Through "Autocracy" to Democracy? The High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina (1999-2002)

Funded by: Anniversary Fund of the Austrian Central Bank (OeNB)
Duration: April 2017 – September 2018
PI: Rainer Gries • Silvia Nadjivan
Collaboration: Eva Tamara Asboth
Status: Completed


"War of Pictures". Press Photography in Austria 1945-1955

Funded by: Austrian Science Fund (FWF – Der Wissenschaftsfonds)
Duration: Februar 2014 – April 2018
PI: Fritz Hausjell
Collaboration: Margarethe Szeless • Marion Krammer
Status: Completed

The aim of the project was to focus on Austrian press photography during the post-war era (1945-1955).


History through the Viewfinder. Press Photography in Austria from 1945-1955

Funded by: Austrian Science Fund (FWF – Der Wissenschaftsfonds)
Duration: September 2016 – December 2017
PI: Fritz Hausjell
Collaboration: Margarethe Szeless • Marion Krammer • Karin Berger • Caroline Schenk • Thomas Harbich
Status: Completed

This research communication project aimed at promoting the results of the FWF funded project War of Pictures. Press Photography in Austria 1945-1955 to the general public and especially to teachers and pupils. The core of this project was the conceptualization and realization of the online exhibition "History through the Viewfinder: Press Photography in Austria 1945-1955". The team of the  FWF project (Margarethe Szeless, Marion Krammer) was responsible for the content including writing the accompanying texts for the exhibit.


Generation Between Worlds (Part 2)

Funded by: Erste Foundation
Duration: April 2016 – March 2017
PI: Rainer Gries
Collaboration: Eva Tamara Asboth • Christina Krakovsky • Michaela Griesbeck
Status: Completed


Generation Between Worlds

Fördergeber: Erste Foundation
Duration: June 2015 – November 2015
PI: Rainer Gries
Collaboration: Eva Tamara Asboth • Christina Krakovsky
Status: Completed