#Wiederbrennen Movement (in German)

UNS REICHT’S
Keine Uni ohne uns Studierende!

Zehn Jahre nach #unibrennt herrschen an unseren Universitäten nach wie vor unwürdige Zustände.

ÖVP und die Grünen entscheiden gerade am Verhandlungstisch über die zukünftige Hochschulpolitik. Dabei steht völlig offen, ob sich der verfehlte Kurs der letzen Jahrzehnte fortsetzt, oder die notwendige Veränderung hin zu offenen, freien und gerechteren Hochschulen gelingt.

Wir fordern:
– Die Erhöhung des Hochschulbudgets auf mind. 2% des BIP.
– Den offenen und freien Hochschulzugang.
– Recht auf Räume für uns Studierende.
– Eine Verbesserung der sozialen Situation von Studierenden.
– Echte Mitsprache für die Studierendenvertretungen.
– Bildung statt Ausbildung.
– Bessere Bedingungen für das gesamte Hochschulpersonal.
– Klimagerechte Hochschulen.
– Bildung als Schwerpunkt in der neuen Regierung.

Am Dienstag 10.12. um 14:30 versammeln wir uns vor dem TU Hauptgebäude, um gemeinsam und solidarisch ein Zeichen zu setzen.

Es geht um Freie Bildung. Es geht um Chancengleichheit. Es geht um uns Alle!

Werden wir aktiv. Zwingen wir die Politik zu handeln!
Es ist Zeit, dass wir #wiederbrennen

 

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Christmas Breakfast

Get you Chrismas spirits on! Join us for the last breakfast of the year where we can all share some yummy cookies and gingerbread.

See you on December 5th from 9:00-12:30!

Trump and the trade unions: public talk

Trump and the trade unions 
public discussion with leading US trade unionist Stuart Appelbaum

Monday, November 11, 2019, 5:30 p.m. (admission 5:00 p.m.)
ÖGB Catamaran, Wilhelmine Moik conference room
Johann-Böhm-Platz 1, 1020 Wien (U2 Donaumarina)

Info & registration

No one is indifferent to US President Donald Trump political policies: be it foreign policy, global economic or migration policy. With one year to go before the US presidential election, what are the consequences of Trumps policies for the Americans? How has the social and labor market situation changed under Trump? How is the working population? What role does the trade union play in the US? What are the chances for the Democrats?

A public discussion with Stuart Appelbaum, President, Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), Vice President of the American Federation of Trade Unions (AFL-CIO).

Welcome introduction: Wolfgang Katzian, ÖGB President

Moderation: Sophia Reisecker, GPA-djp international secretary

Questions from the audience are welcome! Simultaneous interpretation will be provided into German and English.

 

Afterwards you will be invited to a small snack.

“Pericles, Prince of Tyre”, Shakespeare (Zamec Valtice, Czech Republic)

Pericles, Prince of Tyre is a Shakespearean epic —an exciting and exotic adventure of mystery, marvels, and mayhem— now brought to life in this bold new production. Having discovered a dark secret in the court of Antiochus, Pericles is forced to wander a world filled with captivating characters. It’s an odyssey of life and death, morality and depravity, civility and barbarity, and, most of all, of the everlasting endurance of love. 

Idle Discourse brings you one of the Bard’s grandest tales with irreverence, humour, and maybe just a little bit of silliness. An energetic and accessible interpretation of the play, expect remarkable English-language Shakespearean storytelling at its most evocative! 

Valtice’s theatre dates back to 1790. After falling to ruin following the war, in 2015 the venue was painstakingly restored to its original state, utilising the original layout and recreating the working stage machinery. The venue is an incredible authentic space in which to watch one of Shakespeare’s great epics. The site is around an hour’s drive from Vienna.

When: September 5-7 at 4pm.

Where: Zámek 1, 691 42 Valtice, Czech Republic

Tickets: http://www.zamek-valtice.cz

Pericles, Prince of Tyre at Zamek Valtice

Guest Lecture: “‘The liberation of our stories is no crime’: Legal Fictions, Imperial Subjects, and Indigenous Detective Writing”

There will be a guest lecture taking place on June 24, from 2:15-3:45pm at SR1 (Department of English and American Studies). The lecture will be held by Alexandra Hauke (University of Passau). Come one, come all!

Guest Lecture: Investigating Trump

 

Wie es ist, für ein Medium zu arbeiten, das vom US-Präsidenten als “Enemy of the People” verteufelt wird? David Barstow, Investigativreporter der New York Times, wird es uns erzählen. Für seine Reportage über die Familie Trump und deren Steuertricks hat er soeben seinen vierten Pulitzerpreis bekommen – er ist der erste Journalist, der mit diesem Preis viermal ausgezeichnet wurde.

