Personal profile
Research interests
- legal and constitutional history of Europe and North America with a special focus on the history of suffrage
- women's and gender history
- history of migration with a focus on the legal status of foreigners
- history of slavery (especially slave narratives)
- comparative and transnational history
Curriculum vitae
- University education: History and Ethnology at the University of Vienna (Mag. phil. 1985, Dr. phil. 1994), African History and American Women's History at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (Fulbright award, M.A. 1987)
- 1987 research assistant at the Department of History of the University of Vienna (replacement)
- 1987-1989 research assistant in projects of the Department of History of the University of Vienna (exhibition project on the history of women's suffrage, headed by Univ.Prof. Dr. Edith Saurer) and of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (international conference and book on international and Austrian aspects of the "Anschluss" in March 1938, headed by Univ.Prof. Dr. Gerald Stourzh)
- 1989-1993 research assistant for the Commission for Austrian History (since 1993 Historical Commission) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
- since 1993 university assistant, since 2001 Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Vienna
- Feb.-April 2017 Visiting Professor at the University of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
Organisation of academic events
Cooperations
- Demokratiezentrum Wien
Supervisor of the Jubiläumsfondsproject of the Austrian National Bank Nr. 16774
"Changing Concepts of Peace: An Analysis of the Nobel Peace Prizes Awarded 1901-2015"
Conducted by: Susanne Reitmair-Juárez MA
Length: 01.01.2016-30.06.2017
Editorial work
- Editorial Board: Austrian History Yearbook
- Editorial Board: Women's History Review
Memberships
- Demokratiezentrum Wien (member of the executive board)
- member of the American Society for Legal History
- member of the International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions
Awards
- Fulbright student award, University of Minnesota 1985/86
- Karl von Vogelsang promotional award 1995
- Fulbright scholar grant 2002
Administrative duties
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Comment: Struggles for Rights and Participation in Eastern European Periods of Transition
Bader-Zaar, B., 2025, In: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaften (OeZG) . 36, 1, p. 176-181Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
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Demokratisierung und Geschlecht 1918-1921: Die Nachfolgestaaten der Habsburgermonarchie im europäischen Kontext
Bader-Zaar, B., 2025, Die Habsburgermonarchie 1848-1918: Sonderbd.: Das Erbe der Habsburgermonarchie in den Nachfolgestaaten. Brüche und Kontinuitäten . Harmat, U. (ed.). Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, p. 271-294Publications: Contribution to book › Chapter › Peer Reviewed
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Democratization in Europe after World War I: (Dis-)Continuities in Electoral Reform, 1917–1921
Bader-Zaar, B., 2024, Vermessung einer Zeitenschwelle. Die Bedeutung des Jahres 1918 in österreichischer, europäischer und globaler Perspektive: Surveying a Time Threshold: The Importance of 1918 in an Austrian, European and Global Perspective. Mazohl, B., Barth-Scalmani, G., Bruckmüller, E., Hämmerle, C., Leidinger, H., Rauchensteiner, M., Schmied-Kowarzik, A. & Bürgschwentner, J. (eds.). Wien: Verlag der Österr. Akademie der Wissenschaften, p. 141-153 (Internationale Geschichte, Vol. 9).Publications: Contribution to book › Chapter › Peer Reviewed
Prizes
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International Award der Universität Wien
Wallnig, T. J. J. (Recipient), Bader-Zaar, B. (Recipient), Angerer, T. (Recipient), Idrizi, I. (Recipient), Gebke, J. (Recipient) & Steidl, A. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize, award or honor
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Women in state and civil society in the Habsburg Monarchy and the German states
Bader-Zaar, B. (Speaker)
31 Mar 2026Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
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Demokratiegeschichte
Augustynowicz, C. (Speaker), Bader-Zaar, B. (Speaker), Jobst, K. S. (Speaker), Neu, T. (Speaker), Rüdiger, J. (Speaker), Soldwisch, I. (Speaker) & Schmale, W. (Speaker)
29 Jan 2025Activity: Talks and presentations › Book presentation › Science to Science
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Buchpräsentation "Demokratiegeschichte"
Augustynowicz, C. (Participant), Bader-Zaar, B. (Participant), Jobst, K. S. (Participant), Neu, T. (Participant), Rüdiger, J. (Participant), Schmale, W. (Participant) & Soldwisch, I. (Participant)
29 Jan 2025Activity: Academic events › Organisation of ...