Schenkenstr. 8-10

A-1010 Wien

Tel.: +43-1-4277-32604

Fax: +43-1-4277-8-32604

leonhard.jungwirth@univie.ac.at

Office hour

Monday 3 to 4 p.m. or by appointment


Biography

  • 7 June 1989: Born in Linz (Upper Austria)
  • 15 June 2007: School exit examination at Akademisches Gymansium Linz
  • July 2007 - March 2008: Civil service at the Retirement Home Franckviertel Linz
  • Oct. 2008 - Oct. 2014: Study of Protestant Theology at the Evangelisch-Theologische Fakultät, University of Vienna, and at the University of Glasgow (2010/11), student assistant at the Institute of Church History, Christian Archaeology and Christian Art, ETF, University of Vienna (2011/12), Research assistant at the Institute of New Testament Studies, ETF, University of Vienna (2012-2014)
  • Sept. 2014- April 2016: Religion teacher (special contract, appointed by the Church) at Billrothgymnasium (GRG 19) and at Gymnasium Draschestraße (GRG 23) in Vienna
  • March 2015-Sept. 2020: Doctoral programme at ETF, University of Vienna Wien (Area of studies: Church History)
  • May 2016-May 2019: Doc-Scholar of the Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Employment as University Assistant (prae doc) at the Institute of Church History, Christian Archaeology and Christian Art at the ETF, University of Vienna)
  • Sept. 2019-now: Vicar at Evangelische Pfarrgemeinde A. B. Mödling (50 % since Sept. 2020)
  • Nov. 2020-now: Postdoc-Assistant (50 %) at the Institute of Church History, Christian Archaeology and Christian Art at the ETF, University of Vienna
  • March 2018-now: Lectureship: Law of Religion and Religious Communities in Europe at the Institute for Practical Theology, ETF, University of Vienna

Working focus and projects

  • 20th Century History of Austria Protestantism (church political history and church contemporary history as well as the history of commemorative cultures)
  • Austrian Revivalism and its international contexts

Memberships

  • Society for the History of Protestantism in Austria
  • Society of Protestant Ministers in Austria