(in Polish) Local communities at the Slavic-Italian-German borderland and the legacy of the Habsburg monarchy 3005-HABSBURG-OG

The project consists on a cycle of lectures by leading scholas whose research deals with the problem of multiethnic communities in the (post-)Habsburg area. The cases of Trieste, South Tyrol, Rijeka and Habsburg Dalmatia will be discussed, in order to present a complex web of intrests and relations within the mixed society of the
empire. The Austro-Hungarian political system formed a frame for development of different micro-systems, where the crucial question of sustainability and common policy used to meet various answers. The aim of the project is to examin precisely this problem of coexistence and cooperation at a local level, and the relation between a specific political system (which was a supra-national idea of the Habsburg monarchy) and local structures. On the other hand, all scholars discuss the question of the Habsburg legacy, or the afterlife of the imperial system, which could be seen as a source of a certain cultural unity of hte Central Europe.
The invited scholars adopt the methodological and theoretical approach of the social and cultural history. Four scholars answered the invitation: Michael Wedekind (South Tyrol), Natka Badurina (University of Udine), Marta Vigarella (University of Trieste and Ljubljana), Daniel Baric (University Paris-Sorbonne). We propose four meetings from October to January (once a month), a lecture followed with discussion, registered if possible in order to publish it on-line.

Term 2024Z:

All lectures are held at 6 pm at the headquarters of the Austrian Cultural Forum at 7/9 Próżna Street.
Dates of individual meetings:
1. Michael Wedekind (Bremen), Continuities and Discontinuities: Late Habsburg Rule in the Alpine-Adriatic Borderlands and its Aftermath, 21.10.2024
2. Natka Badurina (Udine), Sense of National Belonging in Rijeka after WWI: Between Passion and Indifference, 18.11.2024
3. Marta Verginella (Ljubljana), 20.01.2025
4. Daniel Baric (Paris-Sorbonne), The rediscovery of the Habsburg Legacy in Croatia and Socialist Yugoslavia: the role of Istria and Dalmatia, 17.02.2025
Talk at the end of the lecture series: date to be determined.

Type of course

general courses

Mode

Classroom

Course coordinators

Maciej Falski

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of the course, the student
1/ better understands the problems of complex identity in multi-ethnic states
2/ knows the basic problems of the politics of memory in the post-Habsburg regions
3/ can describe the main contentious issues in Italian-Slovenian and Italian-Croatian relations
4/ knows how to critically interpret a cultural history text.

Assessment criteria

Attendance at all four lectures is required to pass the class. After the last lecture, in the revision session, there will be a conversation on the topics covered in particular lectures and on selected reading from the list provided in USOSweb.

Bibliography

1. Beller Steven, The Habsburg Monarchy 1815-1918, Cambridge University Press 2018 [or any other overview of the Habsburg history]
2. Falski Maciej, Slovenian Elites in Trieste and their Role in the Formation of Local Communities, “Acta Poloniae Historica” 121, 2020, s. 43-64, doi: 10.12775/APH.2020.121.03
3. Roberta Altin, Natka Badurina, Divided Memories. Italian Exodus in the Urban Space of Trieste, https://www.academia.edu/38668724/DIVIDED_MEMORIES_ISTRIAN_EXODUS_IN_THE_URBAN_SPACE_OF_TRIESTE
4. Marta Verginella, Border Genealogies. Slovenian Claims to Trieste, https://www.academia.edu/9825915/Border_Genealogies_Slovenian_clams_to_Trieste

Additional information

Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

Description of 3005-HABSBURG-OG in USOSweb