Gregory Weeks
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Dr. Gregory Weeks is Head of the International Relations Department at Webster University
in Vienna
, Austria
. He teaches and researches civil-military relations, genocide
prevention, and twentieth century Austrian and German diplomatic and military history.
from the Karl-Franzens-Universität in Graz
, Austria, and earned his M.A. in European History from Purdue University
. As a Charles H. Revson Foundation Fellow at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
in 2004–2005, he conducted research on “The Role of the Vienna Municipal Police in the Forced Emigration and Murder of Jews
, 1938–1944. In 2006, he was the Baron Friedrich Carl von Oppenheim Chair for the Study of Racism
, Antisemitism, and the Holocaust at the Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority, Yad Vashem
, in Jerusalem, where he researched anti-Semitic and racist attitudes within the police force in Vienna from 1918 to 1945. Most recently in the Fall of 2008, he was a Corrie ten Boom
Fellow at the USC Shoah Foundation’s
Visual History Archive in Los Angeles
.
by Germany in 1938 and Austrian efforts to confront the country’s World War II
past. In addition, he has authored over two dozen scholarly articles, among others on the German colonial wars, Leni Riefenstahl
, and the Weimar Republic
. Together with the War Crimes Section of the Canadian Department of Justice
, he conducted archival research to aid in the post-war trials of Austrian National Socialists. Dr. Weeks has received distinguished fellowships and awards from several institutions and foundations including the United States Military Academy
, the Leucorea Foundation, and the Stuttgart
Seminar in Cultural Studies. With a Holocaust Educational Foundation Fellowship, Professor Weeks spent a summer studying the Holocaust and Jewish Civilization with prominent scholars from across the globe in 1998.
Webster University Vienna
Webster University Vienna is the Austrian branch of Webster University, and Webster's biggest campus outside the US. It was founded in 1981, since 9 January 2001 it is accredited as Austria's third private university...
in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
. He teaches and researches civil-military relations, genocide
Genocide
Genocide is defined as "the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group", though what constitutes enough of a "part" to qualify as genocide has been subject to much debate by legal scholars...
prevention, and twentieth century Austrian and German diplomatic and military history.
Education and research
He received his doctorate in Contemporary HistoryContemporary history
Contemporary history describes the period timeframe that is without any intervening time closely connected to the present and is a certain perspective of modern history. The term "contemporary history" has been in use at least by the early 19th century. In the widest context of this use,...
from the Karl-Franzens-Universität in Graz
Graz
The more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students...
, Austria, and earned his M.A. in European History from Purdue University
Purdue University
Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...
. As a Charles H. Revson Foundation Fellow at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is the United States' official memorial to the Holocaust. Adjacent to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the USHMM provides for the documentation, study, and interpretation of Holocaust history...
in 2004–2005, he conducted research on “The Role of the Vienna Municipal Police in the Forced Emigration and Murder of Jews
Jews
The Jews , also known as the Jewish people, are a nation and ethnoreligious group originating in the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East. The Jewish ethnicity, nationality, and religion are strongly interrelated, as Judaism is the traditional faith of the Jewish nation...
, 1938–1944. In 2006, he was the Baron Friedrich Carl von Oppenheim Chair for the Study of Racism
Racism
Racism is the belief that inherent different traits in human racial groups justify discrimination. In the modern English language, the term "racism" is used predominantly as a pejorative epithet. It is applied especially to the practice or advocacy of racial discrimination of a pernicious nature...
, Antisemitism, and the Holocaust at the Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority, Yad Vashem
Yad Vashem
Yad Vashem is Israel's official memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, established in 1953 through the Yad Vashem Law passed by the Knesset, Israel's parliament....
, in Jerusalem, where he researched anti-Semitic and racist attitudes within the police force in Vienna from 1918 to 1945. Most recently in the Fall of 2008, he was a Corrie ten Boom
Corrie ten Boom
Cornelia "Corrie" ten Boom was a Dutch Christian, who with her father and other family members helped many Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust during World War II. Her family was arrested due to an informant in 1944, and her father died 10 days later at Scheveningen prison where they were first held...
Fellow at the USC Shoah Foundation’s
USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education
The USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education, formerly Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, is a nonprofit organization established by Steven Spielberg in 1994, one year after completing the Academy Award-winning film Schindler's List...
Visual History Archive in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
.
Publications and literature
Dr. Weeks has co-authored Vienna’s Conscience: Close-Ups and Conversations after Hitler (2007), which focuses on the fiftieth anniversary of the annexation of AustriaAnschluss
The Anschluss , also known as the ', was the occupation and annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany in 1938....
by Germany in 1938 and Austrian efforts to confront the country’s World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
past. In addition, he has authored over two dozen scholarly articles, among others on the German colonial wars, Leni Riefenstahl
Leni Riefenstahl
Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl was a German film director, actress and dancer widely noted for her aesthetics and innovations as a filmmaker. Her most famous film was Triumph des Willens , a propaganda film made at the 1934 Nuremberg congress of the Nazi Party...
, and the Weimar Republic
Weimar Republic
The Weimar Republic is the name given by historians to the parliamentary republic established in 1919 in Germany to replace the imperial form of government...
. Together with the War Crimes Section of the Canadian Department of Justice
Department of Justice (Canada)
The purpose of the Department of Justice is to ensure that the Canadian justice system is fair, accessible and efficient. The Department also represents the Canadian government in legal matters...
, he conducted archival research to aid in the post-war trials of Austrian National Socialists. Dr. Weeks has received distinguished fellowships and awards from several institutions and foundations including the United States Military Academy
United States Military Academy
The United States Military Academy at West Point is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located at West Point, New York. The academy sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River, north of New York City...
, the Leucorea Foundation, and the Stuttgart
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
Seminar in Cultural Studies. With a Holocaust Educational Foundation Fellowship, Professor Weeks spent a summer studying the Holocaust and Jewish Civilization with prominent scholars from across the globe in 1998.
Books and book chapters
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- Consultant and Organizing Committee Member for the “The New Austria” Exhibit commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Austrian State TreatyAustrian State TreatyThe Austrian State Treaty or Austrian Independence Treaty re-established Austria as a sovereign state. It was signed on May 15, 1955, in Vienna at the Schloss Belvedere among the Allied occupying powers and the Austrian government...
, Belvedere Museum, Vienna, Austria, 2005 - Consultant to “Austria is Free” Exhibit in the Schallaburg, Lower AustriaLower AustriaLower Austria is the northeasternmost state of the nine states in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria since 1986 is Sankt Pölten, the most recently designated capital town in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria had formerly been Vienna, even though Vienna is not officially part of Lower Austria...
, 2005 - Consultant to “Austria: 90 Years of the Republic,” 2008-2009 in the Austrian Parliament