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Das Institut für Zeitungswissenschaft im Personal- und Vorlesungsverzeichnis der Universität Wien, Sommersemester 1942

80 Years of Newspaper Studies / Journalism and Communication Studies at the University of Vienna

After decades of public debates to institutionally anchor Newspaper Studies (today: Journalism and Communication Studies) at the University of Vienna, the establishment of the Institute did not take place until the National Socialist era. The Newspaper Studies Institute (Institut für…

500th anniversary of the death of Primus Bernecker

On April 5, 1522, the aged Primus Bernecker died. Born around 1438, Bernecker matriculated in Vienna in the summer term 1458 and received his bachelor's degree in 1462 and his Magister artium degree in 1469. Between 1470 and 1502 Bernecker lectured regularly at the Faculty of Arts and was elected…

Der Ehrenring der Republik, Promotion sub auspiciis im Rahmen des Dies Academicus der Universität Wien 2014

70 years of Doctorate under the auspices of the Federal President

This year's Dies Academicus of the University of Vienna took place on Friday, 11 March 2022. As part of this central university holiday, the "Promotio sub auspiciis praesidentis rei publicae" took place in the morning, combined with the ceremonial awarding of the Republic's rings of honor to the…

Karikatur auf die Einführung des Frauenstudiums

125 Years of Women at the University of Vienna

2022 marks the 125th anniversary of the enrolment of the first female students at the University of Vienna. In fall 1897 the Philosophical Faculty was the first institution of the University of Vienna to open itself to the enrolment of women. From March 8, 2022 on, the Gender Equality and Diversity…

Vermutlich Heinrich von Langenstein (1325–1397), Buchmalerei im Rationale divinorum officiorum des Wilhelmus Durandus, um 13…

625th anniversary of the death of Heinrich von Langenstein

The theologian and astronomer Heinrich von Langenstein died in Vienna on February 11, 1397. After two decades of studying and teaching at the University of Paris, Langenstein followed the call of Duke Albrecht III in 1384. and his chancellor Berthold von Wehingen to Vienna. As a professor of…

Oskar Morgenstern (1902–1977), Nationalökonomie

120th birthday Oskar Morgenstern

On January 24, 1902, the future economist Oskar Morgenstern was born in Vienna. Morgenstern studied social science at the University of Vienna, was a student of Ludwig Mises and a member of the Vienna Circle. In 1929 he became a lecturer in political economics at the University of Vienna. After the…

Desmond Tutu bei der Verleihung des Ehrendoktorats der Universität Wien

Desmond Tutu died

On 26 December 2021 Peace Nobel Prize winner Desmond Tutu died at the age of 90 years. Since 12 June 2009 he was honorary doctor of the Faculty of Protestant Theology of the University of Vienna

85 years AudiMax

The Auditorium Maximum, opened on December 14, 1936, is the largest lecture hall in the main building of the University of Vienna. During the inter-war period, the increasing number of students and lectures to a large audience increased the need for a suitable sized auditorium. When the Austro…

Grete Mostny (1914–1991), Classical Archeology, Anthropology

30th anniversary of Grete Mostnyʼs death

The archaeologist and egyptologist Grete Mostny died on December 15, 1991 at the age of 77 in Santiago de Chile. Born in Linz, Grete Mostny studied at the University of Vienna from 1933 to 1937. In December 1937 her dissertation was approved, but since she was considered a “Jew” after the “Anschluss…

Josef Ritter von Zhishman (1820–1894), Kirchenrecht

Honorary doctorate for Josef von Zhishman

On November 20, 1873, the Faculty of Law and State of the University of Vienna awarded an honorary doctorate to Josef von Zhishman. Zhishman had studied law as well as languages and history at the University of Vienna and obtained a doctorate in philosophy in 1848. In 1867, Emperor Franz Joseph I…

Mitglieder des Wiener Medizinischen Doktorenkollegiums

The “doctoral colleges” in Vienna

Between 1849 and 1873 there was a peculiarity at the universities of Vienna and Prague that seems almost bizarre from today's perspective: There was not just one, but two deans at each faculty at the same time. One headed the college of professors, the other headed the college of doctors. Both…

Szepter der Evangelisch-theologischen Fakultät

200 years Protestant Theological Faculty

On April 2, 1821, the Protestant theological college was opened in Vienna. The control of the Protestant clergy had been the essential criterion for its establishment. In 1850, as part of the Thun-Hohenstein university reform, the institute was raised to the rank of an independent faculty, which in…