Scientific AWARD
Since 2006 the Austrian-Canadian Society is sponsoring the so-called "Scientific Award of the Austrian-Canadian Society".
The Austrian-Canadian Society awards this price to outstanding scientific paper(s) in the fields of Canadian studies, which ideally has a link to Austria and should be categorized into one of the following areas:
- Law and Economics
- Political Science and Sociology
- Literature and Linguistic Studies
- History and Geography
The Austrian-Canadian Society is Grateful Eli Lilly Austria ( www.lilly.at ) for sponsoring this award.
The winner of the "4th Scientific Award of the Austrian-Canadian Society" for the year 2009 is Mag. Martina RÖSSLER for his outstanding paper "The Coming-of-Age Narrative by Indigenous Writers in Canada: Eden Robinson’s Monkey Beach and Lee Maracle’s Ravensong" (PDF)
Mag. Martina Rössler studied at the Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik at the University of Vienna.
The winner of the "3rd Scientific Award of the Austrian-Canadian Society" for the year 2008 is Dr. Eugen BANAUCH for his outstanding paper "'HOME' AS A THOUGHT BETWEEN QUOTATION MARKS, The Fluid Exile of Jewish Third Reich Refugee Writers in Canada 1940-2006" (PDF)
Dr. Eugen Banauch, MA (Sussex) studied English and German at the Universities of Sussex, Vienna and Ottawa. His current teaching activities include courses at the Language Center of the University Vienna, Cultural Studies, ILSS. His research interests are: American Ethnic Literatures (esp. Jewish Canadian and German Canadian Literatures), Transatlantic Relations, Bob Dylan, Literary and Cultural Theory.
The winner of the "2nd Scientific Award of the Austrian-Canadian Society" for the year 2007 is Georg MÖST for his outstanding paper "Die Auswanderung aus Österreich nach Kanada 1945-1962" (PDF)
Georg Möst studied history and political science at the University of Innsbruck.
The winner of the "1st Scientific Award of the Austrian-Canadian Society" for the year 2006 is Falk Florian BORSDORF for his outstanding paper "Indigenous Rights Recognition in Federal Systems - Nunavut: The "good news" case?" (PDF)
Falk Borsdorf studied political science, social psychology and education at the University of Innsbruck, Loughborough University (UK), Carleton University and the University of Toronto.