Louis Eisenmann (31 July 1869 – 14 May 1937) was a French historian and professor of

Slavic studies Slavic (American English) or Slavonic (British English) studies, also known as Slavistics is the academic field of area studies concerned with Slavic areas, languages, literature, history, and culture. Originally, a Slavist or Slavicist was prim ...

. Born in

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into a Jewish family, Eisenmann held a chair at the

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from 1905.“Zum Tod des aus Hagenau stammenden Prof. Dr. Louis Eisenmann (geb. 1869 in Hagenau, gest. 1937 in Paris)”
alemannia-judaica.de, accessed 29 July 2021 In 1922 he moved to the Sorbonne in Paris, where he held a professorship and was secretary of the Institute for Slavic Sciences and editor of the ''

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''. He was also director of the Ernest Denis Institute in Prague and campaigned for the exchange of lecturers and students between Germany and France. Above all, Eisenmann wrote about the problems of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy and advocated for the rights of its national minorities. In 1916,

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and

Edvard Beneš Edvard Beneš (; 28 May 1884 – 3 September 1948) was a Czech politician and statesman who served as the president of Czechoslovakia from 1935 to 1938, and again from 1945 to 1948. He also led the Czechoslovak government-in-exile 1939 to 1945 ...

founded the ''Comité national tchèque'' in Paris, and almost at the same time Eisenmann,

Louis Léger Louis Léger (15 January 1843– 30 April 1923) was a French writer and pioneer in Slavic studies. He was honorary member of Bulgarian Literary Society (now Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, also member of Académie des inscriptions et belle ...

, and

Ernest Denis Ernest Denis (January 3, 1849 – January 4, 1921) was a French historian. Denis became known as a specialist of Germany and Bohemia, and played a major role in the establishment of the Czechoslovak state in 1918. Along with Louis Léger, he i ...

founded the ''Comité national d'études'' , which also advocated for the independence of a Czech state. Early in 1918, the French government created a

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, which represented a significant auxiliary force at a decisive phase of the war after Russia had made peace. On 28 October 1918, the Republic of Czechoslovakia was proclaimed in Prague.Finis Austriae
radio.cz, 24/10/2007, accessed 29 July 2021 Eisenmann’s correspondence with

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is kept in the

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. He died in Paris in 1937, aged 67, still in office as a professor at Paris and as Director of the Ernest Denis Institute in Prague.

Major publications

*Chapters on Austria-Hungary in Ernest Lavisse, Alfred Rambaud ''l'Histoire générale du IVe siecle a nos jours'' (1893) *''Le compromis austro-hongrois de 1867'' (Paris, 1904) * ''Le régime des cultes en Autriche et en Hongrie'' (1905) *''Dijon, centre de communications'' (1908) *”Austria-Hungary”, chapter 7 of ''

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'' Vol. XII, The Latest Age (1910) *''Recueil d'études en hommages'' *''La Tchécoslovaquie'' (1921) *''La Hongrie contemporaine'' (1921) *''Les problèmes de l'Europe centrale'' (Conférences organisées par la sociétée des anciens élèves et élèves de l'école, Alcan, 1923) *''Un grand européen: Edouard Benès'' (1934) *''Histoire de Russie'', with P. Milioukov and C. Seignobos, (3 volumes, 1932-1933) ; *''L'évolution intérieure de l'Allemagne'' (1935)

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Eisenmann Louis 1869 births 1937 deaths 19th-century French historians 20th-century French historians People from Haguenau Academic staff of the University of Burgundy Academic staff of Paris-Sorbonne University