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
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
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.
CfP: L’Homme – European Journal for Feminist History (special issue 1/2024): Current research by Ukrainian historians on women's and gender history, the history of masculinities, and queer studies
Call for articles for L’Homme – European Journal for Feminist History (special issue 1/2024): Current research by Ukrainian historians on women's and gender history, the history of masculinities, and queer studies
PODCAST: Contested Minorities in the 'New Europe'. Roundtable
Episode 25. Roundtable: Contested Minorities in the 'New Europe'
Among the many challenges facing the new, or enlarged, nation-states that arouse on the territories of the former empires of Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe in 1918, few were as vexing or complex as the minorities’ question.
CfP: Careers in politics, politics as a career. Developments in 19th and early 20th century Europe. Format: hybrid (Masaryk Institute and Archives of the CAS, v.v.i. and online) Submission deadline: September 1, 2022
Workshop held as a part of the project Social mobility of elites in the Central European regions (1861–1926), supported by Czech Science Foundation.
CfP: The History of Property Regimes in Hungary For 50th Anniversary Issue of Hungarian Studies Review
Submission Deadline: January 15, 2023
CFP: Belvedere Research Journal, First Issue
We are inviting the first round of submissions to the newly founded Belvedere Research Journal (BRJ), a peer-reviewed, open access e-journal. We seek articles that shed new light on the visual culture of the former Habsburg Empire and Central Europe broadly defined from the medieval period to the present day. We especially welcome contributions that situate Austrian art practices within the broader international context.
Pages
Recent Reviews
Reviewer:
Sacha Davis
Davis on Várdy and Várdy, 'Hungarian Americans in the Current of History' and Vida, 'Hungarian Émigrés in the American Civil War: A History and Biographical Dictionary'
Steven Béla Várdy, Agnes Huszár Várdy. Hungarian Americans in the Current of History. Boulder: Columbia University Press, 2010. 302 pp. $60.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-88033-668-0.István Kornél Vida. Hungarian Émigrés in the American Civil War: A History and Biographical Dictionary. Jefferson: McFarland, 2012. xi + 256 pp.
Reviewer:
Michael Gubser
Gubser on Mohanty, 'Edmund Husserl's Freiburg Years: 1916-1938'
J. N. Mohanty. Edmund Husserl's Freiburg Years: 1916-1938. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011. 512 pp. $85.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-300-15221-0.
Reviewed by Michael Gubser (James Madison University) Published on HABSBURG (March, 2013) Commissioned by Jonathan Kwan
An Impressive Intellectual Biography
Reviewer:
Isa Blumi
Blumi on Reill, 'Nationalists Who Feared the Nation: Adriatic Multi-Nationalism in Habsburg Dalmatia, Trieste, and Venice'
Dominique Kirchner Reill. Nationalists Who Feared the Nation: Adriatic Multi-Nationalism in Habsburg Dalmatia, Trieste, and Venice. Palo Alto: Stanford University Press, 2012. 335 pp. $65.00 (e-book), ISBN 978-0-8047-7849-7; $65.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8047-7446-8.
Reviewed by Isa Blumi (Georgia State University) Published on HABSBURG (March, 2013) Commissioned by Jonathan Kwan
Reviewer:
Andrew L. Thomas
Thomas on Louthan and Cohen and Szabo, 'Diversity and Dissent: Negotiating Religious Difference in Central Europe, 1500–1800'
Howard Louthan, Gary B. Cohen, Franz A. J. Szabo. Diversity and Dissent: Negotiating Religious Difference in Central Europe, 1500–1800. New York: Berghahn Books, 2011. XII, 240 S. $85.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-85745-108-8.
Reviewed by Andrew L. Thomas (Salem College) Published on HABSBURG (February, 2013) Commissioned by Jonathan Kwan
Reviewer:
Alan Sked
Sked on Cole and Hämmerle and Scheutz, 'Glanz-Gewalt-Gehorsam: Militär und Gesellschaft in der Habsburgermonarchie (1800 bis 1918)'
Laurence Cole, Christa Hämmerle, Martin Scheutz, eds. Glanz-Gewalt-Gehorsam: Militär und Gesellschaft in der Habsburgermonarchie (1800 bis 1918). Essen: Klartext Verlag, 2011. Illustrations. 433 pp. $26.49 (paper), ISBN 978-3-8375-0409-5.
Reviewed by Alan Sked (London School of Economics) Published on HABSBURG (February, 2013) Commissioned by Jonathan Kwan
Different Ways of Viewing Habsburg Military History
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
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
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.
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
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