The Austrian Dictionary, ÖWB (first edition 1951), celebrates its 70th anniversary in 2021. In April 2021, the Austrian Cultural Forum Tehran organized a three-hour academic webinar especially for German language and literature students at Allameh Tabataba’i University. Invited speakers for this webinar were the editor-in-chief of the Austrian Dictionary, Dr. Christiane Pabst, as well as Magdalena Eybl-Vyhnanek and Dr. Jakob Ebner. Moderated by Dr. Faranak Hashemi, Allameh Tabataba’i University. A summary of this webinar can be found on the social media of the Austrian Cultural Forum Tehran. Content: pluricentricity of German, the specifics of Austrian German. What are the characteristics of the standard Austrian language – going beyond vocabulary? What is special about the Austrian vocabulary? For further questions about this event and the Austrian Dictionary, please contact us at: kf-teheran@bmeia.gv.at.
