Guanajuato, Gto., February 27, 2019.- In the framework of the Austrian Days, conference organized by the Division of Social Sciences and Humanities through the Department of Hispanic Languages, the University of Guanajuato (UG) received the Austrian Library, which brings together copies donated by the Counsellor of the Department "Culture and Language" of the Ministry of Education, Science and Research of Austria, Master Gertrude Zhao Heissenberger.

In the event that also opened the Austrian Days, the President of the University of Guanajuato, Dr. Luis Felipe Guerrero Agripino, recognized that a university that claims to be humanist must have a clear international project, is much more than the mobility of students and teachers "represents approaching other cultures, empathize with other ways of being and doing so; it represents the opportunity to be twinned with cultural diversity, "in short it is intercultural," he said.

He highlighted the work done by Dr. Andreas Kurz, Director of the Department of Hispanic Letters and Helena Knapp and the promoter of the German courses in the Division of Social Sciences and Humanities since the great conventions of the University of Guanajuato usually arise from the will, participation and vision of the teachers and professors.

Master Gertrude Zhao Heissenberger, Counsellor for the Department "Culture and Language" of the Austrian Ministry of Education, Science and Research, expressed her gratitude and pride in presenting the "modest" Austrian Library as a representative of cooperation with UG It is an element with the cultural contribution in general. She recalled that there was a cultural convention of decades between Mexico and Austria in which there was a special collaboration on pedagogical issues as well.

She stressed the importance of learning the German language, a task for which they found fertile ground at the University of Guanajuato thanks to the cooperation of Helena Knapp with whom she worked since the year 2007.

In his speech, Dr. Teresita de Jesús Rendon Huerta Barrera, Rector of the Guanajuato Campus, said that receiving the Austrian Library in the Division of Social Sciences and Humanities of the Campus Guanajuato "is a historical fact that will be written in the special ephemeris of this House of Studies because of the strong ties that unite us with the Austrian culture. "

After a review of the history of the relationship between Mexico and Austria, she thanked the valuable support of the Master Gertrude Zhao Heissenberger, "her presence among us, her great contributions and the signs of fraternity that the University and the Austrian people through her conduit give us are invaluable."

In his welcome message, Dr. Cesar Federico Macías Cervantes, Director of the Division of Social Sciences and Humanities, said that the inauguration of the Austrian Library represents the intention that was manifested a year and a half ago in the same place and thanks to the good relations between the two academic institutions. Regarding the day, he said he seeks to promote different elements of German-speaking culture in general and Austrian in particular, not only in the academic community but in the Guanajuato society in general, which stands out in the need to participate in the Interculturality.

The event was attended by Prof. Andrea Reischl, Academic of the University of Vienna; Dr. Andreas Kurz, Director of the Department of Hispanic Letters; Prof. Helena Knapp, promoter of German courses in the Division of Social Sciences and Humanities; University community and special guests.

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