Key Research Topics

Key Research Topics of the staff of the Department of East European History in alphabetical order. Further information on current research and book projects can be found on the staff page.

• a.o. Univ. Prof. Mag. Dr. Christoph Augustynowicz
  Relations between the Habsburgs and Eastern Europe in the early modern period; Galician-Polish border region research; cultural history of Poland; social history of Poland(-Lithuania) with special consideration of the Jews; images and stereotypes of Eastern Europe (vampire(ism) belief); history of historiography (concepts of East-Central Europe)
• Univ. Ass. Grigor Boykov, MA Ph.D.:
  Ottoman history; history of the Balkans in the late Middle Ages and early modern period; population geography; urban history; power networks in Southeast Europe
• a.o. Univ. Prof. Mag. Dr. Alojz Ivanišević
  Nation, religion and denomination in East-Central and Southeast Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries; sport, politics and nationalism in the Western and South Slavic region; cultural and social history of Southeast Europe; historiography in Southeast Europe
• Univ. Prof. Dr Kerstin S. Jobst, M.A.
  History of East-Central and Eastern Europe, the Black Sea region, the Caucasus region and the Habsburg monarchy; comparative empire and colonialism research; religious history and hagiography; cultures of remembrance and historical politics; tourism history of Eastern Europe; histories of disaster/disaster research
• Assoc. Prof. Dr Börries Kuzmany, Privatdoz.
  Time period: mid-18th to mid-20th century Regional focus: Habsburg Empire, Central and Eastern Europe, especially Poland, Ukraine, Soviet Union:
  Topics: nationalism studies, minorities, history of ideas, urban history, border regions, Jewish history, migration, cultural studies, transfer and comparative history
• Univ.-Ass. Mag. Dr Verena Moritz
  History of Russia/the Soviet Union; History of the Habsburg Empire/Austria; Film History; Prisoner of War Research; First World War; Anti-Semitism Research; History Didactics; "Public History", Intelligence Studies
• Univ. Prof. Dr Wolfgang Mueller
  Soviet History; Cold War; Foreign Policy, History of Diplomacy; History of Perception; History of Political Thought in Russia
• Univ. Prof. Dr Oliver Jens Schmitt
  Fascism in Eastern Europe (with a focus on Romania) in the context of comparative fascism research; Eastern Mediterranean urban societies in the long 19th century; society and politics in the late 19th century. Century; society and politics in the late Ottoman Empire; socio-cultural developments in the Albanian Balkans (19th - 21st century); social history of the Venetian overseas empire; late medieval history of the Balkans
• Ass. Prof. Mag. Dr Iskra Schwarcz
  Medieval and early modern history of Russia; women's and gender studies and gender politics in Russia; Bulgarian Catholics in the XVIIth century
• Univ.-Ass. Hannah Steckelberg, MA
  Ukraine in Revolution, War and Civil War; Ataman Rule in South-East Ukraine; Memory Cultures and History Politics; History of Urban Spaces
• Univ. Prof. Dr Philipp Ther
  History of Transformation since the 1980s, Social and Cultural History of East Central Europe in the 19th and 20th Centuries, Music and History of the Czech Republic. and 20th century, music and history, comparative nationalism studies, ethnic cleansing, historical theory, especially comparative studies and cultural transfer
• Univ. Ass. Kata Tóth, BA MA
  Historical mountain research, border (spatial) research, history of the Romanian countries
• Univ. Prof. Mag. Dr. Marija Wakounig
  Diplomatic history (Middle Ages to present); aristocratic history (Middle Ages to present); social, scientific, economic and social history of Eastern Europe and the Alps-Adriatic region; women's and gender history of Eastern Europe and the Alps-Adriatic region