Carlos Watzka

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Carlos Watzka (born March 8, 1975 in Leoben ) is an Austrian sociologist and works as a social and medical historian at the University of Graz , the University of Eichstätt and the Joanneum University of Applied Sciences .

Life

After attending grammar school in Leoben, Carlos Watzka began studying sociology and history at the University of Graz in 1993, which he completed in 2000 with a master's degree. This was followed by a doctoral degree in social and economic sciences in Graz and a dissertation on the social and cultural history of mental illness in the early modern period . He graduated with distinction in 2004. In 2008 he qualified as a professor in sociology. From 2009 to 2013 he was professor for sociology and empirical social research at the University of Eichstätt.

honors and awards

Publications (selection)

  • Suicides and their biopsychosocial conditioning factors. Results of the follow-up study on suicidality for the Province of Styria. Springer VS Verlag, Wiesbaden 2015.
  • Social structure and suicide in Austria. Results of an epidemiological study for the state of Styria. VS Verlag, Wiesbaden 2008.
  • Poor, sick, mad people. Hospitals and hospitals in Styria from the 16th to the 18th century and their importance for dealing with the mentally ill. Graz 2007.
  • From hospital to hospital. How to deal with the mentally and somatically ill in early modern Europe. Böhlau Verlag, Cologne - Weimar - Vienna 2005.
  • Virus. Contributions to the social history of medicine (scientific journal; co-editor, since 2008).
  • epiFaNIen - Early Modern Interdisciplinary. (Scientific publication series; co-editor, since 2015).
  • Anticipation. Therapeutics of the soul from the 18th to the 20th century: Proceedings of the "Vienna Conversations on the Social History of Medicine . Verlagshaus der Ärzte / HEROLD, March 2008

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personal data
SURNAME Watzka, Carlos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sociologist and historian
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Leoben