Lucile Dreidemy, Professorship for Contemporary history: Austrian contemporary history since 1918 in an international context

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Research areas:

* Political history of Austria in the long 20th century
* Dictatorship, corporatism, fascism and democratic transformation in a European comparison
* Austria's neutrality in the context of the global Cold War and North-South relations
* Austria's relationship to European colonialism * Humanitarianism and development policy
* Role of NGOs, political foundations and transnational political networks in international politics since 1945 (history of governance)
* Social democratic internationalism
* History of social movements
* Biography and myth research
* History policy; public history

Curriculum Vitae:

2005-2007 Master's degree in German Studies at the Université de Strasbourg, specialising in contemporary history and the history of ideas
2007-2012 Doctoral programme in German Studies and History at the Universities of Strasbourg and Vienna (Cotutelle; passed with distinction). Member of the European doctoral programme in Strasbourg
07.2008 Agrégation externe (France's highest teaching qualification) in the field of German Studies, rank 6 out of 303 candidates
2009-2012 Research and teaching assistant (pre-doc) in the Department of German Studies at the Université de Strasbourg
2009-2012 Research assistant (pre-doc) at the Institute for Contemporary History at the University of Vienna Associate member of the "Initiativkolleg Europäische historische Diktatur- und Transformationsforschung" at the University of Vienna
01-07.2013 Mellon Visiting Lecturer for European History at the Department of History at the University of Chicago
09.2013-08-2014 Research and teaching assistant (post-doc) in the Department of German Studies at the Université de Strasbourg
2014-2024 Associate Professor (Maître de Conférences) in the Department of Applied Foreign Languages (Langues Etrangères Appliquées - LEA) at the Faculty of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies (UFR Langues, Littératures et Civilisations Etrangères) of the Université ToulouseII-Jean Jaurès. On leave since 2018
10.2018-06.2019 Visiting Scholar at the Center for European Studies, Harvard University
11.2019-03.2023 Research Assistant (Post-Doc) at the Institute of Contemporary History, University of Vienna
02.2023-09.2024 Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Contemporary History, University of Vienna
03.2024 Habilitation in the field of contemporary history
03-10.2024 Private lecturer, venia contemporary history
since October 2024 Professor of Contemporary History: Austrian Contemporary History since 1918 in an International Context at the University of Vienna