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: Roman Empire as a Paradigm: Political and Literary Aspects
CALL FOR PAPERS: Roman Empire as a Paradigm: Political and Literary Aspects (extended deadline)
ANN: Online Book Talk: Women at Universities in East-Central Europe: In a Search for New Narratives (Wednesday, January 27, 18:00-20:00 CET / 20:00-22:00 MSK/ 12:00-14:00 EST)
gender history / hps.cesee global book talk: Women at Universities in East-Central Europe: In a Search for New Narratives, with Martina Bečvářová (Prague), Aleksandra Derra (Toruń), Anna Maria Kola (Toruń), Jan Surman (Prague). Wednesday, January 27, 18:00-20:00 CET / 20:00-22:00 MSK/ 12:00-14:00 EST
CfA: 2022 JDC Archives Fellowship Program (reminder)
The JDC Archives is pleased to announce that it is accepting applications for its 2022 fellowship program. In 2022, 6-7 fellowships will be awarded to senior scholars, postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, and independent researchers to conduct research in the JDC Archives, either in New York or in Jerusalem.
CfP: Humans in Motion: War Crisis and Refugees in Europe 1914–1923 [Reminder]
Call for Papers
Humans in Motion: War Crisis and Refugees in Europe 1914–1923
An International Conference and Research Workshop
Kraków, June 29 – July 1, 2022
Organiser: Institute of History, Jagiellonian University; ZRC SAZU, Milko Kos Historical Institute
Venue: Jagiellonian University, Kraków; field trip to historical sites throughout Małopolska
Date: June 29 – July 1, 2022 (Wednesday–Friday)
Application deadline: February 1, 2022
Notification: February 15, 2022
CfP: Movement – Organization – Ideology: Mobilization through Sport in Southeast Europe in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Danubiana Carpathica Volume 60 (2023)
Topic: „Movement – Organization – Ideology. Mobilization through Sport in Southeast Europe in the 19th and 20th Centuries“
Call for Papers
Deadline for the submission of abstracts: January 31, 2022
Feedback: until February 15, 2022
Deadline for the submission of papers (ca. 30,000 charaters in length): June 1, 2022
CfP: Humans in Motion: War Crisis and Refugees in Europe 1914–1923 (Krakow, 2022 June)
Call for Papers
Humans in Motion: War Crisis and Refugees in Europe 1914–1923
An International Conference and Research Workshop
Kraków, June 29 – July 1, 2022
Organiser: Institute of History, Jagiellonian University; ZRC SAZU, Milko Kos Historical Institute
Venue: Jagiellonian University, Kraków; field trip to historical sites throughout Małopolska
Date: June 29 – July 1, 2022 (Wednesday–Friday)
Application deadline: February 1, 2022
Notification: February 15, 2022
CfP: 1772 – 2022: Consequences of the Partitions. New perspectives on the aftermath of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
The conference is devoted to an analysis of the long-term consequences of the Partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth for communities living in the territories of the Russian, Habsburg and Prussian Empires.
CfA: Leo Baeck Fellowship Programme 2022/23
Applications invited
Leo Baeck Fellowship Programme
Pages
Recent Reviews
Stone on Alison Fleig Frank, 'Oil Empire: Visions of Prosperity in Austrian Galicia' and Fleig Frank, 'Oil Empire: Visions of Prosperity in Austrian Galicia'
Alison Fleig Frank. Oil Empire: Visions of Prosperity in Austrian Galicia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2005. xi + 343 pp. Alison Fleig Frank. Oil Empire: Visions of Prosperity in Austrian Galicia. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2005. XX + 343 S. $49.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-674-01887-7; $24.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-674-02541-7.
Case on Kenez, 'Hungary from the Nazis to the Soviets: The Establishment of the Communist Regime in Hungary, 1944-1948'
Peter Kenez. Hungary from the Nazis to the Soviets: The Establishment of the Communist Regime in Hungary, 1944-1948. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. ix + 312 pp. $75.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-521-85766-6.
