Staff profile

Markian Prokopovych specialises in the history of Eastern and Central Europe in the long nineteenth century and works on urban cultures, architecture, museums, music, migration and the press. He is the author of Habsburg Lemberg: Architecture, Public Space and Politics in the Galician Capital, 1772-1914 (2008), In the Public Eye: The Budapest Opera House, the Audience and the Press, 1884-1918 (2014) and a co-author of Liberalism, Nationalism and Design Reform in the Habsburg Empire: Museums of Design, Industry and the Applied Arts (2020) and The Museum Age in Austria-Hungary: Art and Empire in the Long Nineteenth Century (2021). He has had fellowships, lectureships and guest professorships in Oxford, Berlin, Frankfurt an der Oder, Budapest, Florence, Vienna and Birmingham. He has a working knowledge of most of the languages in the region of Eastern and Central Europe. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and organises the annual conferences of the Urban History Group.

• Modern European History
• Cultural and urban history
• East-Central Europe
• The Habsburg Empire and the successor states
• Ukraine
• Museums and visual culture
• Migration

Authored book

• The Museum Age in Austria-Hungary: Art and Empire in the Long Nineteenth Century
  
  Rampley, M., Prokopovych, M., & Veszpremi, N. (2021). The Museum Age in Austria-Hungary: Art and Empire in the Long Nineteenth Century. Penn State University Press.
• Liberalism, Nationalism and Design Reform in the Habsburg Empire: Museums of Design, Industry and the Applied Arts
  
  Rampley, M., Prokopovych, M., & Veszpremi, N. (2020). Liberalism, Nationalism and Design Reform in the Habsburg Empire: Museums of Design, Industry and the Applied Arts. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003003625
• In the Public Eye: The Budapest Opera House, the Audience and the Press, 1884-1918
  
  Prokopovych, M. (2014). In the Public Eye: The Budapest Opera House, the Audience and the Press, 1884-1918. Böhlau Verlag.
• Habsburg Lemberg: Architecture, Public Space, and Politics in the Galician Capital, 1772-1914
  
  Prokopovych, M. (2008). Habsburg Lemberg: Architecture, Public Space, and Politics in the Galician Capital, 1772-1914. Purdue University Press.

Book review

• The Ukrainian West: Culture and the Fate of the Empire in Soviet Lviv by William Jay Risch
  
  Prokopovych, M. (2017). The Ukrainian West: Culture and the Fate of the Empire in Soviet Lviv by William Jay Risch. Harvard Ukrainian Studies, 34(1/4), 532-536.
• I. Lihaciu: Czernowitz 1848–1918
  
  Prokopovych, M. (2014). I. Lihaciu: Czernowitz 1848–1918. H-Soz-Kult. Advance online publication.
• Troubled Times: Writing Fin-de-siècle Petersburg
  
  Prokopovych, M. (2013). Troubled Times: Writing Fin-de-siècle Petersburg. H-Urban.
• S. Zimmermann: Divide, Provide and Rule
  
  Prokopovych, M. (n.d.). S. Zimmermann: Divide, Provide and Rule. H-Soz-Kult. Advance online publication.
• Review of Balus, Wojciech, Krakau zwischen Traditionen und Wegen in die Moderne: Zur Geschichte der Architektur und der Öffentlichen Grünanlagen im 19. Jahrhundert
  
  Prokopovych, M. (n.d.). Review of Balus, Wojciech, Krakau zwischen Traditionen und Wegen in die Moderne: Zur Geschichte der Architektur und der Öffentlichen Grünanlagen im 19. Jahrhundert. HABSBURG. Advance online publication.

Chapter in book

• Museums and Their Publics: Visitors, Societies, and the Press
  
  Prokopovych, M. (2021). Museums and Their Publics: Visitors, Societies, and the Press. In The Museum Age in Austria-Hungary: Art and Empire in the Long Nineteenth Century (pp. 180-212). Penn State University Press.
• The Museum and the City: Art, Municipal Programs, and Urban Agendas
  
  Prokopovych, M. (2021). The Museum and the City: Art, Municipal Programs, and Urban Agendas. In The Museum Age in Austria-Hungary: Art and Empire in the Long Nineteenth Century (pp. 51-81). Penn State University Press.
• Governing Taste: Fin-de-siècle Cracow, Its Art Museums and the Urban Elite in the Shaping of the Modern Metropolis
  
  Prokopovych, M. (2020). Governing Taste: Fin-de-siècle Cracow, Its Art Museums and the Urban Elite in the Shaping of the Modern Metropolis. In B. de Munck, S. Gunn, & T. Hulme (Eds.), Powers of the City: New Approaches to Governance and Rule in Urban Europe since 1500. Routledge.
• Educating the Public: Schools of Design and Applied Arts as Educational and Reform Institutions
  
  Prokopovych, M. (2020). Educating the Public: Schools of Design and Applied Arts as Educational and Reform Institutions. In M. Rampley, M. Prokopovych, & N. Veszprémi (Eds.), Liberalism, Nationalism and Design Reform in the Habsburg Empire (pp. 124-150). Routledge.
• Semperian Trajectories: Architectural Development of Design Museums
  
