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Titelseite des Yearbooks der Sommerhochschule aus dem Jahr 1959

The Summer School of the University of Vienna

Also this year, from 14 July to 11 August, the Summer School of the University of Vienna will take place at Lake Wolfgang. The summer school, which has been held annually since 1949, was founded to reactivate the international scientific ties on the student level. In particular, it was intended to…

Graffitis „I LIKE FIDEL!“ und „HEINTEL IST BLÖD!!“ im Hörsaal 1 des NIG, 1968

50th anniversary of 1968

The year 1968 marked a worldwide peak of the rebellion against antiquated social structures - also at the universities. It was carried by a young post-war generation and especially by students. In Austria, the protests were comparatively calm. At the University of Vienna occupations of lecture halls…

Barrikade vor dem alten Hauptmautgebäude in der Nähe der Alten Universität

170th anniversary of the revolution 1848

The university "Aula", where a guardhouse of the Academic Legion was located, became the most important political center in Vienna in 1848 for a few weeks. In the course of the May Revolution, the legionnaires took the initiative to determine with the "storm petition" of May 15 and the expulsion of…

Porträt von Fritz Knoll als Rektor der Universität Wien (1938–1943) vor einem Vorhang mit Hakenkreuzornamenten (Ausschnitt)

80th anniversary of the “Anschluss” 1938

With the “Anschluss” of Austria to the German Reich on March 12, 1938, the University of Vienna was quickly transformed into a National Socialist institution. In the first days after the “Anschluss” National Socialists took over the most important scientific positions. Within a few months more than…

Deckenbilder im großen Festsaal im Hauptgebäude der Universität Wien

100. anniversary of death of Gustav Klimt

The famous art nouveau painter Gustav Klimt died on February 6, 1918 in Vienna. Together with Franz Matsch, Klimt was entrusted by the University of Vienna in 1894, to design the ceiling paintings for the large ceremonial hall in the main building of the University of Vienna. With his "Faculty…

Kurt Gödel (1906–1978) als Student in Wien

40th anniversary of death of Kurt Gödel

On January 14, 1978, Kurt Gödel, one of the most important logicians of the 20th century, died. Gödel started to study physics and mathematics at the University of Vienna in 1924 and joined the Vienna Circle in 1926. After his graduation in 1930 he worked at the university. With his 'Incompleteness…

Eid des Rektors auf die unbefleckte Empfängnis Mariens (Immaculata-Eid)

Reformation 500th Anniversary

The age of the Reformation began with the so-called "Thesenanschlag" of Martin Luther on October 31, 1517. The dissemination of the teachings of Luther, who strictly rejected universities as papal institutions, led to a dramatic decline of student numbers in the Holy Roman Empire in the 1520s – also…

Karikatur auf die Einführung des Frauenstudiums

120 years of female enrolment

One of the earliest promotors of female enrolment was Marianne Hainisch, who, as the founder of the women's movement in Austria, had demanded access for women to the universities since the 1870s. However, it took more than two decades until the first steps into the institutional university. Austria…

Erwin Schrödinger (1887–1961), Theoretische Physik (Nobelpreis 1933)

130th birthday of Erwin Schrödinger

Erwin Schrödinger was born on 12 August 1887 in Vienna. He studied physics and mathematics at the University of Vienna, where he also qualified as a lecturer in theoretical physics. In 1922 he became a professor at the University of Zurich, where he developed his groundbreaking research on wave…

Oskar Morgenstern (1902–1977), Nationalökonomie

40. anniversary of the death of Oskar Morgenstern

On July 26, 1977, the economist Oskar Morgenstern died in New York. Oskar Morgenstern studied social science at the University of Vienna, was a student of the liberalist theorist Ludwig Mises and a member of the Vienna Circle. In 1929 he became a lecturer in political economics at the University of…

Hans Leitmeier (1885–1967), Mineralogie, Petrographie

50. anniversary of the death of Hans Leitmeier

In 1908, Hans Leitmeier became privately assistant of professor Cornelio Doelter at the Department of Mineralogy at the University of Vienna. He qualified as a lecturer in 1916. In February 1938, he was given the title of a 'ordinary professor' for mineralogy and petrography before he was persecuted…

Maria Theresia (1717–1780), Erzherzogin von Österreich, Königin von Ungarn und Böhmen

300th birthday of Maria Theresia

Maria Theresia von Habsburg was born on May 13, 1717. She reigned – first with her husband Franz I. Stephan von Lothringen and later with her son Joseph II. – from 1740 to 1780 as Archduchess of Austria (Empress from 1745). As a regent Maria Theresia undertook comprehensive reforms in education…