early modern European history Holy Roman Empire Habsburg Dynasty
I am a historian of Early Modern Europe, with a particular interest in the Holy Roman Empire and the lands ruled by members of the Habsburg Dynasty, both inside the Empire and elsewhere around Europe and the world. My primary chronological period of research concentration is between approximately 1550 and 1650.
Additional research interests include the roles of Habsburg women and their courts in early modern Europe, as well as early modern empire and urban studies. I have experience directing a program in Public History and am also interested in museum studies.
My current research project centers on the imagined and experienced landscapes of the Holy Roman Empire in the 1560's and 1570's.
Potential graduate students wishing to work with me in one of the above or related fields are encouraged to contact me well in advance of the admission application deadline.
Recent book reviews
Luca Scholz, Borders & Freedom of Movement in the Holy Roman Empire, for H-Empire (March, 2022).
https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=57126
Dawn Hollis and Jason Koenig, editors, Mountain Dialogues from Antiquity to Modernity, Mountain Research and Development 42:1 (2022) M-M2.
William D. Godsey and Veronika Hyden-Hanscho, editors, Das Haus Arenberg und die Habsburgermonarchie. Central European History 54:2 (2021) 371-74.
Rubén González Cuerva and Alexander Koller, editors, A Europe of Courts, a Europe of Factions: Political Groups at Early Modern Centres of Power (1550–1700). Renaissance Quarterly 73:3 (2020) 1034-35.
Podcasts
"Exploring Central European History"
"Conversations about Austria"
https://open.spotify.com/episode/04amRt6N3hU8j4IRfy5l4O
Public Presentations
"Monuments and Museums: How Austrians are Dealing with their Pasts Today" [Online], Adult Education Program, Beth Shalom Synagogue, Edmonton, January, 2022.
Commentator, [Online] Panel Discussion: "Border Crossings in the Old Regime: Transregional Perspectives on the Habsburg Low Countries and Austria," Institute for European Studies, University of California, Berkeley, May, 2021. [With Violet Soen, Sophie Verreyken, and Jeroen Dewolf.] Available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkW0I1UD8GM&t=9s
“The Jewish Pasts of Tyrol and Austrian Memory Politics of Today” [Online], Edmonton Jewish Film Festival, May, 2021.
Winter Term 2022:
HIST 290: Introduction to History as a Discipline
HIST 310: History of the Habsburg Monarchy
Fall Term: 2022:
HIST 290: Introduction to History as a Discipline
HIST 311: History of Vienna
Recently released: "Sisters, cousins, nieces, nephews, (and an aunt): The female dynastic contexts of Archduke Ferdinand in the transitional year of 1567," pp. 149-68 in Sylva Dobalová and Jaroslava Hausenblasová, eds., Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria: A Second-Born Son in Renaissance Europe (Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences, 2021).
https://austriaca.at/8501-7?frames=yes
A survey of European history from approximately 1200 to 1800.
Winter Term 2023Introduction to the basic concepts of historical inquiry and techniques of research and writing in History. Course includes lectures and discussions. Required for History majors. Prerequisite: A previous course in History or consent of the Department.
Fall Term 2022The multinational empire of the Habsburgs from the unification of Austria, Bohemia and Hungary to the destruction of the empire in World War I.
Winter Term 2023Introduction to the history of Vienna from prehistoric times to the present day, drawing on film, music, art, geography, architecture, and literature.
Fall Term 2022