Dissertations at a glance

Completed and ongoing dissertations

Ongoing dissertations

  • "Functions of writing under the sign of censorship and inquisition - a literary study of the Portuguese "Século das luzes" on the basis of moral weeklies"
    (Institute of Romance Studies)
  • Genealogies of Knowledge: Marie de Gournay and Montaign"
    (Institute of Romance Studies)
  • The Germanic image of Tacitus and its way into the visual arts. An investigation into the reception of antiquity in the 18th century and its consequences
    (Ancient History/Art History)
  • Medical-historical analysis of the formation of the modern self-image and image of man in the "long 18th century". Reception of antiquity and Enlightenment innovation in medical concepts
    (Center for the History of Science)
  • Antiquity as a topos in the moral weeklies "The Spectator" and "Le Spectateur, ou le Socrate Moderne"
    (Institute for Romance Studies)
  • Are there hybrid humans? Polygenism and monogenism in the context of hybridity, domestication and the position of humans in nature, 1750-1900
    (Center for the History of Science)
  • Medical-historical account of the venereal disease gonorrhea and its effects on cultural life in the 18th century (University Archive) Moralische Wochenschriften
    (3 dissertation projects, Institute of Romance Studies)
  • The Serbs in the Era of Revolutions
    (Institute of History)
  • Communication on the edge of the Habsburg Monarchy. The Banat village world at the time of Joseph II as reflected in administrative-military reports
    (Institute of History)
  • The mining and metal industry in the imperial Banat (1716 - 1778) (Department of History) Architectural history and architectural significance of Eggenberg Palace
    (Department of Art History)

Completed dissertations

Fischer, Michaela, The Function of the Reader in the Communication System of the Spectateurs, 2013 (Romance Studies)

Jesner, Sabine, Habsburg Borderland Policy in the Transylvanian Military Frontier (1760-1830). Defense and prevention strategies, 2013 (History)

Lackner, Elke, The robber in European literature. Fictionalization, Fictionalization and Literarization of a Popular Figure in the 18th and 19th Centuries, 2012 (Romance Studies)

Probst, Dagmar, The influence of the German Venetian Johann Carl Loth (1632-1698) on Austrian Baroque painting, 2013 (Art History)

Hyden-Hanscho, Veronika Maria, Of travelers, migrants and cultural managers. Intermediaries between France and the Viennese Court (~1630 - 1730), 2011 (History)