CAS welcomes Maximilian Brockhaus as the 2024-25 Doctoral Research Fellow from Austria

We welcome Maximilian Brockhaus, who, with the Marietta Blau-Stipendium, joins the Center for Austrian Studies as this 2024-25 Doctoral Research fellow.  He will continue his research on school radio and television in Austria and Europe between 1924-1993. 

Brockhaus has been a university assistant (pre-doc) at the Institute of Contemporary History at the University of Vienna since July 2021. Building on his bachelor's degree in Journalism and Communication Sciences and a master's degree in the interdisciplinary program "Contemporary History and Media" (both at the University of Vienna), his research interests focus on the theoretical and practical examination of the communication of (contemporary) history as well as a multi-perspective, interdisciplinary view of history in the public sphere.

His dissertation project is dedicated to school radio and school television in Austria and Europe between 1924 and 1993 from a media-historical perspective, using institutional, programmatic and transnational considerations to illustrate the expectations of and developments in educational programs for children and young people, using the example of Austrian school radio (1932-1984) and school television (1959-1993) on a national and European level.

A special focus of his research and teaching activities concerns the area of democracy and the digital revolution, whereby the historical genesis of media and digital developments, the interaction between media education and society, and the classification of current developments from the fields of AI on our democratic coexistence are in the foreground.

Last but not least: He is a big sports fans and enjoys watching everything from the Lynx to the Vikings, and is super excited to explore the Land of the 10.000 Lakes!

Welcom, Max, to the Center and to the University of Minnesota!