23-25.05.24, CONFERENCE | MANAGING THE PRINCE: A FEEDBACK IN PICTURES

Last week (23-25 May 2024) saw the Kick-Off conference of the Managing Maximilian project, Managing the Prince: Hidden Actors and the Prosopography of Pre-modern Rulership, held at the Weltmuseum Wien Forum – KHM (Heldenplatz, 1010 Wien).

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The event provided an opportunity to officially welcome and thank the project’s institutional and scientific partners, including Heinz Fassmann (President of the Austrian Academy of Science – ÖAW), Christof Gattringer (President of the Austrian Science Fund – FWF), Sebastian Schütze (Rector of the University of Vienna – UWien) and Franz Pichorner (Secretary General of the Kunsthistorisches Museum – KHM).

From left to right, from top to bottom: Heinz Fassmann, President of the Austrian Academy of Sciences – ÖAW; Christof Gattringer, President of the Austrian Science Fund – FWF; Sebastian Schütze, Rector of the University of Vienna – UWien; Franz Pichorner, Secretary General of the Kunsthistorisches Museum – KHM; and Andreas Zajic – ÖAW/ManMax Team Leader.

The fruitful scientific exchanges between Andreas Zajic, Managing Maximilian’s Co-ordinator, the various sub-project leaders (Elisabeth Klecker, Stefan Krause, Birgit Lodes, Christina Lutter, Christof Metzger, Stephan Müller, Georg Vogeler), the project members and the external participants provided an opportunity to discuss the directions taken by the project, particularly during the numerous sessions devoted to responding to the reflections of the respondents.

Élodie Lecuppre-Desjardin – Professor at the Université de Lille (France)

On the evening of Thursday 23 May, Élodie Lecuppre-Desjardin (University of Lille) gave us an evening lecture in which she developed a thought-provoking cross between the prosopographical approach and the emergence of the modern state. ‘Can we then speak of a prosopographical state?

From left to right, from top to bottom: 1. Heinz Fassmann, President of the Austrian Academy of Sciences – ÖAW; 2. Georg Vogeler and Marcella Tambuscio – Universität Graz/ManMax Team; 3. Dennis Wegener and Lukas Ebert – Universität Wien/ManMax Team – Andrea Pearson – American University – Grantley McDonald – Universität Wien/ManMax Team; 4. Manfred Hollegger – ÖAW – Christina Antenhofer – Universität Salzburg – ’ŸŽŠJeroen Duindam – Univeristeit Leiden; 5. Heinz Fassmann, President of the Austrian Academy of Sciences – ÖAW –  Andreas Zajic – ÖAW/ManMax Team Leader – Christina Lutter – Universität Wien/ManMax Team.

From left to right, from top to bottom: 1. Johannes Preiser-Kappeler – ÖAW; 2. Marcella Tambuscio and Richard Hadden – Universität Graz/ManMax Team; 3. Idem; 4. Márton Karsai – CEU (Vienna); 5. Matthew Hammond – King’s College (London); 6. Christina Lutter – Universität Wien/ManMax Team.

From left to right, from top to bottom: 1. Márton Karsai – CEU (Vienna) – Johannes Preiser-Kappeler – ÖAW – Matthew Hammond – King’s College (London) – Marcella Tambuscio and Richard Hadden – Universität Graz/ManMax Team; 2. Georg Vogeler – Universität Graz/ManMax Team; 3. Andreas Zajic – ÖAW/ManMax Team Leader – Birgit Lodes – Universität Wien/ManMax Team – Christina Antenhofer – Universität Salzburg – Rahul Kulka – KHM/ManMax Team – Christof Muigg – Universität Wien/ManMax Team – and Christina Lutter – Universität Wien/ManMax Team; 4. Rahul Kulka – KHM/ManMax Team – Christof Muigg – Universität Wien/ManMax Team – and Christina Lutter – Universität Wien/ManMax Team.

From left to right, from top to bottom: 1. Stephan Müller – Universität Wien/ManMax Team; 2. Lukas Ebert – Universität Wien/ManMax Team; 3. Grantley McDonald – Universität Wien/ManMax; 4. Albert Schirrmeister – DHI (Paris); 5. David Fiala – Université de Tours; 6. Matthew Hammond – King’s College (London) – Klara Hübner – University of Brno – Julia Burkhardt – Universität München – Manfred Hollegger – ÖAW –  Gerhard Lubich – Uniersität Bochum.

From left to right, from top to bottom: 1. Elizabeth Klecker – Universität Wien/ManMax Team; 2. Dennis Wegener – Universität Wien/ManMax Team – 3. Erwin Pokorny – Albertina/ManMax Team; 4. Henrike Manuwald – Universität Göttingen – 5. Andrea Pearson – American University (Washington DC).

From left to right, from top to bottom: 1. Andrea Singh Bottanová – ÖAW/ManMax Team; 2. Sonja Lessacher – ÖAW/ManMax Team; 3. Manfred Hollegger – ÖAW; 4. Sonja Dünnebeil – ÖAW/ManMax Team; 5. Paul M. Dover – Kennesaw State University.

Image Credits: Erwin Pokorny