Welcome to HABSBURG, a member of the H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences Online family of networks sponsored by the Michigan State University. HABSBURG is a daily Internet discussion forum dedicated to the history and culture of the Habsburg Monarchy, its successor states, and their peoples from 1500 to the present. The primary purpose for HABSBURG is to enable scholars in history and related disciplines to communicate current research and research interests, stimulate discussion of approaches, methods and tools of analysis and circulate information on new articles, books, jobs/grants and resources. All languages are welcome.
Founded in October 1991, HABSBURG was the first Internet discussion group dedicated to an historical theme. We are affiliated with the Center for Austrian Studies, the Society for Austrian and Habsburg History, the Czechoslovak Studies Association, and the Hungarian Studies Association. We welcome any new members and encourage participation in HABSBURG activities. If you have any question or wish to become more involved, please get in touch with the editorial team.
Recent Discussions
Virtual Book Talk: Borders on the Move: Territorial Change and Ethnic Cleansing in the Hungarian-Slovak Borderlands, 1938–1948
The Hungarian Studies Association's (HSA) third virtual book talk will be held on 16 June, 2021 at 12:00EST/18:00CEST on Zoom.
Programm
Prof. Leslie Waters (University of Texas at El Paso) will discuss her recent book, BORDERS ON THE MOVE: Territorial Change and Ethnic Cleansing in the Hungarian-Slovak Borderlands, 1938–1948.
Prof. Rebekah Klein-Pejšová (Purdue University) will be the discussant.
CfA: MILITARY MEDICINE AND THE STATE (1660–1830)
MILITARY MEDICINE AND THE STATE (1660–1830)
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hps.cesee global BOOK TALK: Natalia Aleksiun, Naomi Seidman, Marcin Wodziński: Polish Jewish Historians before the Holocaust. Friday, June 18, 18:00-19:30 Vienna / 19:00-20:30 Moscow / 12:00-13:30 New York.
The virtual platform HPS.CESEE (History of Science in Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe) is proud to present its forthcoming book talk. Naomi Seidman (University of Toronto) and Marcin Wodziński (University of Wrocław) will join Natalia Aleksiun (Touro College, New York) to discuss her recent book, Conscious History: Polish Jewish Historians before the Holocaust (Liverpool University Press 2021), in a discussion moderated by Jan Surman.
Roundtable: Ferenc Andai’s In the Hour of Fate and Danger
The Hungarian Studies Association of Canada is very pleased to invite you to a rountable discussion on Ferenc Andai’s memoir In the Hour of Fate and Danger. This is event is being held in conjuction with the upcoming HSAC annual conference, May 29-31, 2021.
Time: Monday, May 31, 2021 (4:00-5:30pm EST/10:00pm-11:30am CET)
Discussants: Judith Szapor, Agatha Schwartz, Matt Carrington, Lynda Muir, and Marietta Morry
ZOOM link: https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/j/93894481092
Book Launch: Georg Michels' The Habsburg Empire Under Siege
The Hungarian Studies Association of Canada is very pleased to invite you to the book launch of Georg Michels’ The Habsburg Empire under Siege: Ottoman Expansion and Hungarian Revolt in the Age of Grand Vizier Ahmed Köprülü (1661–76) (McGill Queen's University Press, 2021). This is event is being held in conjuction with the upcoming HSAC annual conference, May 29-31, 2021.
Time: Saturday, May 29, 2021 (4:30-6:00pm EST/10:30pm-12:00am CET)
Czechoslovak Studies Association: Emerging Scholars Essay Prize
The Czechoslovak Studies Association is pleased to announce the Emerging Scholars Essay Prize. This prize will be awarded to the author of a distinguished article, essay, or chapter on a topic related to the history and culture of Czechoslovakia, its predecessor and successor states, and its peoples. Papers that place these topics in a comparative or transnational context are welcome. |
Call for Papers: Rethinking the Avant-Garde: Radical Politics and Culture in Europe and the World
The interwar avant-garde transformed the modern understanding of painting, sculpture, architecture, music, and literature, as well as the contours of politics and philosophy.
CFP Eikón Imago Journal 2022. Pre-Modern “Pop Cultures”? Images and Objects Around the Mediterranean (c. 350–1918)
Images and Objects Around the Mediterranean (c. 350–1918)
Special Guest Editors: Ivan Foletti, Zuzana Frantová & Adrien Palladino
ARTICLE ALERT: The Power of Emotions: Negotiating Mother–Daughter Relationships in Seventeenth-century Hungary
Erdélyi, Gabriella. “The Power of Emotions: Negotiating Mother–Daughter Relationships in Seventeenth-Century Hungary.” Journal of Family History, (May 2021). doi.org/10.1177/03631990211014914.
