Modern Central European History
Deputy Director of the Jacob Robinson Institute for the History of Individual and Collective Rights
The recitation examines the history of the late Habsburg Monarchy – from the 1848 Spring of Nations to the breakup of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918. In doing so, special attention is given to political, social and cultural developments.
The seminar examines the life, work and times of the Jewish jurist Jacob Robinson who was born in Lithuania in 1889 and died in New York in 1977. In doing so, special attention is given to his engagement for the protection of minority rights. The seminar’s approach is multidisciplinary, combining elements from history, law, and political science.
The year 2022 marks the 70th anniversary of the Reparations Agreement between Germany, Israel and the Jewish Claims Conference. Ever since 1952, and more so since the end of the Cold War, the Agreement serves many former victims and perpetrators of grave human rights violations as model for dealing with past wrongs. This seminar examines the negotiations that preceded the Agreement, the Agreement itself, and the German-Jewish-Israeli relations that grew out of it. In addition, the seminar studies theoretical and practical aspects of other reparations cases for historical wrongs in Europe since 1945.
Which aspects of its tremendous rich history does Prague try to conceal? Which past events, persons, places and objects does the metropolis disclose and stage? How and why are some parts of the city’s history disguised, while others are accentuated and even celebrated? These are the key questions that will guide this seminar and the week-long stay in the capital of the Czech Republic.
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The recitation examines the history of the Bohemians Lands in the 19th and 20th centuries – from the 1848 Spring of Nations to the aftermath of the 1989 Velvet Revolution. In doing so, special attention is given to political, social and cultural developments as well as to the relationships between local Czechs, Germans, and Jews.
The seminar examines the life, work and times of the Jewish jurist Jacob Robinson who was born in Lithuania in 1889 and died in New York in 1977. Special attention is given to his engagement for the protection of minority rights. The seminar’s approach is multidisciplinary, combining elements from history, law, and political science.
The seminar aims to study Robinson’s involvement in key international institutions and issues, for instance: the European Congress of Nationalities, Institute of Jewish Affairs, United Nations, Nuremberg and Eichmann trials, Refugee Convention, compensation agreement between West Germany and Israel.
The seminar examines the historical development of key political theories in modern Europe. In doing so, special attention is given to social contract theory, liberalism, individualism, and socialism. The seminar’s approach is multidisciplinary, combining elements from history, political science, philosophy, and law.
The seminar aims to provide a historical overview of various modern European thinkers and their respective contributions to key political theories.
The seminar examines the history of the Habsburg Monarchy in the long 19th century– from the enlightened reforms of Joseph II. to the breakup of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918. In doing so, special attention is given to political, social and cultural developments.
Instead of studying the Habsburg Empire in the long 19th century as a textbook example of state failure and empire collapse, the purpose of the recitation is to highlight the monarchy’s intriguing attempts to face and solve the diverse challenges of a multinational society.
The seminar examines the historical development of key political concepts and ideas. In doing so, special attention is given to the changing meanings of “justice”, “freedom”, “equality”, and other major terms of Western thought. The seminar’s approach is multidisciplinary, combining elements from history, political science, philosophy, and law.
The seminar aims to provide a historical overview of various thinkers and their respective understandings of key political terms and ideas.
The seminar examines both theoretical and practical aspects of reparations for historical wrongs since 1945.
The aim of the seminar is to study cases of compensation and restitution in contemporary Europe.
The recitation examines the history of the late Habsburg Monarchy – from the 1848 Spring of Nations to the breakup of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918. In doing so, special attention is given to political, social and cultural developments.
Instead of studying the last turbulent decades of the Habsburg Monarchy as textbook examples of state failure and empire collapse, the purpose of the recitation is to highlight the monarchy’s intriguing attempts to face and solve the diverse challenges of a multinational society.