Events
- Gorazd Bajc: New Approaches in Transnational Historical Research: The Case of Italo-Slovenian Relations and the study of post-war women transitionsModeration vom Institut für Zeitgeschichte, Montag, 22.04.2024, 17.15-18.45 Uhr, Geiwi-Turm, Hörsaal 6.
- Baustellen der ErinnerungSymposium mit Moderation von Ingrid Böhler und Dirk Rupnow, Donnerstag, 25.04.2024, 9:00–16:30 Uhr, Plenarsaal im 6. Stock des Stadtmagistrats Innsbruck.
- History ExchangeSiebte Folge der Podcast-Serie von Eva Pfanzelter und Marc Landry, ein österreichisch-amerikanischer Querschnitt durch die zeithistorische Fachwelt, ab Freitag, 26.04.2024, Website.
News
ErinnerungsORTE weiter denken. In memoriam Heidemarie Uhl,
edited by Richard Hufschmied, Karin Liebhart, Dirk Rupnow und Monika Sommer.
#URL Holocaust digital. Verhandlungen des Genozids zwischen Public History,
Geschichtspolitik und Kommerz, Innsbruck: iup 2023
Eva Pfanzelter (print & Open Access).
Escape from war. Wehrmacht deserters in Vorarlberg,
edited by Peter Pirker and Ingrid Böhler.
Artefacts. The Material Legacy of Nazism,
Exhibition in the City Museum of Dornbirn, curated by Nikolaus Hagen.
ReMIGRA: Return Migration as an Interdisciplinary Research Area Using the Example of the South Tyrolean “Return Option”
The two-year project explores remigration to South Tyrol and thus also offers a reassessment of the history of the "Option".
Announcements
The Department of Contemporary History continuously refers to different conferences, calls for proposals and announcements of prizes or scholarships.
Newsletter
The semestral newsletter provides insights into the current activities of the Department of Contemporary History.
Regional history
Since its foundation, high-level research on regional history with different theoretical and methodological approaches has been conducted at the Department of Contemporary History. [more]
Public History
Here you will find a wide range of media articles about the Department and its members. [more]
NewsEye
In the Horizon 2020 project "NewsEye", an international team from contemporary history, computer and library science is working on digital newspaper corpora in Austria, Finland and France. [more]
Anniversary of the Republic
26 lectures as YouTube videos on 100 years of the Republic of Austria, jointly organised with the Department of Austrian History of the Institute of Historical Sciences and European Ethnology. [more]
Research
Find an overview of current and completed research projects by the Department’s members as well as their collaborations with research platforms of the University of Innsbruck. [more]
Publications
Since the establishment of the Department, research findings have continually been published in various monographs, anthologies, journals and other media. [more]
Department of Contemporary History
University of Innsbruck
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In order to introduce contemporary history as an independent subject area in research and teaching, the University of Innsbruck founded the Department of Contemporary History in 1984. Rolf Steiniger, who had been appointed professor in Innsbruck in 1983, established and headed the Department until his retirement in the autumn of 2010. In 2002 the Department was evaluated by a commission of the “European Science Foundation” and classified as a “Center of Excellence”. This was in recognition of the almost 20 years of high-caliber work done by the Department: The large number and variety of national and international research projects, comprehensive publication activities (including its own series of publications), the regular guest lectureships of prominent foreign professors, conferences and symposia with international experts, as well as a large number of prestigious awards and distinctions of Department faculty members. [more]