Particularly in the early years, Die Bühne (= stage) claimed to be a platform for the widest possible readership and explicitly took a cosmopolitan (and quite grand) perspective. With an eye on international developments, the magazine presented a modern, urban lifestyle. In the 1930s, Die Bühne reduced its popular cultural diversity but, unlike other Austrian magazines, remained (largely) true to its open, liberal-democratic stance. This was largely
due to the contributors, editors, and owners: The magazine was founded in 1924 and published by Hungarian journalist and emigre Imre Békessy, widely known for his disputes over unethical practices, but at the same time instrumental in the introduction of modern journalism in Austria. After his resignation in 1926, the Austrian government became involved in the Vernay publishing house, which printed Békessy’s media. Around this time until 1938, the Czechoslovak Orbis publishing house became the – more or less silent – majority owner as part of a government strategy. The lecture examines how the Bühne’s claim to be up-to-date and cosmopolitan developed over the years, from pre-depression democratic Austria to the Dollfuß-Schuschnigg regime, focusing on the possible influence of the respective ownership structures and contributors. What, e. g., did the Czechoslovak
government expect from its involvement in the Vernay publishing house – and a Lifestyle magazine?
Marie-Noëlle Yazdanpanah is a cultural historian in Vienna, focusing on visual history, and urban and gender history with an emphasis on the 1920s and 1930s. Since 2010 researcher at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Digital History in Vienna (i.e. for the “Red Vienna Sourcebook” and in the project “Practices of Educational Film in Austria”, funded by the Austrian Science Fund). She is also active in exhibitions and educational projects (i.e. “Red Vienna”, Wien Museum 2019). Currently, she is working on “Visual Culture in the Illustrated Magazine Die Bühne”. Recent publications: Gut Weekend. The weekend without men? Staging gender roles in the magazine Die Bühne, in Zeitgeschichte 1/2023;
Through Ice and Snow. Mountain Films as Educational Films in the 1920s and 1930s, in TMG – Journal for Media History 1/2023
Information on participating / attending:
Date:
05/22/2024 17:00 - 05/22/2024 19:00
Event venue:
Valentinská 91/1
CZ 110 00 Praha 1
Gebäude SLÚ AV ČR, 3. Stock
Praha
Czech Republic
Target group:
Scientists and scholars, Students
Email address:
Relevance:
transregional, national
Subject areas:
History / archaeology, Social studies
Types of events:
Presentation / colloquium / lecture
Entry:
02/27/2024
Sender/author:
Virginie Michaels
Department:
Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event76364
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