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Reinhard Müller (* 16). June 1954 in Burgau) is an Austrian sociologist.

Live life
Both of Reinhard Müller’s parents were primary school directors. After primary school in Burgau he attended the Bundesrealgymnasium in Fürstenfeld, where he graduated in 1972. He completed his presence service as a one-year volunteer and was subsequently deployed as a blue helmet soldier at UNFICYP in Cyprus and UNEF in Egypt from 1973 to 1974.

From 1974, Müller studied sociology and philosophy at the University of Graz, where he also worked as a study assistant from 1978 to 1979. From 1984 to 1986 he was a member of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Historical Social Science in Salzburg. From 1987 he worked at the Archive for the History of Sociology in Austria of the Institute of Sociology at the University of Graz, interrupted by a study visit to Mainz in 1989-1990. From 2006 he was managing director of the archive. On July 1, 2019, he retired. As part of his work, Müller was editor and co-editor of the archive newsletter. In addition, he designed numerous exhibitions and Internet appearances. For example, he was curator of the Museum Marienthal in Gramatneusiedl and was scientific consultant for the documentary The Unemployed of Marienthal by Günter Kaindlstorfer.

In 2011, Müller received the professional title Professor.

Private
Reinhard Müller has been married to the Germanist Beatrix Müller-Kampel since 1987.

Publications (selection)
Marienthal. The Village – The Unemployed – The study. StudienVerlag, Innsbruck/Vienna/Bozen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7065-4347-7.
As they say, “Laughter is death.” Austrian whispers in the Third Reich. StudienVerlag, Innsbruck/Vienna/Bozen 2009, ISBN 978-3-7065-4719-2.
Editor: Myth Marienthal. Look at the factory, the working-class culture and the unemployed. StudienVerlag, Innsbruck/Vienna/Bozen 2010, ISBN 978-3-7065-4850-2.
“He who looks pessimistically into the future reveals his weak will.” Anarchist struggle during Austrofascism. Graz 1937. Edition Grundrisse, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-9501925-6-8.

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Sociologist (20th century)
Sociologist (21st century)
Exhibition curator
Professional title Professor (Austria)
Person (University of Graz)
Austrians
Born in 1954
Man