Speaker
Becker, Peter
Department: IOeG
Research interests:
- Cultural History and New Political History
- State, Politics and Social Integration in the Habsburg Monarchy and its Successor States
- Internationalism in the Habsburg Monarchy and in the First Republic
- Biologisation of the Social
E-Mail: peter.becker@univie.ac.at
Löffler, Josef
Department: IOeG
Research interests:
- Constitutional and administrative history of the Habsburg monarchy in the early modern period
- Seigniory and rural community (from the late Middle Ages to 1848)
- History of the Habsburg nobility and the material culture of the nobility in the early modern period
E-mail: josef.loeffler@univie.ac.at
Researchers
Adlgasser, Franz
Department: ÖAW
Research interests:
- Biographical Lexicon and Collective Biography of the Members of the Austrian Parliament 1848-1918
- Editor of the series "Studies in the History of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy"
- Co-project manager of the edition of the Austrian (Cisleithan) Council of Ministers 1867-1918
E-mail: franz.adlgasser@oeaw.ac.at
Angerer, Thomas
Department: History
Research interests:
- History of Franco-Austrian relations since 1918
- French history since 1918
- History of European integration
- History of Austria's position in Europe since 1918
- Theory and history of international relations
E-Mail: thomas.angerer@univie.ac.at
Bader-Zaar, Birgitta
Department: History
Research interests:
- Legal and constitutional history of Europe and North America in the modern era, especially the history of suffrage
- Women's and gender history
- Migration and law(s)
- History of American slavery, especially the self-narratives of female and male slaves
- Historical comparative studies / transnational history
E-Mail: birgitta.bader-zaar@univie.ac.at
Barbarics-Hermanik, Zsuzsa
Department: IOeG, IfG
Research interests:
- Habsburg-Ottoman-Italian entangled history
- Handwritten newspapers (avvisi) as a store and mediator of knowledge and their collections in Central Europe
- A comparative history of the establishment of printing, book production and the book trade in Central and Southeastern Europe
- Images of Turks and memory of the Turks in late medieval and early modern Central Europe
- Memory culture, propaganda and political communication in the lands of the Austrian Habsburgs in the sense of a comparative history of Central Europe
- Knowledge transfer and knowledge networks between the European Republic of Letters and the Ottoman Empire
- Migration, flight and asylum in Central and Southeastern Europe from a gender-historical perspective
E-mail: zsuzsa.barbarics-hermanik@univie.ac.at
Bavouzet, Julia
Department: IOeG, IfG
Research interests:
- Transformation of statehood in the Habsburg monarchy and its successor states
- Social history of the state elite
- Mobility and refugee crisis
- Anthropology of bureaucratic practices
E-mail: julia.bavouzet@univie.ac.at
Dachs-Nickel, Monika
Department: Art History
Research interests:
- Italian painting and drawing of the late Middle Ages
- Drawing and printmaking of the modern era
- Austrian Baroque painting
E-Mail: monika.dachs@univie.ac.at
Ecker, Julian
Department: IOeG, IfG
Research interests:
- (diplomatic) writing of the high and late Middle Ages, esp. royal and imperial charters
- communication and representation of authority in the Holy Roman Empire
- medieval and early modern palaeography
E-mail: julian.ecker@univie.ac.at
Eigner, Peter
Department: WiSo
Research interests:
- Economic development of the Habsburg monarchy 1740-1918
- Economic history of Austria in the 20th century.
- Business history, in particular Austrian banking and industrial history in the 19th and 20th centuries.
- Austrian economic bourgeoisie 1895-1940
- European industrialisation in the 19th century
- Urbanisation and urban development (especially in Vienna) in the 19th and 20th centuries.
