by Therese Garstenauer | Jun 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
There is something nerdy about conducting research on government employees. In this new series of blogposts I will advance some reasons why my research project is relevant: As of now, there is no comprehensive social and cultural history of Austrian...
by Therese Garstenauer | May 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
My esteemed colleagues Johann Kirchknopf, Stefan Ossmann and Franz X. Eder organize a workshop in order to present research projects from the social and cultural sciences, and humanities and discuss theoretical as well as practical questions pertaining to research on...
by Therese Garstenauer | May 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
This is a find from the compilation of the laws, decrees and decisions and legal requirements of the local council, city council, municipal council of the City of Vienna, 1919. Obviously, the media were a trifle less complex then. “Berichtigung unwahrer...
by Therese Garstenauer | May 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
This is a project dealing predominantly with the past. Yet, sometimes one has to work for the future, too – e.g. by proposing a session named “Bureaucratic Interactions” for the European Social Science History Conference 2018, as I did yesterday. If the...
by Therese Garstenauer | Mar 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
This website is available in German and English. Since I am the author, the English texts may turn out a bit Austrian-flavoured sometimes (please bear with me!).
by Therese Garstenauer | Feb 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
For the next six years to come – beginning with January 1, 2017 – I will investigate how Austrian government employees of all ranks and departments have led their professional and private lives in the period between 1918 and 1940. The main focus of my habilitation...