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)
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
