Moravian Germans according to Ivan Puš - Czech Science Café New York

321 East 73rd Street,New York NY 10021

16 June, 2021

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Moravian-German ethnicity, politics and their ties with the United States during the "long" 19th century 'Moravian-German ethnicity, politics and their ties with the United States during the "long" 19th century' is the topic of the lecture by Mgr. Ivan Puš, Ph.D. who will host the next edition of our Czech Science Café New York. Mr. Puš is currently on a Fulbright scholarship stay in the USA, working as a visiting professor at the University of Houston, Texas. Moravia was one of those lands in Austria(-Hungary) that were distinguished by everyday contacts of two and more different ethnic or language groups. German speaking individuals of various descent, with various social status and political opinions, lived among others alongside Czech, Yiddish and Polish speaking people in the Moravian cities and villages, which escalated tensions in the times of global and local conflicts (especially the revolutionary year 1848/1849). The wave of the political liberalism in the Austrian part of the Habsburg Monarchy of the 1860s enabled a free development of the particular social groups. Two decades later a series of the long lasting conflicts was started by the so called nationalistic activists. Their attempts were diminished by the “normal life” of the national indifferent individuals. Besides those aspects of the (hi)story hundreds of thousands people emigrated from the Habsburg Monarchy to the United States and other countries for social, political, educational and other reasons. Amongst them some personalities such as a writer Karl Anton Postl (i. e. Charles Sealsfield), politician Hans Kudlich or conductor and composer Hans Balatka but many common people as well who left a distinct trace in their new homeland and have been commemorated. Mgr. Ivan Puš, Ph.D. (*1987) is an Assistant Professor at the Palacký University Olomouc. He graduated with Master of Arts degree from History and German studies (2014) and with Ph.D. from Czech History (2018) at the Palacký University Olomouc. His current topic interests are the minority school law in Cisleithania and Czech(oslovak) exile. He deals with Czech-German relationship in 19th and 20th Century for a longer time. From January 2021 he has been a Fulbright grantee in the program Scholar-in-Residence at University of Houston, Texas, where he has been teaching courses for Department of History and Jewish Studies program. Due to COVID-19 restrictions for indoor events, seating capacity is limited and on first-come first-served basis. Reservations must be made in advance. Wearing a face mask is required. No tickets will be available at the door and anyone who has not received pre-event confirmation will be turned away. AN ANNUAL PROGRAM WITH OVER 150 EVENTS ENCOMPASSING THE VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS, FILM, LECTURES, CONCERTS AND FORUMS. IN 111 PLACES IN NEW YORK THAT YOU MUST NOT MISS, THE BOHEMIAN NATIONAL HALL WAS LISTED AS "A LITTLE-KNOWN TREASURE, A POST-MODERN SURPRISE, ENCOURAGING DYNAMIC DIALOGUE BETWEEN AMERICAN AND CZECH COMMUNITIES...A VIBRANT CULTURAL VENUE FOR NEW GENERATIONS OF NEW YORKERS."