From the Austrian Empire to Communist East Central Europe

Download or read book From the Austrian Empire to Communist East Central Europe written by Arnold Suppan and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2010 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Centers for Austrian Studies, founded by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Science and Research since the 1970s, play an important role for the Austrian as well as the international scientific community. Their tasks are to promote studies on Austria and Central Europe in their host nations as well as to give Austrian students the possibility to conduct research abroad and to get in touch with the local scientific community. This volume contains reports on the activities of these Institutions in the academic year 2009/2010 and working papers of their most promising PhD students. The research presented in this volume covers various aspects of Central European history in Moderns Times, ranging from the sixteenth century to the present.