Karl Vocelka

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Karl Vocelka (born May 23, 1947 in Vienna ) is an Austrian historian and professor (retired) for Austrian history at the University of Vienna . He is co-founder and president of the Institute for the Study of the Early Modern Age (IEFN).

Live and act

After studying history and German subjects Vocelka 1971 received his doctorate at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Vienna to the doctor with an archive based on studies of local history work and passed the teaching degree in the subjects of history and German. In 1972 he became an assistant to Adam Wandruszka . In 1974 he completed the three-year training course at the Institute for Austrian Historical Research with the state examination.

In 1978 he completed his habilitation in Austrian history with a thesis on the political propaganda of Rudolf II. 1576–1612, which deals with the phenomenon of public opinion .

Since 1979 he has been a lecturer at the Summer University of Vienna in Strobl . From 1980 to 1987 he was visiting professor at Stanford University (Vienna Department), and since 1987 he has been guest lecturer at the American Heritage Association , Webster University Vienna , Duke University , Sweet Briar College and other universities.

In 1990 he was scientific exhibition director of the Burgenland provincial exhibition "The Knights" in Güssing , 1994 of the Upper Austrian provincial exhibition "The Danube" in Engelhartszell , 2001 of the exhibition "At home in a foreign country. Czechs in Vienna in the 20th Century ”in Prague and Brno , in 2002 the Upper Austrian state exhibition“ Celebrate festivals ”in Waldhausen im Strudengau , 2010 the Upper Austrian state exhibition“ Renaissance and Reformation ”at Parz Castle in Grieskirchen (together with Rudolf Leeb and Andrea Scheichl) and 2013 the Upper Austrian provincial exhibition "Old Traces, New Paths" in Freistadt and Bad Leonfelden (together with Christoph Benedikter, Elisabeth Gruber and Andrea Scheichl). He was curator of the exhibitions "Man & Ruler", "Festival & Everyday Life" and "Hunting & Leisure Time" held in 2016 on the 100th anniversary of the death of Emperor Franz Joseph I. In 2017 he designed the exhibition "Burning for Faith. Vienna after Luther" for the Wien Museum with Rudolf Leeb and Walter Öhlinger and curated the parts in the palace as part of the 4-part anniversary exhibition "300 years of Maria Theresa. Strategist-mother-reformer" Courtyard "Alliances and Hostilities" and Niederweiden Castle "Modernization and Reforms". Together with Franz Xaver Eder, he was the scientific project manager of the virtual exhibition “The World of the Habsburgs”.

He has been its President since the establishment of the non-university Institute for Research in the Early Modern Age (IEFN) in 1989. This private institution "deals with research into the 'premodern' epoch from the 16th to the 18th centuries". It publishes the journal Früheuzeit-Info and the book series Früheuzeit-Studien and organizes a monthly jour fixe.

From 2000 to 2004 and from 2008 until his retirement in 2012, Vocelka was director of the Institute for History at the University of Vienna. Since 2004 he has been President of the Science Forum Czechs in Vienna (WFTiW) and since 2014 Academic Director of the univie.winter.school for cultural historical studies / University of Vienna.

Vocelka's research and publications focus on the social and cultural history of Central Europe in the early modern period , the history of the Habsburg monarchy, and the history of the elites and piety. He wrote the volume for the 18th century in the standard work History of Austria published by Herwig Wolfram .

In 2007 he received the Golden Merit Medal of the State of Vienna and the František Palacký Medal of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic .

Karl Vocelka is married to the historian and former director of Simon Wiesenthal's archive , Michaela Vocelka (* 1968), with whom he also publishes together.

Fonts (selection)

