Helmut Konrad

Helmut Konrad (born January 29, 1948 in Wolfsberg , Carinthia) is an Austrian historian . From 1993 to 1997 he was rector of the Karl-Franzens- Universität Graz and head of the Institute for History there.

Life

After graduating from high school in Klagenfurt in 1966 , he studied history and German at the University of Vienna . In 1973 he completed his studies with a sub-auspiciis doctorate . In 1980 he completed his habilitation at the Johannes Kepler University Linz in the subject of modern history and contemporary history . During this time he also worked as a university assistant. In 1981 he became associate professor in Linz, in 1984 he became full professor for general contemporary history, taking into account non-European countries and cultures at the University of Graz. From 1990 he was visiting professor at various universities. In addition, together with Rudolf G. Ardelt and Reinhard Kannonier, he was the scientific director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Social and Cultural History (until 1995 Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for the History of the Labor Movement).

Konrad has been dean of the humanities faculty at the University of Graz on several occasions , from 1993 to 1997 rector of the University of Graz, from 1995 to 1998 vice-president of the Austrian rectors' conference , since 1999 to this day member of the German accreditation council , since 2004 member of the board of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA), 2000–2008 President of the International Research Center for Cultural Studies and member of the executive committees of various professional associations, member of the editorial board of specialist journals and member of the jury of award committees.

His research projects are mainly cultural and workers' history, national issues and identity and the structures of science and research.

Konrad is considered to be close to the SPÖ .

Helmut Konrad has published a large number of works in his thematic area, including:

“The Austrian labor movement before the First World War”, Vienna 1976, ISBN 978-3-203-50603-6
“The emergence of the working class in Upper Austria”, 1981, 519 pages, ISBN 978-3-203-50775-0
"Recent studies on workers 'history: For the fifty years of existence of the association for the history of the workers' movement", 3 volumes, Vienna 1984, ISBN 978-3-203-50892-4
“Revolutionary potential in Europe at the end of the First World War. The role of structures, business cycles and mass movements ”, 1991, 174 pages, ISBN 978-3-205-05343-9
“Labor movement in a changed world”, Vienna 1992, ISBN 978-3-203-51180-1
"Urban lead cultures, 1890–1914: Leipzig, Ljubljana, Linz, Bologna", according to with Reinhard Kannonier, 1995, 183 pages, ISBN 978-3-851-15214-2
"At the end of the present: thoughts on global trends and regional effects", according to with Manfred Lechner 2000, 207 pages, ISBN 978-3-701-17431-7
"War, Medicine and Politics: The First World War and Austrian Modernism", 2000, 429 pages, ISBN 978-3-851-65409-7
"Mapping Contemporary History II. 25 Years of Contemporary History Studies at Graz University", according to with Stefan Benedik, 2010, 390 pages, ISBN 978-3-205-78518-7
“Masao Nishikawa: Socialists and International Actions for Peace 1914–1923”, 2010, 346 pages, ISBN 978-3-86596-296-6
"The story of the landscape", gem. with Dieter A. Binder and Eduard Staudinger, 2010, 196 pages, ISBN 978-3-205-78186-8