Ass.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Birgitta Bader-Zaar


Birgitta Bader-Zaar

Ass.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Birgitta Bader-Zaar

Universitätsring 1
1010 Wien
Room: ZG1O2.17

T: +43-1-4277-40810
birgitta.bader-zaar@univie.ac.at

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Curriculum Vitae

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  • Curriculum Vitae
    • University education: History and Ethnology at the University of Vienna (Mag. phil. 1985, Dr. phil. 1994), African History and American Women's History at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (Fulbright award, M.A. 1987)
    • 1987 research assistant at the Department of History of the University of Vienna (replacement)
    • 1987-1989 research assistant in projects of the Department of History of the University of Vienna (exhibition project on the history of women's suffrage, headed by Univ.Prof. Dr. Edith Saurer) and of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (international conference and book on international and Austrian aspects of the "Anschluss" in March 1938, headed by Univ.Prof. Dr. Gerald Stourzh)
    • 1989-1993 research assistant for the Commission for Austrian History (since 1993 Historical Commission) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
    • since 1993 university assistant, since 2001 Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Vienna
    • Feb.-April 2017 Visiting Professor at the University of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
  • Awards
    • Fulbright student award, University of Minnesota 1985/86
    • Karl von Vogelsang promotional award 1995
    • Fulbright scholar grant 2002
    • UNIVIE International Award 2019

Research

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  • Research Interests
    • legal and constitutional history of Europe and North America with a special focus on the history of suffrage
    • women's and gender history
    • history of migration with a focus on the legal status of foreigners
    • history of slavery (especially slave narratives)
    • comparative and transnational history
  • Projects
    • Supervisor of the Jubiläumsfondsproject of the Austrian National Bank Nr. 16774 at the Demokratiezentrum Wien:
      "Changing Concepts of Peace: An Analysis of the Nobel Peace Prizes Awarded 1901-2015"

      Conducted by: Susanne Reitmair-Juárez MA
      Length: 01.01.2016-30.06.2017
    • On the Legal Status of Foreigners: Aliens and Fundamental Rights in Austria and in an International Perspective, from the mid-18th Century to 1918
  • Links

Professional Service

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Publications

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След правото на вот: размисли за жените и политиката. между двете световни войни – случаят с Централна Европа. / Bader-Zaar, Birgitta.
Женcките лиųа на иcтoрията: Сборник в чест на Красимира Даскалова . ed. / Valentina Mitkova; Ilko Penelov. Sofia, 2024. p. 193-110.

Publications: Contribution to bookChapter


Expanding the Electorate in Habsburg Austria, 1860s–1918: (Dis)Integrations of Economic and Educational Qualifications, Gender, and “Universal” Suffrage. / Bader-Zaar, Birgitta.
Suffrage, Capital, and Welfare: Conditional Citizenship in Historical Perspective. ed. / Fia Cottrell-Sundevall; Ragnheiður Kristjánsdóttir. Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. p. 59-79.

Publications: Contribution to bookChapterPeer Reviewed


Ö1 Moment - Leben heute: Wort der Woche - Sklaverei. Bader-Zaar, Birgitta (Interviewee); Wimmer, Kathrin (Editorial Journalist). 2022.

Publications: Electronic/multimedia outputRadio show


Ö1 - Punkt Eins: Roe vs. Wade und die Folgen: Ein Präzedenzfall und die Zukunft der Demokratie in den USA. Bader-Zaar, Birgitta (Interviewee); Blom, Philipp (Editorial Journalist). 2022.

Publications: Electronic/multimedia outputRadio show


Democratization and the Practices of Voting in Habsburg Austria, 1896–1914: New Directions in Research. / Bader-Zaar, Birgitta.
In: Austrian History Yearbook, Vol. 53, 05.2022, p. 107-120.

Publications: Contribution to journalArticlePeer Reviewed


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Activities

Austrian Diversity and Women’s Enfranchisement: The Suffrage Movement and Women’s Political Impact, 1880s-1933

Birgitta Bader-Zaar
European Conference of Politics and Gender
Conference, Talk or oral contribution
6.7.2019 - 6.7.2019

Gaining Women's Suffrage in Austria - a European Perspective

Birgitta Bader-Zaar
Talk or oral contribution
10.5.2019 - 10.5.2019

Das Frauenwahlrecht international

Birgitta Bader-Zaar
Land.Haus.Gespräch
Panel discussion, round table, Talk or oral contribution
8.5.2019 - 8.5.2019

Frauenwahlrecht Niederösterreich – Historischer Rückblick

Birgitta Bader-Zaar
100 Jahre Frauenwahlrecht - Frauen im NÖ Landtag
Other, Talk or oral contribution
3.5.2019 - 3.5.2019

Demokratisierung und Geschlecht: Die Einführung des Frauenwahlrechts 1918

Birgitta Bader-Zaar
Ausstellungseröffnung - 100 Jahre Frauenwahlrecht - Wahlzelle
Other, Talk or oral contribution
28.3.2019 - 28.3.2019