Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Herwig Czech
Visiting Scientist | Cooperation "Hirnforschung an Instituten der KWG im Kontext nationalsozialistischer Unrechtstaten" ("Brain Research at Institutes of the KWG in the Context of National Socialist Injustices“)Charité - University Medicine Berlin
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14195 Berlin
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Current research projects
- Hirnforschung an Instituten der Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft im Kontext nationalsozialistischer Unrechtstaten: Hirnpräparate in Instituten der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft und die Identifizierung der Opfer (Brain research at institutes of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society in the context of National Socialist injustice: Brain preparations in institutes of the Max Planck Society and the identification of victims), funded by the Max Planck Society, July 2017 to October 2023 (leading one of three subprojects, carried out by MedUni Vienna in cooperation with Charité)
- The Lancet Commission on Medicine and the Holocaust: Historical evidence, implications for today, lessons for tomorrow (co-chair since September 2021; publication of the report in the Lancet will be published in November 2023)
Research focus
- Medicine and biopolitics under National Socialism
- Posthistory of Nazi medicine
- History of psychiatry, pediatrics and neuropathology in the 20th century
Vita Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Herwig Czech
since May 2020 University Professor, Chair of History of Medicine at the Medical University of Vienna March-Dec. 2019 research stay at the Institute for the History of Medicine and Ethics in Medicine at the Charité Hospital Berlin Since May 2017 assistant (postdoc) for history of medicine at the Medical University of Vienna 2014-2017 Lecturer at the Medical University of Vienna 1999-2017 Research assistant at the Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance (with interruptions) 2011-2014 ARPAT fellow of the Austrian Academy of Sciences at the Institute of Contemporary History of the University of Vienna 2011-2012 Lecturer at the Institute of Contemporary History of the University of Vienna 2010 (SoSe) Lecturer at Newcastle University, School of Historical Studies 2008/9 (WiSe) Lector at the Medical University of Wroclaw 2007 Defensio and PhD (History) at the University of Vienna 2005 (WiSe) Joint Study stay at Duke University (graduate School), North Carolina 2004 (SoSe) Lecturer at the Institute of History at the University of Vienna 2004 Project assistant at the Institute of History at the University of Vienna | |
