The creators, curators and partners of Calliope
Calliope is brought to you by the Austrian Ministry for European and International Affairs (BMEIA) and Women's Museum Hittisau (Frauenmuseum Hittisau / FMH). Calliope is supported by Zukunftsfonds Austria and Land Vorarlberg.
Partners of Calliope
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government ministry of Austria responsible for diplomatic missions and immigration, the administration of foreign policy, and the maintenance of the country's relations with international organisations, especially the European Union. It oversees the Austrian embassies, consular representatives and other emissaries, and administers the naturalisation process and handles citizenship questions along with the Interior Ministry.
“The promotion of women in art, culture and science is also particularly important for us at the Foreign Ministry. With the "Calliope" project, we are therefore now working together with the Women's Museum Hittisau to support our representative authorities around the world in presenting the achievements and accomplishments of contemporary women artists and scientists from Austria and, together with partners abroad, to implement projects and events in the spirit of promoting women.“
– Alexander Schallenberg, Minister for European and International Affairs
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The Frauenmuseum Hittisau is a home to multiple voices and new discoveries that is full of inspiration. The focus is on women’s history and culture. The Frauenmuseum Hittisau has set itself the task of expanding historical narratives to include aspects that have not or only marginally been researched and documented. It sees itself as a window into the world and deals with topics relating to the history and cultural work of women in different cultures. A critical look at the present and the past always plays a central role. At the same time, the Frauenmuseum Hittisau takes into account the region in which it is located. Therefore, special attention is paid to Bregenzerwald and Vorarlberg women's history.
“Calliope is an international expression of the vitality of women in Austria.“
– Stefania Pitscheider Soraperra, Director of Women's Museum Hittisau
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The Future Fund of the Republic of Austria subsidizes scientific and pedagogical projects which foster tolerance and mutual understanding on the basis of a close examination of the sufferings caused by the Nazi regime on the territory of present-day Austria. Keeping alive the memory of the victims as a reminder for future generations is one of our main targets, as well as human rights education and the strengthening of democratic values.
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The Cultural Department of the Province of Vorarlberg covers a broad cross-disciplinary spectrum. Funding is provided for artistic and cultural projects of individuals as well as artistic and cultural activities of institutions (annual contributions and project funding).
Meet the people behind Calliope
A mixed team of experts in their own right; Calliope has been designed and delivered by representatives from both the Women’s Museum Hittisau (Frauenmuseum Hittisau / FMH) and the Department for International Cultural Affairs of the Austrian Ministry for European and International Affairs (BMEIA).
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Director of Women’s Museum Hittisau
A champion for arts and culture, Stefania is a leading figure in Austria, who uses her platform to elevate, communicate and challenge us all about issues surrounding women in the past, present and future. An expert in her field of museum curation and direction, a writer, and a passionate feminist, Stefania is dedicated to her work and her role in Austria’s museum landscape.
For Calliope, Stefania is a keystone. Exploring Austria’s multiple leading women in science, culture and society Stefania is helping to map out those celebrated, and those yet undiscovered, figures we should all know more about. She is director and leader of the project group, guiding Calliope though its continued evolution.
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Design & Communication
Women’s Museum HittisauDesign as a medium for communication, education and inspiration is Katherina’s forte. With several years’ experience at the panicle of design led communication in Austria, Katharina has developed a personal style that is contemporary, fresh and accessible.
As part of the wider Calliope team Katharina has designed all branding and communication tools, created the digital platform and will be key in the creation of all event and digital material.
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Communication Consultant
Bronwen uses language to simplify the complex, showcase the unique and to celebrate the beautiful. She puts people at the heart of everything she does. The essence of all communication is the concept of one person connecting with another. To create those connections Bronwen specialises in use empathetic methodologies in all her work.
On behalf of the Women’s Museum Hittisau (Frauenmuseum Hittisau / FMH) Bronwen is the general facilitator of the project. She works on the concept creation, project management, profile creation, copywriting, translations, formed the website frame work, and creates the social media and exhibition/event material.
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Katalin Tünde Huber is the Director of the Department for cultural and scientific programmes abroad at the Austrian Foreign Ministry, where she is responsible for coordinating the cultural activities of the Austrian Cultural Forums and Embassies. From 2017-2020 she served as Director of the Austrian Cultural Forum London. Before engaging in arts and culture, she focused on EU affairs and the Western Balkans region. She worked at the Austrian Permanent Representations to the EU (Brussels) and to the United Nations (New York). She studied Political Science, Hungarian and French and worked for the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe.
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Teresa Indjein is an Austrian diplomat. Her postings include Italy, France, Poland, the USA and Germany. She was Deputy Head of the Cultural Foreign Relations Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2011 - 2015, and its Head from 2016 - 2022. She created a number of renewable funding and promotional programmes, including “the NewAustrian Sound of Music – NASOM” (2001), “schreibART AUSTRIA” (2012) and "Calliope AUSTRIA - Women in Culture, Society and Science" (2015, with Evelyn von Bülow and Anna Gadzinski), “Creative Austrians – Vordenker*Innen für die Gesellschaft von Morgen” (2017, with Hansjürgen Schmölzer and Peter Mikl), “The Art of Dialogue” (2019, with Aloisia Wörgetter) Editorial work for the anthologies "Österreich 2005 - das Lesebuch zum Jubiläumsjahr", "Abre Alas- Österreich - Brasilien, eine Beziehungsgeschichte" (2007), "Kein anderes Glück, von Liebe und Leben der Barmherzigen Schwestern in Südtirol" (2010), poetry translation "Worte wie Musik/Parole come Musica", poetry by Renzo Gherardini. Since 2023 she is director of the Austrian Cultural Forum in Rome. She likes to play the drums and the harp. Women's rights and equality are key issues for Teresa.
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Regina Rusz is an Austrian diplomat and currently heads the General Directorate for international cultural affairs at the Austrian Foreign Ministry. She has worked at embassies and cultural forums in Croatia, Serbia, Hungary and Slovakia, among others. The advancement of women is, and always has been, an important concern in her professional activities. As Director of the Cultural Forums in Budapest (2017-2020) and Belgrade (2001-2005), she supported numerous women artists and scholars and organised projects and programmes to strengthen women's rights in cooperation with women's organisations on the ground. From 2008-2012, she was a member of the Austrian Task Force for Combating Human Trafficking at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was committed to protecting women from violence and exploitation.