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| Österreichisches Historisches Institut | |
|---|---|
| Name | Österreichisches Historisches Institut |
| Native name | Österreichisches Historisches Institut |
| Formation | 1893 |
| Type | Research institute |
| Headquarters | Rome, Vienna |
| Leader title | Director |
| Parent organization | Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften |
Österreichisches Historisches Institut is an Austrian historical research institute founded to advance studies in Austro-Hungarian Empire, Habsburg Monarchy, and European history. The institute engages with archival collections in Vatican Apostolic Archive, Archivio Segreto Vaticano, and state archives such as the Österreichisches Staatsarchiv and collaborates with universities including the Universität Wien, Universität Graz, Universität Innsbruck, and the Universität Salzburg.
The institute was established in the late 19th century amid scholarly networks linking Franz Joseph I of Austria, the Austrian Academy of Sciences, and historians influenced by figures like Theodor von Sickel, Heinrich von Sybel, and Leopold von Ranke. Early activities connected the institute with projects on the Thirty Years' War, Congress of Vienna, and diplomatic sources from the Holy See, the Kingdom of Naples, and the Spanish Habsburgs. During the upheavals of the 20th century the institute navigated the World War I, World War II, the interwar period involving the First Austrian Republic, and postwar reconstruction associated with the State Treaty of 1955 and the Second Republic. Twentieth-century scholarship at the institute intersected with debates featuring historians such as Karl Lamprecht, Alfred von Arneth, Otto Brunner, Ernst Florian Winter, and international figures tied to the Institute for Advanced Study, Warburg Institute, and Max Planck Institute.
The institute's mission centers on archival research, diplomatic history, and cultural studies related to the Habsburg Monarchy, Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, and Mediterranean connections like the Italian Wars and the Council of Trent. It prioritizes source editions, prosopography, and digital humanities initiatives engaging with projects on the Napoleonic Wars, Reformation, Counter-Reformation, and European diplomacy exemplified by the Peace of Westphalia and the Congress of Berlin (1878). The institute also supports studies on legal history referencing the Corpus Iuris Civilis, social history in contexts such as the Industrial Revolution and Urbanization, and transnational networks involving the Hanseatic League, Ottoman Empire, and the Bourbon Restoration.
Governance includes a director approved by the Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften and advisory boards composed of scholars from institutions like the Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Technische Universität Wien, and the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Departments and research units coordinate projects on diplomatic sources, medieval codices, and early modern epigraphy, working with archivists from the Archivio di Stato di Roma, curators from the Kunsthistorisches Museum, and librarians from the Austrian National Library. Administrative relations tie into funding mechanisms involving the Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport, European grants such as Horizon 2020, and foundations like the Austrian Science Fund.
The institute publishes critical editions, monographs, and series comparable to work in the Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Regesta Imperii, and journals akin to the Historische Zeitschrift and Zeitschrift für Historiographie. Major projects have included diplomatic document collections on the Habsburg-Valois Wars, edition projects concerning the Apostolic Camera, catalogues related to the Vienna Hofburg holdings, and collaborative databases linked to the European Research Council and the Digital Humanities community. It issues publications profiling sources from the Archivio di Stato di Venezia, annotated correspondences of figures like Metternich, and source corpora for events such as the War of the Spanish Succession and the Peace of Utrecht.
Primary facilities have been maintained in Rome and Vienna, with research residencies leveraging archives in Florence, Venice, and access to collections in the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma, and the Austrian National Library. Seminar rooms and reading rooms are outfitted for manuscript consultation, microfilm collections, and digital access to holdings such as the Europeana and national archival portals. Fieldwork is supported through partnerships with institutions in Budapest, Prague, Ljubljana, Zagreb, and Munich.
Directors and affiliated scholars have included editors and historians linked to names such as Ernst Bruckmüller, Heinz Duchhardt, Günter Bischof, Karl Vocelka, Georges Haupt, and editors of source editions comparable to August Ludwig von Schlözer. Associated researchers have worked on topics concerning figures like Prince Klemens von Metternich, Emperor Franz Joseph I, Maria Theresa, Joseph II, Maximilian I of Mexico, and historians connected to methodological debates advanced by Fernand Braudel, Marc Bloch, and Natalie Zemon Davis.
The institute participates in networks with the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the German Historical Institute, the British Academy, and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, and engages in bilateral projects with the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, the Max Weber Stiftung, and the Fondazione Giorgio Cini. It contributes to international projects associated with the European University Institute, the International Commission for Historical Sciences, the Union Académique Internationale, and consortia involving the National Archives (UK), Bundesarchiv, and the Library of Congress.
Category:Research institutes in Austria Category:Historical research institutes