The Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in History and Memory

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Paul Brian Miller
McDaniel College (Westminster, MD 21157-4390)

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914, in Sarajevo is universally recognized as the immediate cause of the First World War, thus marking the onset of the twentieth century itself. It was also highly predictable, utterly fortuitous, and entirely disproportionate to its global cataclysmic consequences. This book project takes the Sarajevo assassination as a "site of memory" on which to explore how this contradictory past has been re-used, re-imagined and, even, re-invented through different time frames and diverse cultural, social and political contexts. By examining monuments, museums, textbooks, memoirs, anniversaries, literature, philosophy, folklore, film, theater, etc., my work seeks understanding of the larger question of how we absorb and assimilate history. This project is significant for humanistic studies on two counts: It calls forth evidence from most disciplines in the humanities; and it seeks to understand how people relate to their past.

Media Coverage

Kein Denkmal für den Toten” [No Memorial for the Dead] (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Paul Miller, Alma Hannig
Publication: Die Zeit magazine
Date: 6/6/2014
Abstract: Shortened, general reader-friendly version of academic article "Forgetting Franz Ferdinand"
URL: http://www.zeit.de/2014/27/franz-ferdinand-denkmal-habsburger).

Extraausgabe! Die Medien und der Krieg 1914–1918” [Extra! Extra! The Media and the War] (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Paul Miller
Publication: trafo.K
Date: 5/15/2014
Abstract: I worked with the office trafo.K (http://www.trafo-k.at) to develop teaching materials for a multiperspective, transnational discussion of World War I (Vienna, May 2014)
URL: http://www.trafo-k.at

The shot that changed world history (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Paul Miller, John Cummins
Publication: Austrian Radio FM4 (ÖRF) program
Date: 6/28/2014
Abstract: Radio interview on the 100th anniversary of the Sarajevo assassination
URL: http://fm4.orf.at/stories/1741484/

Attentate, Anschläge, und politische motivierte Morde” [Assassinations, Attempts, and Politically Motivated Murders] (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Paul Miller, Ewald Hiebl
Publication: Austrian Radio (ÖRF) program
Date: 9/25/2013
Abstract: Radio program interview on the Sarajevo assassination.
URL: http://oe1.orf.at/programm/349862

Associated Products

Forgetting Franz Ferdinand: The Archduke in Austrian Memory (Article)
Title: Forgetting Franz Ferdinand: The Archduke in Austrian Memory
Author: Paul Miller
Abstract: This article examines the memory of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Austria, from his death in 1914 to the present.
Year: 2015
Primary URL: http://http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9667405&fileId=S0067237814000186
Primary URL Description: journal website
Access Model: subscription
Format: Journal
Periodical Title: Austrian History Yearbook
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria-Este (Web Resource)
Title: Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria-Este
Author: Paul Miller
Abstract: 1914–1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War
Year: 2014
Primary URL: http://www.1914-1918-online.net
Primary URL Description: Encyclopedia website

Austrian Ambivalence: Remembering the Archduke Franz Ferdinand (Article)
Title: Austrian Ambivalence: Remembering the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Author: Paul Miller
Abstract: Preliminary study of Franz Ferdinand's memory in Austria
Year: 2011
Primary URL: https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/622465
Primary URL Description: Columbia University Libraries
Format: Journal
Periodical Title: Etudes Danubiennes
Publisher: Strasbourg : Groupe d'études de la monarchie des Habsbourg, 1985-

From Annexation to Assassination: The Sarajevo Murders in Bosnian and Austrian Minds (Book Section)
Title: From Annexation to Assassination: The Sarajevo Murders in Bosnian and Austrian Minds
Author: Paul Miller
Editor: Catherine Horel
Abstract: Compares and contrasts memory of the Sarajevo assassination in Austria and Bosnia.
Year: 2011
Primary URL: http://www.peterlang.com/detail/buch/60843/5/21700/
Primary URL Description: Publisher's website
Access Model: subscription/purchase only
Publisher: P.I.E. Peter Lang
Book Title: 1908, l'annexion de la Bosnie-Herzégovine, cent ans après
ISBN: 978-9052017006

"The First Shots of the First World War": The Sarajevo Assassination in History and Memory (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: "The First Shots of the First World War": The Sarajevo Assassination in History and Memory
Author: Paul Miller
Abstract: comprehensive overview of the memory of the Sarajevo assassination in literature, film, art, etc.
Date: 06/28/2014
Primary URL: http://www.southampton.ac.uk/greatwar_unknownwar/conferences/conferenceinfo.page
Primary URL Description: university website
Conference Name: Sarajevo 1914—Spark and Impact, University of Southampton, UK

"The First Shots of the First World War": The Sarajevo Assassination in History and Memory (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: "The First Shots of the First World War": The Sarajevo Assassination in History and Memory
Abstract: Battlefields and Homefronts: World War I and Modern Life Towson University lecture series
Author: Paul Miller
Date: 03/09/2016
Location: Towson University, Towson, Maryland, USA
Primary URL: http://tutigerstoday.towson.edu/?p=104792
Primary URL Description: university website

