events

Several times a year, the Franz Nabl Institute organizes a research symposium, a meeting, a conference, an exhibition as well as workshops and theme days that are directly related to the collection holdings and research focuses.

Overview of the events that have taken place so far:

Symposium: State of Emergency Earth. Literature in the Anthropocene

11.-12.4.2024
Student symposium of the Franz Nabl Institute at the Literaturhaus Graz
KOOP-LITERA Austria 2023

From June 14 to 16, 2023, the 24th Workshop of Austrian Literary Archives and Related Institutions took place at the Franz Nabl Institute.
Gerhard Roth. Arks of writing

12. to 14.4.2022
Symposium of the Franz Nabl Institute for Literary Research at the Literaturhaus Graz

Presence. Occasions for writing in Austrian literature since 2020

28. to 29.4.2022
Symposium of the Franz Nabl Institute for Literary Research at the Literaturhaus Graz

Glitches, bots and ray cats. Present at Clemens J. Setz

14.-16.4.2021
International symposium of the Franz Nabl Institute at the Literaturhaus Graz
ÖDÖN. A lexicon.

10. and 11.12. 2020
Symposium of the Franz Nabl Institute for Literary Research at the Literaturhaus Graz
"I don't think anything, I just say it." - Ödön von Horváth and the theater

10.1. until 23.3.2020
Exhibition at the Franz Nabl Institute / Literaturhaus Graz

Logics of the collection

24.4.-26.4.2019
International symposium at the Adalbert Stifter Institute of the Province of Upper Austria

Graz 2000+. News from the capital of literature

14.3.-15.3.2019
Symposium of the Franz Nabl Institute for Literary Research

Secrets of the archive

04.05.2018
Showcase exhibition and discussion on the secrets of writing with Barbara Frischmuth, Reinhard P. Gruber and Klaus Hoffer
Archive as a venue. Object, narrative, performance

4.4. to 6.4.2018
International conference of the Franz Nabl Institute for Literary Research

Exhibition: Gerhard Roth: Traces

19.1. - 8.3.2018
Exhibition of Gerhard Roth's photographs from 2007 to 2017, curated by Martin Behr
Festival / Symposium: We children of the dead. Home and horror in the work of Elfriede Jelinek

19.-21.10.2017
3 days of lectures, performances, workshops, films, readings and discussions on Elfriede Jelinek's novel "The Children of the Dead"
A co-production of Literaturhaus Graz and steirischer herbst 17.

Conference: Archives for Literature

The estate and its orders
Linz, 19.4.-21.4.2017
An international conference in cooperation with the Franz Nabl Institute for Literary Research and the Adalbert Stifter Institute of the Province of Upper Austria
Concept, organization: Petra-Maria Dallinger, Klaus Kastberger

What a theater!

Horváth - Bauer - Schwab
1.12.2016 - 3.12.2016
Performances, music, readings, lectures and talks
Concept, realization: Agnes Altziebler, Klaus Kastberger

Conference: The Poet's Workshop

21.04.-23.04.2016
The poet's workshop. Imagination spaces of literary production. International conference of the Franz Nabl Institute for Literary Research at the Literaturhaus Graz.
Concept, organization: Klaus Kastberger, Stefan Maurer

Inaugural lecture: Klaus Kastberger

21.04.2016
Klaus Kastberger: Chaos of writing: Friederike Mayröcker's workshop and the laws of the archive

Workshop: Archive and Poets' Workshop

21.04.2016
As part of the international conference "The Poet's Workshop. Imagination Spaces of Literary Production", a workshop for young academics was held on April 21, 2016 in the seminar room of the Franz Nabl Institute under the title "Archive and Poets' Workshop" with the participation of Vanessa Hannesschläger, Bernhard Judex, Sabine Schönfellner, Christoph Kepplinger-Prinz, Georg Hofer, Martin Vejvar, Bernhard Judex, Stephanie Lindner and David Wimmer. Petra-Maria Dallinger gave the opening speech.

Exhibition: Outlines of a puzzle

15.04.-23.04.2016
"Outlines of an enigma". Findings from the Gerhard Roth archive.
Curated by Daniela Bartens (with the collaboration of David J. Wimmer).

Workshop: Visual drama analysis

13.04.2016
In cooperation with the Center for Information Modeling of the University of Graz (ZIM) and FAS Research Vienna.
Workshops: Thomas Bernhard

29.10.2015
Theme day with workshops for students with Martin Huber and Manfred Mittermayer.