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Departments of Economy in Trieste, Marburg/Maribor and Graz in the field:
history of the Alps-Adriatic area, 1985 -Habilitation on the topic „Neueste
Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte und Österreichische Zeitgeschichte” („Recent
Economic and Social History and Austrian Contemporary History”) at the
University of Graz. Publication of the habilitation: „Styria in the Third Reich”
(Graz 1986, 3rd edition), Since 1985 – Academic supervisor in 7 large exhibitions
in the field of contemporary history: 1985 (Burgenland), 1988 (Graz),
1995 (Schallaburg), 1995 (Bonn/FRG), 1998 (Graz), 2004 (Riga/Latvia), 2005
(Schallaburg). Currently the Republic Exhibition, opened in 2008 in the Austrian
Parliament and Lower Austria (opened 2009), Since 1986 – Examination
supervisor of the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences for „Economic
and Social History” and „Contemporary History”. Participation in the US
Historian Congress in Cincinnati/USA on the topic „Waldheim“, 1987 – An
extended research stay at the University of Essex/UK. Here his research interest
in the history of entrepreneurs („Unternehmergeschichte”) began, Since 1993
– Director of the newly founded „Ludwig Boltzmann-Institut für Kriegsfolgen-
Forschung“, Graz/Vienna/Klagenfurt. Academic co-operation with institutes
such as the Russian Academy of Science, Moscow; Eisenhower Center in New
Orleans, the RGGU, Moscow, the MGU-Moscow, the Russian State Archives
Agency in Moscow, the Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence (international
questions of security), International Law Office of the Austrian Foreign Ministry
(humanitarian international law) and others, Since 1995 – Author of TV
documentaries in the field of history, such as „Lost Years: War Captivity in the
Soviet Union”. Participation in the 18th World Congress of Historians in Montreal/Canada.
Main preparation of the panel discussion of „Sequels and Consequences
of War”, Since 1995 – Representative of Austria in the „European
Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI)” of the European Council
in Strasbourg, 1995 – Elected „The Austrian Academic of the Year 1995”
– Academic advisor to the Austrian Foreign Office and the Foreign Minister
concerning the topic of war and post-war effects in the Balkans. 1997 – 2004
– Representation of Austria in the EUMC in Vienna, 1998 – 1999 – Supervision
of the research project on the topic of forced labour in connection with
foreign workers 1938 – 1945, including Soviet citizens, 1998 – 2000 – Adviser
of Chancellor Klima and Vice Chancellor Schüssel in questions of restitution