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Elise Richter (1865–1943), Romance studies

Women in Science

At the same time as the first female students enrolled at the philosophical faculty of the University of Vienna in...
Der Theologe Leonhard Villinus (Höfler) im Hörsaal, 1567

Medieval and early modern book stock at the University of Vienna

The libraries at the University of Vienna and their history represent an extremely valuable reservoir of knowledge, since texts and...
Mediziner aus Padua

Peregrinatio academica
13.Jhdt–16.Jhdt

Today, student exchange in the European university network is encouraged through large mobility programs such as Erasmus+. Universities like to...
Zwickelbild „Rechtswissenschaft“, Detailansicht des Deckengemäldes im großen Festsaal im Hauptgebäude der Universität Wien

Law and Economics, part I
1365–1900

With its more than six hundred-year-old history, the jurists can look back at one of the longest traditions at the...
Jesuiten-Sternwarte auf der Alten Universität und Akademisches Kolleg

Astronomy | The Vienna Observatory through the ages
1755–1900

Ever since the University of Vienna’s foundation in 1365 astronomy played an important role here. Leading figures from the history...
Die Neue Aula der Universität Wien (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften) im Jahr 1903

The new Aula
1756

In the reigning years of the imperial couple Francis I. Stephen of Lorraine and Maria Theresia, extensive reforms were implemented...
Die Universitätsbibliothek vor ihrem Umzug in das Hauptgebäude an der Ringstraße

The development of the university library into a modern institution
1777–1884

The University Library’s transformation into a modern institution began in the 1770s with the expansion of the inventory and the...
Festzug Chargierter mit der Universitätsfahne im Rahmen der 600-Jahrfeier der Universität Wien

Student corporations in the 19th and 20th century
19.Jhdt–20.Jhdt

Fraternities, both völkisch and Catholic, have a – for Austrian conditions – long history at the University of Vienna. This...
Zwickelbild „Naturwissenschaft“, Detailansicht des Deckengemäldes im großen Festsaal im Hauptgebäude der Universität Wien

Physics in Vienna in the 19th century
1850–1915

1850 to 1910: No other period of physics in Vienna saw such a concentration of prominent physics research and renowned...
650 years of the University of Vienna, cover of the program for the jubilee of the University of Vienna 2015

University jubilees
1865–2015

Jubilee culture – celebrating anniversaries in regular intervals – has religious roots and was established in the German-speaking world in...
Theodor Billroth (1829–1894), Chirurgie

“Furor teutonicus and racial hate”
1867–1893

In 1867 renowned surgeon Theodor Billroth was appointed to the Second Surgical Clinic of the University of Vienna. His school...
Arkadenhof im Hauptgebäude der Universität Wien mit Kastalia-Brunnen, 2013

The Arkadenhof (arcaded courtyard) in the main building of the University of Vienna
1884–2005

The Arkadenhof (arcaded courtyard) forms the architectural center of the main building of the University of Vienna. Architect Heinrich von...
Großer Lesesaal in der Universitätsbibliothek Wien, 2013

Upheavals at the library shelves
1884–2015

The Vienna University Library ’s relationship to the University of Vienna and to the state were marked by highs as...
The rectors’ plaque (“Rektorenfasten”) in the main building of the University of Vienna

The rectors’ plaque in the University of Vienna’s main building on the Ring
Herbst 1892–21.Jhdt

The names of all rectors since the university’s founding in 1365 were chiseled into marble in the right side alcove...
„Juridicum“, 2013

Law and Economics, part II
1893–2015

More than any other institution of the University of Vienna, the Faculty of Law and Economics was hit by the...
Cartoon on the introduction of female enrolment

Female enrolment
1897–21.Jhdt

When the Philosophical Faculty was the first institution of the University of Vienna to open itself to the enrolment of...
Buchcover „Das ewige Klischee“, 1981

Women’s and gender studies
20.Jhdt–21.Jhdt

For a long time – until the turn from the 19th to the 20th century – women were the exception...
DENK-MAL Marpe Lanefesch am Campus der Universität Wien, Außenansicht inkl. Boden

DENK-MAL Marpe Lanefesch
1903–2015

In 1988 the city of Vienna donated the Old General Hospital (AKH) to the University of Vienna for the creation...
The first habilitations of women at the University of Vienna
1905–1957

Elise Richter was the first woman to receive her habilitation at the University of Vienna in 1905. With the habilitation...
Kastaliabrunnen von Edmund Hellmer (1850–1935) im Arkadenhof kurz nach Errichtung, 1910

The Castalia Fountain in the Arkadenhof of the University of Vienna
1910–2015

In the middle of the Arkadenhof (arcaded courtyard) in the main building, in the center of the University of Vienna’s...
Die „Bärenhöhle“, ein Seminarsaal für Paläontologie an der Universität Wien, als Treffpunkt des gleichnamigen antisemitischen Netzwerkes

The “Bärenhöhle” – a secret anti-Semitic group of professors in the inter-war period
1918–1965

After the First World War a numerus clausus for Jewish students and teachers was repeatedly demanded. Their number was supposed...
Figur Justitia am Dach des Hauptgebäudes der Universität Wien

100 years of law studies for women
1919–21.Jhdt

It was not until 1919 that law and political science studies were opened up to female students; the path into...
Julius Tandler (1869–1936), Anatomy

Terror against the Anatomical Institute of Julius Tandler
1920–1934

In the inter-war period, beginning in 1920, anti-Semitic attacks regularly occurred at the University of Vienna, and became more radical...
Entrance of the Mathematical Seminary, Boltzmanngasse. – Here the meetings of the Vienna Circle were held.

The “Vienna Circle” („Wiener Kreis“)
1924–1936

The “ Wiener Kreis ” (“Vienna Circle”) was an extraordinary group of philosophers, mathematicians, natural scientists, and humanities scholars who...

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