Ass.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Birgitta Bader-Zaar


Birgitta Bader-Zaar

Ass.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Birgitta Bader-Zaar

Universitätsring 1
1010 Wien
Room: ZG1O2.17

T: +43-1-4277-40810
birgitta.bader-zaar@univie.ac.at

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Curriculum Vitae

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  • Curriculum Vitae
    • University education: History and Ethnology at the University of Vienna (Mag. phil. 1985, Dr. phil. 1994), African History and American Women's History at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (Fulbright award, M.A. 1987)
    • 1987 research assistant at the Department of History of the University of Vienna (replacement)
    • 1987-1989 research assistant in projects of the Department of History of the University of Vienna (exhibition project on the history of women's suffrage, headed by Univ.Prof. Dr. Edith Saurer) and of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (international conference and book on international and Austrian aspects of the "Anschluss" in March 1938, headed by Univ.Prof. Dr. Gerald Stourzh)
    • 1989-1993 research assistant for the Commission for Austrian History (since 1993 Historical Commission) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
    • since 1993 university assistant, since 2001 Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Vienna
    • Feb.-April 2017 Visiting Professor at the University of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
  • Awards
    • Fulbright student award, University of Minnesota 1985/86
    • Karl von Vogelsang promotional award 1995
    • Fulbright scholar grant 2002
    • UNIVIE International Award 2019

Research

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  • Research Interests
    • legal and constitutional history of Europe and North America with a special focus on the history of suffrage
    • women's and gender history
    • history of migration with a focus on the legal status of foreigners
    • history of slavery (especially slave narratives)
    • comparative and transnational history
  • Projects
    • Supervisor of the Jubiläumsfondsproject of the Austrian National Bank Nr. 16774 at the Demokratiezentrum Wien:
      "Changing Concepts of Peace: An Analysis of the Nobel Peace Prizes Awarded 1901-2015"

      Conducted by: Susanne Reitmair-Juárez MA
      Length: 01.01.2016-30.06.2017
    • On the Legal Status of Foreigners: Aliens and Fundamental Rights in Austria and in an International Perspective, from the mid-18th Century to 1918
  • Links

Professional Service

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Publications

Publications in u:cris

"Why does the slave ever love?": Die Liebe in Selbstzeugnissen nordamerikanischer Sklavinnen. / Bader-Zaar, Birgitta.
Liebe und Widerstand: Ambivalenzen historischer Geschlechterbeziehungen. ed. / Ingrid Bauer; Christa Hämmerle; Gabriella Hauch. Wien [u.a.]: Böhlau, 2005. p. 307-327 (L'Homme: Europäische Zeitschrift für Feministische Geschichtswissenschaft, Vol. 10).

Publications: Contribution to bookContribution to proceedings


Historischer Überblick zur Wahlrechtsentwicklung. / Bader-Zaar, Birgitta.
Von Wahl zu Wahl. ed. / Forum Politische Bildung. Vol. 21 Innsbruck, Wien [u.a.]: StudienVerlag, 2004. p. 22-27 (Informationen zur politischen Bildung, Vol. 21).

Publications: Contribution to bookOther contribution to book


Foreigners and the Law in Nineteenth-Century Austria: Juridical Concepts and Legal Rights in the Light of the Development of Citizenship. / Bader-Zaar, Birgitta.
Migration Control in the North Atlantic World: The Evolution of State Practices in Europe and the United States from the French Revolution to the Inter-War Period . ed. / Andreas Fahrmeir; Olivier Faron; Patrick Weil. New York: Berghahn Books, 2003. p. 138-152.

Publications: Contribution to bookChapter


Öffentlichkeit und Differenz: Aspekte einer Geschlechtergeschichte des Politischen. / Gehmacher, Johanna; Bader-Zaar, Birgitta.
Frauen- und Geschlechtergeschichte: Positionen/Perspektiven . ed. / Johanna Gehmacher; Maria Mesner. Innsbruck: StudienVerlag, 2003. p. 165-182 (Querschnitte: Einführungstexte zur Sozial-, Wirtschafts- und Kulturgeschichte, Vol. 14).

Publications: Contribution to bookChapter


Activities

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Re-Imagining Democracy: Habsburg Central Europe in the long 19th Century

Birgitta Bader-Zaar
Re-Imagining Democracy: Habsburg Central Europe in the long 19th Century
Seminar/Workshop, Participation in ...
24.9.2024 - 25.9.2024

Demokratisierung und Wahlrecht (mit globalgeschichtlicher Perspektive)

Birgitta Bader-Zaar
ahrestagung der Ranke-Gesellschaft. Vereinigung für Geschichte im öffentlichen Leben e.V.
Conference, Talk or oral contribution
28.6.2024 - 28.6.2024

Demokratie, Verfassung und soziale Ordnung - Kämpfe und Debatten 1848

Birgitta Bader-Zaar
Parlament und Demokratie – gestern und heute
Panel discussion, round table, Talk or oral contribution
9.10.2023 - 9.10.2023

Ansätze, Methoden und Forschungsfelder einer interdisziplinären Demokratiegeschichte

Birgitta Bader-Zaar
Ansätze, Methoden und Forschungsfelder einer interdisziplinären Demokratiegeschichte
Conference, Participation in ...
23.2.2023 - 25.2.2023

Universal Suffrage for Monied People

Birgitta Bader-Zaar
Universal Suffrage for Monied People
Seminar/Workshop, Participation in ...
26.8.2022 - 27.8.2022

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