Office | Institute of East European History (IOG), Spitalgasse 2, Hof 3 |
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matthias.kaltenbrunner(at)univie.ac.at | |
Telephone | +43-1-4277-41102 |
Go to website | http://iog.univie.ac.at/mkaltenbrunner |
Research interests:
Current research project:
"Cars for the East: The Informal Car Market in Poland, 1980-1990s".
In my project, I examine the transnational history of Poland in the context of the transformation period before and after the political caesura of 1989. As a case study, I investigate the informal car market, which was closely interwoven with Germany and Austria as well as the post-Soviet space. I speak of "informal" because legal, illegal and semi-legal practices are equally considered. I use criminal court records as my main source, a source that has hardly been used for this period to date.
Publications:
"Das global vernetzte Dorf. Eine Migrationsgeschichte" (Frankfurt am Main: Campus 2017)