Events
- Flucht vor dem Krieg. Deserteure der Wehrmacht in VorarlbergBuchpräsentation mit Peter Pirker, Donnerstag, 13.02.2025, 20:00 Uhr, Wolfhaus Dachgeschoss, Bazulstraße 2, 6710 Nenzing.
- Von den Nazis verfolgt – vom demokratischen Staat gedemütigt. Zum Umgang mit NS-Opfern in der NachkriegszeitGespräch mit Peter Pirker und Andreas Kranebitter, Freitag, 14.02.2025, 17:00–18:30 Uhr, vorarlberg museum, Kornmarktplatz 1, 6900 Bregenz.
- Christina Hollomey/Dirk Rupnow: Das Dokumentationsarchiv Migration Tirol DAM. Mit einem Kooperationsprojekt zum UNESCO-KulturerbeModeration von Ingrid Böhler, Montag, 03.03.2025, 17:15–18:45 Uhr, Geiwi-Turm, Hörsaal 6.
News
40 years of contemporary history in Innsbruck
In April 1984, the Institute of Contemporary History was founded at the University of Innsbruck. 40 years later, we take a look back on the occasion of the Institute's anniversary.
NewsEye receives Top-Cultural Heritage-Award
This year, the NewsEye project is the only entry in the field of research to receive Europe's most prestigious award for cultural heritage.
„I was there with friends.” The KZ-doctor Sigbert Ramsauer. An Austrian story,
by Lisa Rettl and Peter Pirker.
Artefacts. The Material Legacy of Nazism,
Exhibition in the City Museum of Dornbirn, curated by Nikolaus Hagen.
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]
ReMIGRA

Return migration, also known as remigration or repatriation, is still an all too frequently neglected topic within migration research and migration history. [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
Innrain 52d (Geiwi-Turm, 6. Stock)
A-6020 Innsbruck
+43 512 507-44005/44010
zeitgeschichte@uibk.ac.at
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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]