Vortrag von David Barstow:
“Investigating Trump: What I learned about Donald Trump’s money from 18 months of work and 100,000 pages of documents.”

Anschließend befragt Alexander Warzilek, Geschäftsführer des Presserats, David Barstow zur gegenwärtigen Situation der Medien in den USA.

Die preisgekrönten Reportage finden Sie <<<hier>>>.

Datum: Donnerstag, 13.06.2019, 19:00 Uhr

Ort: Presseclub Concordia, Bankgasse 8, 1010 Wien

Die Veranstaltung findet auf Englisch statt. Um Anmeldung unter anmeldung@presserat.at wird gebeten.

HOUSE OF JOBS AM 12. JUNI 2019

DEIN JOB KOMMT ZU DIR

Du studierst oder hast dein Studium abgeschlossen und machst dir
Gedanken über deinen Berufseinstieg? House of Jobs ist ein leicht
zugängliches
Netzwerk-Event, um studienrelevante Branchen kennenzulernen. Potentielle
ArbeitgeberInnen kommen für einen Tag an verschiedene Uni Wien
Standorte, wo du dich in gemütlicher Atmosphäre mit ihnen vernetzen
kannst.

3 Gesprächsszenarien erwarten dich bei House of Jobs:

1) Silent Talks über Funkkopfhörer (moderierte Gespräche mit
ArbeitgeberInnen)

2) Question & Answer – Areas für Einzelgespräche und individuelle
Fragen

3) Bewerbungsgespräche (mit Vorselektion)

Schau vorbei – es könnte dein zukünftiger Job dabei sein!

Eintritt frei. Anmeldung: www.houseofjobs.at

3rd Vienna Irish Studies & Cultural Theory Summer School (1-5 July 2019)

Announcing The Vienna Irish Studies & Cultural Theory Summer School 2019: “Bull Island: The Nonhuman Turn in Irish Studies”

1-5 July 2019

Registration is now open for an ECTS accredited week of lectures, seminars, and screenings with internationally renowned Irish studies and cultural theory scholars at the Vienna Centre for Irish Studies!

Confirmed speakers include: Joseph Anderton (Birmingham City University), Lucy Collins (University College Dublin), Katherine Ebury (University of Sheffield), Paul Fagan (University of Vienna), Lisa Fitzgerald (Université Nice Sophia Antipolis), Harald Freidl (University of Vienna), Dieter Fuchs (University of Vienna), Christopher Herzog (Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg), Brett Mills (University of East Anglia), Maureen O’Connor (University College Cork), Michelle Witen (University of Basel); with more to be announced…

Venue: Department of English and American Studies, University of Vienna, Hof 8.3, Spitalgasse 2-4, 1090 Vienna

Fee: € 100 for access to all talks, seminars, screenings, social events (free of charge for students who are fully registered at the University of Vienna)

Registration: Please email your name and affiliation to dieter.fuchs@univie.ac.at by 16 June 2019!

More details, incl. call for registrations

Event page on fb: https://www.facebook.com/events/2280048925574124/

METROPOLE Workshop at the English Department

Dear students,

We hope that you’ve had a great start into the new semester and you are all satisfied with your courses and lectures. We have some great news and we want to share them with you! Since the weather outside is warm and sunny again, we’ve been feeling creative and more inspired than ever. The next big thing that we are organizing is a journalistic workshop. So, if you’ve always wanted to get a peek behind the curtains of how a magazine works and get first-hand knowledge on writing articles from real pros, we have just the thing for you.

The STV English and American Studies (your trusty student reps) and METROPOLE, the one of a kind Vienna English-speaking magazine (maybe you’ve seen their latest issue at our breakfast), are coming together to organize the first writing workshop for students from the English department.

Where & When?

The workshop will take place at the department on the April 3rd, between 13:00 and 16:00 and will include a short trip to the METROPOLE editorial office.

How to take part?

Since the places are limited, in order to take part, you have to sign up for the sweepstake and send an email to the stv.anglistik@univie.ac.at. Please include your two names and degree program.

Signing up takes place until March 28th and you will be informed via email if you have been chosen.

Good luck!

 

 

INVITATION: “Burns Night”, Fri 25 Jan, 7pm

On behalf of Prof. John Kirk we would like to cordially invite you to attend the following festivities:

“Burns Night:
The Scottish Poet’s Life & Works”

Friday 25th January 2019, at 19.00
Hof 8.3: Unterrichtsraum

‚Robert Burns: His Life and Works’: Talk by John Kirk
interspersed by
Recitations of Poems by Students
Songs by EnChoir’s Ensemble
including some new arrangements
followed by Refreshments

All students, staff and friends welcome!