Oliver Rathkolb

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Oliver Rathkolb (born November 3, 1955 in Vienna ) is an Austrian modern historian at the University of Vienna.

Career

After studying history and law at the University of Vienna (1978 doctorate as Dr. iur.) Rathkolb completed a doctorate with Gerhard Jagschitz as Dr. phil. there (1982). From 1985 to 2003 he was the scientific director of the Bruno Kreisky Archive Foundation. Since February 1992 his function there has also included that of the science coordinator of the Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue . From September 1984 to May 2005 he was a research assistant at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for History and Society, from January 1994 its co-director. From June 2005 to 2008 he was director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for European History and the Public. Erika Weinzierl was his long-time teacher and mentor.

In 1993 he qualified as a professor on the "US great power policy towards Austria 1952 / 53–1961 / 62 in the US decision-making process". In May 1993 he was granted the license to teach modern history with a special focus on contemporary history and was assigned to the Institute for Contemporary History at the University of Vienna . In 1996 he was commissioned by the federal government to work as a member of an expert commission on the American weapons depots in Austria and to lead the paramilitary organization of Franz Olah ( OeWSGV ) , which was supposedly financed by the CIA . From 2005 to 2007 he was a temporary professor at the Institute for Contemporary History at the University of Vienna. Rathkolb has been a professor at the University of Vienna since March 1, 2008. From October 1, 2008 to September 30, 2012, he was director of the University's Institute for Contemporary History. He has held this position again since October 1, 2016. 2009–2014 he was the spokesman for the initiative group “European Historical Dictatorship and Transformation Research” at the University of Vienna and since February 2009 a member of the scientific advisory board for the “House of European History” at the European Parliament ; In June 2019 he took over the chairmanship of this international body. Since 2006 he has been chairman of the scientific advisory board of the Theodor-Körner-Fonds for the promotion of science and art.

From 2000 to 2001 he was a Schumpeter research professor at the Center for European Studies at Harvard University . In the 2001 summer semester he was visiting professor at the Institute for Contemporary History at the University of Vienna, and in the 2003 summer semester he was visiting professor at the Department of History at the University of Chicago . He holds lectureships at the Diplomatic Academy Vienna , the University of Salzburg as well as in Vienna programs at Duke University and at the University System of Maryland . Since 2002, he serves as managing editor of contemporary history and co-founder, co-editor and editorial board member of the interdisciplinary journal media and time . He regularly writes expert reports on contemporary history issues for renowned national and international media. Rathkolb has been chairman of the international scientific advisory board for the House of History Austria since 2015 ; from October 2019 member of the Senate of the University of Vienna .

Rathkolb is close to the Social Democratic Party of Austria . For Armin Thurnher he is a “social democrat who was shaped in the Kreisky era”.

Research priorities

Rathkolb's main research interests are European history in the 20th century, Austrian and international contemporary and contemporary history in the field of political history and the history of the Austrian republic in a European context, historical dictatorship and transformation research as well as the history of international relations, the history of Nazi perception, and culture - and media history, economic history (industry and banking), National Socialism and legal history .

Fonts

Oliver Rathkolb is the author of monographs, numerous compilations and around 220 scientific articles in national and international specialist organs as well as edited volumes. In 2005 he was awarded the Danubius Donauland Non-Fiction Prize and the Bruno Kreisky Prize for the political book for The Paradox Republic .

  • Raoul Bumballa , a political nonconformist 1945. Case study on the function of the O5 in the resistance and in party restoration. In: Rudolf G. Ardelt , Wolfgang JA Huber, Anton Staudinger (Ed.): Suppression and Emancipation. Festschrift for Erika Weinzierl . For the 60th birthday. Geyer, Wien / Salzburg 1985, ISBN 3-85090-119-X , pp. 295-317.
  • It's hard to be young Youth and Democracy in Austria 1918–1988. J and V, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-224-10691-3 .
  • Loyal to the leader and favored by God. Artist elite in the Third Reich. ÖBV, Vienna 1991, ISBN 3-215-07490-7 .
  • Washington calls Vienna. US great power policy towards Austria 1953–1963. Böhlau, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-205-98197-9 .
  • The paradoxical republic. Austria 1945-2005. Zsolnay, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-552-04967-3 ; updated and expanded new edition: The paradoxical republic. Austria 1945–2015. Zsolnay, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-552-05723-4 .
  • Negative campaigning . In: Thomas Hofer , Barbara Tóth (Eds.): Wahl 2017. Loser, Leaks & Leadership . ÄrzteVerlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-9503276-4-9 , p. 153-163 .
  • The power of images: 50 years of broadcasting reform , together with Andreas Novak , Kral-Verlag, Berndorf 2017, ISBN 978-3-99024-710-5 .

Editorships

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dissertation: Political Propaganda of the American Occupying Power in Austria 1945 to 1950: a contribution to the history of the Cold War in press, cultural and radio policy .
  2. ^ Friedrich Stadler : From Salzburg to Vienna: A Sentimental Journey. Personal memories instead of a laudatory speech. In: Lucile Dreidemy u. a. (Ed.): Bananas, Cola, Contemporary History. Oliver Rathkolb and the long 20th century. Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2015, ISBN 978-3-205-20091-8 , pp. 42–45, here p. 42 f.
  3. ↑ Rathkolb Oliver - Head of the Institute. Institute for Contemporary History, accessed on December 3, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Personal details: Rathkolb, Oliver , "Public History Weekly".
  5. ^ Armin Thurnher : Austria alone at home. In: Falter . November 9, 2005, archived from the original on June 15, 2014 ; accessed on August 7, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Bruno Kreisky Prize for the Political Book Prize Winners 1993-2018 , renner-institut.at, accessed December 1, 2019
  7. ↑ City Hall correspondence of November 12, 2015: Gold Medal of Honor for Oliver Rathkolb: “Passionate Historian and Citizen” , accessed on November 13, 2015.
  8. ↑ 16.09.2016: Mitterlehner presents high state awards for scientific achievements. Retrieved March 2, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Rathkolb, Oliver
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian historian
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd November 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna