Andreas Maislinger

Date of Birth: 02.26.1955
Nationality: Austria
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Andreas Maislinger is a prominent historian and the founder of the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service (Gedenkdienst).

EDUCATION

Law and political science in Salzburg
Political science and eastern-European history in Vienna

1980

Awarded a doctorate for his dissertation on the problems of Austrian defence policies at the University of Salzburg

1982

Co-founded the working group of independent peace-initiatives of Austria

1986

Member of the founding committee of the Austrian-Israeli society in Tyrol

1992

Co-founded the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service (AHMS) with Andreas Hörtnagl Lobbied the Austrian Parliament for Gedenkdienst service to be recognized as an altenative to conscripition

1992-1996

Published columns in the "Jüdische Rundschau" (Jewish Review)

1992-present

Served as the scientific director of the annual Braunau Contemporary History Days in Braunau am Inn

1998

Founded the Austrian Association for Service Abroad, expanding the alternatives to military service from Holocaust memorial to social and peace initiatives Participates in projects supporting high-achievers

2003-present

Director of the Georg Rendl Symposion which studies the life and works of the painter and author Georg Rendl.

2005

Received the Silver Medal of Honour for services to the Republic of Austria from Federal President Heinz Fischer

EMPLOYMENT

University and the Institute for Political Science of Innsbruck
University of New Orleans, visiting assistant professor
Humboldt University of Berlin, researcher
Hebrew University of Jerusalem

PUBLICATIONS

Friedensbewegung in einem neutralen Land. Zur neuen Friedensbewegung in Österreich. (Peace movement in a neutral country. Related to the new peace movement in Austria.) In: Medienmacht im Nord-Süd-Konflikt. (The Power of Media in the North-South Conflict.) Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1984 ISBN 3-518-11166-3

"Neue" Österreichische Friedensbewegung. ("New" Austrian Peace Movement.) In: Österreichisches Jahrbuch für Politik 1983. (Austrian Annual for Politics 1983.) Vienna, 1984

Das katholisch-konservative Lager. (The Catholic-conservative side.) In: Widerstand und Verfolgung in Tirol 1934-1945, Band 2. ÖBV, (Resistance and Persecution in Tirol 1934-1945, Band 2. Austrian book publisher), Vienna 1984 ISBN 3-215-05368-3

"Den Nationalsozialisten in die Hände getrieben". Zur Geschichtspolitik der SPÖ von 1970 bis 2000. ("Drifted into the National Socialists Hands". Related to the history politics of the Socialists in Austria from 1970 to 2000.) In: Europäische Rundschau, (European review), number 3/2001

Costa Rica. Politik, Gesellschaft und Kultur eines Staates mit ständiger aktiver und unbewaffneter Neutralität. Costa Rica, Politics, Society and Culture of a State with Continuous Active and Unarmed Neutrality.) Inn-Verlag, Innsbruck 1986 ISBN 3-85123-091-4

Der Putsch von Lamprechtshausen. Zeugen des Juli 1934 berichten. (The Putsch of Lamprechtshausen. Report of Witness to July, 1934), Self - published, Innsbruck 1992 ISBN 3-901201-00-9