Francis Stephen Award
The Francis Stephen Award ({{langx|de|Franz Stephan Preis}}; {{langx|fr|Prix Franz Stephan}}) is an international scientific honor given to researchers in the humanities and social sciences. It is awarded every two or three years by the Österreichische Gesellschaft zur Erforschung des 18. Jahrhunderts (Austrian Society of 18th-Century Studies).
History
Created in 2000, the Francis Stephen Award, endowed with €1500, pays homage to Francis I, the husband of the Empress Maria-Theresa, and her interest in Austrian science, arts and culture.{{cite book |last=Zedinger |first=Renate|language=German|title=Franz Stephan von Lothringen (1708-1765) |publisher=Böhlau|place=Vienna|series=Series of the Austrian Society for the Study of the 18th Century|volume=12|date=6 August 2008 |isbn=978-3205781097}} It honors works of excellence written in German, French or English about the 18th century or the Habsburg monarchy. The award ceremony takes place at the University of Vienna.Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Gesellschaft, 2016, p. 148.
Selection
The board of directors of the society decide on the value of the submitted works in a multi-stage assessment process with the help of specialist consultants who have been designated thematically. The consultants include academics and interdisciplinary specialists of the 18th century.{{cite web |url=https://www.winklerverlag.com/v406Xx_en.htm |title=The Eighteenth Century And The Habsburg Monarchy|publisher=Austrian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies |date=20 October 2016 |website=Winkler Publishers |access-date=23 May 2019}}
Recipients
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Years | Winners | Countries | Works awarded |
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2020 | * Benedikt Stimmer | * {{Flagicon|Austria}} Austria
| * Zivilisierung durch Sprache? Die Verbreitung des Deutschen als Ausdruck einer habsburgischen „Zivilisierungsmission“ in Galizien 1772–1790
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2017Thomas Wallnig, Elisabeth Lobenwein, Franz-Stefan Seitschek (ed.), Maria Theresia? Neue Perspektiven der Forschung / Maria Theresa? New Research Perspectives / Marie Thérèse ? Nouvelles approches de recherche, Das Achtzehnte Jahrhundert und Österreich Band 32, 2017. | * Thérence Carvalho
| * {{Flagicon|France}} France
| * La physiocratie dans l'Europe des Lumières. Circulation et réception d'un modèle de réforme de l'ordre juridique et social
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2014{{cite journal |url=https://frueheneuzeit.hypotheses.org/1716|language=German|trans-title=Invitation for proposals for the Franz Stephan Prize and the 2014 Promotion Prize |title=Ausschreibung des Franz-Stephan-Preises und des Förderpreises 2014 |publisher=Austrian Society of 18th-Century Studies |date=6 May 2014 |website=Encyclopaedia of Things |doi=10.58079/ow1c |access-date=23 May 2019 |last1=Maria Rottler }} | * Klaas Van Gelder
| * {{Flagicon|Belgium}} Belgium
| * Regime Change at a Distance. Austria and the Southern Netherlands following the War of the Spanish Succession (1716-1725)Klaas van Gelder, Regime Change at a Distance. Austria and the Southern Netherlands Following the War of the Spanish Succession (1716-1725), Leuven, Peeters, 2016, 449 p.
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2012 | * Irene Kubiska
| * {{Flagicon|Austria}} Austria
| * „Zwischen Anspruch und Gnade“ – Die Supplikationen Wiener Hofbediensteter an den Kaiser in der Mitte des 18. Jahrhunderts
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2009 | * Claire Mádl
| * {{Flagicon|France}} France
| * L’écrit, le livre et la publicité. Les engagements d’un aristrocrate éclaire de Boheme: Franz Anton Hartig (1758-1797)Claire Madl, "Tous les goûts à la fois": les engagements d'un aristocrate éclairé de Bohême, Genève, Droz, 2013, 467 p.
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2007 | * Joachim Bürgschwentner
| * {{Flagicon|Austria}} Austria
| * Die Penal Laws in Irland 1691-1778 Gesetzestexte, Auswirkungen, Debatten;
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2005 | * Ines Peper
| * {{Flagicon|Austria}} Austria
| * Konvertiten im Umkreis des Wiener Hofes um 1700
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2002 | * Huberta-Alexandra Weigl
| * {{Flagicon|Austria}} Austria
| * Die Klosteranlagen Jakob Prandtauers
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2000 | * Johannes Frimmel
| * {{Flagicon|Austria}} Austria
| * Literarisches Leben in Melk Ein Kloster zur Zeit Josephs II. im kulturellen Umbruch
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Bibliography
- Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Gesellschaft zur Erforschung des 18. Jahrhunderts (ISSN 1015-406X).