Curator
Journalist
Gudrun Harrer
Born 1959 in Schwanenstadt, Middle East expert, author.
Dr. Gudrun Harrer lectures on Modern History and Middle Eastern Politics at the University of Vienna and the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna. Until the end of 2025, she was the chief editor of the daily newspaper „Der Standard“. During Austria's EU presidency in 2006, she served as Special Envoy to Iraq and Chargé d'Affaires of the Austrian Embassy in Baghdad. In 2014, she received the „Bruno Kreisky Prize for Political Book“ for her overall journalistic work.
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EVENTS 2025
Monday
7 PM
03 Feb 2025
International Politics, Europe and Security
ISLAMISM IN PALESTINE: HAMAS AND ITS OPPONENTS
Gudrun Harrer in conversation with Gudrun Krämer
Panel discussion
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Monday
7 PM
17 Feb 2025
International Politics, Europe and Security
HOW TO FIND COMMON GROUND FOR A DEMOCRATIC AND PROSPEROUS SYRIA
Gudrun Harrer in conversation with Maria Alabdeh, Aziz Al-Azmeh, Abdullah Al-Jabassini, Christian Berger
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Tuesday
7 PM
13 May 2025
International Politics, Europe and Security
EGYPT AND JORDAN IN THE LIGHT OF THE GAZA WAR
Gudrun Harrer in conversation with Amir Adly, Nadia al Bagdadi, Amr Hamzawy, Oraib Al-Rantawi
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Wednesday
6:30 PM
03 Sep 2025
International Politics, Europe and Security
* fully booked * MEDIATION IN TIMES OF WAR AND CONFLICT
Gudrun Harrer in conversation with Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi, Wolfgang Petritsch
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Wednesday
7 PM
08 Oct 2025
International Politics, Europe and Security
THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD TO PEACE IN LIBYA
Gudrun Harrer in conversation with Michel Cousins
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Monday
7 PM
20 October 2025
International Politics, Europe and Security
THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR FILE: WHAT NEXT?
Gudrun Harrer in conversation with Azadeh Zamirirad, Laura Rockwood, Stephan Klement
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Monday
7 PM
27 October 2025
International Politics, Europe and Security
ABRAHAM ACCORDS - FROM HOPE TO UNCERTAINTY
Gudrun Harrer in conversation with Barak Ravid, Ebtesam El-Ketbi, Abdulaziz Sager
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