Jakob Breu, M.A.
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About
Jakob Breu studied history, classics and political science at the University of Vienna, graduating in 2024 with an MA degree in Interdisciplinary Eastern European Studies with a thesis on »Armenians in the ›War of the Holy League‹«. During his studies, he spent a semester at the University of Nottingham. In 2024 he worked as a research assistant for Professor İpek K. Yosmaoğlu, Northwestern University, US.
Jakob Breu has been a doctoral candidate at the GWZO and a scholarship holder of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, since June 2025.
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Work Focus
- Armenians in East and Central Europe in the Early Modern Era (primarily in the 17th century)
- Transregional repercussions of the Armenian Genocide
- Foreign relations since the Early Modern Age and non-state actors
- History of humanitarianism
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Awards
2024 MA Thesis Award of the DDr. Stefan Lászlo Society, Eisenstadt, Austria
Current topic of research
Armenian Children in Orphanages in Central and Eastern Europe
After the Armenian genocide in 1915/16, around 40,000 children were left orphaned. Caring for these often traumatised, forcibly Turkified children became a particular challenge for humanitarian actors and also had repercussions in large parts of Europe.
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