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Name: Heinz Berger, MA Address:
Ludwig Boltzmann-Institute for Historical
Social Science, Tel:
+43-1-4277-41219 Email: Date and place of birth: 1st October 1961 Linz |
History
Online
Project of the Department of History and the Department of Economic and Social
History at the University of Vienna for the development of online teaching units
for the study of history at Austrian universities directed by Professor
Dr. Franz Eder, Professor Dr. Alois Ecer and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schmale.
Working field:
Investigation on historical Information.
'Am Karmelitermarkt'
Project investigating
the social conditions in the "Jewish Quarter" in Vienna.
A micro-historical analysis of a block of houses of the Viennese Leopoldstadt from the 19th
until the beginning of the 20th century. The main goals of this project
are the research of Jewish immigration to Vienna from the mid 19th
century up until the beginning of the Second World War.
'Mauthausen Survivors Documentation Project'
Project collecting 800 interviews with
survivors of the Concentration Camp Mauthausen in co-operation with Documentation
Centre of Austrian Resistance and Institute
of Conflict Research in Vienna.
Working field:
Development and evaluation of the database and quantitative analysis.
'Study of the lives and work of Otto and Käthe Leichter'
Project to analyse the biography and work of the Austrian journalist and politician
Otto Leichter. Publication of "Otto Leichter, Briefe ohne Antwort - Aufzeichnungen
aus dem Pariser Exil für Käthe Leichter 1938-1939" (mit einem
Nachwort von Henry O. Leichter), together with Gerhard Botz and Edith Saurer.
'Quantification in History '
Project for the advancement and diffusing of quantitative methods
in history. Participation on international discussions with regards to the implementation
of quantification methods, lectures and academic teachings.
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