Beiträge zur Rechtsgeschichte Österreichs 11. Jahrgang Heft 1/2021, pp. 100-118, 2021/05/12
The article deals primarily with anti‐Semitism at the University of Vienna in the 19th and 20th centuries, especiallyat the Faculty of Law and State. It also gives an overview on the different methods that were used to exclude specificgroups of persons from university studies or academic employment. Although Jews were admitted to the Universityof Vienna in the late 18th century, they faced many difficulties – legal as well as factual ones – if they wanted topursue an academic career. Although the legal obstacles were abolished at the end of the 19th century, Jewish scholars’chances to obtain a professorship were small due to the rising anti‐Semitism at the University of Vienna. Theconsequences of the anti‐Semitic atmosphere and schemes are exemplified by the cases of Hans Kelsen and StephanBrassloff, among others.
Keywords: Anti‐Semitism – history of universities – Jewish legal scholars – Viennese Faculty of Law and State
