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070098 PS BA-Proseminar - Right of Residence, Citizenship and Option in the Habsburg Monarchy (2022S)

And the First Republic (c. 1811-1938)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte
Continuous assessment of course work
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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 09.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 16.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 23.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 30.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 06.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 27.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 04.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 11.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 18.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 25.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 01.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 08.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 15.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 22.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 29.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The implementation of a uniform citizenship law is generally regarded as a central characteristic of the modern nation state that emerged in the late 18th and 19th centuries. However, the forms of citizenship developed by multinational empires such as the Habsburg Monarchy and their respective successor states have long been neglected in historical research. Inclusion and exclusion of nationals and foreigners in the Habsburg Monarchy and the First Republic are therefore the focus of this course.
The enactment of the General Civil Code (Allgemeines Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch, ABGB) on 1 June 1811, when a systematic distinction was made between citizens and aliens for the first time in the Austrian Monarchy, is chosen as the point of entry. As will be shown in the SE, the homeland law and citizenship policy as well as the option regulations of the First Republic reflected the state-building and state disintegration of the Habsburg Monarchy as well as the migration paths and acculturation of a large number of people.
Special attention will be paid to the consequences of the dissolution of the monarchy (1918) and the Peace Treaty of St. Germain-en-Laye (1919): Due to the option provisions enacted at that time, statelessness in particular acquired a previously unknown political significance. How homeland law, citizenship and option were socially practised and legally reinterpreted after 1918 will be exemplified by the discrimination of linguistic and religious minorities in the First Republic and the expatriation of political opponents in the Austrofascist "Ständestaat".

Assessment and permitted materials

For the positive completion of the PS, active participation (readings; discussion), the presentation of a topic chosen in consultation with the course instructor and its written elaboration of approx. 15 pages are necessary basic requirements. A thesis paper/handout is expected for the presentation.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

- Participation in discussions: 20
- Group presentation: 10
- oral presentation: 30
- Proseminar paper: 40 %.
Without presentation of a medical certificate or similar, non-attendance is allowed for max. 2 units. For a positive completion of the course, at least 50 % of the above requirements must be fulfilled.

Examination topics

Reading list

HEINDL, Waltraud/SAURER Edith/Hannelore BURGER (Hg.): Grenze und Staat: Paßwesen, Staatsbürgerschaft, Heimatrecht und Fremdengesetzgebung in der österreichischen Monarchie 1750-1867, Wien 2000.

KOLONOVITS, Dieter/Hannelore BURGER/Harald WENDELIN: Staatsbürgerschaft und Vertreibung, Wien-München 2004 (=Veröffentlichungen der Österreichischen Historikerkommission; 7).

PINWINKLER, Alexander: „Bevölkerungssoziologie“ und Ethnizität: Historisch-demographische „Minderheitenforschung“ in Österreich, ca. 1918-1938, in: Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft 57 (2009), 101-133.

REITER, Ilse: Ausgewiesen, abgeschoben: eine Geschichte des Ausweisungsrechts in Österreich vom ausgehenden 18. bis ins 20. Jahrhundert, Frankfurt am Main-Wien (u.a.) 2000.

STOURZH, Gerald: Der Umfang der österreichischen Geschichte. Ausgewählte Studien 1990-2010, Wien 2011.

Association in the course directory

Schwerpunkte: Österreichische Geschichte 1

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