About us
EMGS Team at the University of Vienna
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Juliane Schiel
Head of the Erasmus Mundus Master “Global Studies” (EMGS) at the University of Vienna
Professor for Economic and Social History in Late Medieval and Early Modern Times
Head of the Department of Economic and Social History
Key Researcher of the Cluster of Excellence “Eurasian Transformations”. Resources of the Past and Challenges of Diversity"
juliane.schiel(at)univie.ac.at
Juliane Schiel
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Sebastian Messer
Administrative Coordinator of the EMGS Program in Vienna
Erasmus Mobility Coordinator
Department of Economic and Social History
Room: HP.192
sebastian.messer(at)univie.ac.at
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Emma Rabe B.A.
Administrative Co-coordinator of the EMGS Program in Vienna
Student Assistant of the Doctoral School Cluster Global History and the MA Global History and Global Studies (GHGS)
Department of Economic and Social History
Room: HP.192
Emma Rabe
EMGS Faculty Members
- Dr. Anaïs ANGELO
Contact: anais.angelo(at)oeaw.ac.at
Research interest: Colonial and postcolonial history, African history with a focus on women’s history and political history, archives and sources, biography and autobiography writing; decolonization; feministpostcolonial studies. - Univ.-Prof. Dott. ric. Elena BACCHIN
Contact: elena.bacchin(at)univie.ac.at
Research Interests: Transnational history of the 19th century, History of mobilities and migrations, Italian and European political history (19th-20th centuries), History of nationalism - Univ.-Prof. Christian DE VITO
Contact: christian.de.vito(at)univie.ac.at
Research Interests: Global Labour History, Social History of Punishment, Micro-Spatial History - Univ.-Prof.in Lucile DREIDEMY
Contact: lucile.dreidemy(at)univie.ac.at
Research Interests: NGOs, political foundations, transnational political networks and global governance, Development politics in the Context of the Cold War, Authoritarianism, fascism and democratic transitions in Europe, Austrias Contemporary history in a global context - Univ.-Prof. Noémie ETIENNE
Contact: noemie.etienne@univie.ac.at
Research Interests: Cultural Heritage, Conservation Theories, Exoticism and Orientalism - Univ.-Prof. Lena FOLJANTY
Contact: lena.foljanty@univie.ac.at
Research Interests: Processes of globalisation and translation in law, Transnational history of legal practice and legal methods, Law in Nazi Germany and legal processing of Nazi crimes, Legal gender studies, intersectionality and Critical Race Theory - Assoc.Prof.in Valeska HUBER
Contact: valeska.huber@univie.ac.at
Research Interests: Global Migration Regimes, Mobility Studies, International History - ao.Univ.-Prof. Martina KALLER
Contact: martina.kaller(at)univie.ac.at
Research Interests: Global food history, Latin American history 19c. and 20c., Ivan Illich studies - Dr. Goran MUSIC
Contact: goran.music(at)univie.ac.at
Research Interests: Labor in Socialist and Post-Colonial Settings, 20th Century Revolutions, Global Cold War, Political Economy of State Socialism - Ass.-Prof. Birgit NEMEC
Contact: birgit.nemec(at)univie.ac.at
Research Interests: History of science and medicine, anatomical body images, feminist and patient activism in reproduction, genetic counseling and diagnostics, risk perception - Dr. Katarzyna NOWAK
Contact: katarzyna.nowak(at)univie.ac.at
Research Interests: Cold War, Cultural and social history, Refugee studies, Soviet and Eastern European history, Intellectual history of communism and anti-communism, The Vatican and the origins of the Cold War - Dr. Jannis PANAGIOTIDES
Contact: jannis.panagiotidis(at)univie.ac.at
Research Interests: Migration History, History of Racism, Transnational and Comparative History, German History, Jewish and Israeli History - Ass.-Prof. Alexis RIDER
Contact: alexis.rider(at)univie.ac.at
Research Interests: History of Science and the Environment, 19th and 20th Century Global History - Assoc. Prof. Elisabeth RÖHRLICH
Contact: elisabeth.roehrlich@univie.ac.at
Research Interests: Cold War Studies, International Organizations, Atomic Energy Agency - Univ.-Prof. Juliane SCHIEL
Contact:juliane.schiel(at)univie.ac.at
Research Interests: Labour History, Slavery Studies, Historical Semantics - Assoc. Prof. Annemarie STEIDL
