ISP Faculty Member on American Tour

Reinhold Wagnleitner, a long-term faculty member of the Salzburg Global Seminar who has served at a host of International Study Program events, participated in multiple sessions on American culture, and even performed jazz “informances” with his brother, Günter, at Salzburg Festival events, has recently returned from a speaking tour that took him to the campuses of Seminar partner-schools in the United States and even to the headquarters of the United Nations.

One highlight of the tour came in the form of the Appalachian College Association Summit 2008 held in Abingdon, Virginia from October 16 to 18. In a panel devoted to the integration and expansion of global learning across the curriculum, lead by Ferrum College’s David Howell, participants discussed intensifying faculty involvement in global citizenship perspectives across campus curricula and also the implementation of several ideas and practices inspired by work in Salzburg. This was followed immediately by Professor Wagnleitner’s keynote speech, "America and the World," which met with rave reviews from the audience of nearly 500 participants.


Professor Wagnleitner also presented at a variety of locations, including Dillard College in New Orleans, what has been called an "innovative approach to the history of cultural globalization," namely his informance, "Jazz the Classical Music of Globalization," with pianist Tom McDermott. A musical excerpt of this presentation, performed by Tom McDermott is available on the Salzburg Global Seminar's website.