Hannelore Eva Kreisky (née Zgraja; 8 September 1944 – 14 August 2024) was an Austrian political scientist and jurist.

Biography

Born on 8 September 1944, Kreisky earned a doctorate in law at the

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in 1971, and studied political science at the

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in Vienna, where she worked from 1972. She became head of department for the Department of Political Science in 1979, and earned her

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in 1986–87. From 1989 to 1993, she was Professor of political science, in particular

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, at the

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. She was Visiting Professor of Gender Studies at the University of Vienna from 1993, and became Professor there in 1995. She became a member of the council of the

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in 2007. Kreisky is known for her research on state theory, theory of bureaucracy, feminism, political theory, and the

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. Eva Kreisky was married to the late political scientist

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, and the daughter-in-law of Chancellor

Bruno Kreisky Bruno Kreisky (; 22 January 1911 – 29 July 1990) was an Austrian social democratic politician who served as foreign minister from 1959 to 1966 and as chancellor from 1970 to 1983. Aged 72, he was the oldest chancellor after World War II. Kr ...

. She died on 14 August 2024, at the age of 79.In memoriam emer. o. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hannelore Eva Kreisky

Awards

* 1999 Gabriele Possanner State Prize

Publications

* ''Feministische Standpunkte in der Politikwissenschaft : eine Einführung'', 1995 * ''Vom patriarchalen Staatssozialismus zur patriarchalen Demokratie'', 1996 * ''Das geheime Glossar der Politikwissenschaft : geschlechtskritische Inspektion der Kategorien einer Disziplin'', 1997 * ''Geschlechterverhältnisse im Kontext politischer Transformation'', 1998 * ''Geschlecht und Eigensinn : feministische Recherchen in der Politikwissenschaft'', 1998 * ''Arena der Männlichkeit : über das Verhältnis von Fussball und Geschlecht'', 2006 * ''Theoriearbeit in der Politikwissenschaft'', 2011 * ''Dauerkämpfe Feministische Zeitdiagnosen und Strategien'', 2017 * ''Jüdische Identitäten und antisemitische Politiken im österreichischen Parlament 1861-1933'', 2017

References

External links

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