This year’s Botstiber Lecture will explore how the Habsburg Empire withstood the Napoleonic onslaught and almost 14 years of war, state bankruptcy and a crippling economic crisis. Music and in particular Beethoven played a key role in resistance, legitimizing a shift of power and identity from the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation to Austria , and eventually celebrating the victory and resurrecting the Habsburg Empire as one of the Great Powers of Europe.
Date and Time: January 25, 11AM-12:30PM (PST)
Hybrid Event: Zoom and Moses Hall Berkeley, CA 94720 United States
Registration info: Register online
