President's Report - Salzburg Global Chronicle 2017

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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.


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