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Institue for East European History, University of Vienna

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Social history, Eastern Europe, Transformation

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Austria, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Italy

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University of Vienna: Wien, AT

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Universität Wien: Wien, Wien, AT

2010 to present | Full professor (History and Cultural Studies)
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Philipp Ther

European University Institute: Fiesole, Toscana, IT

2007 to 2010 | Professor of European History (History)
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Philipp Ther

European University: Frankfurt/Oder, DE

2002 to 2007 | Junior Professor (Polish and Ukrainian Studies at the Faculty for Cultural Studies)
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Free University: Berlin, DE

1998 to 2002 | Researcher and deputy managing director (Center for Comparative History of Europe)
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Harvard University John F Kennedy School of Government: Cambridge, MA, US

1997 to 1998 | Fellow at the Center for European Studies
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Education and qualifications (5)

Freie Universität Berlin: Berlin, Germany, DE

2005 to present | Habilitation (History)
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Georgetown University: Washington, DC, US

2003 to present | M.A. (History)
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Freie Universität Berlin: Berlin, Berlin, DE

1997 to present | PhD (History)
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Georgtown University, Washington D.C. : Washington D.C. , US

1993 to present | M.A. and Graduate Studies at the School of Foreign Service (History)
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Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München: München, DE

1991 to present | Zwischenprüfung (equivalent of BA) (Sociology, Political Science and Journalism )
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Professional activities (22)

Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies: Vienna, AT

2020 to present | Senior Research Associate
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Philipp Ther

Universität Wien Forschungszentrum für die Geschichte von Transformationen: Wien, Wien, AT

2020 to present | Founder
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Universität St. Gallen: St. Gallen, CH

2021-09 to 2021-12 | Gastprofessor (History)
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New York University: New York, New York, US

2019-01 to 2019-06 | Fellow (Remarque Center)
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Austrian Science Fund: Vienna, AT

2019 | Wittgenstein Prize
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New York University: New York, New York, US

2018-08 to 2018-12 | Global distinguished visiting professor (History)
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Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation: Wien, Wien, AT

2018 | Shortlist for the “scientific book of the year” and the “political book of the year” for the book Die Außenseiter. Flucht, Flüchtlinge und Integration im modernen Europa (Berlin: Suhrkamp, 2017)
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Institute of East European History : Vienna, AT

2014 to 2018 | Acting Director. Deputy member of the Senate at the University of Vienna since 2012. Member of various curricular commissions.
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Sciences Po: Paris, FR

2017-02 to 2017-03 | Professeur invité (History)
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Leipzig book fair: Leipzig, DE

2015 | Nonfiction Prize for “The New Order on the Old Continent: A History of Neoliberal Europe” and Translation Award of the German Booktrader Association
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European University Institute: Fiesole, Toscana, IT

2007 to 2010 | Member (Commission for Communication; Selection Committee for Senior Fellowships at the HEC Department)
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Columbia University: New York, New York, US

2007 to 2007 | Visiting fellow (4 months)
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Austrian Academy of Sciences: Vienna, AT

2006 | Richard G. Plaschka-Prize for the book „Operntheater in Zentraleuropa” (Opera Theatres in Central Europe)
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European University Frankfurt/Oder: Frankfurt/Oder, DE

2003 to 2006 | Member (Commission for the Reform of the MA-programs at the Faculty for Cultural Studies; Responsible for the Concept and the Accreditation of the MA-program „Culture and History of Central and Eastern Europe“, Commission for the MA-program „European Cultural History“)
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Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen in Wien : Wien, Wien, AT

2004 to 2005 | Senior Fellow
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Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales: Paris, Île-de-France, FR

2002 to 2002 | Professeur invité (2 months)
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Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung: Berlin, DE

2001 to 2001 | Research Stipend (Studies in Poland and Ukraine)
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Harvard University Harvard Catalyst: Cambridge, MA, US

1997 to 1998 | John F. Kennedy Fellowship
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Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation: Wien, AT

1994 to 1997 | Dissertation Stipend
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German Historical Institute: Warsaw, PL

1995 to 1996 | Research stipend
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Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation: Wien, Wien, AT

1991 to 1994 | Study stipend
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Georgetown University: Washington D.C., US

1992 to 1993 | Fulbright Fellow
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Funding (19)

