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070079 VO Austrian History II (2023W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte
Moodle

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Language: German

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

The class on November 9th is canceled due to the participation in a conference. The first exam is scheduled for February 1st.

  • Thursday 12.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Gerda-Lerner-Saal HS 41 Hauptgebäude,1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Thursday 19.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Gerda-Lerner-Saal HS 41 Hauptgebäude,1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Thursday 09.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Gerda-Lerner-Saal HS 41 Hauptgebäude,1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Thursday 16.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Gerda-Lerner-Saal HS 41 Hauptgebäude,1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Thursday 23.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Gerda-Lerner-Saal HS 41 Hauptgebäude,1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Thursday 30.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Gerda-Lerner-Saal HS 41 Hauptgebäude,1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Thursday 07.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Gerda-Lerner-Saal HS 41 Hauptgebäude,1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Thursday 14.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Gerda-Lerner-Saal HS 41 Hauptgebäude,1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Thursday 11.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Gerda-Lerner-Saal HS 41 Hauptgebäude,1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Thursday 18.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Gerda-Lerner-Saal HS 41 Hauptgebäude,1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Thursday 25.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Gerda-Lerner-Saal HS 41 Hauptgebäude,1.Stock, Stiege 8

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Aims, contents and method of the course

The history of the Habsburg Monarchy is in great demand. This is easy to see when one looks at the lively scholarly debate on the state and society of the political system that emerged during the Napoleonic Wars. The transition from the monarchy to the successor states and the manifold crisis phenomena in the 1920s and 1930s are of equal interest. In this lecture I will start from important recent publications and discuss their significance for our understanding of the Habsburg Monarchy and the First Republic with you.

Assessment and permitted materials

Written exam at the end of the semester with a single-choice portion and open-ended questions.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

At least 50% of the single choice questions must be answered correctly and at least 50% of the achievable points must be reached when answering the open questions.

Examination topics

The content presented in the lecture. The in-depth reading of articles and chapters provided via Moodle is recommended in preparation for the exam.

Reading list

Becker, Peter; Wheatley, Natasha (Hg.): Remaking Central Europe. The League of Nations and the Former Habsburg Lands, Oxford: Oxford University Press 2020.
Boyer, John W.: Austria 1867-1955. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2022.
Coen, Deborah R.: Climate in motion : science, empire, and the problem of scale, Chicago: Chicago University Press 2018.
Dreidemy, Lucile: Der Dollfuß-Mythos. Eine Biographie des Posthumen, Wien: Böhlau 2014.
Fillafer, Franz Leander: Aufklärung habsburgisch. Staatsbildung, Wissenskultur und Geschichtspolitik in Zentraleuropa, 1750-1850, Göttingen: Wallstein 2020.
Judson, Pieter M.: Habsburg. Geschichte eines Imperiums, 1740-1918, München: Beck 2018.
Marcus, Nathan: Austrian Reconstruction and the Collapse of Global Finance, 1921-1931, Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press 2018.
Moos, Carlo: Habsburg Post Mortem. Betrachtungen zum Weiterleben der Habsburgermonarchie, Wien: Böhlau 2016.
Osterkamp, Jana: Vielfalt ordnen. Das föderale Europa der Habsburgermonarchie (Vormärz bis 1918), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2021.
Reill Kirchner, Dominique: The Fiume Crisis. Life in the Wake of the Habsburg Empire, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press 2020.
Techet, Péter: Umkämpfte Kirche. Innerkatholische Konflikte im österreichisch-ungarischen Küstenland 1890-1914, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2021.
Wheatley, Natasha: The Life and Death of States. Central Europe and the Transformation of Modern Sovereignty, Princeton: Princeton University Press 2023.
Zahra, Țara; Becker, Peter (Hg.): A World of Contradictions. Globalization and Deglobalization in Interwar Europe (=Special Issue, American Historical Review 128/2, History Lab), 2023, 702-881.

Association in the course directory

AER: Österreichische Geschichte 2.

BA Geschichte (Version 2019): M4 Aspekte und Räume - Geschichte in Längsschnitten, VO Österreichische Geschichte 2 (von ca. 1815 bis zur Gegenwart) (5 ECTS).
BEd UF GSP: UF GSP 03 Aspekte und Räume 1, VO Österreichische Geschichte 2 (von ca. 1815 bis zur Gegenwart) (5 ECTS).
EC Geschichte: VO Österreichische Geschichte 2 (seit ca. 1815) (5 ECTS).

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