PD Dr. Peter Geiger

*22.10.1942 – †6.04.2025)

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Conference — 15 Years of the Czech-Liechtenstein Commission of Historians

25. November 2026

To mark the 15th anniversary of the Czech-Liechtenstein Commission of Historians, a two-day conference in Brno and Prague will focus on the shared narrative of the two countries. The conference will address current aspects of the commission’s work, while also reviewing the past years and raising the fundamental question of the meaning and purpose of historical commissions in general.

Conference Program

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Work sessions

21st Ordinary Meeting of the Czech-Liechtenstein Commission of Historians

30. October 2025
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Popularization

Cultural bridges in Europe. Nobility from Bohemia and Moravia after 1945

21. October 2025

The exhibition sheds light on the biographies of several aristocrats - including Prince Franz Josef II, Ferdinand Kinsky, Karl Schwarzenberg, Nikolaus Lobkowicz and Angelus Waldstein-Wartenberg OSB - and shows the historical and personal background to their involvement after 1945 in the context of developments in Czechoslovakia.

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Civil servants from Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia in the Principality of Liechtenstein, 1806-1921

15. September 2025

Study provides new results in the Yearbook of the Historical Society (vol. 124, 2025).

 

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Presentation

The House of Liechtenstein in Czechoslovakia and Its Legal Status

17. June 2025

Book presentation of the two-volume work

Work sessions

20th Ordinary Meeting of the Czech-Liechtenstein Commission of Historians

17. June 2025
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Rumburk and the Liechtenstein - history on the border

29. May 2025

Conference on the historical role of the Princely House of Liechtenstein in the Rumburk region.

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Lecture

Lecture by Prof. Dr. Václav Horčička, Prague, on the background and context of the confiscation of the estates of the Prince of Liechtenstein in Czechoslovakia in 1945.

11. December 2024

Václav Horčička talks about the expropriation in 1945 and its consequences for the Czech Republic and Liechtenstein.

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Work sessions

19th Ordinary Meeting of the Czech-Liechtenstein Commission of Historians

02. December 2024

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