Austria’s contribution to modern German-language literature has been both rich and varied, embracing major novelists (Kafka, Musil, Zweig), dramatists (Schnitzler, Bernhard, Jelinek), as well as poets (Rilke, Celan, Bachmann) of international repute.
The Ingeborg Bachmann Centre, established at the then Institute of Germanic Studies in 2002 with the support of the Erste Bank, the Österreichische Nationalbank, the Austrian Cultural Forum, and the Österreich Kooperation, explores this contribution by means of a varied programme of events. The IBC supports and hosts collaborative and transnational conferences and events in the field of Austrian Studies and seeks to further cultural exchange between Austria and the UK by promoting the work of authors and translators.
The IBC takes as its figurehead Ingeborg Bachmann, whose poem ‘Abschied von England’ encapsulates the challenge presented by other cultures and the difficulties of comprehending them.
All events are open to anyone interested.
The Centre is indebted to the Austrian Cultural Forum in London and the Bithell Bequest Fund (University of London) for their continued sponsorship.
Der Heißeste Sommer / The Hottest Summer

Cherubino. A Reading with Andrea Grill and Tess Lewis

Uncanny Valleys. Austrian Literature and Film in the New Millennium

Die erfundene Frau. A Reading with Daniel Wisser and Ruth Martin

Marlen Haushofer: Texte und Kontexte

Austria Made in Hollywood

Mascha Dabić and Leigh Bailey in Conversation

Marlen Haushofer in Context

Gaitkrash presents 'KILLING STELLA'

Alptraum(a). Alps, Summits and Borderlands

Laura Freudenthaler and Tess Lewis: A Virtual Encounter

Reading and Watching Kafka in Quarantine

Joseph Roth's 'The Coral Merchant'

Andrea Grill and Tess Lewis: A Virtual Encounter

Literature in Lockdown - Liechtenstein
