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Tag: Historical Research

Historian Dominik Gutmeyr-Schnur

On the road

29 June 2023

A Caucasus story in pictures from Los Angeles

By Dominik Gutmeyr-Schnur

Marked by cultural and ethnic diversity, the history of the Caucasus region has remained dynamic to this day. By exploring the complexity of this region of the world through its photographic history, historian Dominik Gutmeyr-Schnur from Graz is breaking new ground. For his investigations, the Schrödinger Fellow has teamed up with the best in his […] Continue reading “A Caucasus story in pictures from Los Angeles”

Projects

21 October 2019

History skills need more fostering

Learn history by heart or challenge accepted truths? Funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, a project on history education shows that history lessons in grades 6 to 8 still aim at teaching content rather than skills. What is more, the full potential of history textbooks often remains untapped. Continue reading “History skills need more fostering”

Projects

3 September 2018

Courageous staff for building up a bureaucracy

In their newly conquered province, the Banat of Temeswar, the Habsburgs took first steps towards creating a “modern bureaucracy” at the beginning of the 18th century. Research funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF has now shown how their staff management developed in concrete terms. Continue reading “Courageous staff for building up a bureaucracy”

Projects

3 July 2017

Running like clockwork – the Imperial Court in Vienna

The administration and organisation of the Viennese Court were astonishingly professional, as a project funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF now demonstrates. For the first time, historians established precisely who within the structure – from aristocrats to humble staff members – was responsible for what. Continue reading “Running like clockwork – the Imperial Court in Vienna”

Projects

31 October 2016

The birth of newspapers

A valuable collection of 16,000 handwritten newsletters assembled by the Fugger brothers has come down to us in Vienna. In a project funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, these newsletters were subjected to scholarly research and made accessible by digitisation, thus revealing their significance in understanding the birth of modern news communications. Continue reading “The birth of newspapers”

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