Emil Brix

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Emil Brix with Rita Kieber-Beck (left) and Princess Maria-Pia Kothbauer (2006)

Emil Brix (born December 16, 1956 in Vienna ) is an Austrian diplomat , cultural politician and historian .

Life

Emil Brix studied English and history at the University of Vienna . Since 1982 he has been working in the diplomatic service of the Republic of Austria . From 1984 to 1986 he was club secretary in the ÖVP parliamentary club, from 1986 to 1989 in the ministerial office of the Federal Minister for Science and Research Hans Tuppy .

From 1990 to 1995 he was Consul General in Cracow and from 1995 to 1999 Director of the Austrian Cultural Institute in London . Until the beginning of 2010 he was head of the cultural policy section in the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs . From April 2010 to January 2015 Emil Brix was Austrian Ambassador in London . On January 19, 2015, Emil Brix took up his post as Ambassador of the Republic of Austria in Moscow .

Emil Brix is ​​Deputy Chairman of the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe .

In June 2017 he was appointed director of the Diplomatic Academy Vienna from August 2017.

Awards

On January 26th, 2009 Emil Brix was awarded the Gloria Artis Medal for Cultural Merit by the Polish Minister for Culture and National Heritage, Bogdan Zdrojewski , in the gallery of the International Cultural Center in Krakow . The medal is the highest Polish distinction given to outstanding personalities who have made a contribution to Polish culture in the artistic field or for the preservation of cultural heritage. He is an external member of the Polish Academy of Learning in Cracow .

Publications

  • with Erhard Busek : Project Central Europe . Ueberreuter, Vienna 1986, ISBN 3-8000-3227-9 .
  • as sole author: The colloquial languages ​​in old Austria between agitation and assimilation: the language statistics in the Cisleithan population censuses 1880 to 1910 Böhlau, Vienna 1982, ISBN 978-3-205-08745-8 .
  • as editor with Urs Altermatt : Switzerland and Austria. A neighborhood in Central Europe (= book series of the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe. Vol. 1). Böhlau, Vienna et al. 1995, ISBN 3-205-98340-8 .
  • with Wolfgang Mantl : Liberalism. Interpretations and perspectives (= studies on politics and administration. Vol. 65). Böhlau, Vienna et al. 1996, ISBN 3-205-98447-1 .
  • as editor with Lisa Fischer: Die Frauen der Wiener Moderne . Publishing house for history and politics ao, Vienna ao 1997, ISBN 3-7028-0348-3 .
  • as editor with Jürgen Nautz: Between competition and protection. On the role of state power and competitive freedom in Austria in the 20th century (= Civil Society series of the Austrian Research Association. Vol. 2). Passagen-Verlag, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-85165-313-0 .
  • as editor: Civil Society in Austria (= Civil Society series of the Austrian Research Association ). Passagen-Verlag, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-85165-302-5 .
  • as editor with Sigurd Paul Scheichl : “May it be that?” The ongoing question about the year 1848 (= Civil Society series of the Austrian Research Association. Vol. 3). Passagen-Verlag, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-85165-355-6 .
  • as editor with Rudolf Richter: Organized Private Interests. Associations in Austria (= Civil Society series of the Austrian Research Association. Vol. 4). Passagen-Verlag, Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-85165-402-1 .
  • with Manfred Prisching : personal and social. An interview with Peter L. Berger. In: Manfred Pritsching (Hrsg.): Understanding society. Peter L. Berger and the Sociology of the Present (= Civil Society series of the Austrian Research Association. Vol. 3). Passagen-Verlag, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-85165-479-X , pp. 149–163.
  • as editor with Gerhard Luf and Jürgen Nautz: The legal system between the state and civil society. On the role of social self-regulation and pre-state arbitration (= Civil Society series of the Austrian Research Association. Vol. 5). Passagen-Verlag, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-85165-470-6 .
  • as editor with Jürgen Nautz: Universities in civil society (= Civil Society series of the Austrian Research Association. Vol. 6). Passagen-Verlag, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-85165-529-X .
  • as editor with Peter Kampits : Civil Society between Liberalism and Communitarianism (= Civil Society series of the Austrian Research Association. Vol. 7). Passagen-Verlag, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-85165-573-7 .
  • as editor with Ernst Bruckmüller and Hannes Stekl: Memoria Austriae. Volume 1: People - Myths - Times. Publishing house for history and politics ao, Vienna ao 2004, ISBN 3-486-56838-8 .
  • as editor with Jürgen Nautz and Klaus Thien: Civil Courage (= Civil Society series of the Austrian Research Association. Vol. 8). Passagen-Verlag, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-85165-630-X .
  • as editor with Jürgen Nautz: Taxes, Civil Society and the State. = Taxes, civil society and the state (= Civil Society series of the Austrian Research Association. Vol. 9). Passagen-Verlag, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-85165-698-9 .
  • as editor with Jürgen Nautz and Klaus Poier: The Austrian Constitutional Discussion and Civil Society (= Civil Society series of the Austrian Research Association. Vol. 10). Passagen-Verlag, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-85165-702-0 .
  • as editor with Jürgen Nautz, Rita Trattnigg and Werner Wutscher: State and Civil Society (= Civil Society series of the Austrian Research Association. Vol. 11). Passagen-Verlag, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-85165-829-3 .

Web links

Commons : Emil Brix  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Austria: The Ambassador - Austrian Embassy Moscow. In: www.bmeia.gv.at. Retrieved November 12, 2016 .
  2. ^ ÖB Moscow: curriculum vitae of the ambassador Dr. Emil Brix ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (pdf, accessed February 4, 2015). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bmeia.gv.at
  3. ^ Federal Minister Sebastian Kurz: "Congratulations Emil Brix on his new job" . OTS announcement of June 21, 2017, accessed November 1, 2018.
  4. ^ The DA welcomes its new director, Amb. Emil Brix . Article dated August 1, 2017, accessed November 1, 2018.
  5. ^ Members of the Faculty of History and Philosophy. Polska Akademia Umiejętności, accessed June 8, 2017 (Polish).
predecessor Office successor
Gabriele Matzner-Holzer Austrian Ambassador in London
April 1, 2010 - January 2015
Margot Klestil-Löffler Austrian Ambassador in Moscow
January 19, 2015 - 2017 		Johannes owner
personal data
SURNAME Brix, Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian diplomat and historian
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna