J. Ch. Homann Tabula Geographica Europae Austriacae Generalis, um 1730
Doctoral Programme Austrian Studies
Objective
A doctoral college for Austrian Studies (with the medium-term perspective of a centre of the same name) initially aims to provide an internal interdisciplinary platform for cooperation within the university as a basis for joint teaching and research. The central criteria for co-operation will initially be the area concerned, its history and cultural phenomena. In this respect, the 'Austrian' mentioned in the title is understood as a 'cultural space' produced by different societies along the time axis from the Holy Roman Empire, through the Habsburg Monarchy to the immediate present of the Second Republic.
Event information
DK Teaching 2025/26 "VU Situating Science: New ways of seeing for doctoral students":
- We will start with the lecture by Janine Maegraith on Monday, 3 November. The title is "Rural society in Tyrol in the 16th century: a gender-historical and socio-economic perspective". This will take place as part of the research colloquium of the three historical institutes. The next day we will continue with Janine Maegraith's workshop, where we will discuss the links, methods and knowledge value of her contribution "Financing transfers: buying, exchanging and inheriting properties in early modern southern Tyrol".
- On Wednesday, 5 November, Frank Rochow will hold a workshop.
- On 9 January, Tamara Scheer's workshop will continue; her contribution "The non-uniformity of the church: language diversity and the roman catholic dioceses in late Habsburg Austria" will serve as preparation.
- This will be followed by the conclusion by Susanne Rau. On Thursday, 22 January 2026 again as a lecture as part of the research colloquium entitled "Settling, surveying, describing, evaluating, limiting, building, designing, imagining, sacralising, enlivening... Or: What people do with "spaces" and how historians analyse them". The next day will be Mrs Rau's workshop, which will be based on the text "The Spatial Turn and its Impact on the Narration of Historical Times: A Critical Review".
- The exact times and room numbers can be found at the following link: https://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/lfuonline_lv.details?sem_id_in=25W&lvnr_id_in=800960;
Latest news
- Austrian Science Day in Tyrol - From the revolt of the subjects to a self-confident civil society as the cornerstone of our democracy: On 23 and 24 October, the Austrian Science Day took place - for the first time - in Innsbruck. Starting with the much-discussed Gaismair'sche Landesordnung of 1526, the event traced the arc to today's civil society as the cornerstone of a democratic society. Click here for the complete >>Report!
- The excursion "Per Fines!- Across the Border(s)" focused on this year's European Capital of Culture Nova Gorica / Gorizia / Görz and its surrounding area with an additional visit to the harbour city of Trst / Trieste / Trieste. In exchange with doctoral students from Gorizia, the Italian and Slovenian cities were to be illuminated in their historical and modern borders, in their cultural, linguistic and political diversity. >>Report
- Castles, waffles and Cossacks - DK excursion to Heinfels and Lienz: Click here for >>Report
- The exchange with the colleagues of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and the subsequent retreat at Maria Waldrast from 23 to 27 September were once again a complete success! Click here for the >>Report!
Current graduates
The DK Austrian Studies congratulates Andreas Maier on the successful completion of his doctoral studies in February 2025!
The DK Austrian Studies congratulates Elisabeth Reitter on the successful completion of her doctoral studies in September 2024!
The DK Austrian Studies congratulates Irene Zanol on the successful completion of her doctoral studies in August 2024!
The DK Austrian Studies congratulates Bernhard Grüner on the successful completion of his doctoral studies in June 2024!
NEW RELEASE: Peter Anich CCCI - Spatial Knowledge in Transition: 1723-2024, Vol. 2 (2024):
Maps accompany us in our everyday lives, even if we do not always perceive them as such and the quality and meaningfulness of many online applications could be debated. In the age of Peter Anich, in the 18th century, cartography experienced a remarkable upswing as a leading science and method, which continues unabated. Whether back then, in the Age of Enlightenment, or today with digitalisation, knowledge, its (possibilities of) recording and appropriation and the spatial perspectives of a society are reflected in the contemporary re-production of spaces and their relationships in map form. The detailed regional depictions, for example of borders, paths and places in the Atlas Tyrolensis as well as the sundials and devices created by Anich document this state of knowledge. We can still observe this today in a similar way, for example in the recording and representation of mountainous areas in map form, the satellite-based recording of glaciers worldwide or the spatial representation and analysis of election results. This volume has therefore set itself the goal - in the spirit of Peter Anich - of providing a basis for understanding past and present worlds of knowledge, but above all to honour his life's work.
Link: https://austrian-studies-journal.uibk.ac.at/journal/issue/view/2
Doctoral Programme Austrian Studies
University of Innsbruck, FSP Cultural Encounters - Cultural Conflicts
Innrain 52d | 6020 Innsbruck
