Conference: 1867 and the Formation of Austria-Hungary. Political Culture and Democratic Traditions in Central Europe

Datum konání: 
29. 6. 2017, 0:00 - 30. 6. 2017, 0:00

The conference will be held at the Chateau Liblice (near Prague) on 29–30 June, 2017

Convenors: Jonathan Kwan (University of Nottingham) and Luboš Velek (Masaryk Institute and Archive of The Czech Academy of Sciences)

 

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kladderadatsch_25-8-1867.jpg?itok=ew7k_h The 1867 Compromise created Austria-Hungary and set the framework for politics until the end of the Habsburg Monarchy. Its genesis and the evolving political practices were crucial in forming the region’s democratic political culture. This conference has two aims: (1) to facilitate an exchange of ideas and research about specific aspects of the political system and (2) to postulate larger conceptual frameworks for understanding long-term political developments.

The organizers would welcome papers on any aspect of the 1867 Compromise, broadly defined. Possible themes include:

  • Political parties (including political associations and clubs)
  • Individuals in politics
  • The press
  • The Monarch and his government (including informal advisors)
  • Elections
  • Parliamentary culture
  • Local and/or regional case studies

The organizers especially encourage proposals from recent PhDs and post-doctoral scholars as well as those in the final stages of their dissertations.

Conference languages will be English and German. A very small number of travel grants are available for early career researchers. The organizers will cover accommodation and catering costs.

 

 

Conference Programme

 

29 June 2017

9:30 – 9:45      Welcome: Jonathan Kwan and Luboš Velek

Panel: The Lands of the Bohemian Crown

Chair: Gary Cohen (Minnesota)

9:45 – 10:05    Jonathan Kwan (Nottingham): Bohemia (from German-liberal perspective) – English

10:05 – 10:25  Luboš Velek (Praha): Böhmen (von der tschechischen Perspektive) – German

10:25 – 10:45  Pavel Cibulka (Brno): Mähren – German

10:45 – 11:15  Diskussion

11:15 – 11:45  Kaffepause

Panel: Vienna and the Surrounding Crownlands

Chair: Franz Adlgasser (Vienna)

11:45 – 12:05  Lothar Höbelt (Wien): Vienna, Upper and Lower Austria – German

12:05 – 12:25  Andreas Gottsmann (Wien): Trieste, Görz-Gradisca, Istrian, Dalmatia (Italian-speaking regions) – German

12.25 – 12.35  Florian Huber (Bolzano) – Casca il mondo!” – Apokalypse und Überfremdungsängste in Tirol 1866–1870 (Vorlesung von Jonathan Kwan)

12:35 – 13.00  Diskussion

13.00 – 14:30  Mittagessen

Panel: Galicia

Chair: Andreas Gottsmann (Vienna)

14:30 – 14:50  Harald Binder (L’viv): Galizien – German

14:50 – 15:00  Kai Struve (Halle): Galicia (rural politics and reforms) – German

15:00 – 15:20  Heidi Hein-Kircher (Marburg): Political Culture in Local Government in an autonomous Habsburg City – The Case of L’viv – German

15:20 – 15:50  Diskussion

15:50 – 16:30  Kaffeepause

Panel: Hungary

Chair: Vlad Popovici (Cluj-Napoca)

16:30 – 16:50  Ágnes Deák (Szeged): Hungary – German

16:50 – 17:10  András Cieger (Budapest): Right of Resistance and its Limits: Conflicts between local and central government in Hungary after 1867 – English

17:10 – 17:30  Diskussion

17:45  Schlussbesichtigung

 

19:00  Gemeinsames Abendessen

 

30 June 2017

Panel: Hungary and its Regions

Chair: Kai Struve (Halle)

9:30 – 9:50      Stjepan Matković (Zagreb): Croatia English

9:50 – 10:10    Roman Holec (Bratislava): Slovakia – English/German?

10:10 – 10:30  Judit Pál (Cluj-Napoca): Transylvania and Hungary – German

10:30 – 11:00  Diskussion

11:00 – 11:30  Kaffeepause

Panel: Transylvania and the Bukovina

Chair: Heidi Hein-Kircher (Marburg)

11:30 – 11:50  Vlad Popovići (Cluj-Napoca): Transylvania and the Romanian Movement  English

11:50 – 12:10  Lorand Madly (Cluj-Napoca): From Neo-Absolutism to Dualism: The Role of Transylvania in Shaping a New Political Framework – German

12:10 – 12:30  Jeroen van Drunen (Amsterdam): A Union Thwarted: Bukovina’s Orthodox Church and Romanian Nationalist Ambitions English

12:30 – 13:00  Diskussion

13:00 – 14:30  Mittagessen

Panel: 1867 and the Creation of a Political Culture

Chair: Lothar Hoebelt (Vienna)

14:30 – 14:50  Stefan Malfér (Wien): Politics at the Centre: The Emperor and his governments – German

14:50 – 15:10  Franz Adlgasser (Wien): Parliamentary culture: Dualism and the Central Parliament. Persons and Structures – German

15:10 – 15:30  Jan Wintr (Praha): Parliamentary Rules of the Cisleithanian Abgeordnetenhaus and their Influence on Czech and Austrian Parliaments – German

15:30 – 16:00  Diskussion

16:00 – 16:30  Kaffeepause

Panel: Concluding Remarks

Chairs: Jonathan Kwan (Nottingham) and Luboš Velek (Prague)

16:30 – 16.45  Gary Cohen (Minnesota): Democratic Development in the Habsburg Monarchy + Concluding Comments – English

16.45 – 17.30  Diskussion und Schlussdiskussion

 

19:00   Gemeinsames Abendessen

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