Institute of History
Topic
Public Space of Music Production as a Tool of Politicization in the 19th Century on the Example of Selected Places in Upper Hungary
PhD. program
Slovak History
Year of admission
2025
Name of the supervisor
Jana Laslavíková, PhD.
Contact:
Receiving school
Faculty of Arts, Comenius University Bratislava
Annotation
The aim of the dissertation will be to investigate the public spaces of music production within selected cities of Upper Hungary. These are the so-called redoutes existing as independent public urban buildings or as part of theatre buildings. Mimicking what was originally a noble place of representation, the construction of redoutes in the 19th century became an important integrative element of local bourgeois elites alongside theatrical buildings. The Redoute built in 1793 in Pressburg will be used as a model example. In addition to concerts and balls, repeatedly organised to raise funds for the charitable activities of the associations, the space, equipped with a restaurant and a casino, was also used for meetings of the Hungarian Diet and the annual meetings of important city associations.
The concepts of politicization and socialization applied to the cultural and political function of this space, as well as tracing the multiple loyalties and ambiguous identities of the Pressburg inhabitants, will be the initial concepts to be explored. The sources of the research should be the programmes and contemporary criticisms, the reports of the Diet sessions, the annual reports of the associations whose activities took place in the premises and, last but not least, the city official books providing information on the renting of the Redoute and its constructional modifications. During the doctoral studies, comparisons will be made with similar buildings existing in the 19th century in the territory of Upper Hungary, as well as with the current hall of the Bratislava Redoute, built between 1913 and 1919.
The applicant is expected to have an interest in cultural-historical research, a basic overview of cultural life in the selected region, and the corresponding language skills: in addition to Slovak/Czech and English, the ability to read German, and, where appropriate, to speak other language(s) of the regions selected for comparison.
The concepts of politicization and socialization applied to the cultural and political function of this space, as well as tracing the multiple loyalties and ambiguous identities of the Pressburg inhabitants, will be the initial concepts to be explored. The sources of the research should be the programmes and contemporary criticisms, the reports of the Diet sessions, the annual reports of the associations whose activities took place in the premises and, last but not least, the city official books providing information on the renting of the Redoute and its constructional modifications. During the doctoral studies, comparisons will be made with similar buildings existing in the 19th century in the territory of Upper Hungary, as well as with the current hall of the Bratislava Redoute, built between 1913 and 1919.
The applicant is expected to have an interest in cultural-historical research, a basic overview of cultural life in the selected region, and the corresponding language skills: in addition to Slovak/Czech and English, the ability to read German, and, where appropriate, to speak other language(s) of the regions selected for comparison.