emer. o. Univ. Prof. Dr. Josef Ehmer (7.11.1948–10.5.2023)
emer. o. Univ. Prof. Dr. Josef Ehmer (7.11.1948–10.5.2023)
Education and Experience
- 1977 Dr. phil. (University of Vienna)
- 1989 Habilitation (University of Vienna)
- 1993 Professor of Modern History, University of Salzburg
- 2005 Professor of Economic and Social History, University of Vienna
Areas of Research
- Comparative Modern European social history
- History of labor, laborers and artisans
- Population history and historical demography
- History of the life-cycle and old age
- Historical migration research
Externally Funded Projects
- Scholarship and Politics, Reshaping South-Central Europe. Funded by Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (FWF, March 2011-June 2014), Staff: Dr. Michael Wedekind
- Habsburgische Mobilitätskontrolle von osmanischen Migranten (18.Jh.). Funded by Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (FWF, June 2013-May 2015), Staff: Jovan Pešalj, MA
Selected Publications
- Ehmer, Josef and Catharina Lis (eds.) The Idea of Work in Europe from Antiquity to Early Modern Times. Aldershot: Ashgate 2009.
- Ehmer, Josef and Otfried Höffe (eds.). Bilder des Alters im Wandel. Historische, interkulturelle, theoretische und aktuelle Perspektiven. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft: Stuttgart 2009 (Nova Acta Leopoldina, 99, no. 363)
- Ehmer, Josef, Jens Ehrhardt and Martin Kohli (eds.). “Fertility in the History of the 20th Century: Trends, Theories, Policies, Discourse” in: Historical Social Research / Historische Sozialforschung, Special issue 36 (2011).
- Ehmer, Josef. “Bevölkerungsgeschichte und Historische Demographie 1800 – 2000” in: Enzyklopädie deutscher Geschichte, vol. 71), Munich: Oldenbourg 2004. (2nd expanded edition, München 2013)