honoris causa

05.12. - 06.12.2024
Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien

With the title honoris causa. History Policies at (Art) Universities, the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna launched a public series of events last year in which the academy faces up to its historical responsibility as an educational institution.

Numerous projects have already been carried out that critically examine the practice of teaching and art at the academy during the Nazi era. They were presented to the public for the first time in their entirety in November 2023 and discussed in the context of how other Austrian universities deal with the issue of coming to terms with the historical responsibility of educational institutions.

An event is now following that aims to focus more strongly on individual questions or topics that connect to current debates. The focus is on the contradictions, grey areas and ambivalences in dealing with one's own history and questions of historical politics.

Programme
Thu, 5 December 2024: Screening
Mehrzwecksaal, Atelierhaus, Lehárgasse 8, 1060 Vienna

19 h
Samira Fux, Andreas Filipovic:
Akademische Abgründe. Right-wing extremism in the lecture hall
Documentary film about the fascist history of Austrian universities by Andreas Filipovic, Lukas Ellmer and Samira Fux, produced by the Austrian National Union of Students
Moderation: Johannes Rips

Fri, 6 December 2024: Conference
M13, Schillerplatz 3, 1010 Vienna

Welcome:
Johan F. Hartle, Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

10–11 a.m.
Andreas Spiegl:
The Eerie Honour

11–12 a.m.
A. Schnell, Ingrid Holzschuh, Waltraud P. Indrist, Susanne Rick (Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, IKA), Monika Platzer (Vienna Architecture Centre):
Ambivalences of Modernism. The Architect and Urban Planner Roland Rainer between Dictatorship and Democracy

12–1 p.m.
Eva Schober, Ulrike Hirhager (Archive):
Seek and you shall find (or not) – Guided tour of the University Archive at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

1–2 p.m.: Lunch break

2–3:30 p.m.
Andreas Nierhaus:
A ‘Nazi Sculptor’? Art historical research on Josef Müllner
Moderation: Christina Wieder
Introduction of the panel of Michael Lunardi, Jakob Krameritsch and Ruth Sonderegger on the book project with Eduard Freudmann on the history of the Academy from 1933-1955

15:30–16 h: Break

16–17 h
Valerie Habsburg, Judith Augustinovič
between the lines / the lines in between – on the publication about Teresa Feodorowna Ries
Moderation: Johannes Rips

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