Completed research projects
An overview of past projects at the Institute of History
The euthanasia of children and young people in Styria
| Term: | 1.10.20219 - 30.4.2024 |
| Staff members: | Ao.Univ.-Prof.i.R. Dr.phil. tit.Univ.-Prof. Dieter Anton Binder, Mag. Dr. Karin Haas-Trummer |
| Funding body: | Province of Styria, Office of the Styrian Provincial Government, National Fund of the Republic of Austria, City of Graz |
Brief description:
Child and youth euthanasia in Styria - in memory of the forgotten child victims of the Nazi regime of the former St. Anna Children's Hospital Graz and the Graz Feldhof in the context of historical pediatrics and child care.
Conference proceedings "New ways of editing early modern estates collections: Current historiographical conceptualization of estates participation and digital methods".
| Term: | 2023-28.2.2024 |
| Staff members: | Univ.-Prof.Dr. Gabriele Haug-Moritz, Univ.-Prof. Dr.phil. Georg Vogeler, MA |
| Funding body | Historical Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities |
Short description:
The anthology documents a conference held in Graz in April 2022. It took place as part of the D-A-CH project "The Imperial Diet of Regensburg 1576. A pilot project for the digital editing of early modern sources".
The Role of the Neutral States (Austria, Sweden, Finland and Switzerland) in Soviet Foreign Policy Strategy, 1969-1975
| Duration: | 2019 - 2023 |
| Staff members: | PD Mag. Dr. phil. Peter Ruggenthaler, Dr. Mag. phil. MA Anna Graf-Steiner and others |
| Funding body: | FWF |
Brief description:
Conducted at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Research on the Consequences of War, in cooperation with the Institute of History at the University of Graz and with international partners such as Harvard University and Stockholm University.
In fall 2018, the Austrian Science Fund FWF decided to fund an international three-year research project on "The Role of Neutral States in the Foreign Policy Strategy of the Soviet Union" (FWF P-31869 G) under the direction of Priv.-Doz. Dr. Peter Ruggenthaler. It was carried out at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Research on the Consequences of War in cooperation with the Institute of History at the University of Graz. Anna Graf-Steiner wrote her dissertation "The Role of Neutral Austria in the Foreign Policy Strategy of the Soviet Union, 1969-1975" as part of the project. Phil.-Diss. Univ. Graz 2022, which was awarded the "Award of Excellence 2023 - State Prize for the Best Dissertations" by the BMBWF on December 7, 2023.
Additional plaques for personal street names in Graz Implementation of the catalog of measures
| Term: | 2020 - 2023 |
| Staff members: | University Professor Dr. Barbara Stelzl-Marx |
| Funding body: |
Brief description:
Graz streets and squares named after people will be provided with accompanying plaques that can be used to historically classify the person giving the name. In addition, biographies of around 750 personal street names will be created and published on the City of Graz website in a geo-referenced map.