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Welcome to the website of the Institute for Economic and Social History!
Economic and social history is a genuinely interdisciplinary research area, to be understood both as a sub-discipline of historical research and as a transdisciplinary historical economic and social science.
As a historical social science it is characterized by the critical use and reflection of the methods and theories of economics, demography, sociology and many disciplines in business studies to explore the economic and social dimensions of the past. As such, it can be understood as central to a socio-economic teaching and research program. At the institute, we are mainly dedicated to research and teaching on long-run developments in the world economy and individual economies as well as on banking and financial history.
A special organizational section of our institute is dedicated to business history. Our Philosophy Division goes beyond the interdisciplinary agenda of economic and social history and engages in research and teaching on, among other things, the conditions and limits of knowledge as such. Additionally, our division for research on university history explores, in close cooperation with the University Archives, the history of this university itself within the wider context of university history research.
Some recent news from the institute and its staff:
Lecture Series
Studying Antisemitism in Business and Economy
In the current summer semester, WU’s research group Studying Antisemitism in Business and Economy (SABE) offers a series of talks on antisemitism. This series, presented by antisemitism experts from different organizations that research antisemitism from a variety of academic approaches, aims to provide a snapshot of historical evolutions, current events, prevalent perceptions and declared (and undeclared) attitudes. In this way, we wish this series to serve as a commentary on the context leading to the current situation and as an assessment of possible developments.
Organized by SABE and the VWI (Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies) presentations will be in English, followed by discussion (in English and German).
7 May: 15:00 – 16:30, Yochanan Altman and Johannes Koll (Vienna University of Economics and Business), at campus WU
14 May: 15:00 – 16:30, Gerald Lamprecht and Liljana Radonić (Austrian Academy of Sciences), at campus WU
21 May: 15:00 – 16:30, Andras Kovacs (Central European University), at campus WU
28 May: 15:00 – 16:30: Jochen Böhler and Éva Kovács (Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies), at VWI
4 June: 15:00 – 16:30: Andreas Kranebitter and Bianca Kämpf (Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance), at campus WU
If you are interested in participating in one of the lectures, please contact: Ursula.Nemeth@wu.ac.at by 1 May 2024 with the following information:
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I am interested to attend the following session(s)
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4 June
Research Seminar Series
Seminar for Economic and Social History/Socioeconomics Research Seminar on
Marco MOLTENI (IHEID, CH)
"The effect of the abolition of the ruota in 19th century Italy (with Guiliana Freschi)"
Moderation: Dr. Wilfried A. Kisling
23rd April 2024
17.00-18.30 Uhr
D4. 3.106
For questions on the seminars please contact organizers Wilfried Kisling and Markus Lampe
Attendance is free and uncomplicated for everyone who is interested. Just visit us at WU in building D4 - Campus Map or use the following zoom link:
For information regarding zoom for WU students and employees please refer to https://learn.wu.ac.at/open/distanzlehre/en/zoom.
Research Seminar Series
Seminar for Economic and Social History/Socioeconomics Research Seminar on
Jordi DOMÈNECH (Carlos III Madrid)
"Land Reform and Voting in Interwar Europe: Evidence from 1930s Spain"
Moderation: Dr. Wilfried A. Kisling
7th May 2024
17.00-18.30 Uhr
D4. 3.106
For questions on the seminars please contact organizers Wilfried Kisling and Markus Lampe
Attendance is free and uncomplicated for everyone who is interested. Just visit us at WU in building D4 - Campus Map or use the following zoom link:
For information regarding zoom for WU students and employees please refer to https://learn.wu.ac.at/open/distanzlehre/en/zoom.
Research Seminar Series
Seminar for Economic and Social History/Socioeconomics Research Seminar on
Faustine PERRIN - with Youssouf Merouani (Lund)
"Woman Inventors: On the Origins of the Gender Patenting Gap"
Moderation: Dr. Wilfried A. Kisling
4th June 2024
17.00-18.30 Uhr
D4. 3.106
For questions on the seminars please contact organizers Wilfried Kisling and Markus Lampe
Attendance is free and uncomplicated for everyone who is interested. Just visit us at WU in building D4 - Campus Map or use the following zoom link:
For information regarding zoom for WU students and employees please refer to https://learn.wu.ac.at/open/distanzlehre/en/zoom.