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Recent Reviews
Godsey on Ingrao, 'The Habsburg Monarchy, 1618-1815'
Charles W. Ingrao. The Habsburg Monarchy, 1618-1815. New Approaches to European History Series. Third edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. 324 pp. $33.99 (paper), ISBN 978-1-108-71333-7; $105.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-108-49925-5.
Reviewed by William D. Godsey (Institute for Habsburg and Balkan Studies at the Austrian Academy of Sciences) Published on HABSBURG (February, 2021) Commissioned by Jonathan Singerton (Universität Innsbruck)
Knapp on Prokosch, 'Das Alteste Burgerbuch Der Stadt Linz (1658-1707): Edition Und Auswertung (Quelleneditionen Des Instituts Fur Osterreichische Geschicht) (German Edition)'
Michael Prokosch.
Das Alteste Burgerbuch Der Stadt Linz (1658-1707): Edition Und Auswertung (Quelleneditionen Des Instituts Fur Osterreichische Geschicht) (German Edition).
Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, 2019. 308 pp.
EUR 50.00 (paper), ISBN 978-3-205-20885-3. 
Vari on Hakkarainen, 'Comical Modernity: Popular Humour and the Transformation of Urban Space in Late Nineteenth-Century Vienna' and Hödl, 'Entangled Entertainers: Jews and Popular Culture in Fin-de-Siècle Vienna'
Heidi Hakkarainen.
Comical Modernity: Popular Humour and the Transformation of Urban Space in Late Nineteenth-Century Vienna.
Austrian and Habsburg Studies Series. New York: Berghahn Books, 2019. Illustrations. viii + 279 pp.
$135.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-78920-273-1. Klaus Hödl.
Entangled Entertainers: Jews and Popular Culture in Fin-de-Siècle Vienna.
Varga on Maxwell, 'Everyday Nationalism in Hungary: 1789-1867'
Alexander Maxwell. Everyday Nationalism in Hungary: 1789-1867. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2019. iv + 258 pp. $103.99 (cloth), ISBN 978-3-11-063411-2.
Reviewed by Balint Varga (Institute of History, Loránd Eötvös Research Network) Published on HABSBURG (October, 2020) Commissioned by Jonathan Singerton (Universität Innsbruck)
Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=55687
Ingrao on Rákóczi II, 'Confessio Peccatoris, Memoirs'
Ferenc Rákóczi II.
Confessio Peccatoris, Memoirs.
Translated by Bernard Adams; with an afterword by Gábor Tüskés. Budapest: Corvina, 2019. 2 vols. 628 pp.
$69.99 (paper), ISBN 978-963-13-6564-1.
Reviewed by Charles Ingrao (Purdue University) Published on HABSBURG (June, 2020) Commissioned by Jonathan Singerton (Universität Innsbruck)
Carmichael on Gerlach, 'The Economy of Ethnic Cleansing: The Transformation of the German-Czech Borderlands after World War II'
David W. Gerlach. The Economy of Ethnic Cleansing: The Transformation of the German-Czech Borderlands after World War II. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. 308 pp. $99.99 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-107-19619-3.
Reviewed by Cathie Carmichael (University of East Anglia) Published on HABSBURG (May, 2019) Commissioned by Borislav Chernev
Costinescu on Livezeanu and Klimó, 'The Routledge History of East Central Europe since 1700'
Irina Livezeanu, Árpád von Klimó, eds. The Routledge History of East Central Europe since 1700. Routledge Histories Series. New York: Routledge, 2017. xvi + 522 pp. $245.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-415-58433-3.
Reviewed by Matei Costinescu (Independent Scholar) Published on HABSBURG (May, 2019) Commissioned by Borislav Chernev
Kirk on Haider, 'Wien 1918: Agonie der Kaiserstadt'
Edgard Haider. Wien 1918: Agonie der Kaiserstadt. Weimar, Germany: Boehlau Verlag, 2017. 418 pp. $37.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-3-205-20486-2.
Reviewed by Tim Kirk (Newcastle University) Published on HABSBURG (April, 2019) Commissioned by Borislav Chernev
Witczak Haugstad on Trojanowska and Niżyńska and Czapliński, 'Being Poland: A New History of Polish Literature and Culture since 1918'
Tamara Trojanowska, Joanna Niżyńska, Przemysław Czapliński. Being Poland: A New History of Polish Literature and Culture since 1918. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2018. 856 pp. $125.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4426-5018-3.
Reviewed by Aleksandra Witczak Haugstad (Research Council of Norway) Published on HABSBURG (April, 2019) Commissioned by Borislav Chernev
Clark on Goldstein and Goldstein, 'The Holocaust in Croatia'
Ivo Goldstein, Slavko Goldstein. The Holocaust in Croatia. Russian and East European Studies Series. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2016. 736 pp. $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8229-4451-5.
Reviewed by Roland Clark (University of Liverpool) Published on HABSBURG (March, 2019) Commissioned by Borislav Chernev