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.
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.
This year’s conference aims to focus more strongly on individual questions or topics that tie in with current debates. The focus is on the contradictions, gray areas and ambivalences in dealing with the own history and historical-political issues.
Program
Thur, 5.12.2024: Screening
Multipurpose room, Studio Building, Lehárgasse 8, 1060 Vienna
19 h
Samira Fux, Lukas Ellmer:
Akademische Abgründe. Rechtsextremismus im Hörsaal
Documentary film on fascist history at Austria's universities by Andreas Filipovic, Lukas Ellmer and Samira Fux, produced by the Austrian National Union of Students (ÖH)
Presented by: Johannes Rips
Fri, 6.12.2024: Conference
Room M13, Schillerplatz 3, 1010 Vienna
Opening:
Johan F. Hartle, Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
10–11 h
Andreas Spiegl:
Die unheimliche Ehre (The uncanny honor)
11–12 h
Angelika Schnell, Ingrid Holzschuh, Waltraud P. Indrist, Susanne Rick (Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, IKA), Monika Platzer (Architekturzentrum Wien):
Ambivalenzen der Moderne. Der Architekt und Stadtplaner Roland Rainer zwischen Diktatur und Demokratie (Ambivalences of modernity. The architect and urban planner Roland Rainer between dictatorship and democracy)
12–13 h
Eva Schober, Ulrike Hirhager (Archive):
Wer suchet, der findet (oder auch nicht) - Führung im Universitätsarchiv der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien (Seek and ye shall find (or not) - Guided tour of the Archive of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna)
13–14 h: Lunch Break
14–15:30 h
Andreas Nierhaus:
Ein „Nazi-Bildhauer“? Kunsthistorische Recherchen zu Josef Müllner (A “Nazi sculptor”? Art historical research on Josef Müllner)
Presented by: Christina Wieder
Introduction to this panel by Michael Lunardi, Jakob Krameritsch and Ruth Sonderegger on the book project they do together with Eduard Freudmann on the Academy’s history 1933-1955
15:30–16 h: Break
16–17 h
Judith Augustinovič, Valerie Habsburg:
zwischen den zeilen / die zeilen dazwischen – on the publication about Teresa Feodorowna Ries
Moritz Matschke, Gudrun Rath:
Out of the darkness. Buildings and sites as actors in remembrance
Presented by: Johannes Rips