Tibor Frank Knihy

This collection of essays delves into European historiography, examining how overlapping national histories shape the understanding of contested areas through various conflicting perspectives. Sponsored by the European Science Foundation, it is part of the larger Writing the Nation project, highlighting the complexities of historical narratives across Europe. The volume offers a unique insight into the interplay between national identities and historical interpretation.

The analysis of local and international relations of "Vienna Medicine" in the 19th and 20th century and its networks and structures from an important research desiderate. The volume examines these relations with the aim to re-contextualise the history of medical research and practice in Vienna. The contributions of the volume analyse mobility, exchange processes of knowledge, standards and guidelines, social and professional networking, politics, transformations of political and philosophical concepts 'between' centers of medicine, exchange of artistic and medical spheres, and commemoration practices - as transnational phenomena and in their influence on medical research and practice in Vienna.