The Wirth Institute is pleased to present a special six-part original podcast series hosted by Wirth Institute Director, Joseph F. Patrouch (History & Classics)! "Exploring Central European History" will take you from the plague-ravaged lands of Central Europe during the Black Death to the 1873 World's Fair in Vienna -- all from the comfort of your favourite cozy chair.Click here for more:https://www.ualberta.ca/wirth-institute/online-programming/lectures-and-podcasts/exploring-central-european-history/index.html
Exploring Central European History: A Wirth Institute Podcast with Joseph F. Patrouch
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The Wirth Institute is pleased to present a special six-part original podcast series hosted by Wirth Institute Director, Joseph F. Patrouch (History & Classics)! "Exploring Central European History" will take you from the plague-ravaged lands of Central Europe during the Black Death to the 1873 World's Fair in Vienna -- all from the comfort of your favourite cozy chair.Click here for more:https://www.ualberta.ca/wirth-institute/online-programming/lectures-and-podcasts/exploring-central-european-history/index.html
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Recent Episodes
October 26, 2020
Austro-Hungarians in Canada’s Internment Camps, 1914-1920: Part of a Worldwide Story
Starting in the 1890’s, countries around the world, including Spain, the US, and the British Empire, began a policy of interning populations considered potentially dangerous. Professor Patrouch outlines this context before concentrating on the internment camp system set up in Canada during the First World War in which thousands of men (and some women and children) from Austria-Hungary were incarcerated.
October 19, 2020
Lt. Commander Sir Georg von Trapp and Maria Kutschera: The Story behind the “Sound of Music”
When thinking about Austria, many people in North America almost automatically think of the movie and musical “The Sound of Music”. In this presentation, Professor Patrouch introduces the source for these cultural productions. He then concentrates on the military career of “the Captain”, the life of his first wife and the family’s history before Maria.
October 4, 2020
The Vienna World’s Fair of 1873: Big Plans, not so big Results
Recently, the study of the various world’s fairs held around the globe starting in London in 1851 have attracted scholars’ attention. Professor Patrouch takes listeners on a virtual tour of the international exhibition held in Vienna in 1873, placing it in the context of an empire recently defeated in war and trying to regain some type of position on the world stage.
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