Dr Ingrid Böhler
Senior Scientist
Head of Institute
Room no. 40616
Office hours: Wed., 3 - 5 p.m. by appointment

Research interests
- Regional history (Vorarlberg/Tyrol) 19th and 20th century
- Austrian contemporary history
- New media in the historical sciences
- European history after 1945
Studies and academic career
- since April 2018 Head of the Department of Contemporary History, University of Innsbruck
- since September 2010 Senior Scientist at the Department of Contemporary History, University of Innsbruck
- 1994-2010 University Assistant at the Department of Contemporary History, University of Innsbruck
- 1992-94 Project assistant at the Department of Contemporary History, University of Innsbruck
- University of Innsbruck and Salzburg, studied History and German Philology, Mag. phil. 1990, Dr. phil. 2002
Excerpt
- with Günter Bischof, Marc Landry (eds.), Regional Histories of Austria (Contemporary Austrian Studies, 33), Innsbruck-New Orleans 2025, 310 p.
- "Kohlschwarz ist seine Gesinnung.": Johann Kohler (1839-1916) und seine Zeit (Forschungen zur Geschichte Vorarlbergs, 14), (ed.), Konstanz 2025, 342 p.
- with Karin Harrasser, Dirk Rupnow, Monika Sommer, Hilde Strobl (eds.), Ver/störende Orte. Zum Umgang mit NS-kontaminierten Gebäuden, Wien-Berlin 2024, 259 p.
- with Peter Pirker (ed.), Flucht vor dem Krieg. Deserteure der Wehrmacht in Vorarlberg (Forschungen zur Geschichte Vorarlbergs 15), Tübingen 2023, 372 p.
- with Peter Pirker (ed.), Rudolf Bilgeri. Bei den Partisanen in Athen. Tagebuch eines Deserteurs der Wehrmacht, Innsbruck 2023, 176 p.
- with Thomas Albrich (ed.), Österreich–Spanien–Lateinamerika. Festschrift für Klaus Eisterer, Innsbruck 2021, 377 p.
- Keine Universität für Vorarlberg. Eine regionale Hochschuldebatte in den 1970er-Jahren, in: zeitgeschichte 47/Sonderheft 2020, Göttingen 2020, pp. 127-145.
- with Nikolaus Hagen, Philipp Strobl, Displaced Persons (DPs) in Österreich und Deutschland-Chancen eines Perspektivenwechsels?, in: Zeitgeschichte 47/2, Göttingen 2020, pp. 161-162.
Functions
- since April 2018 Head of the Department of Contemporary History, University of Innsbruck
- since January 2017 Deputy Head of the Department of Contemporary History, University of Innsbruck
- Study representative for:
- Bachelor's programme History C 033 603
- Master's programme in History C 066 803
- since Nov. 2013 Deputy Chairman of the "Verein zur wissenschaftlichen Aufarbeitung der Zeitgeschichte" (headquarters: Vienna)
Memberships
- Member of the working group History, Social Studies and Political Education of the Curriculum Commission for Teacher Training Programmes
- Erasmus representative of the institute
- Member of the Advisory Board for Remembrance Culture of the City of Innsbruck
- Editorial board member of the journal Zeitgeschichte
- Co-editor of the yearbook of the Vorarlberger Landesmuseumsverein
- Jury member of the Irma Rosenberg Prize
- Jury member of the Marianne Barcal Prize
- Member of the History (BA/MA) working group of the Curriculum Commission of the Faculty of Philosophy and History
Awards and honours
- Science Prize of the State of Vorarlberg (category appreciation prize) 2024
- 1991 Honour Award of the Federal Minister of Science and Research
- Theodor Körner Foundation Prize for the Promotion of Science and Art 1996
- Ludwig Jedlicka Memorial Prize 2004