Elmar Samsinger

Elmar Samsinger (born December 21, 1954 in Innsbruck ) is an Austrian exhibition organizer, non-fiction author and editor.

Life

Samsinger studied law in Innsbruck and Linz. For years he has been dealing with the Balkans , the Orient and Austria-Hungary under cultural-historical and touristic aspects and has a relevant collection. In 2002 he was a scientific advisor to the ARTE documentary “The Sultan's Empire ” on the rise and fall of the Ottomans . In 2006 he curated the special exhibition “Orient all inclusive” in the Touriseum in Merano and in the Biblioteca Statale di Trieste . A journey to the Orient on the trail of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy ”. For the “Long Night of the Museums” in 2011, Samsinger designed the “Exhibition World Pictures - Picture Worlds. The perception of the foreign around 1900 ”; for the “Long Night of Museums 2012” there, together with Ilvy Rodler, the photo project “Integration”. In 2014, Samsinger curated the exhibition “With pictures in the abyss. The First World War in Spotlights "and in 2018 in the Austrian Cultural Forum Istanbul and in the Yunus Emre Institute Vienna the exhibition" The Sultan was a very dear gentleman. " Emperor Karl and Empress Zita in Constantinople 1918.

Publications (selection)

• Federalism. A contemporary answer to the challenges facing the state and society today. Publishing house for history and politics, Vienna 1984
• Orient and double-headed eagle. A trip to the Orient around 1900. Mandelbaum-Verlag, Vienna 2006
• Orient all inclusive. A journey to the Orient on the trail of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. - Orient all inclusive. Un viaggio nel terre di Levante sulle orme del'Impero Austroungarico. Exhibition booklet, German / Italian, Folio-Verlag, Vienna / Bozen 2006
• Austria in Istanbul. K. (below) K. Presence in the Ottoman Empire. With Abstracts in English - Türçe özetler ile, ed. with Rudolf Agstner (commemorative publication of the Austrian Foreign Ministry on the occasion of Istanbul's cultural capital year 2010), Lit-Verlag Vienna 2010
• Austria in Istanbul. K. (below) K. Presence in the Ottoman Empire II. With Abstracts in English - Türçe özetler ile, Ed. Lit-Verlag, Vienna 2016
• Austria in Istanbul. K. (below) K. Presence in the Ottoman Empire III. With Abstracts in English - Türçe özetler ile, Ed. Lit-Verlag, Vienna 2018
• An automobile trip through Bosnia Herzegovina and Dalmatia by Filius. Ed., Reprint, Löcker-Verlag, Vienna 2011
• With pictures into the abyss. The First World War in the spotlights. Exhibition booklet, self-published, Vienna 2014
• Almost like stories from 1001 nights. The Jewish textile merchants Mayer between Europe and the Orient. Together with Adelheid Mayer, Mandelbaum-Verlag, Vienna 2015
• Mayer Mağazaları. İstanbul'un Gözde Hazır Giyim Mekânları 1882–1971. Together with Adelheid Mayer. Kitap Yayınevi, Istanbul 2018
• “The Sultan was a very dear gentleman.” Emperor Karl and Empress Zita in Constantinople 1918. - “Sultan çok hoş bir beyefendi idi.” 1918 Imparator Karl ve İmparatoriçe Zita İstanbul´da. Exhibition booklet, German / Turkish, Austrian Cultural Forum Istanbul 2018 and Yunus Emre Institute Vienna 2018