CfP: Panels on Religion, Gender, and Sexuality (GSA October 3-6, 2019)
The Religious Cultures Network is pleased to announce the following call for papers for sessions at the GSA, Forty-Third Annual Conference of the German Studies Association,
Welcome to HABSBURG, a member of H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine. We are affiliated with the Center for Austrian Studies, the Society for Austrian and Habsburg History, the Czechoslavak Studies Association, and the Hungarian Studies Association. HABSBURG is the community within H-Net dealing with the culture and history of the Habsburg Monarchy and its successor states in central Europe from 1500 to the present.
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CfP: 6th International Forum for Doctoral Candidates in East European Art History
International Forum for Doctoral Candidates in East European Art History
Berlin, May 3th, 2019
CfP Reminder: SCIENTIAE 2019 (Deadline: 12/30)
This is the second call for papers for the 2019 Scientiae conference: to be held at Queen’s University, Belfast, June 12th-15th. (Proposal deadline: December 30th.)
Scientiae is the interdisciplinary conference on intellectual culture, 1400-1800. It is centred on, but not limited to, developments in the early-modern natural sciences. Philosophers, historians, literary scholars and others are invited to share their perspectives on this vital period. Belfast 2019 will be our 8th annual meeting.
CfP: Panels on Teaching German Studies and German History (German Studies Association Conference, Portland, Oregon, Oct. 3-6, 2019)
CfP: Panels on Teaching German Studies and German History (German Studies Association Conference, Portland, Oregon, Oct. 3-6, 2019)
The German Studies Association
CONF: Relevant panels at AHA (Chicago, 3-6 Jan 2019)
The Annual Conference of the American Historical Association
Chicago, IL, January 3-6, 2019
Theme ("Loyalties")
https://www.historians.org/annual-meeting
Selection of Habsburg-related panels and papers:
CfA: Research Positions at the French CNRS, CETOBaC Support to 2019 Applicants
Dear colleagues,
The French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) just advertised the opening of some 250 permanent research positions in all fields, including the humanities and the social sciences. Deadline for applying is January 8, 2019. CNRS welcomes applications in English as well as in French. (For details see "Links" below.)
The Centre for Turkish, Ottoman, Balkan and Central Asian Studies (a.k.a.
CfA: 2019 Sharon Abramson Research Grant
The Holocaust Educational Foundation of Northwestern University (HEF) is pleased to announce the 2019 Sharon Abramson Research Grant competition. HEF will award five grants of up to $4,000 to support research related to the Holocaust of European Jewry. Graduate students in PhD programs who have completed their qualifying exams and university/college faculty at all levels whose research centers on the Holocaust are eligible for this grant. We encourage applications in all disciplines.
CfA: MA and PhD Scholarships in History (CEU, Vienna/Budapest)
The Department of History at Central European University invites applications for its MA and PhD programs for the 2019-2020 academic year. Our department offers internationally recognized graduate degree programs that cover Eastern, Southeastern, Central European, and Eastern Mediterranean history, from the early modern period to the present day.
CfP: Western Slavic and Eurasian Association conference (San Diego, 24-27 April 2019) DEADLINE EXTENDED to 8 December 2018
The Call for Papers for the annual conference of the Western Slavic and Eurasian Association (WSEA) has been extended and will now close on 8 December 2018.
The conference will be held from 24-27 April 2019, in San Diego, California, at the Manchester Grand Hyatt.
CfA: Wolfsonian-FIU Fellowship Program
Wolfsonian-FIU Fellowship Program
Pages
Recent Reviews
Reviewer:
Alexey Miller
Miller on Hastings, 'Nationalism in Modern Europe: Politics, Identity, and Belonging since the French Revolution'
Derek Hastings. Nationalism in Modern Europe: Politics, Identity, and Belonging since the French Revolution. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2018. vii + 345 pp. $26.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-4742-1339-4; $88.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4742-1338-7.
Reviewed by Alexey Miller (European University at St. Petersburg) Published on HABSBURG (September, 2018) Commissioned by Borislav Chernev
Reviewer:
Günter J. Bischof
Bischof on Kuzmany and Garstenauer, 'Aufnahmeland Österreich: Über den Umgang mit Massenflucht seit dem 18. Jahrhundert'
Börries Kuzmany, Rita Garstenauer, eds. Aufnahmeland Österreich: Über den Umgang mit Massenflucht seit dem 18. Jahrhundert. Vienna: Mandelbaum Verlag, 2017. 262 pp. EUR 19.90 (paper), ISBN 978-3-85476-816-6.
