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Center for Austrian Studies

The Western Hemisphere's oldest and best-known research center investigating the past, present, and future of Central Europe with a specific focus on Austria and the successor states of the Habsburg Empire.

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Upcoming Events

Online

October 24, 2024

Religion and Violence in the 17th century Habsburg/Ottoman borderlands

Michels will present on his award-winning research, and will include a response by Professor James Tracy

In-Person

October 27, 2024

Saints, Traitors, and Heretics: the Charles Bridge and Its Statues in Baroque Prague

Howard Louthan (CAS Director) will be giving a Friends Lecture at the Minneapolis Institute of Art on the famous Charles Bridge in Prague

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Hybrid

November 22, 2024

How to Make a Holy Well: Attributing Meaning and Establishing Practices at Healing Water Sites in Early Modern Germany

Join the CPS community for a lecture by Ute Lotz-Heumann (Late Medieval and Reformation Studies, University of Arizona)

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Upcoming Events

Religion and Violence in the 17th century Habsburg/Ottoman borderlands

Saints, Traitors, and Heretics: the Charles Bridge and Its Statues in Baroque Prague

How to Make a Holy Well: Attributing Meaning and Establishing Practices at Healing Water Sites in Early Modern Germany