
In 2005, several events in European politics as well as in the art world triggered reactions that show that the second siege of Vienna (1683) is still a potent reference in the public spheres of both Turkey and Austria, and how contested interpretations of history are made active in the present, both uniting and dividing European societies.
Carl Henrik Fredriksson is editor-in-chief at the European network of cultural journals Eurozine in Vienna and Visiting Fellow at the IWM.
