The Journal of Austrian-American History is a biannual, open access, peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by Pennsylvania State University Press, and sponsored by the , a program of the Dietrich W. Botstiber Foundation. The journal makes available new research, review essays, as well older articles of significance devoted to exploring the historic relationship between the United States and Austria, including the lands of the historical Habsburg empire. Journal content is interdisciplinary and emphasizes transatlantic exchange, across the fields of historical, political science, economics, law, and cultural studies. The Journal is indexed and accessible via the digital libraryJSTOR.
Published Volumes
The first volume of the Journal of Austrian-American History, edited by Kristina E. Poznan, appeared in 2017, and included articles on Hungarian migrant marriages in the United States, a study of Austrian and Dustbowl refugees, as they appear in Hollywood cinema, and an assessment of Hip hop, Malcolm X, and Muslim activism in Austria. The 2018 volume of the Journal featured a special issue on migration from Central Europe, together with articles on the ties between the industrialist and arts patronWalter Paepcke, the Hungarian artist László Moholy-Nagy, and an emerging Bauhaus sensibility in Chicago, as well as the relevance of the "frontier thesis" of Frederick Jackson Turner to the Habsburg military border, among others. The most recent Journal issue presents archival research foregrounding the correspondence of prominent Habsburg-Americans, with articles devoted to John R. Palandech, the well-known immigrant publisher, politician, and entrepreneur in Chicago, and an essay by :de:Walter D. Kamphoefner|Walter D. Kamphoefner on language and loyalty among German Americans during World War I.
Editorial Board
The editorial board of the Journal of Austrian-American History is composed of leading scholars in Austrian history in the United States and Europe, including :de:Siegfried Beer|Siegfried Beer, Katherine Baber, Günter Bischof, Gary B. Cohen, Robert Dassanowsky, Farid Hafez, Teresa Kovacs, Nathan Marcus, Nicole M. Phelps, and Kristina E. Poznan. The current editor is Michael Burri.