E-Mail: peter.eigner@univie.ac.at
Emmerig, Hubert
Department: Numismatics
Research interests:
- coin finds, coin policy and monetary history of Austria and Bavaria in the Middle Ages and modern times
E-Mail: hubert.emmerig@univie.ac.at
Gantner, Clemens
Department: IOeG
Research interests:
- Early Middle Ages
- Carolingian period in Italy and Central Europe
- Intercultural relations in the early medieval world
- Slavic migration in early medieval Pannonia, ancientDNA
- Alterity, othering and racism in the Middle Ages
E-mail:clemens.gantner@univie.ac.at
Gehmacher, Johanna
Department: Contemporary History
Research interests:
- contemporary history as women's and gender history
- theoretical and empirical perspectives on the concept of "nation"
- theory of biography, biographical research
- social movements: women's movements, youth movements
- national socialism: history of national socialism as an oppositional movement, women's and gender history of national socialism, history of memory
E-Mail: johanna.gehmacher@univie.ac.at
Griesebner, Andrea
Department: History
Research interests:
- Feminist and microhistorical cultural, legal and gender history of the early modern period
- Theory and methodology of the historical sciences
- Feminist theory
E-Mail: andrea.griesebner@univie.ac.at
Haider-Wilson, Barbara
Department: ÖAW
Research interests:
- International History
- Europe and Palestine
- History of the Relationship between Orient and Occident
- Habsburg Monarchy in the 19th Century
E-Mail: barbara.haider@oeaw.ac.at
Kaar, Alexandra
Department: IOeG
Research interests:
- History of Austria and surrounding territories in the late Middle Ages
- Financial, cultural and social history of the medieval war
- Comparative urban history in Central Europe
- History of the Luxembourg dynasty
- Late medieval diplomacy
E-mail: alexandra.kaar@univie.ac.at
Kádár, Zsófia
Department: IÖG
Research interests:
- confessionalisation in the Habsburg monarchy
- history of the Austrian Jesuit province (1563–1773)
- financial administration of the baroque Church
- School system and education in the Habsburg monarchy (16th–18th century)
- History of the Hungarian Imperial Diets (16th–17th century)
E-mail: zsofia.kadar@univie.ac.at
Keil, Martha
Department: INJOEST/IOeG
Research interests:
- Jewish history of Austria
- Jewish everyday and cultural history in medieval Ashkenaz
- Women's history and gender studies in the pre-modern era
E-Mail: martha.keil@injoest.ac.at
Keller, Katrin
Department: Austrian Academy of Sciences
Research interests:
- Women in courtly society
- Nobility and court
- Urban history
- History of Saxony
E-Mail: katrin.keller@oeaw.ac.at
Lackner, Christian
Department: IOeG
Research interests:
- Auxiliary scientific research (diplomatics); forms and differentiation of late medieval administrative writing
- Letter research: high and late medieval letter collections, autograph and handwriting
- Medieval history of education, university history, library (early private book collections)
- Austrian history of the later Middle Ages, in particular the history of the Habsburg court in the 14th and 15th centuries, the development of the princely administration, questions of the integration of the Habsburg territorial complex
E-Mail: christian.lackner@univie.ac.at
Luger, Daniel
Department: IOeG
Research interests:
- The administration of the sovereign in the Habsburg hereditary lands in the 15th century
- Austrian city and provincial history in the Middle Ages
- The system of supplication in the Habsburg hereditary lands
- History of the medieval universities and the spread of humanism north of the Alps
E-mail: daniel.luger@univie.ac.at
Lutter, Maria-Christina
Department: IOeG
Research interests:
- Medieval and early modern cultural and gender history
- Religious reform movements in high and late medieval Europe
- Entangled history of medieval monastic, urban and courtly cultures
- Medieval visions and practices of community
- Medieval and early modern representations of emotions
- Cultural Studies, Gender Studies
E-Mail: christina.lutter@univie.ac.at
Majorossy, Judit
Department: IÖG, IfG
Research interests:
- Comparative medieval urban history in Central and Eastern Central Europe
- Social and economic history of the late Middle Ages
- Cultural, social and religious history of urban societies in the late Middle Ages
- Social topography and use of space
- Comparative history of everyday religious life in the Middle Ages (foundations, brotherhoods, pilgrimages, processions), municipal hospitals, baths, women's shelters, poor relief
- Social networks and kinship in the medieval urban context
E-mail:judit.majorossy@univie.ac.at
Maťa, Petr
Department: IOeG
Research interests:
- Habsburg monarchy and the Viennese court in the context of the absolutism debate
- the provincial diets and provincial diets in the Bohemian and Austrian lands 1620-1740
- cultural, social and religious history of the nobility in the early modern period
- Religion and "ecclesiastical magic" in the "confessional age" (Catholic charismatics; ideas about the afterlife and salvation)
E-Mail: petr.mata@oeaw.ac.at
Mitthof, Fritz
Department: Ancient History
Research interests:
- Political, social, administrative, military, economic, monetary, cultural, intellectual and scientific history of the Imperium Romanum in the Principate and Late Antiquity (1st-7th century AD)
- Edition and commentary on written primary primary sources of the Principate and Late Antiquity (1st-7th century AD) in Latin and Greek (inscriptions, papyri, ostraca, etc.)
