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Germanistik in Wien

Das Seminar für Deutsche Philologie und seine Privatdozentinnen (1897–1933)
  • Elisabeth Grabenweger
  • Funded by: FWF
Language: German
Published/Copyright: 2016

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Prior to 1933–38, more women earned doctorates in German studies at the University of Vienna than at any other German-speaking university. Starting from this observation, the author examines the institutional and academic history of the German studies program from 1848 to 1938 and links it to professional portraits of three University lecturers, Christine Touaillon (1878–1928), Marianne Thalmann (1888–1975), and Lily Weiser (1898–1987).

The open access publication has been supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF).

Author / Editor information

Elisabeth Grabenweger, Universität Wien, Österreich.

Reviews

"Grabenweger’s case studies represent the best in cultural history in how she traces women’s struggles for representation at Vienna— a university that actually had more females teaching than did most German universities at the time. More critically, she documents how that university’s internal dynamics responded to history and social forces. Th is is a must- read for anyone interested in Germanistik and the roles that the humanities could play in the pre World War I era and beyond."
Katherine Arens in: Journal of Austrian Studies 51.3 (2018), 104-106

"Die Gewinne, die aus dieser Wiener Promotionsschrift über Aufstiegs- und Aufstiegsverhinderungsgeschichte(n) in der Universitätsgermanistik an einer der führenden Hochschulen des deutschen Sprachraums gezogen werden können, sind so zahlreich, dass sie sich kaum in extenso referieren lassen. Hinzuweisen ist an dieser Stelle nur auf die materialgesättigten Einsichten in historische Netzwerke, Konkurrenz- und Machtverhältnisse [...]"
Ralf Klausnitzer in: Zeitschrift für Germanistik XXVIII – 1/2018, 173-175

"[...] eine[r] umfassend recherchierte[n], fasslich geschriebene[n] Studie [...]."
Hermann Schlösser in: Wiener Zeitung 4/5. Februar 2017

Publishing information
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eBook published on:
August 22, 2016
eBook ISBN:
9783110459272
Hardcover published on:
August 22, 2016
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110449419
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Front matter:
6
Main content:
280
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