Reviewed by Günter J. Bischof (University of New Orleans) Published on HABSBURG (August, 2018) Commissioned by Borislav Chernev
Reviewer:
Mark Von Hagen
Von Hagen on Brogi Bercoff and Pavlyshyn and Plokhy, 'Ukraine and Europe: Cultural Encounters and Negotiations'
Giovanna Brogi Bercoff, Marko Pavlyshyn, Serhii Plokhy, ed. Ukraine and Europe: Cultural Encounters and Negotiations. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2017. 480 pp. $95.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4875-0090-0.
Reviewed by Mark Von Hagen (Arizona State University) Published on HABSBURG (June, 2018) Commissioned by Borislav Chernev
Reviewer:
Dorothy Barenscott
Barenscott on Cuevas-Wolf and Poggi, 'Promote, Tolerate, Ban: Art and Culture in Cold War Hungary'
Cristina Cuevas-Wolf, Isotta Poggi, eds. Promote, Tolerate, Ban: Art and Culture in Cold War Hungary. Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2018. Illustrations. 160 pp. $49.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-60606-539-6.
Reviewed by Dorothy Barenscott (Kwantlen Polytechnic University) Published on HABSBURG (June, 2018) Commissioned by Borislav Chernev
Reviewer:
Petru Szedlacsek
Szedlacsek on Török, 'Exploring Transylvania: Geographies of Knowledge and Entangled Histories in a Multiethnic Province, 1790-1918'
Borbála Zsuzsanna Török. Exploring Transylvania: Geographies of Knowledge and Entangled Histories in a Multiethnic Province, 1790-1918. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2015. 286 pp. $142.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-90-04-30304-1; $142.00 (e-book), ISBN 978-90-04-30305-8.
Reviewed by Petru Szedlacsek (Max Planck Institute for Human Development) Published on HABSBURG (May, 2018) Commissioned by Borislav Chernev
Reviewer:
Robert Deam Tobin
Tobin on Wingfield, 'The World of Prostitution in Late Imperial Austria'
Nancy M. Wingfield. The World of Prostitution in Late Imperial Austria. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. 288 pp. $80.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-880165-8.
Reviewed by Robert Deam Tobin (Clark University) Published on HABSBURG (March, 2018) Commissioned by Borislav Chernev
Printable Version: http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=51055
Reviewer:
Daniel Brett
Brett on Iordachi and Bauerkämper, 'The Collectivization of Agriculture in Communist Eastern Europe: Comparison and Entanglements'
Constantin Iordachi, Arnd Bauerkämper, eds. The Collectivization of Agriculture in Communist Eastern Europe: Comparison and Entanglements. Budapest: Central European University Press, 2014. 560 pp. $70.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-615522563-5.
Reviewed by Daniel Brett (The Open University) Published on HABSBURG (February, 2018) Commissioned by Andrew Behrendt
Reviewer:
Leslie Topp
Topp on Shapira, 'Style and Seduction: Jewish Patrons, Architecture, and Design in Fin de Siècle Vienna'
Elana Shapira. Style and Seduction: Jewish Patrons, Architecture, and Design in Fin de Siècle Vienna. Waltham: Brandeis University Press, 2016. xv + 314 pp. Illustrations. $40.00 (paper), ISBN 978-1-61168-921-1.
Reviewed by Leslie Topp (Birkbeck, University of London) Published on HABSBURG (July, 2017) Commissioned by Jonathan Kwan
Reviewer:
Daniel Fulco
Fulco on Schmale and Romberg and Köstlbauer, 'The Language of Continent Allegories in Baroque Central Europe'
Wolfgang Schmale, Marion Romberg, Josef Köstlbauer, eds. The Language of Continent Allegories in Baroque Central Europe. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2017. Illustrations. 240 pp. $78.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-3-515-11457-8.
Reviewed by Daniel Fulco (Independent Scholar) Published on HABSBURG (May, 2017) Commissioned by Jonathan Kwan
A New Perspective on Continent Allegories
Reviewer:
Patrice M. Dabrowski
Dabrowski on Alvis, 'White Eagle, Black Madonna: One Thousand Years of the Polish Catholic Tradition' and Burson and Lehner, 'Enlightenment and Catholicism in Europe: A Transnational History'
Robert E. Alvis. White Eagle, Black Madonna: One Thousand Years of the Polish Catholic Tradition. New York: Fordham University Press, 2016. Illustrations, maps. 368 pp. $125.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8232-7170-2; $35.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8232-7171-9.Jeffrey D. Burson, Ulrich L. Lehner, eds. Enlightenment and Catholicism in Europe: A Transnational History. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2014. x + 482 pp.