Hermann Mückler#
| Membership Number: | 7385 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2026 |
| Main Country of Residence: | AUSTRIA |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.hermann-mueckler.com |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-0700-3365 |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/people/Hermann-Mueckler/100063767186807/ |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/hermann-mückler-595a67156/ |
| Publication Link: | https://www.hermann-mueckler.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/HM-Gesamtbibliographie-14-Dez-2025-1.pdf |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2016 - present President, Umbrella Organization of all Austrian-foreign bilateral societies
- 2012 - present President, Anthropological Society Vienna
- 2001 - present Professor, Institute of Ethnology (nowadays: Department for Cultural and Social Anthropology), University of Vienna
- 2009 - present President of the Austrian-Fijian Society
- 2004 - 2008 Vice Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences
- 1996 - 2010 President of the Austrian South Pacific Society
- 1999 - 2002 President of the European Society for Oceanists (ESfO)
Fields of Scholarship
- Migration
- Historical popular culture research
- History of the Pacific region (Pacific Islands, Oceania, Australia, Pacific-Rim)
- Travel writing
- History, ethnohistory, ethnology/anthropology of Melanesia, Polynesia and Micronesia
- Global history
- Colonialism
- Scientific exploration
- Visual culture
Honours and Awards
- 2025 Austrian Honorary Cross for the Arts and Sciences (Österreichisches Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst)
- 2025 Golden Medal of Honor for Services to the Province of Vienna (Goldenes Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um das Land Wien)
- 2022 Certificate of Honor from the Austrian-Danish Society
- 2019 Grand Gold Medal of Honor of the Province of Burgenland (Großes Goldenes Ehrenzeichen des Landes Burgenland)
- 2014 Uni-Teaching Award (University of Vienna)
- 2010 PaN Medal of Honor for services to international understanding
