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.

Recent Discussions

Discussion published by Franz Adlgasser on Sunday, March 4, 2018

ANN: Helmut Rumpler 1935-2018

Helmut Rumpler, Professor Emeritus for Modern and Austrian History at the University of Klagenfurt and Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, died in early February at the age of 82. Rumpler, a native of Vienna, was professor in Klagenfurt from 1975 until 2003. For many years he headed the Austrian Academy's Commission for the History of the Habsburg Monarchy and was until his death editor of the multi-volume series "Die Habsburgermonarchie 1848-1918", published by the Commission and since 2013 by its successor, the Institute for Modern and Contemporary Historical Research.

Discussion published by Tim Corbett on Saturday, February 17, 2018

STIP: The Vivian G. Prins Fellowship 2018 at the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust

The Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust is pleased to offer a fellowship for emigrating scholars, artists, museum professionals, and researchers through a grant from The Vivian G. Prins Foundation. The grant is in honor of Bronia Brandman, a survivor of Auschwitz and one of the Museum’s earliest and most steadfast volunteers. The Vivian G.

Discussion published by Sara Lennox on Monday, February 12, 2018

CFP: Transnational Perspectives on Black Germany, May 23-25, 2018, Toronto, ON

The Black German Heritage and Research Association (BGHRA) is collaborating with the University of Toronto in hosting the 3-day conference, “Transnational Perspectives on Black Germany,” in Toronto, Ontario, on May 23-25, 2018. The event will feature keynote addresses by Fatima El-Tayeb and Noah Sow, a screening of “On Second Glance” (dir.

Discussion published by Maria Florutau on Sunday, February 11, 2018

CfP: RETHINKING PERIOD BOUNDARIES: HIDDEN CONTINUITIES AND DISCONTINUITIES IN EUROPEAN HISTORY AND LITERATURE FROM THE EIGHTEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURIES

Call for Papers

Postgraduate and Early Career Researcher Conference in Association with the Oxford Centre for European History

RETHINKING PERIOD BOUNDARIES: HIDDEN CONTINUITIES AND DISCONTINUITIES IN EUROPEAN HISTORY AND LITERATURE FROM THE EIGHTEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURIES

Date: 26-27 May 2018

Venue: European Studies Centre, St Antony’s College

University of Oxford

 

Discussion published by Nancy Sinkoff on Wednesday, February 7, 2018

ANN: 5th Annual Polish Jewish Studies Workshop, March 5-6, 2018

Co-organizers Natalia Aleksiun (Touro Graduate School), Halina Goldberg (Indiana University), and Nancy Sinkoff (Rutgers University) are pleased to announce the 5th Annual Polish Jewish Studies Workshop, “Centering the Periphery: Polish Jewish Cultural Production Beyond the Capital,” which will be held March 5-6, 2018 at Rutgers University—the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick.

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Recent Reviews

Review published on Monday, January 21, 2013
Author: 
Paul Lendvai
Reviewer: 
Robin Okey

Okey on Lendvai, 'Hungary: Between Democracy and Authoritarianism'

Paul Lendvai. Hungary: Between Democracy and Authoritarianism. New York: Columbia University Press, 2012. 288 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-231-70322-2; ISBN 978-0-231-80092-1.

Reviewed by Robin Okey (University of Warwick) Published on HABSBURG (January, 2013) Commissioned by Jonathan Kwan

Hungary’s Postcommunist Travails

Review published on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Author: 
Cynthia Paces
Reviewer: 
Thomas Ort

Ort on Paces, 'Prague Panoramas: National Memory and Sacred Space in the Twentieth Century'

Cynthia Paces. Prague Panoramas: National Memory and Sacred Space in the Twentieth Century. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2009. xv + 309 pp. $27.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8229-6035-5; $65.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8229-4375-4.

Reviewed by Thomas Ort (Queens College, City University of New York) Published on HABSBURG (December, 2012) Commissioned by Jonathan Kwan

The Anti-Catholic Catholic State

Review published on Monday, November 19, 2012
Author: 
Gregor Thum
Reviewer: 
Gaelle Fisher

Fisher on Cohen, 'In War’s Wake: Europe’s Displaced Persons in the Postwar Order' and Thum, 'Uprooted: How Breslau Became Wroclaw during the Century of Expulsions'

Gerard Daniel Cohen. In War’s Wake: Europe’s Displaced Persons in the Postwar Order. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. viii + 237 pp. $34.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-539968-4.Gregor Thum. Uprooted: How Breslau Became Wroclaw during the Century of Expulsions. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011. xl + 508 pp.

