The Masaryk University (Department of German Studies
and Department of Musicology at the Faculty of Arts),
in cooperation with the Austrian Cultural Forum Prague,
the Department of Foreign Relations of the Brno City Municipality,
the University of Vienna and Ackermann-Gemeinde Rottenburg-Stuttgart
would like to invite all university students and teachers as well as the general public to a series of lectures
Lectures on Austrian Culture and Society
Wissenschaftskolleg Österreich-Bibliothek IV
(7/10 – 9/12/2013)
Architecture and Literature
at the Faculty of Arts of the Masaryk University
(building C – auditorium, Arne Nováka 1, Brno)
Under the auspices of:
Dr. Erhard Busek, the former vice-chancellor and minister of science and research of the Republic of Austria
Monday, 7/10/2013 Theophil Hansen, the architect, and the driving forces of social changes in Brno.
5.30pm Ing. arch. Jan Sapák, architect, journalist and a theorist of architecture, Brno
Monday, 14/10/2013 The limits of Brno's urbanism
5.30pm Mgr. Rostislav Koryčánek, former director of Dům umění (House of Arts) in Brno,
journalist and curator, Brno
Monday, 21/10/2013 From a building to a piece of art. The concepts of aestheticism in Brno's
5.30pm architecture around 1900
PhDr. Aleš Filip, Ph.D., Masaryk University, Brno
Monday, 4/11/2013 Ludwig Christian Förster, the Viennese architect, and his contribution to Brno's
5.30pm transformation to a modern Central European city
PhDr. Jitka Sedlářová, art historian (Moravian Gallery), Brno
Monday, 11/11/2013 Theophil Hansen: “Rehearsal in Brno, staging in Vienna”
5.30pm Prof. Adolph Stiller, Accademia di architettura, Mendrisio, Switzerland – moderator
Ing. arch. Jan Sapák, Brno
Monday, 18/11/2013 Brno's German modern architects (1910 – 1945)
5.30pm prof. Ing. arch. Petr Pelčák, Brno University of Technology, Brno
Monday, 25/11/2013 The house without qualities. Remarks on the corresponding chapter of Musil's
5.30pm Man without Qualities
Univ.-Prof. Doz. Dr. Wolfgang Müller-Funk, professor of cultural studies at the
University of Vienna
Monday, 2/12/2013 The Villa Tugendhat and its residents
5.30pm Univ.-Prof. Dr. Daniela Hammer-Tugendhat, University of Applied Arts in Vienna and
the University of Vienna, and Prof. Dr. Ivo Hammer, University of Applied Sciences
and Arts in Hildesheim – moderator PhDr. Mojmír Jeřábek, Brno
Monday, 9/12/2013 “I wanted the people abroad to see all the beautiful things that are being created
5.30pm in our county.” Bohuslav Kilian and his bilingual magazine Měsíc/Der Monat
(1932–1941) in Brno
PhDr. Miroslav Jeřábek, Ph.D., Masaryk University, Brno
The lectures are held in Czech or German (with simultaneous interpreting). The right to change the programme is reserved
Further information as well as information about lectures in the past years is to be found at: http://wiko.phil.muni.cz