Edith Saurer

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Edith Saurer (20 August 1942 – 5 April 2011) was an Austrian historian, university professor at the University of Vienna, scientific author, and publisher. She is regarded as a central cofounder and advocate of feminist historiography in Austria.[1] She received the Käthe Leichter Prize, Gabriele Possanner State Prize, and the Golden Medal for her services to the State of Vienna.

Early life and education

Edith Saurer was born on 20 August 1942 in Vienna. From 1960, she studied history, German language, and theater studies at the University of Vienna, earning a Ph.D. in 1966 with the work, Die politischen Aspekte der Bischofsernennungen in der Habsburgermonarchie 1867–1903 ("The political aspects of episcopal appointments in the Habsburg monarchy 1867-1903").

Research and career

During the period of 1970 to 1983, she worked as a university assistant. Saurer

Università degli Studi di Napoli "L'Orientale", and the European University Institute
.

In 1990, Saurer was the initiator and co-founder of the journal, L’Homme. Europäische Zeitschrift für Feministische Geschichtswissenschaft ("L'Homme. European Journal of Feminist History"), which since then has been her special commitment. From 1993 to 2000, she served as chair of the Commission of the Inter-University Coordination Office for Women's Studies. She was co-editor of the journal, Historische Anthropologie and Wiener Zeitschrift für die Geschichte der Neuzeit.[2] Since 2006, Saurer led the research in re-localization of women's and gender history in the European context at the University of Vienna.[3] Her research interests included the history of material culture, women and gender history, history of religion in the 18th-19th centuries, historical anthropology, and the history of Italy in the 19th century.

She died on 5 April 2011 in Vienna.

Awards and honors

  • 1991, Käthe-Leichter-Preis
  • 1997, Gabriele Possanner State Prize
  • 2010, Golden Medal for Services to the State of Vienna[2]
  • The Edith Saurer Fund for the Promotion of Historical Studies, which she founded, has awarded research grants since 2013.[4]

Selected works

References

  1. ^ "Historikerin Edith Saurer verstorben - derStandard.at". DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b "In memoriam Edith Saurer (1942-2011)". medienportal.univie.ac.at (in German). Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Mitglieder". www.univie.ac.at. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  4. ^ Wien, Arbeiterkammer (6 February 2019). "Home : www.edithsaurerfonds.at". www.edithsaurerfonds.at (in German). Retrieved 25 April 2019.

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