BOOKSIGNINGS AND READING IN APRIL 2010
Booksignings in April 2010. MONDAY April 5th I will be signing the Golden Mushrooms anthology book with my entry on page 83 called Returning Home. Written in 1993 about New Mexico after being on vacation in Europe. The Anthology is produced by the Austrian Society of Literature in Vienna. This event will take place in Ortega Hall, 3rd floor.
#2 booksigning will be on Wednesday 7th April for the Poetry Month at University New Mexico Bookstore. New Spanish poetry will be introduced with special guests from Spanish and Portuguese Department at University New Mexico and music.
Both events at 12:00 noon
About Dai
I am a gregarious survivor of many events including the fact of being born literally twice due to heart open surgery so I have two birthdays (Fall and Spring) which doesn't necessarily mean I will die twice or live half as long and twice as fast as everyone...
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New Orleans/Katrina Victims, Red Cross, UNicef,
'GOLDEN MUSHROOMS' READING MONDAY APRIL 5 2010
You are cordially invited to a reading of selections by Angel Gonzalez, Peter Pabisch,Fernando Garavito, David Briggs, David Wilde, and other colleagues, friends and fellow travelers of the Departments of Foreign Languages and Literatures and Spanish and Portuguese on MONDAY, APRIL 5, 2010, NOON IN THE ROBERT DUNCAN READING ROOM OF THE 3RD FLOOR OF ORTEGA HALL. The readings will be in Spanish, French, German, and English. All Spanish readings will be accompanied by translations in English. The event has to do with the presentation of the 100th Volume, Von Eierschwammerlhohen zur D.H. Lawrence-Ranch: Osterreichische Literatur in den Rockys? Eine Egegnung/From the Golden Chanterelles to the D.H. Lawrence Ranch: Austrian Literature in the Rocky Mountains? A Gathering of the series of the International Yearbook of German and German Studies, edited by Peter Pabisch and Wolfgang Greisenegger, published 2009 by Peter Verlag Press. The Main Editor of the entire series, Professor Emeritus Hans Gert Roloff from the German Department of the Free University in Berlin, will be present. Please come and enjoy readings by our colleagues who have published in this volume dedicated to writers who have been influenced by their residence in New Mexico. El Nino David, besides reading under his nom de plume (David Briggs) will play flamenco guitar during the event.
Golden Mushrooms
UNM International Task Force Presents Former Austrian Ambassador to the US
June 3, 2010 | By Carolyn Gonzales
Peter Moser to speak at luncheon on June 8
The UNM International Task Force, with support from Deputy Provost Richard Holder, hosts a special summer luncheon meeting in Roberts Room, Scholes Hall, on Tuesday, June 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Special guest of honor is former Austrian Ambassador to the United States in Washington D.C., Peter Moser. Moser, who has visited UNM several times through the years, served in this ambassadorship about a decade ago. He served as Consul General of Austria in Los Angeles in the mid-eighties and was senior ambassador in Austria’s diplomatic corps and ambassador to Japan in his last position.
In retirement he has received many invitations to distinguished circles in world politics and academia. Last year he was invited to teach at the University of Louisiana at Baton Rouge with a Marshall Fund grant. He is known worldwide through the international press because of his successful defense of Austria against accusations during the so-called “Haider era” around the year 2000 that it had again become a Neo-Nazi country.
Moser presents “E Pluribus Unum: A Model for Globalization.” Austria received Marshall Plan money after World War II. The money did not have to be paid back, but receiving countries had to help other countries in need instead. Thus, Austria built two complete steel works in India. Vienna is the seat of the International Atomic Energy Commission, collaborating closely with Los Alamos and LANL. Despite the country’s small size, its capital, Vienna, has become the third UN-City in 1979 and plays a major role in European and world affairs. It is famous for scientific research in physics, in medicine, Fine Arts and music. Although the country has its dark moments historically when many Austrians joined Hitler’s Third Reich, it has made up for its mistakes in almost three generations of peaceful development. Austria is known for its natural beauty, its tourism and cuisine, and its strength in winter sports.
“This is a rare opportunity to meet an international guest of this caliber. I encourage UNM staff, faculty members of the UNM community to bring new colleagues and interested people from off campus, as well ” said Peter Pabisch, professor emeritus, German Studies.
Guests will be asked to briefly introduce themselves, followed by Moser’s presentation of about 45 minutes. A question and answer session will follow.
A luncheon snack will be served. RSVP to Kathryn Padilla, katpad@unm.edu. and bring along new colleagues and friends.
Carolyn Gonzales, 277‑5920, cgonzal@unm.edu