10:15 Lecture 1 September 1999
| "The First Victim": Collective Memory and its Transformations in Post-War Austria |
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| Today, the theoretical framework of Austria as a victim of Nazism is being criticised. It is now seen as a strategic argument of official Austria, leading to repression and denying the Nazi-past. This talk discusses the complex contexts in which this theory has been used in the Second Republic, and it's impact on the ways of dealing with victims and perpetrators. Also, the erosion of this explaining model during the last decade will be discussed. |
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| Heidemarie Uhl is a historian for contemporary history and works on a project on moderity at the University in Graz. 1996 - 1998, she held the Charlotte Bühler grant of the Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung, to qualify as a professor. Her special fields are culture and society in modernity and historical identity of post 45 Austria. She published widely on national identity and history in Austria, including: Zwischen Versöhnung und Verstörung. Eine Kontroverse um Österreichs historische Identität fünfzig Jahre nach dem Anschluß (1992); Todeszeichen. Zeitgeschichtliche Denkmalkultur in Graz und in der Steiermark vom Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts bis zur Gegenwart (ed. with Stefan Riesenfellner 1994); "Der Krieg geht uns alle an. Wie gehen wir damit um?", Geschichtswerkstatt Graz 1997. Eine Dokumentation (ed. with Hannes Grandits, Karin M.Schmidlechner, Andrea Strutz 1998); Kultur – Urbanität – Moderne. Differenzierungen der Moderne in Zentraleuropa um 1900 (hrsg. 1999); Steinernes Bewußtsein. Die öffentliche Repräsentation staatlicher und nationaler Identität Österreichs in seinen Denkmälern, Bd. 2. ( to be published autumn 1999). |
