PRESIDENT’S REPORT • ANNIVERSARY EDITION
SA L ZBU RG GL OBA L CHRON IC L E
70 YEARS OF CHANGEMAKING AND BRIDGING DIVIDES 1947 – 61
1962 – 89
1990 – 2 004
2005 ONWARDS
A MARSHALL PLAN FOR THE MIND
COLD WAR CROSSROADS
A GLOBALIZING WORLD
PEOPLE AND POWER
After the devastation of
In the heart of Europe, where
A globalizing world called for
In an increasingly interconnected and volatile world, citizens seek
World War II, three visionaries
East met West, the Seminar
with a globalizing Salzburg Seminar.
believed that Europe needed more
played an important role
No longer focused on American
leaders with answers as well as
than just economic reconstruction.
in bridging Cold War divides.
studies, the Seminar moved
opportunities to take greater control
To aid the continent’s intellectual
Geographic expansion beyond
eastwards and southwards,
over their lives. The work of Salzburg
renewal, they founded the
Europe and thematic expansion
tackling common concerns from
Global Seminar and of our Fellows
Salzburg Seminar in
beyond American studies gave the
economics and education, to the
remains at the forefront of
American Studies.
Seminar even greater purpose.
environment and peace-building.
leading global solutions.