- Roman historiography and identity
- Ancient Southeastern Europe (with a focus on the the Danube and Carpathian area, as well as the Balkans, especially the area of present-day Romania and Bulgaria)
- Greek-Roman Egypt
- Reception of Antiquity in the Habsburg monarchy (esp. Transylvania)
E-Mail: fritz.mitthof@univie.ac.at
Möller-Török, Borbala Zsuzsanna
Department: IÖG, IfG
Research interests:
- History of modern civil jurisdiction and property
- History of political science and statistics
- History of the Habsburg monarchy in a European and global context
- Nationalism and the intertwined history of Eastern Central Europe in the 19th and 20th century
E-mail:borbala.zsuzsanna.toeroek@univie.ac.at
Muigg, Christof
Department: History
Research interests:
- Kinship and gender in late medieval and early modern Europe
- Cultural history of the diplomacy of the Habsburg monarchy
- Military history of the Habsburg monarchy
E-Mail: christof.muigg@univie.ac.at
Perz, Bertrand
Department: Contemporary History
Research interests:
- Interwar period and history of National Socialism
- Concentration camps
- Nazi occupation policy and the Holocaust
- Perpetrator research, Nazi euthanasia
E-Mail: bertrand.perz@univie.ac.at
Pippal, Martina
Department: Art History
Research interests:
- Art of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages
- Monumental painting, book illumination, sculpture, treasure art
- Baroque art
- Austrian art of the 20th century
- Stylistic analysis, iconography and iconology
- Inter- and transdisciplinary approaches
- Kinesthetic learning
E-Mail: martina.pippal@univie.ac.at
Polleroß, Friedrich
Department: Art History
Research interests:
- Courtly representation and portraiture in the early modern period
- Iconography of the Habsburgs
- Austrian Baroque
- Regional history of the Waldviertel
E-Mail: friedrich.polleross@univie.ac.at
Rathkolb, Oliver
Department: Contemporary History
Research interests:
- European History in the 20th century
- Austrian and international contemporary history in the field of political history, Austrian republican history in a European context
- International relations
- History of the Nazi period
- Cultural and media history
- Economic history (industrial and banking sector)
- National Socialism and legal history
E-Mail: oliver.rathkolb@univie.ac.at
Rauscher, Peter
Department: History / IOeG (Project)
Research interests:
- History of the Habsburg monarchy and the Holy Roman Empire
- Financial and administrative history
- Jewish history
- Economic history
E-mail: peter.rauscher@univie.ac.at
Schedl, Barbara
Department: Art History
Research interests:
- Architecture and liturgy in the Middle Ages with a focus on religious communities
- Written sources on medieval building activity
- New media and computer animations in art history
E-Mail: barbara.schedl@univie.ac.at
Scheutz, Martin
Department: IOeG
Research interests:
- Historical research on crime
- Research on self-testimonials
- Urban history
- Hospital history
- Court research
E-Mail: martin.scheutz@univie.ac.at
Schmied-Kowarzik, Anatol
Department: ÖAW
Research interests:
- Austria in the time of the Schwarzenberg Ministry 1848-1852
- Austro-Hungarian Compromise 1867, economic compromise negotiations
- Cisleithan "nationality problem" around 1900
- Austria-Hungary between the Bosnian crisis (1908) and the end of the First World War (1918)
Schmidt-Lauber, Brigitta
Department: European Ethnology
Research interests:
