ANN: Introduction of new H-Habsburg editor
Dear Subscribers of H-Habsburg,
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
CfP: East Central Europe at the Crossroads: Jewish Transnational Networks and Identities (Warsaw, 18-21 June 2023)
| This conference brings together the latest scholarship on the broad themes of transnationalism, intersectionality and cross-border exchanges in Jewish history from the early modern period to the present. |
- Conference date: 18-21 June, 2023
- Venue: POLIN Museum, Warsaw, Poland
- Applications in English until November 7, 2022
For centuries, the Polish lands were one of the main centers of Jewish life and culture.
PRIZE: The BASEES Study Group for Minority History (SGMH) Prize for Best First Book Proposal
THE BASEES STUDY GROUP FOR MINORITY HISTORY (SGMH) PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST BOOK PROPOSAL
CfP: “Minority science” in the short 20th century: Imagining science from the margins of academia. March 30-31, Prague.
When the roars of World War I went silent, the process of redrawing social, cultural, and geographic borders began.
TALK: QhoD Book Talks - September 21, 2022, Gábor Ágoston on his new book (Online via Zoom)
Dear colleagues,
We would like to invite you all to the next session of the QhoD Book Talk Series.
On Wednesday, September 21, 2022 Prof. Gábor Ágoston of Georgetown University will talk via Zoom about his new book The Last Muslim Conquest: The Ottoman Empire and Its Wars in Europe (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2021). The talk will take place online via Zoom on September 21 at 18:15, Vienna (Austria) time.
WORKSHOP: Criminalization-Surveillance-Resistance: Roma and Policing from the Holocaust to the Present (9/16 & 9/22-23, Online)
Virtual Workshop: Criminalization-Surveillance-Resistance: Roma and Policing from the Holocaust to the Present
FUNDING: Central European History Society Initiative to Support Junior Scholars at the AHA Annual Meeting
Conference participation, especially at major events such as the American Historical Association’s annual meeting, remains a major indicator of scholarly productivity and excellence and is thus tied to professional advancement. However, the cost of attending such conferences can be prohibitive for junior scholars.
ARTICLE ALERT: Social Stratification and Career Choice Anxieties in Nineteenth-Century Central Europe
Dear colleagues: I am happy to share with you my recent article:
Orel Beilinson, Social Stratification and Career Choice Anxieties in Nineteenth-Century Central Europe, Journal of Social History, 2022; shac042, https://doi.org/10.1093/jsh/shac042
Abstract:
LECTURE: John Connelly: "Was the Habsburg Empire and Empire?" (Kann Memorial Lecture (Zoom), Sept. 9, 2022)
The Center for Austrian Studies at the University of Minnesota Presents:
Was the Habsburg Empire and Empire?
John Connelly, University of California, Berkeley
September 9, 2022 at 12:00PM CT
Zoom Registration: z.umn.edu/Connelly
The Habsburg monarchy seems doubly confounding.
BLOG: Milestones of Ukrainian Independence and freedoms (1648-1921)
The Czech journal Opera historica devoted its blog on 04/04/2022 to the history of constitutional liberties in Ukraine. It is a response to the repeated statements of the Russian propaganda which describes Ukraine as a 'made-up country' which is based on nationalist or even nazi traditions. We have approached the topic as a chronological survey which covers all the development from hetman Pylyp Orlik to Otto Eichelmann. Since it is still difficult to find this sort of information on the internet, I hope it will be useful for everyone.
Pages
Recent Reviews
Reviewer:
Tobias P. Graf
Graf on Michels, 'The Habsburg Empire under Siege'
Georg Bernhard Michels. The Habsburg Empire under Siege. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2021. 608 pp. $85.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-228-00575-9; (e-book), ISBN 978-0-228-00698-5.
Reviewed by Tobias P. Graf (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Philosophische Fakultät) Published on HABSBURG (September, 2022) Commissioned by Yasir Yilmaz (Purdue Univ.)
Reviewer:
John Deak
Deak on Miller and Morelon, 'Embers of Empire: Continuity and Rupture in the Habsburg Successor States after 1918'
Paul B. Miller, Claire Morelon, eds. Embers of Empire: Continuity and Rupture in the Habsburg Successor States after 1918. Austrian and Habsburg Studies, vol. 22. New York: Berghahn Books, 2019. 366 pp. $135.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-78920-022-5.
Reviewed by John Deak (University of Notre Dame) Published on HABSBURG (September, 2021) Commissioned by Jonathan Singerton (Universität Innsbruck)
Reviewer:
Marco Bresciani
Bresciani on Reill, 'The Fiume Crisis: Life in the Wake of the Habsburg Empire'
Dominique Kirchner Reill.
The Fiume Crisis: Life in the Wake of the Habsburg Empire.
Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2020. Illustrations, maps. 312 pp.
$35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-674-24424-5. 
Reviewed by Marco Bresciani (Università degli Studi di Firenze) Published on HABSBURG (August, 2021) Commissioned by Jonathan Singerton (Universität Innsbruck)
Reviewer:
William D. Godsey
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)
Reviewer:
Elias Knapp
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.
Reviewer:
Alexander Vari
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.
Reviewer:
Balint Varga
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
Reviewer:
Charles Ingrao
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)
Reviewer:
Cathie Carmichael
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
Reviewer:
Matei Costinescu
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