Erich Hula
Erich Hula (born May 27, 1900 in Vienna , † May 18, 1987 in New York City ) was an American political scientist of Austrian origin.
Life
Hula studied law at the University of Vienna and was a student of Hans Kelsen . There he received his doctorate in 1924 . He then continued his studies on a Rockefeller grant in France, Great Britain and the USA. From 1931 to 1932 he was assistant to Kelsen at the University of Cologne . Between 1933 and 1937, Hula worked as a Chamber of Labor secretary (first in Graz, then in Vienna) in the preparation of labor protection legislation. In 1937 he had publicly pleaded against "national reconciliation" and for the preservation of an independent state of Austria.
Shortly after the annexation of Austria in 1938, Hula emigrated to the USA together with his wife Annemarie (née Sporken) via Czechoslovakia, Switzerland and Great Britain. In 1938 he became an associate professor of political science at the New School in New York City. From 1944 to 1967 he taught there as a full professor. In 1945 he had become a US citizen.
In 1967 the University of Vienna awarded him the doctorate that the National Socialists had revoked from him.
Web links
- Literature by and about Erich Hula in the catalog of the German National Library
- Erich Hula Papers - University at Albany
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Johannes Feichtinger: Science between cultures. Austrian university professors in emigration 1933-1945 , Frankfurt am Main 2001, p. 298.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hula, Erich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American political scientist of Austrian origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 27, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 18, 1987 |
| Place of death | New York City |