  Prokopovych, M. (2020). Semperian Trajectories: Architectural Development of Design Museums. In Liberalism, Nationalism and Design Reform in the Habsburg Empire (pp. 91-123). Routledge.
• Language Diversity in the Late Habsburg Empire: Foreword from the Editors
  
  Prokopovych, M., Bethke, C., & Scheer, T. (2019). Language Diversity in the Late Habsburg Empire: Foreword from the Editors. In M. Prokopovych, C. Bethke, & T. Scheer (Eds.), Language Diversity in the Late Habsburg Empire (pp. 1-11). Brill Academic Publishers.
• Das Opernnetzwerk: Wiener Operntradition und der habsburgische Kulturraum
  
  Prokopovych, M. (2019). Das Opernnetzwerk: Wiener Operntradition und der habsburgische Kulturraum. In D. Meyer, O. Rathkolb, A. Láng, & O. Láng (Eds.), Geschichte der Oper in Wien. (pp. 132-153). Molden.
• Mapping Migration and the Materiality of Identification in Fin-de-siècle Vienna and Budapest
  
  Prokopovych, M. (2018). Mapping Migration and the Materiality of Identification in Fin-de-siècle Vienna and Budapest. In A. Winter & H. Greefs (Eds.), Migration, Regulation and Materialities of Identification in European cities, 1500-1930s (pp. 193-216). Routledge.
• Prostitution in Prague in the nineteenth and the early twentieth century
  
  Prokopovych, M. (2017). Prostitution in Prague in the nineteenth and the early twentieth century. In J.-M. Chaumont, M. Rodriguez Garcia, & P. Servais (Eds.), Trafficking in Women (1924-1926) (pp. 185-190). United Nations. https://doi.org/10.18356/8de11ed2-en
• Prostitution in Budapest in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century
  
  Prokopovych, M. (2017). Prostitution in Budapest in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. In J.-M. Chaumont, M. Rodriguez Garcia, & P. Servais (Eds.), Trafficking in Women (1924-1926) (pp. 38-43). United Nations. https://doi.org/10.18356/e5041020-en
• Prostitution in Vienna in the nineteenth century
  
  Prokopovych, M. (2017). Prostitution in Vienna in the nineteenth century. In J.-M. Chaumont, M. Rodriguez Garcia, & P. Servais (Eds.), Trafficking in Women (1924-1926) (pp. 232-237). United Nations. https://doi.org/10.18356/ec5cc5ab-en
• Az Opera, a tömeg és a sajtó. Botrány a megnyitón: Budapest 1884
  
  Prokopovych, M. (2012). Az Opera, a tömeg és a sajtó. Botrány a megnyitón: Budapest 1884. In I. H. Németh, E. Szívós, & Árpád Toth (Eds.), A város és társadalma: Tanulmányok Bácskai Vera tiszteletére (pp. 258-267). Hajnal István Kör.
• From Gypsy Music to Wagner without a Transition? The Musical Taste of the Budapest Urban Public in the Late Nineteenth Century
  
  Prokopovych, M. (2010). From Gypsy Music to Wagner without a Transition? The Musical Taste of the Budapest Urban Public in the Late Nineteenth Century. In S. O. Müller, P. Ther, J. Toelle, & G. zur Nieden (Eds.), Oper im Wandel der Gesellschaft: Kulturtransfers und Netzwerke des Musiktheaters im modernen Europa (pp. 69-88). Böhlau Verlag Wien.
• Spectacles of 1809: Napoleonic, Russian and Austrian Troops in Lemberg
  
  Prokopovych, M. (2010). Spectacles of 1809: Napoleonic, Russian and Austrian Troops in Lemberg. In C. Nubola & A. Würgler (Eds.), Ballare col nemico? Reazioni all’espansione francese in Europa tra entusiasmo e resistenza (1792-1815) / Mit dem Feind tanzen? Reaktionen auf die französische Expansion in Europa zwischen Begeisterung und Protest (1792-1815) (pp. 214-254). Societa edittrice il Mulino and Duncker / Humbot.
• 'Instead, I saw a little man'. The reception of Verdi in the late nineteenth-century Hungary
  
  Prokopovych, M. (2009). ’Instead, I saw a little man’. The reception of Verdi in the late nineteenth-century Hungary. In P. Stachel & P. Ther (Eds.), Wie europäisch ist die Oper? Das Musiktheater als Zugang zu einer kulturellen Topographie Europas (pp. 161-174). Böhlau Verlag Wien.
• Staging Empires and Nations: Politics in the Public Space of Habsburg Lemberg
  
  Prokopovych, M. (2007). Staging Empires and Nations: Politics in the Public Space of Habsburg Lemberg. In R. Jaworski & P. Stachel (Eds.), Die Besetzung des öffentlichen Raumes. Politische Plätze, Denkmäler und Straßennamen im europäischen Vergleich (pp. 427-453). Frank & Timme GmbH.
• New Monumentality and Capital Cities. A Discursive Analysis of Berlin, Vienna, Budapest and Prague Around 1900
  
  Prokopovych, M. (2004). New Monumentality and Capital Cities. A Discursive Analysis of Berlin, Vienna, Budapest and Prague Around 1900. In P. Stachel & C. Szabo-Knotik (Eds.), Urbane Kulturen in Zentraleuropa um 1900 (pp. 37-54). Passagen Verlag.
• Eastern, East-Central and South-Eastern European Cities, 1850-2000
  
  Prokopovych, M. (n.d.). Eastern, East-Central and South-Eastern European Cities, 1850-2000. In D. Brantz & G. Sonkoly (Eds.), Cambridge Urban History of Europe [Contracted by publisher]. Cambridge University Press.

