Institute for Austrian Historical Research

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Entrance to the Institute for Austrian Historical Research at the University of Vienna

The Institute for Austrian Historical Research ( IÖG ) at the University of Vienna is a historical research institute that has been part of the University of Vienna since January 1, 2016. His tasks include "in particular the planning and implementation of research projects in the field of European history of the Middle Ages and modern times as well as Austrian history with a focus on auxiliary historical sciences, source editing and source indexing on the basis of recognized international standards and their documentation and publication. "

Until December 31, 2015, the IÖG was a federal institution and was subordinate to the Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy . In research and teaching, prior to the integration into the University of Vienna on January 1, 2016, there was already close cooperation with the University of Vienna, which offers a master’s degree with a focus on historical auxiliary sciences and archival science . Among other things, the institute publishes the renowned journal Mitteilungen of the Institute for Austrian Historical Research (MIÖG).

The institute was founded in 1854. From 1920 to 1945 it was called the Austrian Institute for Historical Research . Even after incorporation into the University of Vienna, there is a legal guarantee of existence for the institute in Section 40a of the University Act.

Directors

literature

  • Alphons Lhotsky : History of the Institute for Austrian Historical Research 1854–1954. (= Communications from the Institute for Austrian Historical Research; Supplementary Volume 17). Böhlau, Graz / Cologne 1954.
  • Manfred Stoy: The Austrian Institute for Historical Research 1929–1945. (= Communications from the Institute for Austrian Historical Research; Supplementary Volume 50). Oldenbourg, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-7029-0551-4 .
  • Karin Winter and Jakob Wührer: The course is dead! Long live the master’s degree! An experience report on archival education at the University of Vienna and the Institute for Austrian Historical Research , in: Scrinium 66 (2012), pp. 65–107 (The article includes the latest developments in the master’s program regulations as an appendix).
  • Ernst Zehetbauer: Historical research and archive studies. The Institute for Austrian Historical Research and the scientific training of archivists in Austria. tredition, Hamburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-8495-7660-8 .
  • Ernst Zehetbauer: Completely new clothes. Eighth chapter on the work: Historical research and archival studies. The Institute for Austrian Historical Research and the scientific training of archivists in Austria. tredition, Hamburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-7439-2269-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Die Presse: Law: Institutes Lose Independence , accessed on November 9, 2015
  2. ↑ a b c Federal Act amending the University Act 2002 and the Research Organization Act, Federal Law Gazette I No. 131/2015