VeranstaltungsortHS 10Veranstalter Institut für Anglistik und AmerikanistikBeschreibungThe first portion of this talk will explore contemporary debates about immigration and asylum policies in the United States, and the resurgence of xenophobia, racism, and nativism in American culture. Among the questions to be addressed: how have policies, enforcement measures, and rhetoric in the United States changed since Donald Trump took office in January 2017? To what extent do the policies and discourses advanced by President Trump represent a dramatic departure from previous administrations? Professor Urban will also examine the different proposals for immigration policy reform that have originated from the American right, center, and left in recent years – ranging from proposals to construct a U.S.-Mexico border wall to calls to abolish the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency.The second portion of this talk will shift focus to efforts by public historians, artists, and activists to bring to the American public more critical accounts of the United States’ immigration history, and to create a “usable past” that can inform dialogue in the present. Professor Urban will discuss how museums, online exhibitions, and other forms of public-facing scholarship have sought to challenge and complicate mythologies surrounding assimilation, legal vs. illegal immigration, and the United States’ image, as Emma Lazarus famously put it, as a refuge for “huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” Finally, the talk will conclude with a discussion of Professor Urban’s work in Klagenfurt, and the class project that his students are conducting on the history of Displaced Persons Camps in post-World War II Carinthia. Professor Urban will share primary sources from the United Nations United Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) archives that his students are working with, and how these documents are being used to spur conversations among Austrian students about refugee politics in Europe today.Vortragende(r)Prof. Dr. Andrew UrbanRutgers UniversityKontaktAssoc. Prof. Dr. Alexa Weik von Mossner (Alexa.WeikvonMossner@aau.at)

VeranstaltungsortUniversität KlagenfurtHörsaal CVeranstalter Fakultät für WirtschaftswissenschaftenBeschreibungDer Businessplan spielt, wenn er nicht übertrieben wird, immer noch eine wichtige Rolle zur Formulierung und Beschreibung des eigenen Gründungsvorhabens. Der internationale Trend geht aber vermehrt Richtung „Lean Start-up“ und ausgewachsene „Pitch-Varianten“, wie den Investor- oder Sales Pitch, die im Mittelpunkt dieses Vortrags stehen.Im Rahmen dieser Einheit berichtet ein Gründer über seine eigenen Pitch-Erfahrungen sowie mögliche Erfolgsfaktoren und absolute No-Gos beim Pitching. Auch wenn medial oft propagiert – die perfekte Vorlage für einen Pitch existiert nicht. Was zählt sind Authentizität und emotionale Ansprache, eine Kombination aus Dramaturgie und Storytelling.Vortragende(r)DI Rudolf Ball (Symvaro GmbH)KontaktPatrick Gregori BSc. MSc. (Patrick.Gregori@aau.at)