The Department for Arts and Cultural Studies is dedicated to researching the arts and culture, with a particular focus on the influence of digitalization on preserving tangible and intangible cultural heritage, memory studies, and the use of new technologies in museums and collections. It also investigates the visualization and management of cultural data and opportunities for democratizing cultural constructions of meaning through participatory processes. Within the realm of Digital Humanities, the documentation and archiving of tangible and intangible cultural heritage for research and teaching pose a significant challenge. The department integrates theory and practice by working with the Lower Austrian State Collections and its own music, literature, architecture, and film collections, seeking to bridge the gap between research and application.
Projects
ruth weiss: Complete Published Works Critical Hybrid Edition
Duration: 01/06/2025–31/05/2029
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Thomas Antonic
Funding: FWF
reCLAYm – Re-connecting citizen scientists with material culture research in archaeology
Duration: 01/04/2026–31/03/2029
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Jakob Maurer
Funding: Bundesländer (inkl. deren Stiftungen und Einrichtungen)
Duration: 01/03/2026–28/02/2029
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Natalie Denk
Funding: Bundesländer (inkl. deren Stiftungen und Einrichtungen)
Visualizing Aging Processes of Oil Paintings on Canvas: An Interactive VR Approach
Duration: 01/01/2026–31/12/2028
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Hanna Brinkmann
Funding: Bundesländer (inkl. deren Stiftungen und Einrichtungen)
Duration: 01/11/2025–30/10/2028
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Anja Grebe
Funding: EU
Enhancing Lower Austria’s Rural Industrial Heritage – New Approaches Through Citizen Science
Duration: 01/09/2025–30/08/2028
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Anja Grebe
Funding: Bundesländer (inkl. deren Stiftungen und Einrichtungen)
Duration: 01/08/2025–31/07/2028
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Edith Blaschitz
Funding: Bundesländer (inkl. deren Stiftungen und Einrichtungen)
Roman Trails - On the Trail of the Romans in the Weinviertel Region and in South Moravia
Duration: 01/05/2024–30/04/2028
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Raffaela Woller
Funding: EU
Duration: 01/04/2025–31/03/2028
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Raffaela Woller
Funding: EU
Composing Change. Orchestral Impact in European Societies
Duration: 01/03/2025–29/02/2028
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Olga Kolokytha
Funding: Bundesländer (inkl. deren Stiftungen und Einrichtungen)
Publications
Brinkmann, Hanna; Brunn, Katja; Grebe, Anja; Lopin, Melanie; Pacher, Otto (2026). Industriekultur im Dialog - Partizipative Forschung zur Sammlung Lehrwerkstätte der Alten Werft Korneuburg. University of Krems Press, Krems
Grebe, Anja; Brinkmann, Hanna; Brunn, Katja; Lopin, Melanie; Pacher, Otto (2026). Industriekultur im Dialog - Partizipative Forschung zur Sammlung Lehrwerkstätte der Alten Werft Korneuburg. University of Krems Press, Krems
Hechenblaihner, N.; Brait, A. (2026). Freedom and Security. The CSCE and the End of the Cold War (1986–1989). https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004736979, BRILL, Leiden; Boston
Brait, A. (2026). Negotiations on Cultural Cooperation at the Vienna Follow-up Meeting. In: Hechenblainer, N.; Brait, A., Freedom and Security. The CSCE and the End of the Cold War (1986–1989): 70–83, BRILL, Leiden; Boston
Brait, A. (2026). „Antisemitismus“ im österreichischen Geschichtsunterricht der Sekundarstufe II. Einblicke über Geschichtshefte bzw. -mappen. In: Nitsche, M.; Thyroff, J.; Waldis, M., Geschichtslernen in Zeiten der Krise: 233–254, hep, Bern
Brait, A; Krösche, H. (2026). Quellenarbeit revisited? Entwicklung und Erprobung von Erklärvideos 2.0 für historische Lernprozesse. In: Heuer, C.; Marschnig, G.; Breser, B., KunstGeschichte(n). Über die ästhetische Dimension der Geschichtskultur: 239–256, Wochenschau, Frankfurt am Main
Brinkmann, Hanna (2026). Industriekultur gemeinsam erinnern. Zeitzeug:innen-Interviews und das partizipative Potenzial musealisierter Objekte aus der Lehrwerkstätte Korneuburg. In: Brinkmann, Hanna; Brunn, Katja; Grebe, Anja; Lopin, Melanie; Pacher, Otto, Industriekultur im Dialog Partizipative Forschung zur Sammlung Lehrwerkstätte der Alten Werft Korneuburg: 106-139, University of Krems Press, Krems
Grebe, Anja; Brinkmann, Hanna (2026). Partizipative Grundlagenforschung. GenerationenübergreifendeWissensproduktion und digitale Ko-Kuration im Projekt „Industriekultur im Dialog". In: Brinkmann, Hanna; Brunn, Katja; Grebe, Anja; Lopin, Melanie; Pacher, Otto, Industriekultur im Dialog Partizipative Forschung zur Sammlung Lehrwerkstätte der Alten Werft Korneuburg: 10-29, University of Krems Press, Krems
Hechenblaikner, N.; Brait, A. (2026). The Vienna Follow-up Meeting (1986–1989). Introduction. In: Hechenblaikner, N.; Brait, A., Freedom and Security. The CSCE and the End of the Cold War (1986–1989): 1–18, BRILL, Leiden; Boston
Blanke, L.; Brait, A. (2026). Wolf im Schafspelz. Die Doppelstrategie der NSDAP im politischen Kampf. Praxis Geschichte, 39. Jg., Heft 1: 32–37, Westermann
