Introduction / Günter Bischof -- In the Museum of Austrian History / Charles Maier -- A new historiography of Bruno Kreisky / Oliver Rathkolb -- Austria in the 1950s / Peter Ruggenthaler -- There's still life in the old dog yet: reflections on change and continuity of Austro-corporatism / Ferdinand Karlhofer -- An assessment of the Vranitzky era today / Anton Pelinka -- The Marshall Plan in Austria / Günter Bischof -- Austrian neutrality in the 21st century / Paul Luif -- Austria in the European Union / Gerda Falkner -- Dictatorship, fascism and the demise of Austrian democracy / Tim Kirk -- Austria and the United States today: from top model America to America's next top model? / Reinhold Wagnleitner -- Religion in Austria revisited / Paul M. Zulehner -- Sexuality in Austria: an update / Dagmar Herzog -- The changing Austrian voter today / Fritz Plasser -- An update on World War II studies and Austria / Barbara Stelzl-Marx -- The Schüssel era today / David M. Wineroither -- Austria in the 1920s / John Deak -- Austria's global position today: some reflections on a country in decline / Alexander Smith -- Biographical contributions to Austrian intellectual, cultural and political history / Bernhard Fetz -- The state of Austrian foreign and security policy in times of geopolitical change / Emil Brix -- The state of World War I scholarship / Hannes Leidinger -- Vienna 1900: a world of yesterday, today -- and tomorrow? / Steven Beller -- Political culture in Austria / Peter A. Ulram.