News on the Department of English published by the University of Klagenfurt

Fulbright Visiting Professorship 2025: How cultural identity and environmental justice are connected

Dr. Claudia J. Ford is a professor of Environmental Studies at State University of New York, Potsdam, USA, and will be teaching at the Department of English at the University of Klagenfurt next summer semester as part of a Fulbright Visiting Professorship. In this interview, she explains the knowledge objectives she will be pursuing in her two courses and why she finds Carinthia a particularly exciting location.

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The Department of English celebrates its 50th anniversary


The Department of English at the University of Klagenfurt has every reason to celebrate: Founded in 1973, the Department of English and American Studies turned 50 this year. Members of the department welcomed friends, partners, companions, alumni and students to a special event to celebrate the 50th anniversary.

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Yiwarra Kuju: First Nations Australia exhibition opened at the University of Klagenfurt

On March 22, Ms Brittany Clarke, First Secretary at the Australian Embassy in Vienna, and her colleague Ms Elisabeth Jaquemar visited the Department of English at the University of Klagenfurt, delivering Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route exhibition from the National Museum of Australia.

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English and American Studies: A passion for language and culture

Ateesha Sethia’s decision to study in Klagenfurt was a thoughtful one. After all, the student of English and American Studies, has seen over 50 countries and has lived in 7 of them before choosing to stay here. After growing up in a city of 15 million people, calling herself a “big-city-person”, she values Klagenfurt as a city that offers the best of both worlds – an abundance of nature and still, all the amenities of a big city. 

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