- Cultural studies and ethnological urban research
- Ethnographic methods (field research, qualitative interview)
- Ethnicity and migration
- Popular culture
- Regional ethnography
- Narrative and biographical research
- Gender research
Siegl, Carina
Research interests:
- Gender history of the late Middle Ages and the early modern period
- Cultural and social history of the late Middle Ages and the early modern period
- History of the city of Vienna in the late Middle Ages
- Computer-assisted prosopography and network analysis
- Digital data collection based on historical sources
E-mail: carina.siegl@univie.ac.at
Stassinopoulou, Maria
Department: Byzantine Studies
Research interests:
- sociolinguistics, lexicography
- Enlightenment
- diaspora, migration, cultural contact and transfer in the modern era
- film history
Tantner, Anton
Department: History/Project
Research interests:
- Historical media studies
- Registration and identification techniques
- History of the census
- History of numbering, in particular house numbering
- New media in historical studies
- History of the control society
E-Mail: anton.tantner@univie.ac.at
Thaler, Lienhard
Department: WiSo
Research interests:
- Medieval financial and economic history
- Medieval administrative history
- History of Tyrol
- Mission history
- Austria and the Far East
- History of the nobility
E-Mail: a0816751@unet.univie.ac.at
Ther, Philipp
Department: Eastern Europe
Research interests:
- History of transformation since the 1980s
- Social and cultural history of Eastern Central Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries
- Music and history
- Comparative nationalism studies
- Ethnic cleansing
- Theory of history, especially comparative literature and cultural transfer
E-Mail: philipp.ther@univie.ac.at
Wakounig, Marija
Department: Eastern Europe
Research interests:
- History of Diplomacy (medieval to present)
- History of the Nobility (medieval to present)
- Social, scientific, economic and social history of Eastern Europe and the Alpine-Adriatic region
- Women's and gender history of Eastern Europe and the Alpine-Adriatic region
E-Mail: marija.wakounig@univie.ac.at
Wallnig, Thomas
Department: History/Project
Research interests:
- European early modern history
- History of religious orders and the church
- The Republic of Letters
- History of historiography from the early modern period to the 20th century
- History of science and scholarship
- Digital humanities
- History of rock "n" roll
E-Mail: thomas.wallnig@univie.ac.at
Weigl, Herwig
Department: IOeG
Research interests:
- Late medieval regional history
- Urban history
- Edition of the Pope's Register
E-Mail: herwig.weigl@univie.ac.at
Winkelbauer, Thomas
Department: IOeG
Research interests:
- History of the Habsburg monarchy and the Bohemian and Hungarian lands in the modern era
- Administrative history of the Habsburg monarchy
- Administration of power, landlords and subjects, manorial system and rural community in Lower Austria and Moravia (16th century to 1848)
- History of the subject of history at the University of Vienna
E-Mail: thomas.winkelbauer@univie.ac.at
Zajic, Andreas
Department: Austrian Academy of Sciences
Research interests:
- post-classical epigraphy
- ancillary historical sciences (paleography and diplomatics)
- monastic and aristocratic cultures of remembrance in the late Middle Ages and early modern period
- Viennese humanists at the time of Maximilian I.
