The Austrian Studies Association (formerly the Modern Austrian Literature and Culture Association, MALCA) continues traditions started in 1961, as the only North American association devoted to scholarship on all aspects of Austrian, Austro-Hungarian, and Habsburg territory cultural life and history from the eighteenth century until today.
The Association publishes a quarterly scholarly journal, Modern Austrian Literature soon to be the Journal for Austrian Studies); the Association holds an annual spring conference, organized around a year's theme. Its other activities include organizing scholarly panels for the annual conventions of the Modern Language Association and at other national and international conferences. Current news and resources of interest are included on this website and distributed through its list-serv.
Anyone interested in modern Austrian studies, broadly defined, is encouraged to become a member and support the Association's work.
As of 1 January 2010, the ASA/MALCA assumes the role heretofore played by the American Grillparzer Society: liaison to the Austrian Grillparzer Gesellschaft, housed in Vienna and sponsor of conferences and a yearbook. We thank both entities for their trust and happily continue the work of helping pre-twentieth-century Austrian literature appear at conferences, especially the Modern Language Association.
For the long and distinguished history of the American Grillparzer Society, read the narrative detailing its long life, provided to us by its final president, Clifford Albrecht Bernd.
To become a member of the Grillparzer Geselachaft from the US side (and thus receive the yearbook, a must-have companion to Modern Austrian Literature), follow the directions on the association's information page; it is possible to pay via PayPal (by transfer or by credit card) by sending your payment to the address .
