Hebrew University in Jerusalem organized the annual meeting of Austrian Studies Center November 22 to 26, 2009, initiated by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science's Christoph Ramoser and Florian Gerhardus.

Gűnter Bischof attended and brought along two former Federal Ministry of Science Fellows: Marion Wieser (this year lecturing at Tulane University) and Michael Maier (University of Vienna) to present papers on their research on "Religion and Politics in Recent American Elections" and "Postwar Masculinities." This year directors and students met from Austrian Centers at UNO, the University of Alberta (Edmonton), the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, the University of Vienna, Andrassy University in Budapest and the host institution, Hebrew University.

The hosts treated the visiting delegations to fascinating sight-seeing programs in Jerusalem and Northern Israel along with an opening lecture by noted political scientist Shlomo Avineri on the current political situation in Israel. The 2010 meeting will be hosted by UNO’s Center Austria in New Orleans.

Photos by Marion Wieser.