Crossing borders – Expectations towards Europe Concluding remarks by representatives of the Alpbach Initiative Groups and Clubs about the European Forum Alpbach 2012 in dialogue with Robert Menasse
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Erwin-Schrödinger-Saal
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German and English language
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Dr. Robert MENASSE
Novelist and Essayist, Vienna
| As an undergraduate, Menasse studied in Vienna, Salzburg and Messina | |
| 1980 | PhD thesis "Der Typus des Außenseiters im Literaturbetrieb" |
| 1981-1988 | Junior lecturer, Institute of Literature Theory, University of Sao Paolo |
| 1988 | First novel "Sinnliche Gewissheit" is published. |
| Since returning to Europe from Brasil, Menasse has mainly lived in the cities of Berlin, Vienna and Amsterdam. | |
| He currently lives in Vienna. |
Mag. Thomas SEIFERT
Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Wiener Zeitung, Vienna
| 1987-1991 | Bachelor degree course, Biology, University of Salzburg |
| 1991-1998 | Master degree course, Botany, University of Vienna |
| Staff writer, Falter, Vienna | |
| 1999-2005 | Member of the Editorial Staff, Foreign Affairs Section, News, Vienna |
| 1999 | International Media Fellowship, Duke University, Durham, NC |
| 2001 | International Visitors Program, The State Department |
| Lecturer, Danube University, Krems | |
| 2006-2012 | Member of the Editorial Staff, Foreign Affairs Section, Die Presse, Vienna |
| 2009 | Lecturer, University of Vienna |
| since 2012 | Deputy Editor in Chief, Wiener Zeitung, Vienna |
