MAIN UNIVERSITIES + INSTITUTES
The University of Vienna (est. 1365) is a major international institution with broad-ranging
faculty offering, offering research and undergraduate degrees in a range of disciplines across the sciences and humanities. [Website]
The University of Salzburg divides its areas of specialisation into four categories: 'Biowissenschaften und Gesundheit'; 'Information and Communication Technologies and Society'; 'Recht, Arbeit und Arbeitswelt'; 'Wissenschaft und Kunst'.
[Website]
Innsbruck has twin universities: the medical university and Leopold-Franzens university. The latter has faculties in the following areas: Catholic Theology; Liberal Arts and Humanities; Social and Economic Studies; Civil Engineering and Architecture; Law; Natural Sciences. [Website]
Graz is home to the venerable Karl-Franzens University, founded in 1585. [Website]
Johannes Kepler University, Linz [Website]
Klagenfurt [Website]
University of Economics, Vienna [Website]
Institut für höhere Studien, Vienna. Estabilshed in 1963, the IFHS specialises in postgraguate studies in Economics and the Social Sciences, and promotes links with business and 'policy makers'. [Website]
Internationales Forschungszentrum, Kulturwissenschaften, Vienna (IFK) [Website] ¦ [Fellowships]
Österreichisches Ost- und Südosteuropa-Institut, Vienna [Website]
Austrian Academy of Sciences - Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna
[Website]
INTERNET RESOURCES + PORTALS
The Austrian Academic Portal offers an impressive range of categorised links to relevant institutions, funding possibilities and other resources on a deceptively simple-looking site.
[Website]
'Research Scene in Austria' - a single-page, thematic summary provided by the Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur. Available both in English and German.
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See also >Projects/Online
MAIN ARCHIVES, LITERATURE AND THE HUMANITIES
Austrian State Archives [Website]
Austrian Literature Archive (part of the National Library)[Website]
ÖNB - Austrian National Library
[Website]
Forschungsinstitut Brennerarchiv, Innsbruck [Website]
Theatersammlung der ÖNB, housed in the Theatermuseum (itself now part of the Kunsthistorisches Museum). Consists of a specialist library and separate collection of literary estates (viewable by appointment, details from the library). The online presentation does little justice to the collections. [Website - then click on link to library]
Wiener Stadt- und Landesbibliothek [Website]
For more information on archival holdings worldwide, please consult the reference guide by Murray Hall and Gerhard Renner, Handbuch der Nachlässe und Sammlungen österreichischer Autoren (Vienna: Boehlau, 1995)
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