Eastern Europe Before Transition: Digitisation of data and analysis of CESEE´s command economies

2021 to 2024 | Grant
Austrian National Bank (Vienna, AT)
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Philipp Ther

Research Center for the History of Transformations (RECET)

2020 to 2025 | Award
Wittgenstein award of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) (Vienna, AT)
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Philipp Ther

Economic Collectivism: Old and New. Lessons from the Communist and Post-Communist Experience

2019 to 2021 | Grant
Prof. János Mátyás Kovács (Vienna, AT)
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Philipp Ther

Die smellscapes von Lublin. Eine Geruchsgeschichte Ostmitteleuropas im 20. Jahrhundert

2018-04 to 2021-03 | Grant
Herta-Firnberg-Stipend of the FWF, Dr. Stephanie Weismann (Vienna, AT)
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Philipp Ther

Mehrsprachigkeit in der k.u.k. Armee und Zivilgesellschaft

2017-10 to 2020-09 | Grant
Elise-Richter-Stipend of the FWF, Dr. Tamara Scheer (Vienna, AT)
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Philipp Ther

Intervision: Popular Music and Politics in Eastern Europe

2017-08 to 2019-07 | Grant
Lise-Meitner-Stipend of the FWF, Dr. Dean Vuletic (Vienna, AT)
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Philipp Ther

Volunteering in Local Communities between Late Socialism and Liberal Capitalism: The History of Volunteer Fire Departments in Germany and East Central Europe

2017-03 to 2020-02 | Grant
FWF and DFG (in cooperation with T. Linderberger, HAIZ, Dresden) (Vienna, AT)
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Philipp Ther

Transformations from Below: Shipyards and Labour Relations in the Uljanik (Croatia) and Gdynia (Poland) Shipyards since the 1980s.

2016-04 to 2018-03 | Grant
FWF and DFG (in cooperation with Ulf Brunnbauer, IOS, Regensburg) (Vienna, AT)
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Philipp Ther

Transnational nationalism. Far-Right Nationalist Groups in East Central Europe in the 20th and 21st centuries

2015-10 to 2017-09 | Grant
Horizon 2020 programme of the EU, Marie Curie Fellowship, Dr. Aga Pasieka (Vienna, AT)
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Philipp Ther

Nationalising the Young in European Borderlands

2014-05 to 2018-04 | Grant
Elise-Richter-Fellowship of the FWF, Dr. Machteld Venken (Vienna, AT)
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Philipp Ther

Eurovision: A History of Europe through Popular Music

2013-09 to 2015-08 | Grant
7. FP of the EU, Marie Curie Fellowship, Dr. Dean Vuletic (Vienna, AT)
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Philipp Ther

War Memories. Border Regions, Children & Migrants in Europe (1945-1970)

2013-06 to 2014-04 | Grant
Lise-Meitner-Fellowship of the FWF, Dr. Machteld Venken (Vienna, AT)
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Philipp Ther

Doktoratskolleg “Galizien und sein multikulturelles Erbe”

2013-03 to 2019-02 | Grant
FWF (Vienna, AT)
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Philipp Ther

International research project “Ukraine – Region, Nation and Beyond”

2013-03 to 2015-02 | Grant
FWF (in cooperation with the DFG and the Swiss Science Fund) (Vienna, AT)
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Philipp Ther

International Conference “Homogenizing South-Eastern Europe. Balkan Wars, Ethnic Cleansing and Postwar Ethnic Engineering since 1912”

2012 to 2012 | Grant
Robert-Bosch-Foundation (Stuttgart, DE)
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Philipp Ther

Europe and Beyond: Transfers, Networks and Markets of Musical Theatre in Modern Europe

2009 to 2011 | Grant
European Commission (Brussels, BE)
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Philipp Ther

The Impact of 1989 on Europe: Structural Integration but Ideational Divergence?

2009 to 2011 | Grant
European University Institute (Fiesole, IT)
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Philipp Ther

Out of Place: Ethnic Migration, Nation State Formation and Property Regimes in Poland, Czechoslovakia and Israel

2006 to 2009 | Grant
German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development (Jerusalem, IL)
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Philipp Ther

Die Oper im Wandel der Gesellschaft. Die Musikkultur europäischer Metropolen im langen 19. Jahrhundert

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Volkswagen Foundation (Hannover, DE)
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Philipp Ther
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