Exploring Central European History: A Wirth Institute Podcast with Joseph F. Patrouch

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• Austro-Hungarians in Canada’s Internment Camps, 1914-1920: Part of a Worldwide Story

  October 26, 2020 · 36 min

  Starting in the 1890’s, countries around the world, including Spain, the US, and the British Empire, began a policy of interning populations considered potentially dangerous. Professor Patrouch outlines this context before concentrating on…

• Lt. Commander Sir Georg von Trapp and Maria Kutschera: The Story behind the “Sound of Music”

  October 19, 2020 · 37 min

  When thinking about Austria, many people in North America almost automatically think of the movie and musical “The Sound of Music”. In this presentation, Professor Patrouch introduces the source for these cultural productions. He then…

• Marie Antoinette was not alone: Medieval and Early Modern Habsburg Marriage Diplomacy. The Women who left Home

  October 4, 2020 · 35 min

  Many people have heard the phrase “Let others wage war: thou, happy Austria, marry” in reference to the Habsburgs’ diplomatic undertakings. In this talk, Professor Patrouch outlines the roles women played in the histories of the dynasty…

• The Vienna World’s Fair of 1873: Big Plans, not so big Results

  October 4, 2020 · 35 min

  Recently, the study of the various world’s fairs held around the globe starting in London in 1851 have attracted scholars’ attention. Professor Patrouch takes listeners on a virtual tour of the international exhibition held in Vienna in…

• Early Modern Climate Change: “The Little Ice Age” hits Central Europe

  September 29, 2020 · 36 min

  For decades historians have been accumulating data showing a marked cooling of the European climate in the later Medieval and Early Modern periods. Using three case studies from the sixteenth century, Professor Patrouch discusses how this…

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