Michael Portmann

Michael Portmann (* 1975 in Escholzmatt ) is a Swiss historian .

life and work

1992–1997 Portmann attended the primary school teacher seminar in the Canton of Lucerne . Between 1997 and 1998 he worked as a primary school teacher at various schools in the Canton of Lucerne. 1998–2003 he studied East and Southeast European History and Slavic Studies at the University of Vienna (Mag. Phil.). With a scholarship from the Zeit-Stiftung Hamburg , he completed his doctoral studies at the University of Vienna (Dr. phil.) From 2003-2005. Portmann has been a research assistant at the Historical Commission of the Austrian Academy of Sciences since 2006 , and has been a lecturer at the University of Bern since 2008 . In the summer semester 2008 and in the summer semester 2009 he was a lecturer at the University of Vienna. Since September 2009 he has been a member of the Commission for the History and Culture of Germans in Southeastern Europe, eV in Tübingen .

Portmann's areas of work are Yugoslavia in the 20th century, the nationality policy of Yugoslavia (1944–1991), the history of Vojvodina and state building in Southeastern Europe in the 19th century.

Publications

• The communist revolution in Vojvodina 1944–1952. Politics, society, economy, culture (= Central European Studies Vol. 13), Vienna 2008, 554 pages. Awarded the Richard G. Plaschka Prize of the phil.-hist. Class of the Austrian Academy of Sciences 2010.
• Together with Marija Wakounig / Wolfgang Mueller (eds.): Nation, nationalities and nationalism in Eastern Europe . Festschrift for Arnold Suppan's 65th birthday, Vienna 2010, 704 pages (see Wikipedia "Völkertafel (Styria)")
• Together with Wolfgang Mueller (ed.): Eastern Europe from World War II to Wende (= Central European Studies Vol. 10), Vienna 2007, 423 pages.
• Various articles in books, edited volumes and magazines

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Directory of Michael Portmann's courses at the University of Vienna  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

• Michael Portmann on Academia.edu
• histkomm.thinkabit.net , Austrian Academy of Sciences , Historical Commission: Michael Portmann
• stipendien.oeaw.ac.at , Austrian Academy of Sciences: Heads. Scholarships & Awards. Michael Portmann, 2010
• State-building and Local Administration in Imperial Border Regions, 1800–1900: Ottoman, Habsburg, and Serbian Experiences between Sarajevo and Belgrade