Edited book

• Language Diversity in the Late Habsburg Empire
  
  Prokopovych, M., Bethke, C., & Scheer, T. (Eds.). (2019). Language Diversity in the Late Habsburg Empire. Brill Academic Publishers.

Journal Article

• The City and the Museum: Cracow's Collections and Their Publics in the Long Nineteenth Century
  
  Prokopovych, M. (2018). The City and the Museum: Cracow’s Collections and Their Publics in the Long Nineteenth Century. Austrian History Yearbook, 49, 166-186. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0067237818000140
• Celebrating Hungary? Johann Strauss's Der Zigeunerbaron and the Press in Fin-de-Siècle Vienna and Budapest
  
  Prokopovych, M. (2017). Celebrating Hungary? Johann Strauss’s Der Zigeunerbaron and the Press in Fin-de-Siècle Vienna and Budapest. Austrian Studies, 25, 118-135. https://doi.org/10.5699/austrianstudies.25.2017.0118
• Urban History of Overseas Migration in Habsburg Central Europe: Vienna and Budapest in the Late Nineteenth Century
  
  Prokopovych, M. (2016). Urban History of Overseas Migration in Habsburg Central Europe: Vienna and Budapest in the Late Nineteenth Century. Journal of Migration History., 2(2), 330-351. https://doi.org/10.1163/23519924-00202006
• Transience, Overseas Migration and the Modern European City. Introduction to the Special Issue ‘Cities and Overseas Migration in the Long Nineteenth Century’
  
  Prokopovych, M., & Feys, T. (2016). Transience, Overseas Migration and the Modern European City. Introduction to the Special Issue ‘Cities and Overseas Migration in the Long Nineteenth Century’. Journal of Migration History., 2(2), 209-222. https://doi.org/10.1163/23519924-00202001
• Introduction
  
  Prokopovych, M. (2013). Introduction. Journal of Urban History, 40(1), 28-31. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0963926812000612
• Introduction: music, the city and the modern experience
  
  Prokopovych, M. (2013). Introduction: music, the city and the modern experience. Journal of Urban History, 40(04), 597-605. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0963926813000345
• Scandal at the Opera: Politics, the Press, and the Public at the Inauguration of the Budapest Opera House in 1884
  
  Prokopovych, M. (2013). Scandal at the Opera: Politics, the Press, and the Public at the Inauguration of the Budapest Opera House in 1884. Austrian History Yearbook, 44, 88-107. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0067237813000088
• Lemberg (Lwów, L'viv) Architecture, 1772–1918: If Not the Little Vienna of the East, or the National Bastion, What Else?
  
  Prokopovych, M. (2009). Lemberg (Lwów, L’viv) Architecture, 1772–1918: If Not the Little Vienna of the East, or the National Bastion, What Else?. East Central Europe, 36(1), 100-129. https://doi.org/10.1163/187633009x411502
• Editorial Introduction for the Special issue on Urban History of East Central Europe
  
  Prokopovych, M., Janowski, M., Iordachi, C., & Trencsenyi, B. (2006). Editorial Introduction for the Special issue on Urban History of East Central Europe. East Central Europe, 33(1), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1163/187633006x00015
• The Lemberg Garden: Political Representation in Public Greenery Under the Habsburg Rule
  
  Prokopovych, M. (2006). The Lemberg Garden: Political Representation in Public Greenery Under the Habsburg Rule. East Central Europe, 33(1), 71-98. https://doi.org/10.1163/187633006x00060
• The Trap of Western Periphery Reading. Discursive Analysis of Berlin, Vienna, Budapest and Prague around 1900
  
  Prokopovych, M. (2000). The Trap of Western Periphery Reading. Discursive Analysis of Berlin, Vienna, Budapest and Prague around 1900. Urbanistyka, 5(special issue ‘Peripheries or Crossroads of Cultures? Towns of East-Central and South-Eastern Europe’), 27-30.

Other (Digital/Visual Media)

• Metropolen der Literatur und Kunst
  
  Prokopovych, M., & Sweet, R. H. (2017). Metropolen der Literatur und Kunst.
• Literary and Artistic Metropolises
  
  Prokopovych, M., & Sweet, R. H. (2015). Literary and Artistic Metropolises.
• Kopiec Unii Lubelskiej: Imperial Politics and National Celebration in Habsburg Lemberg
  
  Prokopovych, M. (2008). Kopiec Unii Lubelskiej: Imperial Politics and National Celebration in Habsburg Lemberg.