Dr. Josef Hlade, MA BA BA
Ethics, Collections and History of Medicine
Position: Research Associate (Postdoc)
Keywords
History of Medicine
Research interests
I am a historian of medicine specialising in the 19th and 20th centuries. My most important current project examines the scientific and political context relating to Heinrich Gross within the framework of the Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft.
Selected publications
- Hlade, J. (2026). “My Position Is Not an Enviable One”: Max Neuburger (1868–1955) and the History of Medicine in Vienna during the Interwar Period. European Journal for the History of Medicine and Health (published online ahead of print 2026).
- Hlade, J. (2021) ‘Theodor Meynert (1833–1892): Famous brain-anatomist and poet’, Journal of Medical Biography, 30(3), pp. 185–193. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/0967772020978581.
- Hlade, J. The life and work of Isidor Fischer (1868–1943)—A pioneer of the social history of medicine. Wien Klin Wochenschr (2025).
- Hlade J, Volc-Platzer B, Zeitlhofer H, Lang T, Czech H. The College of Physicians in Vienna and its Jewish members after Austria's annexation (Anschluss) to Nazi Germany in 1938. Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2026 Mar 10.
- Hlade J. (2021) Reconsidering “Brain mythology”. Med Histor. 5(1):e2021005.