  • The house and farm names of the cadastral communities Altaussee, Grundlsee, Lupitsch, Obertressen, Reitern and Straßen in the Styrian Salzkammergut (= dissertations from the University of Vienna. 102, ISSN  0379-1424 ). 2 volumes. Association of Austrian Scientific Societies, Vienna 1974, (at the same time: Vienna, University, Dissertation, 1970).
  • Habsburg weddings 1550–1600. Cultural-historical studies on the Mannerist Representation Festival (= publications of the Commission for Modern History of Austria. Vol. 65.) Böhlau, Vienna et al. 1976, ISBN 3-205-08569-8 .
  • Constitution or Concordat? The journalistic and political struggle of the Austrian liberals over the religious laws of 1868 (= studies on the history of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Vol. 17 = writings of the DDr. Franz Joseph Mayer-Gunthof-Fonds. No. 12). Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1978, ISBN 3-7001-0241-0 .
  • The political propaganda of Emperor Rudolf II. (1576–1612) (= publications of the Commission for the History of Austria. Vol. 9) Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1981, ISBN 3-7001-0380-8 (also: Vienna, Universität , Habilitation paper, 1978).
  • Rudolf II and his time. Böhlau, Vienna et al. 1985, ISBN 3-205-07159-X .
  • Years of rubble Vienna 1945–1949. Jugend und Volk, Vienna et al. 1985, ISBN 3-224-16063-2 .
  • KuK caricatures and caricatures from the age of Emperor Franz Joseph. Jugend und Volk, Vienna et al. 1986, ISBN 3-224-16564-2 .
  • with Rudolf Gutdeutsch, Christa Hammerl and Ingeborg Mayer: earthquakes as a historical event. The reconstruction of the earthquake of 1590 in Lower Austria. Springer, Berlin et al. 1987, ISBN 3-540-18048-6 .
  • with Walter Pohl : The Habsburgs. A European family story. Edited by Brigitte Vacha. Verlag Styria, Graz et al. 1992, ISBN 3-222-12107-9 .
  • with Lynne Heller: The Habsburgs' world. Culture and mentality history of a family. Verlag Styria, Graz et al. 1997, ISBN 3-222-12424-8 .
  • with Paulus Ebner : The tame revolution. '68 and what remained of it. Ueberreuter, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-8000-3679-7 .
  • with Lynne Heller: The private world of the Habsburgs. Life and everyday life of a family. Verlag Styria, Graz et al. 1998, ISBN 3-222-12642-9 .
  • 1699-1815. Splendor and fall of the courtly world. Representation, reform and reaction in the Habsburg multi-ethnic state (= Herwig Wolfram (Hrsg.): Geschichte Österreichs. Vol. 7). Ueberreuter, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-8000-3529-4 , review by Peter Stachel , review by Michael Mesch .
  • History of Austria. Culture - society - politics. Verlag Styria, Graz et al. 2000, ISBN 3-222-12825-1 .
  • as editor with Anita Traninger: The early modern residence (16th to 18th century) (= Peter Csendes , Ferdinand Opll (Hrsg.): Wien. Geschichte einer Stadt. Vol. 2). Böhlau, Vienna et al. 2003, ISBN 3-205-99267-9 .
  • Austrian history (= Beck series. 2369). Beck, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-406-50869-3 .
  • Modern history. 1500-1918 (= UTB. 3240). Böhlau, Vienna et al. 2010, ISBN 978-3-205-78421-0 , review by Helgard Fröhlich .
  • Early modern age. 1500-1800 (= UTB. 2833). UVK-Verlags-Gesellschaft, Konstanz et al. 2013, ISBN 978-3-8252-2833-0 .
  • Multi-confessional Austria . Religions in the past and present. Styria Premium, Vienna et al. 2013, ISBN 978-3-222-13392-3 , review by Ernst Fürlinger .
  • 99 questions about Austrian history. Ueberreuter, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-8000-7903-2 .
  • 99 questions about the Habsburgs. Ueberreuter, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-8000-7594-2 .
  • with Michaela Vocelka: Sisi. Life and legend of an empress (= CH Beck Wissen. 2829). Beck, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-406-66089-4 .
  • with Michaela Vocelka: Franz Joseph I. Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary 1830–1916. A biography. CH Beck, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-406-68286-5 .
  • as editor with Willi Klinger: Wine in Austria: The story. Brandstätter, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-7106-0350-1 .

literature

  • Martin Scheutz, Vlasta Valeš (ed.): Vienna and its Viennese. A historical foray through Vienna over the centuries. Festschrift for Karl Vocelka on his 60th birthday. Böhlau, Vienna et al. 2008, ISBN 978-3-205-77707-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Review of Vocelka's work as head of the Institute for History .
  2. ^ Website of the 2016 exhibitions on Franz Joseph I.
  3. Archived copy ( Memento from April 17, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
  4. Archived copy ( Memento from April 16, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
  5. The world of the Habsburgs
  6. IEFN website