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Beyond the Trenches: The Transformation of Habsburg Central Europe
Sunday, May 17, 2026 | 2 p.m.
Zoom Conference
Mistrust. Scarcity. Fear. How did a functioning constitutional state become a dictatorship overnight and lose the trust of its citizens? Pieter Judson and Tara Zahra offer a new analysis of the Habsburg Empire that reframes its dissolution in 1918 as a product of specific wartime policies and failures. From a harsh military dictatorship and an impossible food crisis to a military elite willing to attack its own citizens based on the languages they spoke, explore how the Habsburg monarchy created the conditions for its own demise.
Free with RSVP | Zoom