honoris causa. Politics of History and Remembrance at the Academy
With "honoris causa. Politics of Public History at (Art) Universities ", the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna launched a series of events last year in which the Academy faces up to its historical responsibility as an educational institution. A further event will follow in December 2024, which aims to focus more strongly on individual questions or topics that are connected to current debates.
Numerous projects already have taken a critical look at the practice of teaching and art during the Nazi era at the Academy. These projects were presented to the public for the first time in their entirety in November 2023 and discussed in the context of how other Austrian universities deal with the topic of the historical responsibility of educational institutions.
A further event will follow in December 2024, which aims to focus more strongly on individual questions or topics that are connected to current debates. In order to reach a wide public, the topics will be presented and discussed at various stations in the Academy building at Schillerplatz and in open formats.
Detailed information will follow!