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Transylvanian Saxon politics and imperial Germany, 1871-1876 (2018)
Journal Article
Kwan, J. (2018). Transylvanian Saxon politics and imperial Germany, 1871-1876. Historical Journal, 61(4), 991-1015. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X17000486

This article investigates the potential influence of the newly formed Imperial Germany on Transylvanian Saxon politics. The Saxons were German-speaking settlers with long traditions of local autonomy and political privileges within the kingdom of Hun... Read More about Transylvanian Saxon politics and imperial Germany, 1871-1876.

The Congress of Vienna, 1814-1815: diplomacy, political culture and sociability (2017)
Journal Article
Kwan, J. (in press). The Congress of Vienna, 1814-1815: diplomacy, political culture and sociability. Historical Journal, 60(4), https://doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X17000085

On 29 November 1814, the Austrian Emperor Francis, the Russian Tsar Alexander, and the Prussian King Frederick Wilhelm, along with 6,000 others, attended a concert in Vienna's Redouten Hall; Beethoven personally conducted three of his works: the Seve... Read More about The Congress of Vienna, 1814-1815: diplomacy, political culture and sociability.

Austro-German liberalism and Bohemian state rights, 1861-1879 (2016)
Journal Article
Kwan, J. (2016). Austro-German liberalism and Bohemian state rights, 1861-1879

This article aims to investigate the viewpoint of the Austro-German liberal movement – both ideologically and practically – towards the arguments for Bohemian state rights made by the conservative Bohemian Great Landowners and Czech political parties... Read More about Austro-German liberalism and Bohemian state rights, 1861-1879.