Evangelical Academy Vienna
The Evangelical Academy Vienna (EAW), founded in 1962, is an Austrian institution for adult education .
activity
The educational institution sees itself as a "place of conversation and intellectual controversy between different beliefs, world views and political attitudes." It strives for a "culture of discussion of equal participation of participants, experts and representatives of opposing points of view" and wants a free space for encounters and disputes to offer. It is organized as a non-profit association.
The EAW organizes lectures, seminars, conferences, workshops and training, enables research work and sees itself as an interface between the church sector and state-sponsored and publicly oriented adult education.
The director is the German cultural scientist Kirsten Beuth .
management
- 1966–1993: Ulrich Trinks
- 1994–1996: Thomas Krobath
- 1997–2001: Albert Brandstätter, Waltraud Riegler
- 2001–2005: Waltraud Riegler, Roland Ritter-Werneck
- 2006–2011: Waltraut Kovacic
- since 2011: Kirsten Beuth
See also
- Evangelical Academy , Germany
Web links
- Evangelical Academy , official website
- FreiwilligenWeb , brief description of the EAW