Austrian government employees and conduct of life: Project blog
What were Austrian public employees of the interwar period in charge of?
An answer to this question is provided in a bulk of statistical data in the newspaper „Die Börse“, quoted in Gottfried Dorer, Der Beamtenabbau. Die Sanierung der Bundesverwaltung, Wien 1922, p. 8: „... 78.061 qm2 of land (19.243 km² of it arable land, 21.069 km²...
Heimito von Doderer and the habitus of civil servants
Reading Doderer’s „Strudlhofstiege“ – for fun, not for work – I came across this passage. It explains very convincingly what an impact being a civil servant has on a person even if this person is not or does not want to be a civil servant „as such“. The ascriptions...
Bilingualism
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!).
Austrian Government Employees and Conduct of Life (1918 – 1940)
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...
Conduct of life of Austrian government employees in the interwar period is the focus of this research project.