Contact: annemarie.steidl(at)univie.ac.at
Research Interests: Historical Migration Research, History of Artisans, Gender Studies, Industrialization and Urbanization - Univ.-Prof. Dr Philipp THER
Contact: philipp.ther(at)univie.ac.at
Research Interests: History of Transformation after the 1980s, Music and History, Comparitative Nationalims Studies, Ethnical Cleansing - Univ. Doz. Berthold UNFRIED
Contact: berthold.unfried(at)univie.ac.at
Global History of Policies of "Development" and "International Solidarity" and of Internationalisms in the post-colonial period; Global History of Reparations Movements, Politics of History and Historical Expertise - Univ.-Prof. Miloš VEC
Contact: milos.vec@univie.ac.at
Research Interests: History of international law, Law in the Industrial Revolution, Scientific history of public law, History of criminalistics & criminology - Dr. Agata ZYSIAK
Contact: agata.zysiak(at)unvie.ac.at
Research Interests: Upward mobility in postwar Poland, Eastern-European modernity and urbanity, biographical analysis
- Univ.-Prof. Alexa FÄRBER
Contact: alexa.faerber@univie.ac.at
Research Interests: Cultural urban studies (city and promise, Islam in urban spaces…) representational work, visual cultures/practice (genealogy of photography and promise…), Economic anthropology, Cultural studies of work - Ass.Prof. Eva-Maria MUSCHIK (*Currently no supervision of theses)
Contact: eva-maria.muschick@unvie.ac.at
Research Interests: History of development, international organizations, decolonization, peacekeeping, North South conflict - Assoc. Prof. Michael PARZER
Contact: michael.parzer(at)univie.ac.at
Research Interests: Social Inequality, Inclusion/Exclusion, Migration and Social Participation, Cultural Sociology, Interpretive Social Research Ass.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Andreas STREINZER
Contact: andreas.streinzer(at)univie.ac.at
Research Interests: Queer Anthropology, Economic Anthropology, Social Reproduction Anthropology, Racial Capitalism, Critical Ethnography, Deservingness and Inequality
- Assoz. Prof. Mag. Dr. Birgit ENGLERT
Contact: birgit.englert(at)univie.ac.at
Research Interests: Contemporary African history and societies, especially focusing on land rights, popular culture and youth cultures; Mobility Studies, especially with a focus on travel writing, solidarity practices and memory cultures. Regional focus primarily on Eastern and Southern Africa and diasporic spaces; qualitative research methods. - Univ.Prof. Rossella FERRARI
Contact: rossella.ferrari(at)univie.ac.at
Research Interests: Performance cultures of the contemporary Sinosphere, contemporary interactions between the theatres of the Chinese-speaking region, the politics of performance in East Asia - Privatdozent. Mag. Dr. Alfred GERSTL (*Currently no supervision of theses)
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Research Interests:International Relations in the Indo-Pacific, EU Foreign Policy in Southeast Asia, China’s Borderland Interactions, Security Policies - Dr. Onur INAL
Contact: onur.inal(at)univie.ac.at
Research Interests: Turkish and Middle East Studies, Ottoman History, Environmental History - Ass.Prof. Borayin LARIOS
Contact: borayin.larios(at)univie.ac.at
Research Interests: Popular and everyday Hinduism, the intersection of food, religion, and politics, mantra traditions, and material culture Univ.-Prof.in Kirsten RÜTHER
Contact: kirsten.ruether@univie.ac.at
Research Interests: Housing and employment in late colonial and early independent urban Zambia, Christianisatin and colonialism, Health-seeking and popular culture in South Africa, Global history, history of entanglements, mobility research
How to find us!
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Department of Economic and Social History
Universität Wien
Staircase 6
Universitätsring 1
1010 Vienna -
Starting from the entrance hall of the main building: turn right into the side auditorium, go straight up the Philosophenstiege staircase, DO NOT turn left towards the university library on the landing, but continue straight ahead. At the top of the hallway (diagonally opposite HS 41 = Gerda Lerner Lecture Hall), turn left until you reach staircase VI. Go up there; the entrance to the institute is on the mezzanine floor.