Otto Kronsteiner

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Otto Kronsteiner (born December 7, 1938 in Losenstein , Upper Austria ) is an Austrian Slavist , linguist , name researcher and historian .

Life

After graduating from the Humanistic Benedictine High School in Seckau / Styria, he studied law , Romance studies , Eastern European history and Slavic studies at the universities of Vienna , Warsaw , Krakow , Agram (Zagreb) and Ljubljana (Ljubljana) . He obtained his doctorate at the University of Vienna on Slavic Studies and Eastern European History. He completed his habilitation in Slavic Studies in Klagenfurt and became an associate professor in Vienna. From 1981 he was full professor in Salzburg for Slavic Studies and Slavic Intellectual History. From 1982 to 2007, Kronsteiner shaped the Institute for Slavic Studies as a researcher and teacher and was head of the institute several times. His retirement took place in 2007.

Editing

  • Editor of the Vienna Slavic Yearbook (1970–75)
  • Member of the Federal Government's place-name sign commission (Vienna)
  • Member of the Standing Committee on Geographical Names (Frankfurt)
  • Founder / editor of the journals Austrian Name Research (1973–86) and The Slavic Languages (1982–2001)
  • Representative of Austria in the International Slavist Committee (1980-90)
  • Founder / Scientific Director of the International Salzburg Slavist Talks (1982–2001)

Awards

Numerous international awards, including:

  • Medal Komisji Edukacji Narodowej (Warsaw 1988)
  • Dr. hc of the Kiril i Metodij University of Veliko Tǎrnovo (1990, returned on September 11, 2001 in protest against the disregard for scientific freedom of expression)
  • Dr. hc from Kliment Ohridski University Sofia (1999)
  • Appointment by the Bulgarian Parliament and the Bulgarian President as Knight of the Stara Planina (2000)

Works (selection)

  • Dictionary of the names of waters of Austria . Vienna 1971
  • The Slovenian names of Carinthia, past and present. Vienna 1974–1984
  • The Alpine Slavic personal names . Vienna 1975–1981
  • The Slavic monuments of Freising . Klagenfurt 1979
  • Pravda russkaja. The right of the Rusi. Klagenfurt 1980
  • Žitie blaženaago Metodija arhiepiskupa moraviskaago . (The life of St. Method, Archbishop of Sirmium.) Salzburg 1989
  • Zaštita na starobălgarskija ezik . (Defense of the old Bulgarian language.) Salzburg - Veliko Tărnovo 1990
  • Starobălgarski nadpisi. Old Bulgarian inscriptions. Volume I [10-11. Century]. Salzburg 1993. Volume II [12-15. Century]. Salzburg 1997 [with K. Popkonstantinov]
  • Salzburg's Bulgarian Studies . Do small languages ​​and their literatures still have a chance? Salzburg 1999
  • Latinica and Kirilica? Thoughts on a crucial Bulgarian cultural challenge. Salzburg 2000
  • Notes from the Stone Age . Outdated thoughts on European cultural studies. St. Petersburg 2002
  • Nothing but names . Cultural-scientific perceptions from Austria and the surrounding area. Ljubljana 2003
  • Latin light. Latin in the European knowledge society . Bucharest 2005
  • European Polish for Ladies. How do you present languages . Warsaw 2007

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personal data
SURNAME Kronsteiner, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Slavist, linguist, name researcher and historian
DATE OF BIRTH December 7, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Losenstein , Upper Austria