Personal Information
| Name: | Wilhelm Wolfgang Hemecker |
| Address: | Research Network History and Theory of Biography, University of Vienna Porzellangasse 4 / 2 / 3.20 1090 Vienna Austria |
| Phone: | +43 1 4277 43092 or: +43 664 243 34 71 |
| E-Mail: | wilhelm.hemecker [at] gtb.lbg.ac.at |
| Degrees: | Dr. phil.; Mag. phil. |
Personal Career
| Since 2019 | Coordinator, University of Vienna / Research Network History and Theory of Biography. |
| 2012 - 2017 | University Professor for the History and Theory of Biography, University of Vienna, Department of European and Comparative Literature and Language Studies |
| 2005 - 2019 | Director, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for the History and Theory of Biography, Vienna |
| 1997–2004 | Austrian National Library: Researcher, Literary Archives of the Austrian National Library |
| 1994 - 1996 | University of Vienna: Lecturer in the German Department |
| 1990 - 1993 | German Literature Archive/Schiller National Museum, Marbach: Researcher in the Department of Manuscripts |
| 1990 | German Historical Institute, London: Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Fellowship of the Volkswagen Foundation, Germany) |
| 1988 - 1989 | University of Graz: Researcher at the Research and Documentation Centre for Austrian Philosophy |
Visiting appointments and fellowships
| 2015 | Harvard University/Houghton Library: Research Fellow (Sept./Oct.) |
| 2009 | University of California, Los Angeles: Visiting Professor (Spring Quarter) |
| 2008 | Rockefeller Study Center in Bellagio, Italy: Resident Fellow (Spring) |
| 2007 | Casa do Artista in Machico, Madeira: Writer-in-Residence (August/Sept.) |
| 2007 | University of Cambridge (UK), Churchill College: By-Fellow (Lent term) |
| 1999/2000 | St. Petersburg State University, Russia; German Department: Visiting Lecturer (Autumn) |
| 1990 | German Historical Institute, London: Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Fellowship of the Volkswagen Foundation, Germany) |
| 1985 - 1987 | Doctoral Fellowship of the Pro Scientia Foundation, Austria |
Research Interests
| Literature of the late 18th –21st Centuries | |
| Viennese Modernism (interdisciplinary) | |
| Theory of Biography | |
| History of Modern Biography | |
| History of Psychoanalysis | |
| Interrelationships between Literature and Philosophy | |
| Memorial Culture, Palaeography and Archives |
Research Projects
| 2021 - 2022 | Rainer Maria Rilke – Richard / Marianne Weininger. Scholarly Edition of Correspondence (City of Vienna MA 7) |
| 2020 | Christian von Ehrenfels – Sigmund Freud. Scholarly Edition of Correspondence (Future Fund of the Republic of Austria) |
| Since 2020 | Richard Beer-Hofmann – A scholarly biography (FWF Austrian Science Fund) |
| 2013 - 2017 | Oskar Pastior – `The distinctive is good´. Components of a Biography (Austrian Science Fund) |
| 2012 - 2014 | Mira Lobe: Doyenne of Austrian Children’s and Young People’s Literature (Austrian Science Fund) |
| 2005 | Foundation of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for the History and Theory of Biography |
| 2003 | Manès Sperber: The Analysis of Tyranny (Manès Sperber Society/ Austrian National Library) |
| 1999 | Josef Paneth: Between Physiology, Psychology, and Philosophy (Austrian Science Fund) |
| 1997 | Heinz Politzer: Sigmund Freud and Tragedy (Jubilee Fund of the City of Vienna) |
| 1993 - 1994 | Christian von Ehrenfels: Correspondence (Austrian Science Fund) |
Literary Exhibitions
| 1998 | Rainer Maria Rilke (Austrian State Archives) |
| 1993 | Mechtilde Lichnowsky (German Literature Archive, Marbach) |
| 1990 - 1992 | Foyer exhibitions on Werner Bergengruen, Paul Celan, Arthur Schnitzler, Stefan Zweig (German Literature Archive, Marbach) |
Committee Activities
| Since 2015 | Morphomata International Center for Advanced Studies: Member of the Academic Advisory Board |
| Since 2009 | International Auto/Biography Association (IABA) Europe: Founding Member and Member of the Executive Board |
| 2003 - 2009 | Manès Sperber Society, Vice President |
| 2000 - 2016 | International Rilke Society, Member of the Executive Board |
| Since1998 | International Rilke Society, Member of the Academic Advisory Board |
| Since 1994 | Christine Lavant Society: Founding Member and Member of the Executive Board |
Further Activities
| 2002 | Juror, Manès Sperber-Prize |
| 1997 - 2001 | University representative on the interministerial selection committee for Austrian lectors at international universities |
| 1997 - 2001 | Consultant to the Foreign Ministry for Austrian holdings at university libraries in Eastern and Central Europe |
| 1996 | Juror, Austrian State Prize for Science and Research Journalism |
| 1994 - 1997 | Palaeographic expert for the Dorotheum auction house |
| 1990 - 1993 | Member of the working committee for critical editions in philosophy, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie (German Philosophical Society) |
| 1988 - 1994 | Honorary expert for the Austrian Science Fund, Vienna |
Further Interests: Pianoforte
| 1999 - 2004 | Private studies with Joo Ann Koh (University of Music and Dramatic Arts, Vienna) |
| 2000 – 2004 | Masterclasses with Anatol Ugorsky (Detmold), Yves Henry (Paris),Yoheved Kaplinsky (New York), Tamás Ungár (Fort Worth) and |
| 2013 | John Bloomfield (New York) |
