Wie wurde Forschung in Wien und der Habsburgermonarchie räumlich organisiert? Johannes Mattes untersucht in einem neuen Beitrag im Austrian History Yearbook (Cambridge) das Zusammenwirken von Wissenschaft, imperialer Staatlichkeit und Zivilgesellschaft zwischen 1848 und 1914 unter dem Aspekt der Kooperation. Der Fokus liegt dabei auf drei Räumen, die für das Selbstverständnis der Habsburgermonarchie von zentraler Bedeutung… Read More Johannes Mattes (2024). Collaborative Research in Imperial Vienna: Science Organization, Statehood, and Civil Society, 1848–1914. Austrian History Yearbook (Cambridge), 55: 1–28.

Amid the bloody Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2021 and the escalating tensions across the Taiwan Strait, the geopolitical balance of power has changed significantly in a very short period. If current trends continue, we may be witnessing a tectonic realignment unseen in more than a century. In 1904, Halford Mackinder delivered a seminal lecture… Read More Jeremy Black (2024): Rethinking Geopolitics. Indiana University Press: Bloomington.

Why do we represent journeys as lines on maps? Maps do not show the world as it really is – they show us how the mapmakers see it, and they are the product of centuries of trading, exploring and conquering. The lines recording individual journeys are even more revealing: they first appeared in the blank… Read More Sara Caputo (2023): Tracks on the Ocean: A History of Trailblazing, Maps and Maritime Travel. Profile Books: London.