{"id":4,"date":"2016-11-03T17:11:37","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T16:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.austrianresistance.org\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2026-04-26T04:03:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T02:03:13","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.austrianresistance.org\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"

The American Friends of the Documentation Center of Austrian Resistance is a non-profit organization established in 2011 with the purpose of furthering the mission of the Documentation Center of Austrian Resistance (D\u00d6W<\/a>), fostering dialogue between the D\u00d6W and North American scholars, and promoting scholarly research in Austrian contemporary history, cultural studies and political science relating to Austria, with a special focus on the Nazi era.<\/span><\/p>\n

The D\u00d6W, located in Vienna, is one of the Republic of Austria’s most important institutes for the study of National Socialism and a major repository for documents, books, articles and data bases concerning Austria under Nazi rule and the aftermath of Nazism in the Second Austrian Republic.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

Announcement: Radomir Luza Prize 2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

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The American Friends of the Documentation Center of Austrian Resistance<\/em> and The German Studies Association<\/em> are pleased to announce the annual Radomir Luza Prize for an outstanding work in the field of Austrian and\/or Czechoslovak history<\/strong> in the 20th Century with a special focus on Austrian\/Czechoslovak Studies in the World War II Era<\/strong>. This prize, initiated in 2012 by Center Austria: The Marshall Plan Center for European Studies at the University of New Orleans<\/em>, has been bestowed since 2017 by the German Studies Association<\/em> (GSA) and carries a cash award of $1000.00. It seeks seeks to encourage research in the history of Austria and Czechoslovakia focusing on the time period of the 1930s and 1940s, i.e. on the fields Professor Radom\u00edr Lu\u017ea<\/a> worked in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be eligible for the 2026 Radomir Luza Prize competition, the book <\/strong>or dissertation <\/strong>must have been published (or a dissertation defended) between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025<\/strong>.  Authors must be citizens or resident aliens (holders of \u201cgreen cards\u201d) of the United States or Canada. Dissertations must have been awarded by a North American University<\/strong>. The language of the work must be English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be considered for the Radomir Luza Prize competition, please send a copy of your work electronically to: winfried.garscha@doew.at<\/a>. Please CC the Secretary-Treasurer of the American Friends<\/em>, Eric GRUBE: eric.grube@bc.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The deadline for submissions is June 30, 2026. <\/strong>The winner(s) will be notified before August 15, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The awarding ceremony will take place during the Fiftieth Annual Conference of the German Studies Association to be held from Sept. 24 through 27 2026 in the Hyatt Regency hotel in Phoenix, Arizona.Categories<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The American Friends of the Documentation Center of Austrian Resistance is a non-profit organization established in 2011 with the purpose of furthering the mission of the Documentation Center of Austrian Resistance (D\u00d6W), fostering dialogue between the D\u00d6W and North American scholars, and promoting scholarly research in Austrian contemporary history, cultural studies and political science relating … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austrianresistance.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austrianresistance.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austrianresistance.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austrianresistance.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austrianresistance.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.austrianresistance.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":815,"href":"https:\/\/www.austrianresistance.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions\/815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austrianresistance.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}