[Bilimsel Haber] Conf: Multiethnic Empires since the 19th Century (4-6 October 2007, Freiburg)

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International Conference

Empires. Rule and Conflict, Representation and Crisis:
Multiethnic Empires since the 19th Century

4.-6.10.2007, Ort:
Haus zur Lieben Hand, Löwenstraße 16, Freiburg

Europe is more than the sum of its national histories. However, European
Empires with their multi-ethnic societies have often been considered as
failures and their history was often perceived as a narrative of
disintegration and decline. With the dominating premises of nation-state
formation receding in recent historiography, the themes of integrating
multi-ethnic societies and the threats of Empires' disintegration in an era
of dynamic international competition since the late 19th century deserve
new attention.


Thursday, 4th October 2007

9.00 - 9.30:
Comparing Empires - Welcome and Introduction

Ulrike von Hirschhausen (Hamburg) und Jörn Leonhard (Freiburg/Br.):
Beyond Rise and Fall - Comparing Multiethnic Empires in the long Nineteenth
Century


9.30 - 13.30: Section I
Conquering and Classifying -
Surveying Composite States and Multiethnic Populations

Moderation and Comments:
Ute Schneider (Köln)

Ulrike v. Hirschhausen (Hamburg):
People that count: Imperial Census in the Habsburg Monarchy and Russia

Claudia Weiss (Hamburg):
In Service of the Russian Empire: The Role of Geography in the Development
of Imperial Space

11.15 - 11.45: Break

Guy Thomas (Basel):
Cartography and the Imperial Gaze: Projections of the British Quest for
Hegemony in sub-Saharan Africa

Mehmet Hacisalihoglu (Istanbul):
Grenzen, Karten, Statistiken: Die Erfassung des multiethnischen Osmanischen
Reiches

13.30 to 15.30: Lunch


15.30 to 19.30: Section II
Ruling and Bargaining -
Comparing Conflicts in Imperial Contexts

Moderation and Comments:
Jürgen Osterhammel (Konstanz)

Alexei Miller (Budapest):
Interplay of Imperial Integration, Russian Nation-building and
Russification in the Romanov Empire, 1830-1914

Joachim von Puttkamer (Jena):
Konflikt und Deeskalation. Der russisch-polnische Konflikt nach 1863 und
der österreichisch-ungarische Ausgleich von 1867

17.15 - 17.45: Break

Jörn Leonhard (Freiburg/Br.):
The British are always at war somewhere: Imperial Conflict Strategies
during the Indian Mutiny and the Boer War

Maurus Reinkowski (Freiburg/Br.):
Between Imperial Idea and "Realpolitik“: Reform Policy and Nationalism
in the Ottoman Empire

20.00: Dinner


Friday, 5th October 2007

9.30 - 13.30: Section III
Identifying and Representing -
The Role of Monarchy and Dynasty for the Mediation of Imperial Images 
Moderation and Comments:
Peter Haslinger (Marburg/Gießen)

Frithjof Benjamin Schenk (München):
The Tsar and the Empire. Representation of the Monarchy and Symbolic
Integration in Romanov Russia

Laurence Cole (Norwich):
Dynasty as a Projection in the Habsburg Monarchy

11.15 to 11.45: Break

Miles Taylor (York):
Mimicry and Monarchy: The Spectacle of the Raj, 1858-1901

Hakan Karateke (Cambridge/Mass.):
The Ideal of the Ottoman Sultan in the Nineteenth Century

13.30 - 15.30: Lunch


15.30 - 18.30: Section IV
Believing and Integrating -
Religion and Confession as Media for Imperial Self-Images

Moderation and Comments:
Fikret Adanir (Bochum/Istanbul)

Martin Schulze Wessel (München):
Religion als Herrschaftsinstrument? Russland und die Habsburgermonarchie im
Vergleich

Azmi Özcan (Sakarya):
The Caliphate as an Invented Tradition in the Ottoman Empire

17.15 - 17.45: Break

Benedict Stuchtey (London):
Mission, Zivilisierung und kulturelle Sendung: Religion, Konfession und
Britisches Empire

20.00: Dinner


Saturday, 6th Oktober 2007

9.30 - 13.30: Section V
Defending and Fighting -
The Empires and the Experience of the First World War

Moderation and Comments:
Jörn Leonhard, Freiburg

Eric Lohr (Washington):
Nationalizing the Russian Empire in the First World War

Daniel Unowsky (Memphis)
World War I and the Limits of Habsburg Patriotism

11.15 - 11.45: Break

Santanu Das (London):
Sepoys and Sahibs: India, Empire and the First World War

Erik-Jan Zürcher (Leiden):
Demographic Engineering, End of Empire and the Emergence of the
Nation-State: The Ottoman Empire and the First World War


Jörn Leonhard (Freiburg/Br.), Ulrike von Hirschhausen (Hamburg) and all
participants:
General Discussion - Towards a Comparative History of Empires: Problems and
Perspectives


Kontakt:
Jörn Leonhard : joern.leonhard at gmx.net
Ulrike von Hirschhausen: uhirschhausen at web.de 

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