Ass.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Birgitta Bader-Zaar
Ass.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Birgitta Bader-Zaar
Universitätsring 1
1010 Wien
Room: ZG1O2.17
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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
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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
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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
- Supervisor of the Jubiläumsfondsproject of the Austrian National Bank Nr. 16774 at the Demokratiezentrum Wien:
Professional Service
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Fellowship and Membership
- Editorial Board: Austrian History Yearbook
- Editorial Board: Women's History Review
- 2010-2013 working group "Constitutions and the Legitimisation of Power" in the research project of the European Research Council "Europe 1815-1914. Between Restoration and Revolution, National Constitutions and Global Law: An Alternative View on the European Century 1815-1914 " at the University of Helsinki
- Demokratiezentrum Wien (member of the executive committee)
- American Society for Legal History
- International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions
- Working group Women's and Gender History at the Department of History
- Gesellschaft zur Förderung von Nordamerikastudien an der Universität Wien
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Reviewer
Reviews for the Czech Science Foundation, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Marietta Blau Stipendium, Stipendien für kurzfristige Aufenthalte der Aktion Österreich-Tschechien and various journals (Aspasia, Journal of Women's History, Geschichte und Region/Storia e regione)
Publications
List of Publications
Publications in u:cris
Hans Blumenberg : Die Legitimität der Neuzeit. / Fröschl, Thomas; Bader-Zaar, Birgitta (Editor); Hämmerle, Christa (Editor).
In: Wiener Zeitschrift zur Geschichte der Neuzeit, Vol. 1, No. Heft 2, 2002, p. 171-177.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
Politische Partizipation als Grundrecht in Europa und Nordamerika : Entwicklungsprozesse zum allgemeinen, gleichen, geheimen und direkten Wahlrecht für Männer und Frauen vom späten 18. bis zum frühen 20. Jahrhundert. / Bader-Zaar, Birgitta.
Grund- und Menschenrechte: Historische Perspektiven - Aktuelle Problematiken. ed. / Margarete Grandner; Michael Weinzierl; Wolfgang Schmale. Wien/München : Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag GmbH, 2002. p. 203-256.Publications: Contribution to book › Chapter
Nordamerikastudien : Historische und literaturwissenschaftliche Forschungen aus österreichischen Universitäten zu den Vereinigten Staaten und Kanada. / Fröschl, Thomas (Editor); Grandner, Margarete Maria (Editor); Bader-Zaar, Birgitta (Editor).
Wien; München : Verlag für Geschichte und Politik, 2000. 368 p. (Wiener Beiträge zur Geschichte der Neuzeit, Vol. 24).Publications: Book › Collection
Geschichte und Recht : Festschrift für Gerald Stourzh zum 70. Geburtstag (German Edition). / Angerer, Thomas (Editor); Bader-Zaar, Birgitta (Editor); Grandner, Margarete Maria (Editor).
Wien/Köln/Graz : Böhlau Verlag, 1999.Publications: Book