Maria Theresa (1717 - 1780) - Programme
Milko Kos Historical Institute
Slovenian Society for 18th Century Studies
Maria Theresa (1717 – 1780) Enlightened Reformer and Grandmother of Central Europe
International scientific conference
ZRC Atrium, Novi trg 2, Ljubljana
7th - 9th June 2017
Wednesday, 7th June 2017, 20:00
Introduction evening
Music for Maria Theresia
Concertos from the Ptuj Collection: Castelli, Wagenseil, Zechner, Sgatberoni
ensemble musica cubicularis and soloist: Alessandro Ciccolini, Baroque violin.
[Tickets for the concert will be available at the Azil bookstore from 29th May 2017 onwards.]
Thursday, 8th June 2017
9:00 - 10:45
- James Shedel: The Mother of It All: Maria Theresia and the Creation of Hybrid Monarchy
- Ernst Bruckmüller: Maria Theresa – an Introduction to Biography Research
- Janos Kalmar: The Politics of the Queen Maria Theresa in the Hungarian Hisoriography
Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30
- Petr Maťa: The Land's Stepmother or the Saviour of the Bohemian State? The Image of Maria Theresa and her Time in Czech Historiograpy
- Hrvoje Petrić: Maria Theresa in Croatian historiography
- Maria Theresa, Her Reforms and Slovenian Historiography
Lunch break
14:00 - 15:30
- Miha Preinfalk: Maria Theresia under the Scrutiny of Geneology
- Vanja Kočevar: Coronations and Hereditary Homages: Ceremonial Acts of Maria Theresa's Investiture as a Ruler
- Philipp Steiner: The Period of Theresian and Josephinian Reforms as an End of the Estates of the Realm? The Renaissance and Further Development of the Estates' Constitutions in Inner-Austria between 1789 and 1792 - the Example of Carniola
- Boris Golec: The Theresian Reforms - The Moving Cause for the Changes in the Sense of Belonging and Unity as Well as Identity in the Sloveninan Ethnic Area
Coffee break
15:45 - 17:15
- Matjaž Ambrožič: The Consequences of Theresian Reforms and Measures in the Church in Slovenia
- Liliana Ferrari: The solution to the "gravissime differenze": the Extinction of the Patriarchate of Aquileia
- Lilijana Žnidaršič Golec: The Policy of Maria Theresa towards the "Acatholics" in the Inner-Austrian Provinces: a Backward Step?
Friday, 9th June 2017
9:00 - 10:30
- Ana Lavrič: Maria Theresa as the Mother of God
- Damjan Prelovšek: The Arts in the Age of Public Servants
- Marko Motnik: Maria Theresia and Music
Coffe break
10:45 - 12:15
- Luka Vidmar: Censorship of Books under Maria Theresa
- Vinko Rajšp: Maria Theresa Leveling the Path to Official Slovenian Language
- Stane Okoliš: The Influence of the Theresian School Reforms on the Development of Education in Slovenia
Lunch break
14:00 - 15:30
- Dragica Čeč: Reforms in Solving Social Issues under Reign of Maria Theresa
- Katarina Keber: Healthcare reforms of Maria Theresa and Gerard van Swieten
- Vladimir Simič: Could we perhaps say "Cherchez la femme"?
Coffee break
15:45 - 17:15
- Marija Wakounig: Maria Theresa, Europe's Statistician?
- Andrej Studen: The Hause numbering of the Conscription of Souls' in 1770/71 as an Adressing Technology and Means of Social Disciplining
- Rok Stergar: The Introduction of Conscription and Other Military Reforms of Maria Theresa