The Department of Contemporary History of the
University of Vienna
The University of Vienna (german: Universität Wien) is a public research university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world. With its long and rich hist ...
(German: ) is a scientific institution for the study of
contemporary history. The headquarters of the institute is on the campus of the University of Vienna in the
Alsergrund
Alsergrund (; Central Bavarian: ''Oisagrund'') is the ninth district of Vienna, Austria (german: 9. Bezirk, Alsergrund). It is located just north of the first, central district, Innere Stadt. Alsergrund was incorporated in 1862, with seven suburbs ...
district of Vienna. It has about 30 scientific members (as of 2006), about half of them on the staff of the University of Vienna and the other half
Privatdozenten who are assigned to the institute.
Friedrich Stadler
Friedrich Stadler (born July 17, 1951, in Zeltweg, Styria) is an Austrian historian and philosopher and professor for history and philosophy of science at the University of Vienna. He is the founder (in 1991) and long-time director of the Institu ...
"40 Jahre Institut für Zeitgeschichte der Universität Wien"
(2006). Retrieved 2012-12-18 (in German). The institute is run as a member of the association of the
Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies.
"Organisation"
Vienna Wiesenthal Institute. Retrieved 2012-12-18 (in German).
The Institute of Contemporary History was established on 3 June 1966 by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education.
The historian Ludwig Jedlicka, co-founder of the Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance
The Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance (DÖW) was established in 1963. Its main topics deal with research concerning resistance and persecution from 1938 until 1945, exile, Nazi crimes, right-wing extremism after 1945, and victims' repara ...
(DÖW) and director of the Austrian Institute for Contemporary History (since 1961) became the first director of the new institute. His successor was the historian Erika Weinzierl, who developed the research in the fields of antisemitism
Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism) is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews. A person who holds such positions is called an antisemite. Antisemitism is considered to be a form of racism.
Antis ...
and exile and emigration during the time of Nazism
Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) i ...
.Oliver Rathkolb
Oliver Rathkolb (born 3 November 1955 in Vienna) is an Austrian historian and professor for contemporary history at the University of Vienna.
Career
Rathkolb studied history and law at the University of Vienna and achieved his doctorate in 1982 ...
. The current director of the institute is Johanna Gehmacher (since 2012).
Footnotes
External links
Institut für Zeitgeschichte der Universität Wien
official website
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University of Vienna
History institutes
Research institutes in Austria
History organisations based in Austria