Aim and purpose

The sog18 aims to focus its activities on central phenomena from the long 18th century - through research, interpretation and communication. The term "the long 18th century" refers to the period from the last third of the 17th century to the first third of the 19th century.

The setting of sog18 includes the eastern provinces of the Habsburg Monarchy, Moldavia and Wallachia, the European provinces of the Ottoman Empire and the Venetian territories along the east coast of the Adriatic and in the Ionian Sea, but also the neighboring regions (Central Europe, the Mediterranean, the Orient, Eastern Europe), with which the provinces in question had diverse relations.

The purpose of sog18 is to enrich interdisciplinary and interregional research, to promote young academics and to disseminate the results of its activities to a wider audience. Research projects, conferences, workshops, but also publications, websites and exhibitions are planned as program formats.