Andrej Rahten, PhD
- research counsellor and professor
- corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
- chairman of the Coordination board for the research of diplomatic history
- member of the scientific advisory board of the Musemum of Military History
- member of the board of directors of the Centre for European perspective
- editor of Studia diplomatica Slovenica series
- member of the Časopis za suvremenu povijest [Review of contemporary history] editorial board
- member of the Časopis Pilar [Pilar review] editorial board
- member of the Zbirka za mednarodno pravo [International law series] editorial board
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Research interests
Areas of research
history of the Habsburg monarchy and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, politicians' biographies, internatioanl history of the 19th 20th century, history of the European idea
Collaboration in research projects
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Slovenians and the formation of modern European boundaries
Educational activity
- Slovene History of the 19th Century. Lectures for the 2nd year of first stage of the "History" programme, Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor.
- History of the Balkans of the 19th Century. Lectures for the 2nd year of the first stage of the "History" programme, Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor.
- Cultural History of the 19th Century. Lectures for the 2nd year of first stage of the "History" programme, Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor.
- Political History of the 19th Century – Selected Chapters. Lectures for the first stage of the "History" programme, Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor.
- Non-European History 1776-1914. Lectures for the 1st year of the second stage of the "History" programme, Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor.
- Slovene and World History. Lectures at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia.
- Disintegration of the Habsburg Monarchy and the Adriatic Question in the Versailles-System. Lectures at the postgraduate doctoral programme "Adriatic – a Link between Continents", University of Zadar.
Recognitions and awards
2002 - ZRC Golden emblem
2017 - Goldener Rathausmann of the City of Vienna
2020 - Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash for services to the Republic of Austria
2022 - Klio award granted by the Historical Association of Slovenia for the years 2020 and 2021 for the monograph »Po razpadu skupne države : slovensko-avstrijska razhajanja od mariborskega prevrata do koroškega plebiscita. Celje : Celjska Mohorjeva družba : Društvo Mohorjeva družba ; Celovec : Mohorjeva družba ; Gorica : Goriška Mohorjeva družba, 2020.
Selected publications
- Ivan Šusteršič : der ungekrönte Herzog von Krain : die slowenische katolische Bewegung zwischen trialistischem Reformkonzept und jugoslawischer Staatsidee, Andrej Rahten. 2012. Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Prestolonaslednikova smrt. Po sledeh slovenskih interpretacij sarajevskega atentata, 2014. Ljubljana: Cankarjeva založba.
- Od Majniške deklaracije do habsburške detronizacije. Slovenska politika v času zadnjega habsburškega vladarja Karla, 2016. Celje: Celjska Mohorjeva družba.
- Med Kakanijo in Wilsonio. Poklicne in politične preizkušnje Hansa Schwegla alias Ivan Švegla, 2018. Celovec: Mohorjeva družba.
- Po razpadu skupne države. Slovensko-avstrijska razhajanja od mariborskega prevrata do koroškega plebiscita, 2020. Celje – Celovec – Gorica: Mohorjeve družbe.
Selected projects
Slovenians and the formation of modern European boundaries
(target research project • 01. october 2010 - 31. october 2011)
Research areas
Sodobna zgodovina (približno od leta 1800 do leta 1914) H240
Sodobna zgodovina (od leta 1914) H250
Keywords
diplomatic history