Marion Romberg Interview

November 20, 2019 | Podcast

Marion Romberg discusses how the image of America (with feather crowns, parrots, and crocodiles) was popularized in early modern times with Jonathan Singerton. Marion Romberg is a research associate at the Department of Habsburg and Balkan Studies at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (Vienna, Austria), the network editor of the Habsburg Discussion Network, and a Member of the Board of Directors for the Austrian Society for 18th Century Studies.

Relevant links:
1) Habsburg Discussion Network: http://www.h-net.org/~habsweb/
2) Austrian Society for 18th Century Studies: https://oege18.org

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