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Awards for Laura Hochsteiner (CIRAC) and Sandra Radinger (CIRAC)

Laura Hochsteiner and Sandra Radinger each received the Dr. Maria Schaumayer Foundation’s award for their final theses.

Martina Zimmermann: "An Agenda for the Medical Humanities and Ageing" — 21 April 2026

21 April, 5.00 p.m., HS 47.02 and online

Guest Lecture by Dr. Nina De Bettin Padolin (15 April 2026) ONLINE

"Indigenous Storytelling in the 20th and 21st Centuries: Literature, Disability, and Age"

In her guest lecture, Dr. Nina De Bettin Padolin explores…

Anita Wohlmann: "Narrative Medicine: Theory and Practice" — Online Lecture: 14 April 2026

14 April, 5.00 p.m., online (NEW DATE)

Places of Health Practice in Graz: On-Site Visit at "Gesundheitsdrehscheibe" Graz

Students of the Health Humanities Master’s Plus Module visit the "Gesundheitsdrehscheibe" for an on-site experience.

New Publication: Putting Age in Its Place (Ulla Kriebernegg)

Putting Age in Its Place: Long-Term Residential Care in Contemporary Film and Fiction by Ulla Kriebernegg

Exhibition at Volkskundemuseum: "Altersgeschichten" — Opening: 25 March 2026, 6.00 p.m.

Opening: 25 March 2026, 6.00 p.m. (Free admission!)

Dates: 26 March 2026 – 6 January 2027

Venue: Volkskundemuseum am Paulustor, Stöckelsaal

Ulla Kriebernegg Represents the International Scientific Community in the US Congress

Ulla Kriebernegg, an Age and Care researcher from Graz, represents the international scientific community in the US Congress

Erin G. Lamb: "Health Humanities: A Future-Looking Field" — Online Lecture: 17 March 2026

17 March, 5 p.m., online

Elisabeth Medicus: "The Good Life and Medicine" — Lecture: 10 March 2026

10 March, 5 p.m., HS 47.02

Sandra Radinger at "Zukunftsdialog" on the Limits of Language

“When words fail us – can we still come together?”: The Limits and Possibilities of Language

CIRAC Health Humanities: Lecture Series

Tuesdays, 3 March 2026 to 16 June 2026, 5:00–6:30 p.m. in HS 47.02

Podcast-Episode: Transformation, Responsibility, and Philosophy

What are the possibilities of Philosophy to respond to the challenges of our times – and where do its responsibilities lie?

A New Edition of CIRAC CINEMA is out!

You are invited to the new CIRAC CINEMA edition!

Fighting the “Dementors”: Reconsidering (Culturally) Constructive Versions of Forgetfulnes

ENAS Quarterly 2025/4

Research in Conversation

With Heike Hartung & Ulla Kriebernegg

December 4, 2025

4:30-5:45 PM (CET, online)

A talk and…

Radio Interview with Dr. Angela Wegscheider (JKU) and Laura Hochsteiner (CIRAC)

Radio interview about Disability Studies (Austria) and the ALTER Conference in Innsbruck