Josef Ehmer

Josef Ehmer (born November 7, 1948 in Gschwandt ) is an Austrian historian .

Josef Ehmer was born as the son of Maria Ehmer and Josef Ehmer in Upper Austria . From 1968 to 1976 he studied history and German at the University of Vienna , where he received his doctorate in 1977. He then worked as a research assistant at the University of Vienna from 1978 to 1984. There he was also employed as a university assistant from 1987 to 1989. In 1989 his habilitation took place with the thesis The Marriage Behavior and the Traditions of Capitalism . From 1989 to 1993 he taught as a lecturer at the University of Vienna. From 1993 to 2005 he was Professor of General Modern History at the University of Salzburg . From 2005 until his retirement he taught as professor for economic and social history at the University of Vienna.

His main research interests are the social history of the 18th to 20th centuries in European comparison, including in particular the history of the family, workers and craftsmen, migrations, old age, as well as population history and historical demography.

Fonts (selection)

Monographs

Population history and historical demographics. 1800–2000 (= Encyclopedia of German History . 71). Oldenbourg, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-486-55732-7 .
Marriage behavior, social structure, economic change. England and Central Europe in the formation period of capitalism (= critical studies on the science of history . 92). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1991, ISBN 3-525-35755-9 .
Social history of old age (= edition suhrkamp . 1541 = NF 541). Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1990, ISBN 3-518-11541-3 .

Editorships

with Ursula Ferdinand and Jürgen Reulecke : The population challenge. Developments in modern thinking about the population before, during and after the “Third Reich”. VS - Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2007, ISBN 978-3-531-15556-2 .
with Dietmar Goltschnigg, Peter Revers and Justin Stagl : Promotion of young scientists. Inventories and future prospects. Edition Praesens, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-7069-0186-2 .
with Helga Grebing and Peter Gutschner: “Work”. History - present - future. (= ITH conference reports. 36). AVA - Akademische Verlags-Anstalt, Leipzig 2002, ISBN 3-931982-28-9 .
with Peter Gutschner: Age in the Game of Generations. Historical and social science contributions. Böhlau, Vienna et al. 2000, ISBN 3-205-99157-5 .
with Tamara K. Hareven and Richard Wall: Historical family research. Results and controversy. Michael Mitterauer on his 60th birthday. Campus, Frankfurt am Main et al. 1997, ISBN 3-593-35753-4 .

Web links

Literature by and about Josef Ehmer in the catalog of the German National Library
Josef Ehmer at the Institute for Economic and Social History at the University of Vienna
Lectures and contributions to discussions by Josef Ehmer in the online archive of the Austrian Media Library

Remarks

↑ Ilse Korotin (ed.): BiografıA. Lexicon of Austrian Women. Volume 1: A-H. Vienna et al. 2016, p. 666 f.
↑ Josef Ehmer on the 70th in: Mitteilungen der Alfred Klahr Gesellschaft , No. 4/2018, p. 39 (December).

personal data
SURNAME	Ehmer, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian historian
DATE OF BIRTH	November 7, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH	Gschwandt (near Gmunden)

[1] Ilse Korotin (ed.): BiografıA. Lexicon of Austrian Women. Volume 1: A-H. Vienna et al. 2016, p. 666 f.

[2] Josef Ehmer on the 70th in: Mitteilungen der Alfred Klahr Gesellschaft , No. 4/2018, p. 39 (December).