Programme overview
Tuesday, 4 September 2018
18:00-22:30
Reception by the Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to the Republic of Slovakia, H.E. Helfried Carl, at the Austrian Cultural Forum Bratislava
(Invited guests only.)
Wednesday, 5 September 2018
10:00-10:30
Registration (Schloss Eckartsau)
Session 1: Political Culture in Europe 1918 to 1939
10:30-11:00
Welcome address and Introduction
11:00-12:30
Keynotes & Discussion
12:30-14:30
Lunch break with the opportunity to look around the historic venue
14:30-16:00
Three parallel panels
16:00-17:00
Coffee break
Fireside chat
17:00-19:00
The Historical Burden of 1918 for Europe Today: Are We at the Dawn of an Authoritarian 21st Century?
Heinz Fischer (Former President of the Republic of Austria)
Elisabeth Holzleithner (University of Vienna)
Irina Scherbakowa (Memorial, Moscow)
Ivan Vejvoda (Institute for Human Sciences IWM, Vienna)
19:00-21:30
Dinner at Schloss Eckartsau
Thursday, 6 September 2018
Session 2: The Escalating Persecution of Jews and Aggressive National Socialist Expansion Policies 1938
10:00-10:30
Introduction
10:30-12:00
Keynotes & Discussion
12:00-13:00
Lunch break
13:00-14:30
Three parallel panels
14:30-15:00
Coffee break
Session 3: Democracy and Authoritarianism, 1918 to 2018. A »Longue Durée« Perspective
15:00-15:30
Introduction
15:30-17:00
Keynotes & Discussion
17:00-17:30
Coffee break
17:30-19:00
Three parallel panels
19:00-21:30
Dinner at Schloss Eckartsau
Friday, 7 September 2018
Session 4: The Future of Democracy in the 21st Century
10:00-10:30
Introduction
10:30-12:00
Keynotes & Discussion
12:00-13:00
Lunch break
13:00-14:30
Three parallel panels
14:30-15:30
Roundup of the conference