦🤝🇵🇱 Read the full statement: www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...

Join us for Polish Week at the UofA @ualberta.bsky.social! 🎉 A week of music, films, talks & more - celebrating Polish culture, history & innovation. This year honours trailblazing women who reshaped art, music, film & diplomacy. All welcome! 🇵🇱 #PolishWeek #UAlberta www.ualberta.ca/en/wirth-ins...

The Central European Café returns Sept 12! ☕🍰 Join us Fridays @ualberta.bsky.social Arts Lounge for free coffee, pastries & lively convo on Central European culture, history & more. Kicking off with a welcome for new Director Dominique Kirchner Reill! All welcome! #YEGevents #UAlberta

A heartfelt thank you to Dr. Alexander Carpenter as he concludes 4 remarkable years as Director of the Wirth Institute. His leadership brought global partnerships, vibrant cultural programming & deep community ties. Wishing him all the best in his next chapter! 💙 #WirthInstitute

⭐🎓 Our warmest congratulations to Dr. Petr Konecny, former Czech Doctoral Research Fellow at the Wirth Institute, on the successful defense of his dissertation: "Beyond De/Centralization: Regional Autonomy in Interdependent Austria and Czech Republic"! 🇨🇿🇦🇹

THIS WEEK! Join us for an inspiring lunchtime concert featuring violinist Guillaume Tardif! 🎶 Dare to Discover Music Series 📅 May 21 & 22, 12 PM 📍 City Room, Edmonton City Hall 🎻 Tardif (violin) & Kiki (piano) 🎼 Schubert, Chopin & Wieniawski Info: enterprisequartet@ualberta.ca #YEGmusic #Classical

The German Studies Association is now accepting applications for the GSA Prize for the Best Essay in German Studies by a Graduate Student until May 23! 🏆 Winner to be honoured at the GSA banquet + have revised article published in German Studies Review! 🇩🇪🇦🇹🇨🇭 Apply NOW! www.thegsa.org/prizes/gradu...

🎓✍️The 2025 Journal of Austrian Studies Graduate Student Essay Prize is now open! Looking for unpublished essays on Austria, Austro-Hungary, or the Habsburg world—history, lit, culture, + more! 🗓️ Due: Oct 1, 2025 💰 $250 + JAS publication + ASA membership Learn more: shorturl.at/5qrHY

🎶 We are proud to co-sponsor Mikolaj Warszynski, live in concert with special guests Zuzana Simurdova and Tatiana Warszynski, as the Mazurka Music & Art Society presents: 🎹 CHOPIN 📅 June 7, 2025 📍 All Saints Anglican Cathedral 🎟️ Tickets at the door or online: www.mazurkamusicandart.com

📝🔍 What does it really mean to be a historian today? For many early-career scholars, the path can be isolating—and even dangerous. Dominique Kirchner Reill unpacks this reality through the tragic story of a Croatian historian and a NYC murder trial. 🔗 www.zocalopublicsquare.org/historian-mu...

The Historian and the Murder Trial

On May 14, 2018, I was led into a nondescript courtroom in Kew Gardens, Queens to testify at a murder trial. I am a historian who loves details, and the resources

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Word is spreading about our amazing Central European History Convention in Vienna July 17-19, with 55 panels, keynotes by Peter Haslinger + Tara Zahra, roundtables/ reception in honor of Pieter Judson, research lab, poster presentations, + book stalls! Share widely! www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve...

The Wirth Institute was proud to cosponsor the “Modes of Modernism: Vienna 1900 and Beyond” conference at the University of London. It was a vibrant, multidisciplinary gathering exploring Viennese Modernism through literature, philosophy, architecture, mathematics, and more.

"Our Life Behind Barbed Wire: Photography of Ukrainian Ostarbeiters in Nazi Germany" is available to view in the Student Lounge, Arts Building from now to May 10. The exhibit features rare photographs of Ukrainians taken to Nazi Germany as forced laborers during WWII.

The Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Dominique Kirchner Reill as its next Director. Her term will officially begin on July 1, 2025. Read more... www.ualberta.ca/en/wirth-ins...