2016-2017 Seminars CEFRES Epistemological Seminar: Uses and Limits of Concepts in Social Sciences and Humanities Colloquia in Modern Jewish History Cities and Metropolitan Culture in the late 19th century Habsburg Empire Modernization in Nineteenth Century Central Europe: Topics, Problem Areas and Research Methods in historical sociology and social history Culture and Society of Central and South Eastern Europe, 1600 – 1800. The Habsburg Monarchy and its Place in Early Modern Europe