MMag. Dr. Astrid Schweighofer, Privatdoz.

Biography

  • 1979: born in Gloggnitz, Lower Austria
  • 1998: School exit examination at BG Neunkirchen
  • 1999: Stay in Paris
  • 1999–2008:  Studies in Protestant Theology, History, and French
  • May 2004: Master’s degree in History and French (teaching certification)
  • March 2008:  Master’s degree in Protestant Theology
  • March 2007–July 2008:  Student assistant at the Institute of Church History, Christian Archaeology and Christian Art, Faculty of Protestant Theology, University of Vienna
  • Since February 2007: Freelancer at the Austrian Broadcast Ö1 (Department of Religion)
  • September 2008–August 2012: University Assistant (prae doc) at the Institute of Church History, Christian Archaeology and Christian Art, Faculty of Protestant Theology, University of Vienna
  • September 2012–August 2013:   Teaching internship in History and French at BG9 Wasagasse
  • October 2013:  Doctoral degree in Protestant Theology
  • October 2013–March 2014: Lecturer at the Institute of Church History, Christian Archaeology and Christian Art, Faculty of Protestant Theology, University of Vienna
  • Since April 2014: University Assistant (post doc) at the Institute of Church History, Christian Archaeology and Christian Art, Faculty of Protestant Theology, University of Vienna
  • Since 2015 examiner for Austrian Church History for the Protestant Church in Austria (pro ministerio exam)
  • October 2019: Research Fellow at The Leibniz Institute for European History in Mainz (IEG)
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Other

  • Journalistic training at the Catholic Media Academy in Vienna (2004 - 2006); internships in journalism (DIE FURCHE, APA-domestic politics, Ö1)
  • Creation of teaching material for "Ö1 macht Schule" (2013 - 2016; together with Kerstin Tretina and Ulrike Swoboda)
  • SoSe 2019/WS 2020: "Teaching Competence Plus: Professionalisierung universitärer Lehrkompetenz" (Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Vienna)
  • March 2011: "In die universitäre Lehre starten - Basisqualifizierung für Einsteiger/innen" (Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Vienna)

Working focus and projects

  • Nikolaus Gallus and his role in the post-interimist controversies (Habilitation project)
  • Conversions from Judaism to Protestantism in Vienna around 1900
  • History of Protestantism and Judaism in the Habsburg Monarchy
  • Antisemitism in the late Habsburg Monarchy
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Memberships

  • Scientific advisory board of the European Melanchthon Academy Bretten
  • Society for the History of Protestantism in Austria (board member)
  • Austrian Society for Antisemitism research (board member)
  • Protestant Press Association in Austria (board member)
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Prices

  • „Förderungspreis der Stadt Wien“ 2018 in the field of Humanities

 Publications and Lectures

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