The Congress of Vienna and its Global Dimension, 18-22 September 2014, University of Vienna, Austria

 

 

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Institute of History at the University of Vienna

 

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14/9/2014 – It is a pleasure for us to welcome the Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies and Principal of the St. Augustine campus (Trinidad and Tobago) Prof. Clement K. Sankat as our closing speaker on Sep. 22.

 

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6/9/2014 – The >> book of abstracts is now available to download.

 

19/8/2014 – Detailed information on the >> special events is now available

 

5/8/2014 – The page >> Directions, Maps, Floor Plans is now available.

 

23/7/2014 – Please check the website frequently for news and updates. Updates will not be posted here anymore.

 

22/7/2014 – The >> provisional conference programme is now available to download.

 

18/7/2014 – It is a pleasure for us to welcome the Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Vienna Prof. Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik as opening speaker on Sep. 18.

 

17/7/2014 – The >> list of accepted conference presenters and the >> schedule have been updated.

 

15/7/2014 – The >> list of accepted conference presenters has been updated.

 

22/6/2014 – It is a pleasure for us to welcome the secretary general of the Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine Hans van der Werf as our guest of honour.

 

Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine

                

21/6/2014 – Markus Wiener Publishers (Princeton) will be ex­hibiting at the conference book fair.

 

20/6/2014 – The >> list of accepted conference presenters has been updated.

 

13/6/2014 – The >> call for the doctoral seminar “The global dimension in history and historiography has been published.

 

9/6/2014 – It is a pleasure for us to welcome the Austrian Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Rudolf Hundstorfer and the president of the Dominican Foundation of Global Democracy and Development Leonel Fernández Reyna as opening speakers on Sep. 18.

 

8/6/2014 – The >> list of accepted conference presenters and the >> schedule have been updated.

 

23/4/2014 – The >> list of accepted conference presenters is now online.

 

21/4/2014 – The booking deadline for >> Hotel Boltzmann has been extended to 15 May 2014.

 

7/4/2014 – We would like to call your attention to the following conference organised by David Armitage and Stella Ghervas, taking place on 11 April 2014 at Harvard University: >> The Power of Peace: New Perspectives on the Congress of Vienna (1814-1815) as well as their recently published article: >> The Power of Peace: Why 1814 Might Matter More than 1914

 

1/3/2014 – The call for proposals has now closed. Thank you to all that have submitted abstracts. The scientific committee is making a decision for papers and will inform you until 31 March 2014.

 

 

The Congress of Vienna and its global dimension

 

International conference commemorating the bicentenary of the Congress

of Vienna 1814-15

 

18-22 September 2014, University of Vienna, Austria

Auspices: Austrian Commission for UNESCO

 

The 11th International Meeting of the Association of Latin American and Caribbean Historians is now over. Thank you to all the delegates and everyone involved for making it such an interesting and successful meeting. If you have any questions relating to the conference, we can be contacted at office@konak-wien.org.

 

The 12th International Meeting of the Association of Latin American and Caribbean Historians will be held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in 2018. Details on this conference will be published at http://adhilac.com.ar/. We hope that you will be able to join us and look forward to meeting you in Santo Domingo.

 

 

This major conference featured a stimulating programme of 42 parallel sessions for papers and discussion as well as several plenary events by leading scholars and researchers from all over the world. It provided an international, multi- and interdisciplinary forum inclusive of transnational research and wide ranging cultural perspectives. Over 200 scholars from 36 different countries and various disciplines have registered as presenters, chairpersons, and commentators. A doctoral student seminar took place from 17-18 September 2014.

 

The conference was an event in the “break the silence” programme

>> UNESCO Slave Route Project

 

UNESCO Slave Route Project

 

The plenary lecture given by Immanuel Wallerstein (Yale) was a public lecture

in the series >> Vienna Lectures – the dialogue forum of the City of Vienna

 

Vienna Lectures

 

 Conference highlights

 

ü  7 Keynote lectures

ü  5 Keynote paper sessions

ü  42 Parallel paper sessions

ü  Roundtable discussions

ü  Book launches

ü  Cultural and social programme (receptions, exhibitions, outings etc.)

ü  Doctoral seminar

 

 Keynote speakers

 

Robin Blackburn, University of Essex

Helmut Bley, Hanover University

Luis Britto García, Central University of Venezuela, Caracas

Manuel Chust Calero, Jaume I University, Spain

Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch, Diderot University, Paris

Leonel Fernández Reyna, Foundation of Global Democracy and Development

Antonio Gaztambide Géigel, University of Puerto Rico

Georg Iggers, State University of New York, Buffalo

Jonathan Israel, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

Franklin W. Knight, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore

Hans-Joachim König, Eichstätt University

Dieter Langewiesche, Tübingen University

Paul E. Lovejoy, York University, Toronto

Juan Marchena Fernández, Pablo de Olavide University, Seville

Matthias Middell, Leipzig University

Gert Oostindie, Leiden University

Pedro Pablo Rodríguez L., Academy of Cuban History

Wolfgang Schmale, Vienna University                    

Ulrike Schmieder, Hanover University

Dale Tomich, State University of New York, Binghamton

Immanuel Wallerstein, Yale University

Nigel Worden, Cape Town University

Oscar Zanetti Lecuona, Academy of Cuban History

 

 

 

 

 

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