Welcome Reception and Poster Session ASunday, 18 October 200917:30-19:00 Congress Graz, Poster Area The welcome reception is kindly sponsored by the City of Graz. Registration is complimentary. |
The
University of Graz was originally accommodated in the college rooms of
the Jesuit College (Seminary) until 1607 when the lecture theatres
moved to a new building at the centre of Graz. The
foundation stone was laid by the Archduke Ferdinand II of Styria and
the original features of the university building have been largely
preserved to this very day. From historic accounts we know that
rhetoric, poetry, physics and logic were taught in the lecture theatres
on the ground floor. The two large rooms on the upper floor were used
as an Aula (auditorium) and as a theatre. Between 1778-1781 the upper floor was converted. A major conversion gave rise to a large library. A further smaller wooden addition created a small library which still exists. The picture still presented by the hall today is that of the former library. |