Wolfgang Schmale#
| Membership Number: | 4427 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2017 |
| Main Country of Residence: | AUSTRIA |
| ORCID: | orcid.org/0000-0001-8772-341X |
| Twitter: | @WolfgangSchmale |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1999, 02 to 2021, 09 University of Vienna, Full Professor for Modern and Contemporary History (Austria)
- 2012, 10 to 2016, 09 Vice-Dean for Education, Faculty for Historical and Cultural Studies, University of Vienna
- 2010, 10 to 2012, 09 Director of Study Programs in History, University of Vienna
- 1998, 04 to 1999, 01 Privatdozent and Professor at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (Germany)
- 1997, 10 to 1998, 03 Professor for Modern History, University of Graz (Austria)
- 1996, 10 to 1997, 09 Privatdozent at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (Germany)
- 1995, 10 to 1996, 09 Professor for Modern History at Technical University Braunschweig (Germany)
- 1993, 05 to 1995, 09 Scientific Assistent at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (Germany)
- 1989 - 1993, 04 Scientific Collaborator, Ruhr-University Bochum
- 1987, 09 to 1988, 09 Maître de conférences associé, Université François Rabelais, Tours (France)
Fields of Scholarship
- Digital humanities
- Eigtheenth century and Enlightenment
- Modern and contemporary history of human rights
- French history
- Modern and contemporary history of Europe
- Gender history
Honours and Awards
- 2021 Sofiski universitet Sveti Kliment Ohridski: Sofija, BG: doctor honnoris causa
- 2018 Sofiski universitet Sveti Kliment Ohridski: Sofija, BG: Insignia of Honour Blue Ribbon (Rectorate, Senate)
- 2016 Directeur d'Études asscocié, Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris (France)
- 2016 elected as Ordinary Member, European Academy of Sciences and Arts
- 2015 elected Secretary-General of International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ISECS)
- 2015 Invited Professor, Kliment Ohridsky University, Sofia (Bulgaria)
- 2010 Directeur d'Études asscocié, Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris (France)
- 2010 Invited Professor Hebrew University, Jerusalem (Israel)
- 2007 Invited Professor Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (France)
- 2006 Invited Professor Hebrew University, Jerusalem (Israel)
- 2004 Medidaprix (for the Digital Humanities project "pastperfect.at")
