Visiting Professor and Lecturer at the University of Vienna, Associated Researcher at the University of Berne, Lecturer at the University of Salzburg and the Andrassy University of Budapest, Head of the Viennese branch of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Research on the Consequences of War, Head and member of various research projects, Curator of exhibitions, Author of numerous publications on the History of Austria as well as Central and Eastern Europe especially in the 19th and the 20th century.
Sometimes the imperial legacy weighs heavily on Bad Ischl, and alternative perspectives are largely ignored – kitsch and clichés dominate, with history being clotted in the shadow of the Habsburg myth. An exhibition in the public space as well as talks and statements by European experts dare to take a differentiated look at the imperial and royal period.
(Original title: k.u.k. kritisch und kontrovers)
