Salzburg Seminar
Salzburg Seminar
Each year hundreds of academic, government and industry leaders from around the world gather in Salzburg, Austria to participate in The Salzburg Seminar, one of the world's foremost international educational experiences.
The Salzburg Seminar is an independent non-profit organization founded in 1947 to challenge current and future leaders to shape a better world. Their program series aim to bridge divides, expand collaboration and transform systems. The University of Delaware has had a special relationship with the Salzburg Seminar for nearly thirty years.
Housed in the Hotel Schloss Leopoldskron in Salzburg, Austria, the Seminar consists of extended, week-long conversations about a wide range of vital issues. Each program brings together fifty to sixty mid-career professionals from around the world to work with a distinguished international faculty for seven very intensive days. Lectures, workshops and small group discussions often stretch well into the evening, broken at intervals by chamber music, strolls around the lake and mountains of food from the Schloss's first-class kitchen.
The range of topics covered in the Seminar's series of programs is nearly as diverse as the Seminar fellows. For a full description of programs -- and of the Seminar itself -- visit the Salzburg Seminar website.
Eligibility
Although any full-time member of the University of Delaware faculty or professional staff is eligible, preference will be given to those who:
Have not yet been a Salzburg Seminar Fellow;
Have relatively limited international experience; and
Are at or near the midpoint of their career.
Full-time professionals are encouraged to apply.
Costs
Tuition, room and board expenses -- the equivalent of $5,000 -- will be fully paid through a combination of scholarships made available by the Salzburg Seminar and by the Institute for Global Studies. It is expected that the Fellow's academic department, school or college will defray travel costs to Salzburg.
Application Procedure
Please refer to the Salzburg Seminar’s website to select the session that is best suited to your area of experience. Submit a proposal, not exceeding two pages, that identifies the following information:
Title and dates of the session;
How the session will assist in your professional development; and
What specific benefits will accrue to the university, your colleagues and your students from your participation in the session (e.g. new or revised course, research).
In addition to the proposal, please submit a brief curriculum vitae and a letter of support from the Chair and/or Dean of your relevant unit, confirming that the unit will pay round trip travel to and from Salzburg.
Applications should be sent electronically (in MSWord format) to Trevor Nelson by December 15.
Selection
Your proposal will be evaluated by a University committee composed in part by Salzburg Seminar alumni.
Usually, two to four UD faculty and professional staff are recommended by the University Committee each year.
Salzburg Seminar Alumni
Burton Abrams
Deborah Auger
Titus Awokuse
Alice Ba
Gretchen Bauer
Ralph Begleiter
William Boyer
Susan Brynteson
Martha Buell
James Butkiewicz
Suzanne Cherrin
Peter Cole
Sean Cox
Karen Curtis
Lawrence Donnelley
Joachim Elterich
Philip Flynn
Leslie Goldstein
Daniel Green
Lesa Griffiths
Carla Guerrón Montero
Catherine Halbrendt
Beth Haslett
Gabriella Hermon
Mark Huddleston
Amy Johnson
David Kaplan
Kevin Kerrane
Kenneth Koford
Thomas Leitch
Delphis Levia
Charles Link
Arno Loessner
James Magee
Carole Marks
William Meyer
Barret Michalec
Mark Miller
Sandra Millard
Nancy Nicholson
James Oliver
James O'Neill
Marian Palley
Sheldon Pollack
Harvey Price
Leslie Reidel
Daniel Rich
William Ritter
Robert Rothman
Jessica Schiffman
Yda Schreuder
Bonnie Scott
Lloyd Shorter
James Soles
Karen Stein
Janis Tomlinson
Silvia Weyerbrock
Danilo Yanich
If you have participated in the Seminar and would like your name added to this page, please contact us with your name and the title/date of the session that you attended.
