Mediated Performance Spaces in Contemporary Austrian Literature and Culture - this is the title of the panel at the 2009 MLA Convention (Philadelphia, December 27-30, 2009), sponsored by Modern Austrian Literature and Culture Association. 

The panel will focus on the range of performance spaces within contemporary Austrian culture (theatre, film, television, sound – music/radio, performance art) with an eye to understanding the varying levels of transcultural, socioeconomic, political, and technical mediation that flow in and through them.  At stake are not just the final cuts, broadcasts and staged performances, but rather the multiplicity of sources and media frameworks that allow these final products to come to fruition for display and broadcast to an audience.
Deadline for submissions: March 6, 2009.

The Auschwitz Jewish Center Fellows program is open to students who have recently received their undergraduate degrees and those who are enrolled in a graduate program.  Applications from students with interest in Holocaust studies, Jewish Studies, Polish-Jewish history, genocide prevention, human rights or social improvement is strongly encouraged. Deadline for application is February 2, 2009.