Austrian History Yearbook (AHY)
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Founded in 1965, AHY remains the only English-language peer-reviewed journal devoted to the history of Central European former Habsburg territories.
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The 56th edition of the Austrian History Yearbook has officially been published! For now you can read its 10 research articles and 58 book reviews online while we eagerly anticipate the journal's physical publication.

#History #AcademicSky #Austria #Vienna #Europe

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Wie heißt es so schön, in eigener Sache: Ich habe gerade die Druchfahnen meines neuen Buches durchgesehen. Es wird Anfang September bei Böhlau erscheinen und stellt den Abschluss meines "Trümmerfrauen"-Projekts dar:
Ein Buchcover mit einem Trümmerhaufen im Vordergrund, im Hintergrund die Votivkirche. Der Text lautet: Ruinen der Erinnerung. Die Suche nach der österreichischen Trümmerfrau. Martin Tschiggerl
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In a review essay for our upcoming AHY, Minnesota's JB Shank reviews Martin Mulsow's latest English-language contribution to his large-scale project to reconceptualize historical perspectives on Europe's Enlightenment.
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#History #Enlightenment #AHY
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Unearthing the Foundations of the German Enlightenment: the Recent Soundings of Martin Mulsow | Austrian History Yearbook | Cambridge Core
Unearthing the Foundations of the German Enlightenment: the Recent Soundings of Martin Mulsow
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A new article by @tessmegginson.bsky.social shows that these processes of border delimitation were in fact quite involved. Her analysis of the border town Gmünd demonstrates how citizens actively lobbied for their interests and interacted with international boundary commissions in post-WWI Europe.
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A popular joke about an imagined inhabitant of #CentralEurope hinges on their ambivalence to the shifting national boundaries around them. Born in Hungary, apprenticed in Czechoslovakia, fought in Hungary, became a Soviet citizen, and settled in Ukraine, all while never leaving their home town.
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In their new article for the AHY @eltschiggolo.bsky.social, Lea von der Hude, and Patricia Seifner provide the first in-depth analysis of who conducted this labor, how it was understood, and why it has been such fertile ground for national mythologizing.
#WWII #Vienna #AHY
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A partially staged photograph of women clearing rubble in 1946 Vienna wearing high heels and expensive clothing. Monument to the Trümmerfrau in Vienna unveiled in 2018
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The idea of Austrian "Trümmerfrauen" and their sacrifices reconstructing post-WWII Vienna has provided a positive reconstruction myth and opportunities to valorize the suffering of former National Socialists as themselves victimized.
But who actually cleared the rubble from postwar Vienna?
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In The Last Peasant War, Jakub S. Beneš presents a history of the largely forgotten peasant revolution that swept central and eastern Europe after World War I—and how it changed the course of interwar politics and World War II.

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The Last Peasant War: Violence and Revolution in Twentieth-Century Eastern Europe by Jakub S. Benes
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Our first 2025 article is now available to read on FirstView!

Pavel Soukup explores the construction and deployment of sermons promoting the anti-Hussite crusade in 1467. The article shows how religious leaders integrated calls to crusade into their pastoral duties. #History
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Crusade, Politics, and Pastoral Care in the Klosterneuburg Sermons of 1467 | Austrian History Yearbook | Cambridge Core
Crusade, Politics, and Pastoral Care in the Klosterneuburg Sermons of 1467
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In preparation for the online publication of new AHY articles to be featured in our upcoming 2025 edition, revisit #AHY2024

Explore gendered perspectives on dynastic politics, new approaches to pre-modern violence, and innovative work on food and migration crises!
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