“The First Shots of the First World War": The Sarajevo Assassination in History and Memory (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: “The First Shots of the First World War": The Sarajevo Assassination in History and Memory
Abstract: Invited lecture
Author: Paul Miller
Date: 05/22/2014
Location: Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria
Primary URL: https://www.uni-graz.at/en/
Primary URL Description: university website

“The First Victim of the First World War": Franz Ferdinand in Austrian History and Memory (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: “The First Victim of the First World War": Franz Ferdinand in Austrian History and Memory
Author: Paul Miller
Abstract: Overview of Austrian memory of Franz Ferdinand
Date: 09/12/2014
Primary URL: http://www.acflondon.org/lectures-talks-symposia/conference-world-war-i-and-central-and-eastern-eur/
Primary URL Description: conference website
Conference Name: World War I in Central and Eastern European History, Austrian Cultural Forum London

The July Crisis: 100 Years of Controversy (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: The July Crisis: 100 Years of Controversy
Author: Paul Miller
Abstract: Overview/revision of the responsibility question in the Sarajevo assassination
Date: 08/01/2014
Primary URL: http://www.qmul.ac.uk/worldwarone/
Primary URL Description: conference website
Conference Name: Perspectives on the “Great” War/Rückblick auf den Ersten Weltkrieg, Queen Mary, University of London

The Sarajevo Assassination and the Origins of World War I (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: The Sarajevo Assassination and the Origins of World War I
Abstract: Overview of the controversies regarding the Sarajevo assassination
Author: Paul Miller
Date: 03/11/2014
Location: Goucher College, Towson, Maryland, USA
Primary URL: http://www.goucher.edu
Primary URL Description: Goucher College website

Reckoning with the Great War: Remembering the Sarajevo Assassination (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: Reckoning with the Great War: Remembering the Sarajevo Assassination
Author: Paul Miller
Abstract: History of the memory of the Sarajevo assassination
Date: 02/12/2013
Primary URL: https://www.westminster.ac.uk/memories-of-conflict-conflicts-of-memory
Primary URL Description: conference website
Conference Name: Memories of Conflict, Conflicts of Memory, Centre for Cultural Memory, University College London (February 13, 2013)

Reckoning with the Great War: Remembering the Sarajevo Assassination (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: Reckoning with the Great War: Remembering the Sarajevo Assassination
Author: Paul Miller
Abstract: History of the memory of the Sarajevo assassination
Date: 03/12/2011
Primary URL: https://www.westminster.ac.uk
Primary URL Description: university website
Conference Name: Spaces of Reckoning: A Symposium on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Conflict & Memory, University of Westminster, London, England

Reckoning with the Great War: Remembering the Sarajevo Assassination (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: Reckoning with the Great War: Remembering the Sarajevo Assassination
Author: Paul Miller
Abstract: History of the memory of the Sarajevo assassination.
Date: 04/02/2012
Primary URL: https://www2.gmu.edu
Primary URL Description: university website
Conference Name: Colloquium for Doctoral Students, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia

Forgetting Franz Ferdinand: The Archduke in Austrian History and Memory (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: Forgetting Franz Ferdinand: The Archduke in Austrian History and Memory
Author: Paul Miller
Abstract: Memory of Franz Ferdinand in Austria. Conference organized by myself (the author)
Date: 06/01/2012
Primary URL: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/index.aspx
Primary URL Description: university website
Conference Name: Continuity and Rupture with the Habsburg Regime, 1914–Today, University of Birmingham, UK

Conflicted Memories: The Sarajevo Assassination and the Start of the Twentieth Century (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: Conflicted Memories: The Sarajevo Assassination and the Start of the Twentieth Century
Author: Paul Miller
Abstract: Thinking about the Sarajevo assassination in the context of the past century
Date: 05/14/2012
Primary URL: https://www.mah.se/upload/Forskningscentrum/MIM/MIM/120514%20CFP%20Memory%20study%20Congference%20Lund.pdf
Primary URL Description: call for papers
Conference Name: Towards a Common Past? Conflicting Memories in Contemporary Europe, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Austrian Ambivalence: Remembering the Archduke Franz Ferdinand (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: Austrian Ambivalence: Remembering the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Author: Paul Miller
Abstract: Austrian memory of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Date: 05/02/2011
Conference Name: Franz Ferdinand: From the Belvedere to Sarajevo, Vienna, Austria

The Sarajevo Assassination in Historical Perspective (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: The Sarajevo Assassination in Historical Perspective
Abstract: Spoke to group of teachers from E. Europe on Sarajevo assassination and the origins of WWI
Author: Paul Miller
Date: 07/09/2014
Location: Vienna, Austria
Primary URL: http://csa2014.centropa.org/program
Primary URL Description: Centropa Summer Academy 2014 Focus on European Jewish History in the 20th Century

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