Thursday, September 8th: Arrival
Friday, September 9th:
18:00
Opening, Alte Aula
Welcoming words:
Rector Prof. Dr. Bernd Engler (Tübingen), Rector Prof. Dr. Ioan-Aurel Pop (Cluj-Napoca), Vice-Rector Prof. Dr. Gábor Erdődy (Budapest)
Introduction:
The Danube Region and Europe – Diversity as Challenge and Potential: A Triangle Cooperation Project
Dr. Mathias Beer (Tübingen)
Opening lecture:
Understanding Empire: The Challenge of Biography
Prof. Dr. Ulrike von Hirschhausen (Rostock)
Saturday, September 10th: Theories and Analytical Tools
09:00 – 10:30
Keynote:
The Concept of Diversity and the Study of the Habsburg Monarchy: Definitions, Problems and Advantages
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Johler (Tübingen)
11:00 – 13:00
Presentations
Chair: Prof. Dr. Reinhard Johler, Dr. Christian Schuster, Prof. Dr. Gábor Erdődy
- Hybridity in Istria in the late 19th and early 20th Century
Daniela Simon (Tübingen)
- Ritualdynamik und (inter)kulturelle Kommunikation anhand der Kindertragetücher in der Baranya
Anna Szepesi (Tübingen)
- Multiculturalism and Cultural Hybridity in the Studies of Austrian Statistics and Ethnography on Istrian Peninsula (1850-1914)
Francesco Toncich (Tübingen)
15:00 – 18:00
Workshops
Chair: Prof. Dr. Reinhard Johler, Dr. Christian Schuster, Prof. Dr. Gábor Erdődy
Sunday, September 11th: Excursion to the city of Ulm
- Visit of the Donauschwäbisches Zentralmuseum
- The Emigrant Monument at the Danube Waterfront
- The City of Ulm
Monday, September 12th: Austria-Hungary as an “Empire”
09:00 – 10:30
Keynote:
Ständische Nationen, politische Nationen und Nationalitäten im Habsburgerreich des 19. Jahrhunderts: Das Beispiel Siebenbürgen
Prof. Dr. Judit Pál (Cluj-Napoca)
11:00 – 13:00
Presentations
Chair: Prof. Dr. Judit Pál, Prof. Dr. Carl Bethke, Prof. Dr. Rudolf Gräf, Dr. Zsuzsa Varga
- Habsburg Administration and the World of Public Houses in Modern Timișoara
Dr. Sandra Hirsch (Cluj-Napoca)
- Reflections on the “Hungarian issue” by the Viennese Press on the Spring of 1848
Gábor Ladányi (Budapest)
- The Dynamics of the ‘Green’ Transylvanian Saxon Movement in the Late 19th Century
Teodora Mihalache (Cluj-Napoca)
- Historical Scholarship in the Austro-Hungarian Empire: Comparing the Hungarian and the Czech Historical Review
Imre Tarafás (Budapest)
15:00 – 18:00
Workshops
Chair: Prof. Dr. Judit Pál, Prof. Dr. Carl Bethke, Prof. Dr. Rudolf Gräf, Dr. Zsuzsa Varga
Tuesday, September 13th: Migration and Mobility
09:00 – 10:30
Keynote:
Migration and Mobility in Southeastern Europe and the Habsburg Monarchy
Prof. Dr. Sylvia Hahn (Salzburg)
11:00 – 13:00 Presentations
Chair: Prof. Dr. Sylvia Hahn, Dr. Mathias Beer
- The Habsburg Army 1868-1918: Empire in Miniature
Dr. Serhiy Choliy (Kiew)
- Endlich sei auch die Tatsache erwähnt, dass das Land Krain auf den Altar des Vaterlandes große und schwere Opfer bringt: Refugees in Caniola during World War One
Dr. Jernej Kosi (Ljubljana)
- Competing Memories of Trieste’s Past
Daša Ličen (Ljubljana)
15:00 – 18:00
Workshops
Chair: Prof. Dr. Sylvia Hahn, Dr. Mathias Beer
Wednesday; September 14th: Tübingen Day
