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Christian Standhartinger

Christian.Standhartinger(at)oeaw.ac.at

is a research associate in the research unit History of the Habsburg Monarchy.

Brief Biography

Christian Standhartinger holds a master’s degree in History and Romance Studies (Spanish Philology and Literature) from the University of Vienna. He spent one semester abroad at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid as an Erasmus student. Since 2017, he has been a scientific assistant in a project centered around the editing and publication of letters of empress Maria Anna (1606-1646), directed by Katrin Keller and Andrea Sommer-Mathis. From January 2021 to April 2024, he was a member of the research project „Der Wiener Hof um 1800. Eliten, Herrschaft und Repräsentation (1790-1835)“ (FWF P 33221) at the IHB. Since January 2023, he is a PhD candidate at the University of Vienna. His thesis on Johanna Theresia, countess of Harrach (1639–1716), explores spheres of agency of a 17th century noblewoman between court society, noble household and manorial estates and is supervised by Katrin Keller.

Research Interests

Period: 17th and 18th centuries
Area: Habsburg Monarchy, Spain
Topics: History of the Imperial Court in Vienna, letter correspondences and ego-documents of the nobility, cultural history of pregnancy and childbirth

Selected Publications

  • Mit Andrea Sommer-Mathis: Le suplico me ynbíe un rretrato chiquito suyo para que le pueda traer conmigo. La emperatriz María Ana de Austria (1606–1646) y el uso de los retratos en la corte imperial de Viena, Librosdelacorte 28, 2024, 397-429.
  • Embarazo y nacimiento en las cartas de Mariana de Austria, Avisos de Viena (Viennese Siglo de Oro Journal) 3, 2022, pp. 105-108.
  • Das Italienische Departement der k. k. geheimen Hof- und Staatskanzlei und seine Vorläuferinstitutionen: Neuordnung und Verzeichnungsarbeit des Bestandes im Finanz- und Hofkammerarchiv, Scrinium (Zeitschrift des Verbandes Österreichischer Archivarinnen und Archivare) 75, 2021, pp. 56-64.
  • An Everyday Miracle. Three birth descriptions in count Ferdinand Bonaventura von Harrach’s diary (1674-1676), Avisos de Viena (Viennese Siglo de Oro Journal) 0, 2020, pp. 34-43.
  • Mit Wolfram Aichinger: Midwife Diplomacy. The Recruitment of a Midwife for Empress Margarita María Teresa de Austria (1666-1673), Memoria y Civilización 23, 2020, pp. 1-20.

Projects

Der Wiener Hof: Eliten, Herrschaft und Repräsentation (1790-1835)

Publications

An Everyday Miracle, pp. 34-43

Midwife Diplomacy. The Recruitment of a Midwife for Empress Margarita María Teresa de Austria (1666-1673), pp. 1-20