Stefan Michael Newerkla

Biography

Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. phil. habil. Stefan Michael Newerkla
Full Professor of West Slavic Linguistics
University of Vienna, Department of Slavonic Studies
University Campus, Hof 3, Spitalgasse 2-4, 1090 Vienna, Austria
http://homepage.univie.ac.at/stefan.newerkla/
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Main Research Interests
• West Slavic linguistics (contact linguistics, language geography, historical sociolinguistics)
• History of language contact between West Slavic languages, German and Hungarian
• Central Europe as a language area – Austriacisms and internationalisms
• Czech National Revival in Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia and Vienna
• Language education in the Habsburg monarchy
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Professional Career
since 2004 Full Professor of West Slavic Linguistics at the Department of Slavonic Studies at the University of Vienna
since 2018 Head of the Department of Slavonic Studies at the University of Vienna
since 2022 Member of the Academy Council of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
since 2022 Member of the International Board of the Palacký University
since 2022 Member of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Arts at Masaryk University
since 2009 Co-Chairperson of the Standing Conference of Austrian and Czech Historians with Respect to the Common Cultural Heritage (SKÖTH)
since 2004 Member of the Executive board of the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM – http://www.idm.at)
2010 – 2016 Chairperson of the Curriculum Committee of the Senate of the University of Vienna
2009 – 2016 Member of the Senate of the University of Vienna
2009 – 2013 Chairperson of the Steering Group for Teacher Education of the University of Vienna
2005 – 2008 Head of the Department of Slavonic Studies at the University of Vienna
2004 Deputy Head of the Department of Slavonic Studies at the University of Vienna
2003 Assistant Professor of West Slavic Languages and Literatures at the Department of Slavonic Studies at the University of Vienna
2003 Postdoctoral degree (Habilitation) in West Slavic Linguistics at the University of Vienna
2000 – 2003 Postdoc Researcher in the FWF project P13857–G03 on Czech-German-Slovak language contact at the University of Vienna
1997 – 2003 Lecturer at the Department of Slavonic Studies and Department for Translation Studies at the University of Vienna
1999 – 2000 Tutor of Pedagogics at the Department of Education Sciences at the University of Vienna
1997 – 1998 Doctoral studies (Dr. phil) in Czech Studies and Pedagogy at the University of Vienna
1997 – 1998 Pre-doc Researcher in the research project ‘Language policy and reality in the Slavonic provinces of the Habsburg Monarchy 1740 – 1914’, Department of Romance Studies at the University of Vienna (project leaders: Prof. M. Metzeltin and Prof. R. Schjerve-Rindler)
1992 – 1996 Graduate degree (Mag. phil.) in Slavonic Studies, English and American Studies at the Faculty of Arts, University of Vienna (Austria)
1991 Summer school for Czech Language, Literature and Culture, Charles University in Prague (Czech Republic)
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Selected Academic Awards
• The Josef Dobrovský Honorary Medal for Merit in the Philological and Philosophical Sciences, awarded in 2017 by the Czech Academy of Sciences
• Premia Bohemica 2023 for the outstanding contribution to the promotion of Czech literature abroad

Selected Memberships of Academic Societies
• since 4/2018 Full Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
• since 4/2014 Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
• since 3/2013 Member of the Council for Sciences of the Czech Academy of Sciences
• since 4/2010 Member of the Academy Assembly of the Czech Academy of Sciences