09:00 – 10:30
Presentation of the University of Tübingen
Wolfgang Mekle, Ursula Kimpel (Department of International Affairs – International Student Affairs and Exchange Programs)
11:00 – 13:00
Presentation of the Ludwig-Uhland-Institut für Empirische Kulturwissenschaft
15:00 – 18:00
Presentation of the Institut für donauschwäbische Geschichte und Landeskunde
Thursday, September 15th: Austro-Hungarian Multilingualism
09:00 – 10:30
Keynote:
“Empire” and Multilingualism
Dr. Tamara Scheer (Vienna)
11:00 – 13:00
Presentations
Chair: Dr. Tamara Scheer, Prof. Dr. Carl Bethke, Dr. Orsolya Manhercz
- 1840-41’s diplomatic negotiations of József Lonovics with the Holy See
Zsófi Bárány (Budapest)
- Libraries of 19th century Transylvania: Between change and continuity
Paula Cotoi (Cluj-Napoca)
- Mobilität von Menschen, Dingen und Ideen als Herausforderung für Gesellschaften: Der Bergarbeiterstreik von 1893 in Pécs
Mate Eichenseher (Tübingen)
- Urban Culture in Austro-Hungarian Osijek: Multiethnicity and Multilingualism
Dr. Anamarija Lukić (Osijek)
15:00 – 18:00
Workshops
Chair: Dr. Tamara Scheer, Prof. Dr. Carl Bethke, Dr. Orsolya Manhercz
Friday, September 16th: The Century of the Cities
09:00 – 10:30
Keynote:
The Century of the Cities: Urban Life and Cultural Diversity
Prof. Dr. Gábor Sonkoly (Budapest)
11:00 – 13:00
Presentations
Chair: Prof. Dr. Gabór Sonkoly, Prof. Dr. Reinhard Johler, Dr. Christian Schuster
- Aspects Concerning the Perception of the English Liberalism by the Transylvanian Romanians during the 19th Century
Andrei Faur (Cluj-Napoca)
- Freizeitgestaltung und Vereinsleben im 19. Jahrhundert in Siebenbürgen und im Banat: Städtisches Leben in Hermannstadt und Temeswar
Daniela Maria Stanciu (Cluj-Napoca)
- Architectural Expressions of National Characteristics and Identities. National Styles Habsburg Central Europe in Comparative Perspective, 1860s – 1920s
Dániel Varess (Budapest)
- Style Elements in the Architecture of Mining Towns in the Golden Quadrangle of Transylvania
Sorana-Maria Vlad (Cluj-Napoca)
15:00 – 18:00
Workshops
Chair: Prof. Dr. Gabór Sonkoly, Prof. Dr. Reinhard Johler, Dr. Christian Schuster
Meeting of the working group “Research Project” (members of the Universities of Budapest, Cluj-Napoca and Tübingen)
Saturday, September 17th: Nationalism in Politics and Culture
09:00 – 10:30
Presentations
Chair: Prof. Dr. Pieter M. Judson, Dr. Mathias Beer, Prof. Dr. Reinhard Johler
- Der Historiker Raimund Friedrich Kaindl (1866-1930) und die ethnopolitische Mobilisierung der Deutschen im Karpatenraum am Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts
Alpár Bezzegh (Budapest)
- The Sarajevo Assassination – Nationalism and Politics in Bosnia and Hercegovina on the Eve of the Great War
Miloš Vojinović (Belgrade)
- Out of the Melting Pot? German Nationalism in the Banat before the First World War
Christopher Wendt (Budapest)
11:00 – 12:30
Keynote:
Performing Identity: Nationalism in Politics and Culture
Prof. Dr. Pieter M. Judson (Florence)
12:30 – 13:00
Summary and prospects:
Prof. Dr. Carl Bethke (Tübingen)
Sunday, September 18th: Departure