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Mail: maximilian.brockhaus@univie.ac.at
Telephone: +43-1-4277-41218

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Maximilian Brockhaus, BA MA

Prae-Doc

Maximilian Brockhaus is a university assistant (prae-doc) at the Department of Contemporary History at the University of Vienna in the research area of Prof. Mag. DDr. Oliver Rathkolb (since 1 July 2021). He was a guest researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Media research | Hans-Bredow-Institut in Hamburg and from 1.9.2024-30.6.2025 as a Marietta-Blau Scholarship of the OeAD at the Center for Austrian Studies at the University of Minnesota.

In his dissertation project, he examines school radio and educational television in Austria and Europe from a media-historical perspective. These were systematic educational broadcasts designed for use in the classroom, targeting students aged 9 to 18. The history of "school broadcasting," which began with the launch of Ravag on October 1, 1924, is analyzed from institutional, programmatic, and transnational perspectives to reveal the formative possibilities and normative expectations of various actors regarding new media and their educational potential.

The project raises questions that are relevant not only to media and contemporary history but also to current discussions about new media: How did pedagogical concepts, technological innovations, and societal developments interact with one another? How did media formats influence the design of educational content, and what role did national and transnational discourses play in this process? The dissertation analyzes the historical significance of school radio and educational television as an interface between education, media, and society, ultimately highlighting their relevance for current debates on digital education and media literacy.

His research interests focus on the theoretical and practical examination of how (contemporary) history is taught, as well as a multi-perspective, interdisciplinary view of public history. A particular focus of his research and teaching concerns the field of tension between "Democracy and the Digital Revolution", whereby the historical genesis of media and digital developments, the interaction between media and society, and the classification of current developments in the fields of AI and the like for our democratic coexistence are at the forefront.

He was the project manager of the digitisation project: "Hugo Portisch – A liberal-minded Viennese from Pressburg", where the extensive written legacy of Hugo Portisch is being digitised, transcribed and prepared for further scientific use. He is also a founding member and editor of the podcast "Doctor it!" at the Doctoral School of Historical and Cultural Studies (DSHCS) and Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences (ViDSS).

Deputy representative of the non-professorial teaching staff (Mittelbau) at the Department of Contemporary History.

News

Guest Lecture at the University of Knoxville, Tennessee on "Interwar educational broadcasting in Europe and the U.S." (10. April 2025)

"Austrian Scientists in the USA describe a climate of uncertainty and fear" (Interview, Universität Wien) (1. April 2025)

"Educate, Enlighten, Entertain - Interwar educational broadcasting in Europe and the U.S." (Vortrag, University of Minnesota) (26. März 2025)

Maximilian Brockhaus, Der Schulfunker, in: Konrad Mitschka, Karin Moser, Stefan Benedik (Hg.), Radiomomente, Erinnerungen und Analysen zu 100 Jahren Radio in Österreich, 134 (1. Oktober 2024)

University of Minnesota: CAS welcomes Maximilian Brockhaus as the 2024-25 Doctoral Research Fellow from Austria (24. September 2024)

Digitale Bildung auf Universitätsniveau - MOOC "Demokratie und Digitale Revolution" im Kurier (28. Juni 2024)

Start des Onlinkurses (MOOC) "Demokratie und Digitale Revolution" (1. April 2024)

Interview mit Johanna Sebauer für den Podcast "Bredowcast" zum Schulfunk und Schulfernsehen (March 27, 2024)

Interview für ORF-Topos, "Der Bürgerkrieg kommt über den Äther" (February 12, 2024)

Interview im RISE-Magazin der Universität Wien zum Thema "Künstliche Intelligenz an der Universität (October 2023)

Podcast Beitrag für ORF-Topos: "Der 35.000 Seiten lange Nachlass von Hugo Portisch" (July 15, 2023)

Virtuelles Gedenken zum Stichwort "Zivilcourage": Beitrag für das Mauthausen Komitee Österreich (April 20, 2023)

Interview im Falter.maily zum Einsatz von ChatGPT bei Prüfungen an der Universität (February 15, 2023)

Paneldiskussion und Votrag im Rathaus der Stadt Wien zu ChatGPT, KI's und Co. im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung "Demokratie und Digitale Revolution" (January 26, 2023)

Kick-Off-Veranstaltung der Ringvorlesung "Demokratie und Digitale Revolution" im Rathaus der Stadt Wien (October 6, 2022)

Podcast: "Der Fall Franz Murer" (September 6, 2022)

Ö1 Betrifft: Geschichte | Junge Zeitgeschichte (August 29, 2022)

Tagungsbericht: "Transformations of Freedom. First RECET History and Social Sciences Festival". Zusammen mit Julia Schulte-Werning. (August 28, 2022)

Lange Nacht der Forschung: Hugo Portischs Erbe (May 20, 2022)

Maximilian Brockhaus/Nahla Hamula/Andreas Prentner, Wer wohnt im Franz-Novy-Hof, in: Jan Svenungsson/Flora Zimmeter (Hg.), Kunst am Gemeindebau, Ein Projekt für den Franz-Novy-Hof in Wien, Wien/Basel 2022, 34-35. (March 16, 2022)

Maximilian Brockhaus, Das Schulfernsehen als Instrument nationaler und europäischer Geschichts- und Erinnerungspolitik, in: Rundfunk und Geschichte 48 (2022) 1-2, 104-107. (January 2022)