18 March: Ukraine News: Politics and Church
On 18 March, 2019, under the moderation of Christoph TAKACS (Regional Director of ORF Salzburg), the renowned journalist, Christian WEHRSCHÜTZ (ORF correspondent for the Balkans and the Ukraine) and the Eastern Church expert, Dietmar W. WINKLER (Center for the Study of the Christian East) will analyze political and ecclesiastical situation.
20 March: Invitation to the Book Presentation by Walter Thaler
After his two books about Pinzgau, Walter Thaler has returned to his favorite topic – the Province.
He traces the path of life and suffering of more than 60 personalities who come from the Pongau or who have spent or suffered a significant part of their lives here.
20 March: Lecture by Prof. Schottenhammer in the Agorá “China and the Viceroyalty of Peru in the Early Modern Period – Some Comments on China’s Indirect Trans-Pacific Relations”
The early modern trans-Pacific relations are best known for the famous Manila galleons, which crossed the Pacific between Manila and Acapulco at regular intervals between 1565 and 1915. Large quantities of South American silver, e.g. from the mines in Potosí, then flowed to China via the Philippines. But not only silk found its way to Latin America in exchange. The talk will give some insights into the diverse, indirect relations between China and the Viceroyalty of Peru.
