Faculty and Staff
Paul Bernard
Curriculum Vitae
Personal
Born Antwerp, Belgium, 5/7/1929; married, three children. U.S. citizen.
Education
Lycee d'Anvers, 1935-39.
Lycee Francais de New York, 1939-42.
Forest Hills, N.Y. High School, 1942-44.
New York University, 1945-46.
University of Denver, 1946-50, B.A. 1948 (Social Science area).
University of Colorado, 1951-55, M.A. 1952 (History);
Ph.D. 1955 (History).
Professional Experience
Teaching Assistant, History, University of Colorado, 1952-53.
Instructor, French, University of Colorado, 1955.
Instructor to Professor, History, Colorado College, 1955-68.
Professor, History, University of Illinois at Urbana, 1968-
Visiting Professor, History, Northwestern University, 1986.
Courses Taught Most Recently
Habsburg History
Early Modern EuropeThe Enlightenment in France
Modern Europe
Protestant Reformation
Medieval Europe
The Jews in Europe
History of National Socialism
German History
Administrative Experience
Chairman, Social Science Division, Colorado College, 1958-60.
Member, Executive Committee of History Department, University of Illinois, 1969-71.
Director of Graduate Studies, History Department, University of Illinois, 1972-75.
Chairman, Library Committee, University of Illinois History Department, 1985-87.
Honors and Awards
Graduate Fellow, University of Colorado, 1953-54.
Fulbright Fellow to Austria, 1953-54.
Ford Foundation Fellow, 1960-61.
American Philosophical Society Fellow, 1971-72.
Associate, Center for Advanced Studies, University of Illinois, 1971-72, 1979-80.
National Endowment for the Humanities Senior Fellow, 1975-76.
American Council of Learned Societies Fellow, 1982-83.
Center for European Studies Research Grant, 1985.
Books
1) Joseph II and Bavaria, The Hague: 1965.
2) Joseph II, New York: 1968.
3) Jesuits and Jacobins, Urbana: 1971.
4) Rush to the Alps, Boulder: 1978.
5) The Limits of Enlightenment, Urbana: 1979.
6) From the Enlightenment to the Police State, Urbana: 1991.
Articles
1) "Heresy in 14th Century Austria", Medievalia et Humanistica, X, 1956.
2) "A Note on John Hus' Supposed Journey through Tyrol", Husuv Lid, XVIII, 1957.
3) "Jerome of Prague, Austria and the Hussites", Church History, XXVII, 1958.
4) "Mussolini on Hus: Notes on the Birth of a Fascist", Colorado College Studies, I, 1958. (With B.B. Gilbert).
5) "The French Army Mutinies of 1917", The Historian, XXII, 1959. (With B.B. Gilbert).
6) "An Unnoticed Letter of Pope Alexander IV", Medievalia et Humanistica, XIII, 1960. (With A. Seay).
7) "The Origins of Josephinism", Colorado College Studies, VIII, 1964.
8) "Zion through a Spy-Glass, Darkly", Colorado College Studies, X, 1968.
9) "Joseph II and the Jews", Austrian History Yearbook, IV-V, 1968-69.
10) "The Philosophe as Public Servant: T.P. Gebler", East European Quarterly, VII, 1973.
11) "The Limits of Absolutism: Joseph II and the Allgemeines Krankenhaus", Eighteenth-Century Studies, IX, 1975.
12) "The Emperor's Friend: Joseph II and Field Marshal Lacy", East European Quarterly, X, 1976.
13) "How not to Invent the Steamship", East European Quarterly, XIV, 1980.
14) "Estate Size and Agricultural Production in the 18th Century: The Case of Lower Austria", Topic, XXXIV, 1980.
15) "Kaunitz and Austria's Secret Fund", East European Quarterly, XVI, 1982.
16) "Kaunitz and the Cost of Diplomacy", East European Quarterly, XVII, 1983.
17) "The Jews of Austria Before 1848," Shofar, VI, 1987.
18) "The Invisibility of the Obvious: French Military Planning before 1914," Swords and Ploughshares, I, 4, 1988.
19) "Austria's Last Turkish War Reconsidered", Austrian History Yearbook, XIX, 1988.
20) "Von der Aufklarung zum Polizeistaat: Der Weg des grafen Johann Anton Pergen," Veroffentlichungen des Instituts fur Europaische Geschichte, Mainz, 1989.
21) Articles on Central European History and the Enlightenment in various encyclopedias.
22) "Poverty and Poor Relief in 18th Century Austria - Proceeding for the 3rd Symposium on the Holy Roman Empire, 1994 (In Press).
Books Reviews
Ca. 250 book reviews in American Historical Review, Austrian History
Yearbook, Choice, English Historical Review, Journal of Central European
Affairs, Shofar, Slavic Review, etc.
Recent Papers Given
1) "Austria's Jews from Baroque to Vormarz", Center for Austrian Studies Symposium, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1986.
2) "Frederick the Great in Austrian Eyes", Friderician Bicentennial Conference, Berlin, W. Germany, 1987.
3) "The Transformations of Count J.A. Pergen", Conference on the Holy Roman Empire, Institute for European History, University of Mainz, W. Germany, 1987.
4) "Planning Against Reality: Field Marshal Conrad and Austria's Road to World War I", Military History Colloquium, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1988.
5) "Mozart in Salzburg, Vienna, and Prague: The Historical Context", Mozart Bicentennial Conference, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1990.
6) "Poverty and Poor Relief in 18th Century Austria". 3rd Symposium on the Holy Roman Empire, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, Oct. 1991.
Works In Progress
1) Pilgrims, Jews and Crusaders: Financing the Romanesque Cathedrals.
This is an attempt to demonstrate, on the basis of repeated historical conjunctures, that a significant number of the so-called pilgrimage churches in the 12th century were built with funds confiscated from various Jewish communities in the course of the massive persecutionsthat began with the first crusade.
2) The Red and the Green: The Impact of the Michelin Enterprises on European Tourism.