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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
History
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr. Iris Nachum
Coordinator Office Hours:
Wednesday, upon appointment
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Iris Nachum
Course/Module description:
This exercise course examines the history of the late Habsburg Monarchy, from the 1848 Spring of Nations to the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918. Particular attention is paid to political, social, and cultural developments, while situating these transformations within their broader European context.
Course/Module aims:
Instead of approaching the final turbulent decades of the Habsburg Monarchy merely as textbook examples of state failure and imperial collapse, the course seeks to highlight the monarchy’s strategies to confront and address the diverse challenges of a multinational society.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
-Understand the historical development of the late Habsburg Monarchy.
-Explain key events and identify major figures in the Habsburg Monarchy from 1848 to 1918.
-Evaluate the strategies of the Habsburg Monarchy for addressing the challenges of a multinational society.
-Connect political, social, and cultural aspects of Central Europe in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
-Analyze primary and secondary sources related to the Habsburg Monarchy.
Attendance requirements(%):
100%
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Lecture and in-class discussions
Course/Module Content:
1. The Habsburg Monarchy: A Historical Overview
2. The “Spring of Nations” of 1848
3. The "Spring of Nations" and Its Consequences
4. The Age of Wars, 1853–1866
5. The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 and the Austrian Constitution of 1867
6. Ringstraße
7. The Rise and Fall of Liberalism
8. “Our Empire”, “Vienna 1900”
9. “Playing with Love” by Arthur Schnitzler
10. Bosnia and Herzegovina
11. Outbreak of World War I: The Home Front
12. World War I: The Front
13. The Collapse of the Habsburg Monarchy
Required Reading:
Pieter M. Judson, The Habsburg Empire: A New History (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2016).
Steven Beller, A Concise History of Austria (Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press, 2006).
Carl E. Schorske, Fin-de-Siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture (New York: Vintage Books, 1981).
Jonathan Kwan, Liberalism and the Habsburg Monarchy, 1861-1895 (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013).
Maureen Healy, “Becoming Austrian: Women, the State, and Citizenship in World War I”, in: Central European History 35/1 (2002).
רינה פלד, "הנערה המתוקה: טיפוס נשי במבט גברי", בתוך: שרון גורדון ורינה פלד, עורכות, וינה 1900: פריחה על סִפּה של תהום (ירושלים: כרמל, 2019)
Additional Reading Material:
Grading Scheme :
Essay / Project / Final Assignment / Referat 70 %
Submission assignments during the semester: Exercises / Essays / Audits / Reports / Forum / Simulation / others 30 %
Additional information:
Students are required to submit two short papers (4 pages each, in English) during the semester (30%) and a final paper (6 pages in English) at the end of the semester (70%).
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