E-Mail: andreas.zajic@oeaw.ac.at
Former members
Botz, Gerhard
Department: Contemporary History (emeritus)
Research interests:
- Austrian History 1918-193
- National Socialism in Austria
- Controversies of Austrian Contemporary History
- Oral History: Silence and Speech of a Generation, History of Remembrance
E-Mail: gerhard.botz@univie.ac.at
Department: Contemporary History (emeritus)
Research interests:
- Austrian History 1918-193
- National Socialism in Austria
- Controversies of Austrian Contemporary History
- Oral History: Silence and Speech of a Generation, History of Remembrance
E-Mail: gerhard.botz@univie.ac.at
Ehmer, Josef
Department: WiSo
Research interests:
- Social history of the modern era in a European comparison
- History of labour, workers and craftsmen
- population history and historical demography
- history of the life course and of old age
- historical migration research
E-Mail:josef.ehmer@univie.ac.at
Department: WiSo
Research interests:
- Social history of the modern era in a European comparison
- History of labour, workers and craftsmen
- population history and historical demography
- history of the life course and of old age
- historical migration research
E-Mail:josef.ehmer@univie.ac.at
Hahn, Wolfgang
Department: Numismatics (retired)
Research interests:
- Coin finds and monetary history of the 8th to 12th century in greater Bavaria
- Byzantin
E-Mail: wolfgang.hahn@univie.ac.at
Department: Numismatics (retired)
Research interests:
- Coin finds and monetary history of the 8th to 12th century in greater Bavaria
- Byzantin
E-Mail: wolfgang.hahn@univie.ac.at
Höbelt, Lothar
Department: History (retired)
Research interests:
- Political and constitutional history of the 19th and 20th century
- Thirty Years War
E-Mail:lothar.hoebelt@univie.ac.at
Department: History (retired)
Research interests:
- Political and constitutional history of the 19th and 20th century
- Thirty Years War
E-Mail:lothar.hoebelt@univie.ac.at
Klemun, Marianne
Department: History
Research interests:
- Natural history in a cultural context
- History of science and cultural studies
- History and culture of natural history (gardens, museums, natural history societies)
- History of botany (travels, expeditions, plant transfers, practices)
- History of earth sciences (geology and politics)
- Natural sciences in a local context (Carinthia, Transylvania)
E-Mail: marianne.klemun@univie.ac.at
Department: History
Research interests:
- Natural history in a cultural context
- History of science and cultural studies
- History and culture of natural history (gardens, museums, natural history societies)
- History of botany (travels, expeditions, plant transfers, practices)
- History of earth sciences (geology and politics)
- Natural sciences in a local context (Carinthia, Transylvania)
E-Mail: marianne.klemun@univie.ac.at
Komlosy, Andrea
Department: WiSo
Research interests:
- Economic and social history of the Habsburg monarchy and its successor states, 18th to 20th century
- border, migration and uneven development regional, national, global
- industrial history, working environment and musealisation
- global history of labour
- global history: curricular development, theories and methods
E-Mail: andrea.komlosy@univie.ac.at
Department: WiSo
Research interests:
- Economic and social history of the Habsburg monarchy and its successor states, 18th to 20th century
- border, migration and uneven development regional, national, global
- industrial history, working environment and musealisation
- global history of labour
- global history: curricular development, theories and methods
E-Mail: andrea.komlosy@univie.ac.at
Kubiska-Scharl, Irene
Department: IOeG/Project
Research interests:
- Personnel and organisation of the Viennese court in the 18th century
E Mail:irene.kubiska@univie.ac.at
Department: IOeG/Project
Research interests:
- Personnel and organisation of the Viennese court in the 18th century
E Mail:irene.kubiska@univie.ac.at
Pölzl, Michael
Department: IOeG
Research interests:
- Personnel and organisation of the Viennese court in the 18th century.
E-Mail:michael.poelzl@univie.ac.at
Department: IOeG
Research interests:
- Personnel and organisation of the Viennese court in the 18th century.
