History/Political Science paper by Holec, Roman
The 1867 Austro-Hungarian Compromise from the Slovak and Czech Point of View
Type of Abstract (select):Abstract (max. 250 words):
* Czech idea of the reconstruction of the Habsburg Monarchy in the 60th : federalization of the state based on the so-called “historical nations” (Palacký: The Idea of the Austrian state), dualism can only mean the end of the monarchy
* Slovak idea of the reconstruction of the Habsburg Monarchy in the 60th : centralization: all nations under one centre in Vienna (equality of rights), dualism can only mean the end of the Slovaks
* 1867 as a result of the “divide et impera” policy
* The consequences: Slovaks without Czechs and the Emperor and under the pressure of Hungarians; Czechs tried to push for the coronation of the Austrian Emperor to the Czech King
* The Czechs refused to participate in the 1867 Slovak idea of reconstruction of the Habsburg Monarchy in the 60th : centralization: all nations under one centre in Vienna (equality of rights)
* Compromise – the making of a modern Hungary or
* The Austro-Hungarian Compromise and Dualism as an example for the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1992
Brief Professional Bio (max. 100 words):
Roma Holec is a full professor at the Faculty of Art of Comenius University and Research Fellow of the Institute of History of Slovak Academy of Sciences, both in Bratislava, Slovakia. His scientific interests are Economic and Social History, Environmental History and History of Aristocracy – all from 1848 till 1945 in Central-Europe. An author of 17 books, he has more than 240 conference presentations and invited lectures (from them 140 in abroad)and participated in many study visits at European universities and international projects. (f. e. European Science Foundation, Kommission für die Geschichte der Habsburgermonarchie, Volkswagen-Stiftung).