Markus Stumpf

Academic librarian, historian and Nazi provenance researcher; head of the contemporary history library and Nazi provenance research at the University of Vienna; co-editor of both open access and peer-reviewed series Bibliothek im Kontext series (Vienna University Press/V&R unipress) and Schriften der Vereinigung Österreichischer Bibliothekarinnen und Bibliothekare (Grazer Universitätsverlag); numerous publications, most recently co‑editor of the conference proceedings Treuhänderische Übernahme und Verwahrung: International und interdisziplinär betrachtet, Göttingen 2018; further information: zeitgeschichte.univie.ac.at/ueber-uns/gastforscherinnen-und-fellows/markus-stumpf.

In 1922 Viktor Christian obtained his habilitation in the Philosophy Faculty of the University of Vienna with a thesis "Semitic with special account of cuneifor

In 1365, Duke Rudolf IV already mentioned a library as publica libraria or gemaine půichkamer oder libreye in the founding document of the University of Vienna.