E-Mail:michael.poelzl@univie.ac.at
Prokisch, Bernhard
Department: Numismatics / OÖ. Landesmuseum
Research interests:
- Corpus work "Numismata Obderennsia" (cataloguing of all numismatic objects in Upper Austria)
- Cataloguing and publication of the find coin precipitation as a main source for the history of the historical money circulation
E-Mail: b.prokisch@landesmuseum.at
Department: Numismatics / OÖ. Landesmuseum
Research interests:
- Corpus work "Numismata Obderennsia" (cataloguing of all numismatic objects in Upper Austria)
- Cataloguing and publication of the find coin precipitation as a main source for the history of the historical money circulation
E-Mail: b.prokisch@landesmuseum.at
Scheibelreiter, Georg
Department: IOeG (retired)
Research interests:
- Early Middle Ages
- History of mentalities, culture and religion
- Historiography and hagiography, mythology
- Heraldry
- Onomastics
Department: IOeG (retired)
Research interests:
- Early Middle Ages
- History of mentalities, culture and religion
- Historiography and hagiography, mythology
- Heraldry
- Onomastics
Schemper-Sparholz, Ingeborg
Department: Art History
Research interests:
- Sculpture and decorative sculpture of the early modern period in Austria
- Classicism in Austria in a European context
E-Mail: ingeborg.schemper@univie.ac.at
Department: Art History
Research interests:
- Sculpture and decorative sculpture of the early modern period in Austria
- Classicism in Austria in a European context
E-Mail: ingeborg.schemper@univie.ac.at
Stadler, Friedrich
Department: Philosophy/Contemporary History
Research interests:
- Modern and Contemporary History of Science and Philosophy of Science
- Intellectual History
- Emigration and Exile Research
- Historical Science Studies
E-Mail: friedrich.stadler@univie.ac.at
Department: Philosophy/Contemporary History
Research interests:
- Modern and Contemporary History of Science and Philosophy of Science
- Intellectual History
- Emigration and Exile Research
- Historical Science Studies
E-Mail: friedrich.stadler@univie.ac.at
Štefanová, Dana
Department: History
Research interests:
- Cultural transfer, regional history and historical comparison as research concepts
- Authority Gestaltungsräume in der nordböhmischen Herrschaft Frýdlant
- Institutioneller Wandel und bäuerliche Grundtransaktionen in den böhmischen Ländern in der Frühen Neuzeit
E-Mail: dana.stefanova@univie.ac.at
Department: History
Research interests:
- Cultural transfer, regional history and historical comparison as research concepts
- Authority Gestaltungsräume in der nordböhmischen Herrschaft Frýdlant
- Institutioneller Wandel und bäuerliche Grundtransaktionen in den böhmischen Ländern in der Frühen Neuzeit
E-Mail: dana.stefanova@univie.ac.at
Stern, Frank
Department: Contemporary History
Research interests:
- German and Austrian Jewish cultural history
- Israeli cultural and film history
- Visual contemporary and cultural history
- Film history and aesthetics of German-language and international film in a historical context
- German-language film exile
- Film noir
- International Jewish film today
- Cinematic adaptations of literary works
- DEFA film
E-Mail: frank.stern@univie.ac.at
Department: Contemporary History
Research interests:
- German and Austrian Jewish cultural history
- Israeli cultural and film history
- Visual contemporary and cultural history
- Film history and aesthetics of German-language and international film in a historical context
- German-language film exile
- Film noir
- International Jewish film today
- Cinematic adaptations of literary works
- DEFA film
E-Mail: frank.stern@univie.ac.at
Stiefel, Dieter
Department: WiSo (retired)
Research interests:
- Adaptation and resistance during the Nazi era
- DB Schenker in Eastern and Southeastern Europe
- Nationalisation and privatisation in Austria
E-Mail: dieter.stiefel@univie.ac.at
Department: WiSo (retired)
Research interests:
- Adaptation and resistance during the Nazi era
- DB Schenker in Eastern and Southeastern Europe
- Nationalisation and privatisation in Austria
E-Mail: dieter.stiefel@univie.ac.at
Suppan, Arnold
Department: Eastern Europe (retired)
Research interests:
- Austria and former countries of the monarchy
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Integration and disintegration of multiethnic states in Europe
E-Mail:arnold.suppan@univie.ac.at
Department: Eastern Europe (retired)
Research interests:
- Austria and former countries of the monarchy
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Integration and disintegration of multiethnic states in Europe
E-Mail:arnold.suppan@univie.ac.at
Szaivert, Wolfgang
Department: Numismatics (retired)
Research interests:
- Coin finds and monetary history of European antiquity
E-Mail: wolfgang.szaivert@univie.ac.at
Department: Numismatics (retired)
Research interests:
- Coin finds and monetary history of European antiquity
E-Mail: wolfgang.szaivert@univie.ac.at
Vocelka, Karl
Department: History/IOeG (retired)
Research interests:
- Social and cultural history of Central Europe in the early modern period
- History of elites and piety
- History of the Habsburgs
E-Mail: karl.vocelka@univie.ac.at
Department: History/IOeG (retired)
Research interests:
- Social and cultural history of Central Europe in the early modern period
- History of elites and piety
- History of the Habsburgs
E-Mail: karl.vocelka@univie.ac.at