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Law and Order” or “Revolution”? Local Councils as an Instrument of the Post-1918 Transition in Upper Silesia, Cieszyn and the Orava County.   The paper focuses on the immediate post-war period from October 1918 until spring 1919 and the emergence of hundreds of councils as … [Read more...] about Abstracts Sebastian Paul

‚A Serious Lack of Discipline' - Robberies and Abuse of Authority at the Polish-Romanian Border   In contrast to the relations with the other neighboring states dominated by border conflicts, relations between Poland and Romania were quite harmonious in the aftermath of the First … [Read more...] about Abstracts Elisabeth Haid

Statelessness? International politics and local life in a German-Czech-Polish borderland in Upper Silesia 1918-1922   Two ethnically mixed regions: Cieszyn/Teschen/Tĕšín Silesia and Prussian Upper Silesia (Regierungsbezirk Oppeln), in 1918 became one of many contested regions … [Read more...] about Abstracts Marcin Jarzabek

From Empire to Umpire? Rebranding, Reshaping, and Repurposing the State in post-Habsburg (German-)Austrian Tyrol   As across East-Central Europe, the official end of the First World War in November 1918 brought little relief from the local effects of wartime policies itself in … [Read more...] about Abstracts Christopher Wendt

Fascism as an anti-Habsburg Revolution: Crisis of the Rule of Law, Social Unrest and Political Violence in post-Habsburg Trieste (1918-1926)   This proposal intends to focus on the political and social aftershocks of the Great War and of the collapse of Austria-Hungary in … [Read more...] about Abstracts Marco Bresciani