Vincent Hoyer

Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO)

Vincent Hoyer M.A. has been a research associate at the Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO) in Leipzig since 2021. He coordinated a project there on postcard production and ethnicity in Eastern Europe, and now works in the field of scholarly communication. He completed his history degree at the University of Augsburg in 2021, with study visits to Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and Emory University in Atlanta. His master's thesis on pleasure culture and nationalism in Poznań around 1900 was awarded the Scientific Promotion Prize of the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland, and he is currently working on a comparative doctoral project on this topic.

Background Article

Jewish Postcard Publishers and the Imagery of the Urban

In numerous cities across eastern Europe, Jewish publishers enjoyed notable success in the newly established postcard market. This article presents a socio-historical background of this topic and asks whether their social positioning influenced the depictions of the urban world they chose to feature...

Abb. 1: Das Apollo-Theater inserierte regelmäßig in polnisch- und deutschsprachigen Tageszeitungen. „Dziennik Poznański“ und „Posener Tageblatt“, beide 19.08.1910

Background Article

A divided city?

The pleasure culture in Posen around 1900

Around 1900, the city of Posen (now Poznań) was divided into a German Posen and a Polish Poznań. This is at least the impression given by the sources on population and spatial politics in the city. A look at everyday life and especially urban pleasure culture, however, gives us a more...