Events
Events in the field of historical-culture and historical studies, such as public lectures, book presentations and film evenings, take place at regular intervals and are organised by the professorship and its staff. Important dates, announcements and reports of these events can be found in this section.
- Film Series: Global Resettlement after 1945Film Series: Global Resettlement after 1945 “The Windermere Children”, 29/4/2024 – 19:30 h &“The Juggler”, 27/5/2024 – 19:30 h Film Screening and Discussion: VOTIV-Kino, Währinger Str. 12, 1090 Wien, 19:30 About the Film Series An often-overlooked consequence of the Second World War was that it resulted in the largest migration process of the 20th century. After 1945, millions of people were displaced as a result of forced labour, deportation, and flight. The film series sheds light on the fate of Jewish displaced persons after the war and the attempt to build a new life after the violent rupture and destruction …
- Event Report: Book Presentation of “Kingdom of Barracks”Event Report: Book Presentation of Katarazyna Nowaks “Kingdom of Barracks. Polish Displaced Persons in Allied-Occupied Germany and Austria” On the 15th of November Katarzyna Nowak presented her academic monograph titled “Kingdom of Barracks. Polish Displaced Persons in Allied-occupied Germany and Austria” at the Fachbereichsbibliothek Zeitgeschichte at the University of Vienna. The book was published at McGill-Queen’s University Press in 2023 and deals with the history of Polish displaced persons in Austrian and German DP camps from a bottom-up, multi-perspective approach. Katarzyna Nowak is a contemporary historian with a focus on cultural and social history in the early Cold War. In …
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- Kerstin von Lingen about the ERC-Project “GLORE”Kerstin von Lingen about the ERC-Project “GLORE” On 23 June 2023, the kick-off event of the ERC project “GLORE” took place in the Great Festival Hall of the University of Vienna. In addition to a presentation by Kerstin von Lingen on the project design, there was also a keynote by Jessica Reinisch on the development and role of UNRRA in the context of the global treatment of displaced persons after the Second World War.