Historica Olomucensia, Journal for Central European History

Historica Olomucensia, Journal for Central European History is a scholarly peer-reviewed journal published by the Department of History, Faculty of Arts, Palacký University Olomouc since 2009 (previously with the subtitle The Collection of History Works). It follows the former series Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomucensis. Facultas philosophica. Historica (1960–2008). Since 2009, the journal has been on the list of peer-reviewed, non- impacted journals published in the Czech Republic. Since 2015, it has been included in the prestigious European database of scientific journals ERIH PLUS. The journal is published twice a year; since 2023, one issue is in English and the second one in Czech.

The journal Historica Olomucensia traditionally focuses particularly on the history of Central Europe from Antiquity to the present. Nevertheless, papers covering other geographical areas are also accepted. The aim of the journal is to offer a wide range of topics related to social, religious, cultural, economic and political history in the interdisciplinary context. In this respect, emphasis is placed on the reflection of current topics as well as the most recent research trends within Czech and world historiography. The journal accepts submissions in both Czech and English and is open to all academics, including students. All submissions are subject to an anonymous peer-review process. Book reviews, conference reports and other kinds of academic-related matters are also welcome.



Current issue contents

Articles and studies

Alexander Kolisko (1857-1918), A Pathologist in Nineteenth Century Vienna

Štefan Kaleta

Historica Olomucensia 1 (2023), 1-10 | DOI: 10.5507/ho.2023.003

Alexander Kolisko was born in Vienna in 1857, the son of obstetrician Eugen Kolisko and Luise Bach, and sister of former Minister of the Interior Alexan­der von Bach. After graduating from the Viennese Faculty of Medicine in 1881, he was an assistant to his mentor, Hans Kundrat, while also conducting research in pathological anatomy. He published his research in 1884 with the article Zur Kenntniss der Carcinoma psammosum ovarii. He published artic­les concerned with several distinct areas of his field, but his most important works focused on deformations of the pelvis (Die pathologischen Beckenformen) and sudden death from natural causes...

Commemorating War in Public Space: The Case of the Ostrava Battlefield

Ondřej Kolář

Historica Olomucensia 1 (2023), 11-34 | DOI: 10.5507/ho.2023.004

Combat operations of 1945 in the Ostrava region ranked among the largest and most important military encounters of World War II in the Czech Lands. Immediately after the war, the first sites of memory appeared spontaneously. During the 1950s and 1960s, 'institutionalisation of memory' can be witnessed, based on the narrative of 'liberation' and 'Slavic brotherhood' of the Czech and Soviet population. The discussion of historians and writers about wartime controversies, which started in the era of 'destalinisation', had no important impact on the commemorative practise. After the invasion of the Warsaw Pact armies in 1968, authorities attempted to use...

The Path to the Unexpected Partnership of Nixon and Kissinger in 1969

David Mareček

Historica Olomucensia 1 (2023), 35-50 | DOI: 10.5507/ho.2023.005

The presented study examines the origins of cooperation between the US Pre­sident Richard Nixon and his National Security Advisor and later Secre­tary of State Henry Kissinger. The aim of the paper is to analyse under what conditions Nixon's administration came to office in 1969, the causes that led the new President to approach Kissinger with the offer of a key foreign policy position and what attitudes both the protagonists had towards the U.S. role in the world. Despite being an unlikely partnership, their subsequent cooperation, which operated until Nixon's resignation in August 1974, significantly changed the course of the Cold War. During Nixon's...

The Moravian Pact of 1905: A Model Solution to Ethnic Conflict, or a Way to Deepen Ethnic Conflict in Multi-Ethnic Towns? A Case Study of Olomouc

Andrea Pokludová

Historica Olomucensia 1 (2023), 51-71 | DOI: 10.5507/ho.2023.006

The study deals with the issue of the Moravian Pact (1905) with the example of the city of Olomouc. In the collective memory, Olomouc ranks among Moravian cities with a conflicting coexistence of Czech and German populations at the turn of the twentieth century. The aim of the study was to answer the question of whether the conclusion of the Moravian Pact (1905), which was con­sidered to be a political reconciliation between the Moravian Germans and the Czechs, also led to the overcoming of animosity between the Czech and German population of the city in Olomouc. The choice of Olomouc was not accidental, as: 1. it was an alternative political centre...

Some Remarks on the Annals of Hradisko and Opatovice's Foreign Sources

Adrien Quéret-Podesta

Historica Olomucensia 1 (2023), 72-81 | DOI: 10.5507/ho.2023.007

Written in the middle of the twelfth century, the Annals of Hradisko and Opatovice show an extensive use of Bohemian and Moravian sources, but also of foreign works. The main foreign source which the annalist had at disposal was a 'universal chronicle' which he used to relate information concerning general history until the end of the tenth century, but two entries of the Annals of Hradisko and Opatovice also show influence of Regino of Prüm's Chronicle and its continuation. The analysis of the use of the Chronicon Universale as well as of Regino of Prüm's Chronicle and its continuation in the Annals of Hradisko...

The Contribution of Czech Artists and Intellectuals to the Dynamics of the Development of Modern Slovak Art during the First Czechoslovak Republic

Martin Vašš

Historica Olomucensia 1 (2023), 82-96 | DOI: 10.5507/ho.2023.008

On the basis of examining a representative sample of Czech artists and intellectuals (Alois Kolísek, Jaroslav Jareš, Ľudmila Rambouská, Josef Vydra, Leopold Mazáč and Josef Polák), one can conclude that the contribution of the above-mentioned personalities to the development of modern Slovak art operated synergistically. One can note the most significant results in the development of modern visual arts and modern literature. The contribution of Czech artists and intellectuals in the development of modern Slovak art can be perceived in the following three main levels: 1. Share in the founding of new art institutions, schools and associations (e.g. the...

Reviews

Petr Kadlec: Vzdělání – společnost – hospodářství. Utváření profesně vzdělávací infrastruktury v Předlitavsku od poloviny 19. století do roku 1914 na příkladu rakouského Slezska

Ivan Puš

Historica Olomucensia 1 (2023), 97-99

Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart, 2020. 669 pp.ISBN 978-80-7599-228-4

James Kelly, Henning Laugerud and Salvador Ryan (eds.): Northern European Reformations: Transnational Perspectives

Andrea Trenta

Historica Olomucensia 1 (2023), 100-103

London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. 420 pp.ISBN 978-3-030-54457-7

Miloslav Szabó: Kráska a zvrhlík: rasa a rod v literatúre 19. a 20. storočia

Jana Turanská

Historica Olomucensia 1 (2023), 104-106

Bratislava: N Press s.r.o., 2022. 175 pp.ISBN 978-80-8230-057-7