The Rektor of the University of Innsbruck, Tilmann Märk, as well as the president of the University Senate and academic director of AIANI, Ivo Hajnal visited together with AIANI Coordinator Marion Wieser Rektor the Embassy of Israel in Vienna and met with Ambassador Talya Lador-Fresher. Ambassador Lador-Fresher was appointed as new representative for the State of Israel in Vienna in the fall.  The meeting focused on getting to know each other, present the University of Innsbruck and AIANI to the Ambassador and talk about possibilities for future cooperation. AIANI hopes to be able to welcome the Ambassador in Innsbruck in the fall.

From June 19-21 2016, the international conference „700 Years of Jewish Presence in Tyrol“ was organized at the University of Innsbruck and the Golden Roof Museum. The conference focused on the importance of the Jewish presence in the transit country Tyrol, which has always linked the north and the south, the east and the west. The history of Judaism in Tirol and the Jewish property of handwriting from Tyrol libraries and archives was addressed by more than 15 international experts from England, France, Austria, Israel, Germany and Italy. The conference was organized by PD Dr. Ursula Schattner-Rieser and Prof. Josef Oesch from the University of Innsbruck. AIANI partly sponsored the conference and gave logistical as well as organizational support. In addition to the conference an exhibition was organized at the Golden Roof Museum.

The detailed programme can be downloaded here.
 
More information:
Museum Goldenes Dach, Herzog-Friedrich-Straße 15, A-6020 Innsbruck, https://www.innsbruck.gv.at/goldenesdachl