Review published on Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Author: 
Julie M. Johnson
Reviewer: 
Megan Brandow-Faller

Brandow-Faller on Johnson, 'The Memory Factory: The Forgotten Women Artists of Vienna 1900'

Julie M. Johnson. The Memory Factory: The Forgotten Women Artists of Vienna 1900. West Lafayette: Purdue University Press, 2012. 368 pp. $35.00 (paper), ISBN 978-1-55753-613-6.

Reviewed by Megan Brandow-Faller (City University of New York (Kingsborough)) Published on HABSBURG (November, 2012) Commissioned by Jonathan Kwan

Review published on Monday, November 12, 2012
Author: 
Bryan Cartledge
Reviewer: 
Gabor Vermes

Vermes on Cartledge, 'The Will to Survive: A History of Hungary'

Bryan Cartledge. The Will to Survive: A History of Hungary. New York: Columbia University Press, 2010. 600 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-231-70224-9.

Reviewed by Gabor Vermes (Rutgers) Published on HABSBURG (November, 2012) Commissioned by Jonathan Kwan

How Hungary Survived Centuries of Adversity

Review published on Monday, October 22, 2012
Author: 
Markus Koller
Reviewer: 
Graeme Murdock

Murdock on Koller, 'Eine Gesellschaft im Wandel: Die osmanische Herrschaft in Ungarn im 17. Jahrhundert (1606-1683)'

Markus Koller. Eine Gesellschaft im Wandel: Die osmanische Herrschaft in Ungarn im 17. Jahrhundert (1606-1683). Stuttgart: Steiner, 2010. 226 pp. $58.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-3-515-09663-8.

Reviewed by Graeme Murdock (Trinity College, Dublin) Published on HABSBURG (October, 2012) Commissioned by Jonathan Kwan

Review published on Monday, October 15, 2012
Author: 
Igor Lukes
Reviewer: 
Paul Kubricht

Kubricht on Lukes, 'On the Edge of the Cold War: American Diplomats and Spies in Postwar Prague'

Igor Lukes. On the Edge of the Cold War: American Diplomats and Spies in Postwar Prague. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. XII, 279 S. $34.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-516679-8.

Reviewed by Paul Kubricht (LeTourneau University) Published on HABSBURG (October, 2012) Commissioned by Jonathan Kwan

Review published on Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Author: 
Mark Hewitson
Reviewer: 
Roy A. Austensen

Austensen on Gruner, 'Der Deutsche Bund: 1815-1866' and Hewitson, 'Nationalism in Germany, 1848-1866: Revolutionary Nation'

Wolf D. Gruner. Der Deutsche Bund: 1815-1866. Munich: Verlag C. H. Beck, 2010. 128 pp. EUR 8.95 (paper), ISBN 978-3-406-58795-5.Mark Hewitson. Nationalism in Germany, 1848-1866: Revolutionary Nation. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. xiii + 462 pp. $90.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4039-1329-6; $34.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-4039-1330-2.

Review published on Monday, September 10, 2012
Author: 
Ladislav Cabada
Reviewer: 
Shawn E. Clybor

Clybor on Cabada, 'Intellectuals and the Communist Idea: The Search for a New Way in Czech Lands from 1890 to 1938'

Ladislav Cabada. Intellectuals and the Communist Idea: The Search for a New Way in Czech Lands from 1890 to 1938. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2010. xi + 209 pp. $70.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-7391-4376-6.

Reviewed by Shawn E. Clybor (Utah State University) Published on HABSBURG (September, 2012) Commissioned by Jonathan Kwan

Review published on Monday, July 16, 2012
Author: 
Tara Zahra
Reviewer: 
Lynne Taylor

Taylor on Zahra, 'The Lost Children: Reconstructing Europe's Families after World War II'

Tara Zahra. The Lost Children: Reconstructing Europe's Families after World War II. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2011. 320 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-674-04824-9.

Reviewed by Lynne Taylor (University of Waterloo) Published on HABSBURG (July, 2012) Commissioned by Jonathan Kwan

Children: The Spoils of War

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