TO WHICH CULTURE DOES JACOB CHRISTOPH RAD BELONG, WHO WAS BORN IN SWITZERLAND, GREW UP IN GALICIA, LIVED IN VIENNA AND, AS A FACTORY DIRECTOR, INVENTED THE SUGAR LUMP IN MORAVIA? FIRST PUBLISHED IN “SOCIETY” NO 378, DECEMBER 2020 -JUNE 2021. BY EMIL BRIX HONORARY PRESIDENT OF THE AUSTRO-BRITISH SOCIETY. In Central Europe, ... Weiterlesen >
OPPORTUNITY OR THREAT FOR DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES? BY JOCHEN RESSEL When the picture above appeared, some might have thought: It comes four years too late – but better now than never. The delete button has not even been fully released when a discussion was initialised, including some serious questions: Is it right for a ... Weiterlesen >
GUEST COMMENT THE DAYTON AGREEMENT OFFICIALLY ENDED THE WAR IN BOSNIA 25 YEARS AGO - WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM MISTAKES AND WHY A MORE ROBUST, COMMON EU FOREIGN POLICY IS NEEDED. FIRST PUBLISHED IN “WIENER ZEITUNG” 14.12.2020 BY PHILIPP JAUERNIK “I didn't understand Sarajevo's uniqueness until I was gone. Before the War ... Weiterlesen >
AND WHAT 2020 TOLD US ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF ARTS. BY JOCHEN RESSEL With only a short interruption in the autumn, the cultural life stands almost still since March 2020. There are no live concerts, no theatre or opera performances with public attendance, no public readings, no comedy shows, no museums open, no ... Weiterlesen >
THE STRANGE CASE OF ENGLISH NATIONALISM. BY WOLFGANG GEISSLER Ambassador Colin Munro, fellow Austro-British Society board member and Chairman of the United Kingdom Citizens in Austria suggested after reading my recent Blog "From Assimilation to Integration, from Separation to Marginalisation" that I should be concentrating on the subject of Identity in greater detail, which I am going to ... Weiterlesen >
THE PUB AND THE BUG BY IAN MURDOCH Fyfe Robertson - a BBC TV Reporter in the 1960's - remarked in his "Search for the Perfect Pint" that it was not just the quality of the beer that mattered, but where you drank it and who you drank it with. The success of ... Weiterlesen >
WHAT THE BACKBONE OF DEMOCRACY REQUIRES BY MAG. ALEXANDER CABJOLSKY & JOCHEN RESSEL (in appreciation and to honour Mag. Cabjolsky, who passed away unexpectedly on Dec. 8th, 2020 – R.I.P) It is out of the question that we live in extraordinary times of a pandemic where expectations and requirements for legislative personnel in Governmental ... Weiterlesen >
THE ALL IMPORTANCE OF THE OMNIBUS MELANIE SULLY Covid Vaccines are now coming thick and fast thankfully. It’s like waiting for a bus, you wait a long time and then along come two or three all at once. This was particularly true in a city like Bristol which had a notoriously bad bus ... Weiterlesen >
THE PROCESS OF SOCIAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND CULTURAL CHANGE AND THE RISK FACTORS FOR ACCULTURATIVE STRESS DUE TO IMMIGRATION. BY WOLFGANG GEISSLER “From a historical viewpoint, it makes no difference whether it was Abraham, who projected this experience onto an imaginary Jehovah or a real Jehovah who proposed it to Abraham. The fact remains ... Weiterlesen >
HEALTHCARE IN AUSTRIA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM BY WOLFGANG GEISSLER Things could not have been more complicated. The subject I was about to write has not been delayed by the Lockdown Number Two but by a horrendous crime. Two hours before that Lockdown a crazed IS follower went on a rampage armed with ... Weiterlesen >
