Verena Moritz, born 1969, studied History and Russian Language at Vienna University and the Moscow State University. She headed several research projects on the history of the Late Habsburg monarchy and on Austrian and Russian/Soviet history. Moritz is author of several publications on the issues mentioned. She is affiliated to the Imstitute of East European History at the University of Vienna.
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)
