The goal of a truly diverse university is a lofty one. Making people fully aware of deep-seated patterns of thought and action as well as structural discrimination and both inclusionary and exclusionary criteria (in contexts such as entrance exams), calling these into question, and opening up new perspectives—all this and more plays a central role where diversity is concerned.

On 1 October 2019, mdw Rector Ulrike Sych began her second four-year term of office.

For the Greco-German stage director Sarantos Georgios Zervoulakos, settling on theatre was a big step.

With her recent monograph on Hugo Kauder published in 2018 as part of the series exil.arte-Schriften, musicologist Karin Wagner has given the interested reading public a biography of a composer, music philosopher, and theoretician who was forced to flee National Socialist-ruled Austria.

The European Commission-funded research and innovation action TROMPA aims to create a digital platform on which all of us can help shape the digitisation, interconnection, and enrichment of all manifestations of “classical music”, including scores and sound recordings.

The artistic research project Confronting Realities delves into the hot topic of artists’ social backgrounds while also shedding light on film production’s limitations and opportunities.