Reviewed by Holly Case (Department of History, Cornell University) Published on HABSBURG (October, 2007)
Suspending the Axe
Kenney on Penn, 'Solidarity's Secret: The Women Who Defeated Communism in Poland'
Shana Penn. Solidarity's Secret: The Women Who Defeated Communism in Poland. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2005. 400 pp. $34.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-472-11385-9; $23.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-472-03196-2.
Reviewed by Padraic Kenney (Department of History, Indiana University) Published on HABSBURG (October, 2007)
A Solidarity Still Unexamined
Voros on Judson and Rozenblit, 'Constructing Nationalities in East Central Europe'
Pieter M. Judson, Marsha L. Rozenblit, eds. Constructing Nationalities in East Central Europe. Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2005. Austrian History, Culture, and Society. xx + 293 pp. $27.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-57181-175-2; $27.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-57181-176-9.
Reviewed by Kati Voros (Department of History, The University of Chicago) Published on HABSBURG (October, 2007)
Hsia on Romsics, 'Myth and Remembrance: The Dissolution of the Habsburg Empire in the Memoir Literature of the Austro-Hungarian Political Elite'
Gergely Romsics. Myth and Remembrance: The Dissolution of the Habsburg Empire in the Memoir Literature of the Austro-Hungarian Political Elite. DeKornfeld and Helen D. Hiltabidle. East European Monographs Series. Wayne: Columbia University Press, 2006. x + 273 pp. $40.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-88033-566-9.
Reviewed by Ke-chin Hsia (University of Chicago) Published on HABSBURG (June, 2007)
Koloski on Dabrowski, 'Commemorations and the Shaping of Modern Poland'
Patrice M. Dabrowski. Commemorations and the Shaping of Modern Poland. Blommington: Indiana University Press, 2004. 313 S. $45.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-253-34429-8.
Reviewed by Laurie Koloski (Department of History, College of William and Mary) Published on HABSBURG (May, 2007)
Celebrating the Stateless Nation, or How the "Polish Question" Stayed Afloat
Zahra on Feinberg, 'Elusive Equality: Gender, Citizenship, and the Limits of Democracy in Czechoslovakia, 1918-1950'
Melissa Feinberg. Elusive Equality: Gender, Citizenship, and the Limits of Democracy in Czechoslovakia, 1918-1950. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2006. 288 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8229-4281-8.
Reviewed by Tara Zahra (University of Chicago, Department of History) Published on HABSBURG (April, 2007)
Deak on Unowsky, 'The Pomp and Politics of Patriotism: Imperial Celebrations in Habsburg Austria, 1848-1916'
Daniel L. Unowsky. The Pomp and Politics of Patriotism: Imperial Celebrations in Habsburg Austria, 1848-1916. Cohen. Central European Studies. Edited by Gary B. Cohen and Charles W. Ingrao. West Lafayette: Purdue University Press, 2005. xiii + 263 pp. $29.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-55753-400-2.
Reviewed by John Deak (University of Notre Dame) Published on HABSBURG (December, 2006)
Gerlach on Frommer, 'National Cleansing: Retribution against Nazi Collaborators in Postwar Czechoslovakia'
Benjamin Frommer. National Cleansing: Retribution against Nazi Collaborators in Postwar Czechoslovakia. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. xvii + 347 pp. $30.99 (paper), ISBN 978-0-521-00896-9; $75.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-521-81067-8.
Reviewed by David Gerlach (Department of History, University of Pittsburgh) Published on HABSBURG (December, 2006)
Nemes on Babejova, 'Fin-de-Siecle Pressburg: Conflict and Cultural Coexistence in Bratislava, 1897-1914'
Eleonora Babejova. Fin-de-Siecle Pressburg: Conflict and Cultural Coexistence in Bratislava, 1897-1914. Boulder: East European Monographs, 2003. xiv + 467 pp. $55.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-88033-515-7.
Reviewed by Robert Nemes (Department of History, Colgate University) Published on HABSBURG (July, 2006)
Defending Pressburg against Nationalism