About us
Speakers for the key research area
Lienhard Thaler, Mag. Dr., BA (Coordination of the key research area, Department of Economic and Social History)
Brigitta Schmidt-Lauber, Univ.-Prof. Dr. (Department of European Ethnology)
Editor (website and newsletter)
Michaela Hafner, Mag. (Department of Economic and Social History)
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Departments involved in the key research area
Participating departments at the University of Vienna:
Department of Economic and Social History
Department of European Ethnology
Department of Ancient History, Papyrology and Epigraphy
Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies
Department of Numismatics and Monetary History
Department of East European History
Department of Prehistoric and Historical Archaeology
Institute of Austrian Historical Research
Faculty Center for Transdisciplinary Historical and Cultural Studies
Department of East Asian Studies
Participating departments outside the University of Vienna:
Institute of Rural History (IGLR)
Institute for Habsburg and Balkan Studies
Department of Economic, Social and Environmental History, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz
Cooperation with the Doctoral School
The key research area co-operates with the research cluster "Social and Economic Spaces" of the Vienna Doctoral School of Historical and Cultural Studies.
Annual reports
Annual report 2023 (pdf)
Annual report 2022 (pdf)
Annual report 2021 (pdf)
Annual report 2020 (pdf)
Annual report 2019 (pdf)
Annual report 2018 (pdf)