Peter Melichar

Peter Melichar (2019)

Peter Melichar (born December 18, 1960 in Dornbirn ) is an Austrian historian .

Life

Peter Melichar studied history and philosophy in Vienna from 1980 to 1986 . In 1993 he received his doctorate with a thesis on Josephinism . He worked for major exhibitions and was involved in various research projects. From 1999 he worked for the Austrian Commission of Historians , from 2001 for the Bergier Commission . He also conducted research on the social history of the military, the history of intellectual elites, and anti-Semitism . Since 2004 he has worked on the edition of the minutes of the Council of Ministers . Melichar is co-editor of the Austrian Journal of History (ÖZG). Since 2009 he has been the curator for history at the “ vorarlberg museum ” in Bregenz .

Otto Ender 1875-1960. Governor , Chancellor , Minister . Investigations into the inner life of a politician ( vorarlberg museum Schriften 39), Vienna, Cologne, Weimar 2018.
Displacement and expansion. Expropriations and provisions in Vorarlberg , publications by the Austrian Commission of Historians 19, Vienna and Munich 2004.
Banking reorganization. The Nazi measures and the problem of restitution , publications of the Austrian Historical Commission 11, Vienna and Munich 2004.

with Nicole Stadelmann and Martina Sochin D'Elia (eds.): Hüben & Drüben. Cross-border economy in the central Alpine region ( vorarlberg museum Schriften 48; series of publications by the working group for the interregional history of the central Alpine region 5), Innsbruck 2020.
with Nikolaus Hagen (ed.): The Riccabona case . A family story between acceptance and threat ( vorarlberg museum Schriften 22), Vienna-Cologne-Weimar 2017.
with Andreas Rudigier and Gerhard Wanner (eds.): Walks. Migration in Vorarlberg, Liechtenstein and Eastern Switzerland between 1700 and 2000 ( vorarlberg museum Schriften 21), Vienna-Cologne-Weimar 2016.
with Peter Eigner and Erich Landsteiner (eds.): Bankrott. Austrian Journal of History 3/2008.
with Ernst Langthaler and Stefan Eminger (eds.): Lower Austria in the 20th century. Volume 2: Economy , Vienna, Cologne, Weimar 2008.
with Alexander Mejstrik (Ed.): Art market . Austrian Journal of History 2–3 / 2006.

The first 100 years. Austrian Social Democracy 1888–1988 , Gasometer Simmering , Vienna 1988–1989 (collaboration)
Austrian national exhibition ostarrichi-Austria 996–1996 - people, myths, milestones , St. Pölten and Neuhofen ad Ybbs, 1996 (collaboration)
The Riccabona case , vorarlberg Museum , Bregenz 2016–2017 (curator together with Nikolaus Hagen )

Otto Ender 1875-1960. Governor, Chancellor and Putschist? , vorarlberg museum, Bregenz 2018 (curator)

Commons : Peter Melichar - Collection of images, videos and audio files