Austrian Apocalypse
With Natascha Strobl and Ilija Trojanow
In the second panel, Austrian Apocalypse, Natascha Strobl and Ilija Trojanow discuss the situation in Austria, where a far-right politician is poised to become chancellor. How did the Right manage to convince such large parts of the electorate, and what, if anything, could disenchant the current fascination with authoritarianism?
Natascha Strobl is a political scientist and journalist who writes for the Frankfurter Rundschau and the Süddeutsche Zeitung, among others. She can be found on X under @Natascha_Strobl. Her book Radikalisierter Konservatismus: Eine Analyse (Suhrkamp, 2021) was a bestseller and won the Recognition Award of the Bruno Kreisky Prize for the Political Book. Together with Julian Bruns and Kathrin Glösel, she also published Rechte Kulturrevolution: Wer und was ist die Neue Rechte von heute? (VSA Verlag, 2015).
Ilija Trojanow is a writer, translator, and publisher. Born in Sofia in 1965, he fled with his family via Yugoslavia and Italy to Germany in 1971, where they were granted political asylum. Trojanow has lived in Nairobi, Mumbai, and Cape Town, among others, and currently resides in Vienna. His best-selling novels such as Der Weltensammler (Hanser, 2006) and travelogues such as An den inneren Ufern Indiens (Hanser, 2003) have been awarded numerous prizes. Recently, Trojanow published the essay Nach der Flucht (2017) and the novels Doppelte Spur (2020) and Tausend und ein Morgen (2023) with S. Fischer.
8.2., 13:30–15:00
Neue Galerie Graz (Auditorium)
Joanneumsviertel
8010 Graz
Moderated by David Riff
In German
→ Uncomfortable Voices
Symposium, exhibition finissage, and catalogue presentation
