Dr Tobias Heinrich, Lecturer in German in the Department of Modern Languages, is co-organising a scholarly workshop on the Austrian Empress Maria Theresa, to be held at the University of Oxford on 26 February 2018.
2017 marked the tercentenary of the birth of Maria Theresa, who ruled the Habsburg Empire from 1740 to 1780. Her reign was steeped in controversies and major wars, but it also saw the dawn of the Austrian Enlightenment and significant political as well as cultural reforms. In the workshop, experts from across Europe will discuss the prevailing ‘myth’ of Maria Theresa alongside questions of gender and political power in the eighteenth century.
The workshop is free to attend, although registration is required. For more details, please see the page here: www.history.ox.ac.uk/event/maria-theresa-1717-1780-tercentenary-workshop-habsburg-empress-and-her-time