The correspondence of the German Empress Augusta. Role, self-conception, political scope of action.

书信是研究世纪政治传播的丰富素材。然而，主要是“伟人”的通信一直是兴趣的中心。该研究项目旨在根据德国皇后奥古斯塔（1811-1890）的信件，探索女性对政治世界的看法以及外交，代表和日常政治两极之间的潜在行动范围。作为“第一夫人”，奥古斯塔处于政治权力的中心。由于她经常反对政府政策的立场，奥古斯塔的信件提供了多方面的和创新的见解十九世纪的政治沟通。大约有3,000封她与当时伟大的政治家和知识分子的通信被保存下来。使用定量（历史网络研究）和定性方法（语义学、解释学、传记和人学方法），可以收集关于发送者和接收者圈子以及信件中涉及的主题的详细信息。通过分析谁、与谁、何时和就什么进行交流，可以得出关于政治机制和战略、信息流动、意见形成过程和个人在这一网络中的职能的结论。通过借鉴奥古斯塔的独特视角，作为一个与政府有着长期甚至有时是对立关系的女性，该研究项目将产生新的推动力，以研究19世纪的政治和社会发展和变化，例如1848/49年的革命，德国统一战争，文化斗争和反社会主义法律。此外，奥古斯塔作为一个人走到了前面。该项目将调查迄今为止被忽视的方面，如王储妃、女王和皇后的职能、自我概念和政治行动范围。

Letters serve as a rich source material for the research on nineteenth century political communication. However, it is primarily the correspondence of "great men" that has been in the centre of interest. The research project wants to explore the female perspective on the world of politics and the potential scope of action between the poles of diplomacy, representation and daily politics based on the correspondence of the German Empress Augusta (1811-1890). As "First Lady" Augusta was at the centre of political power. Due to her often oppositional stance to government policies, Augusta's letters provide multifaceted and innovative insight into nineteenth century political communication. Roughly 3,000 letters of her correspondence with the great political and intellectual minds of her day have survived. Using quantitative (historical network research) as well as qualitative methods (semantic, hermeneutic, biographical and prosopographic approaches), detailed information can be gathered on sender and receiver circles as well as on topics addressed in the letters. The analysis of who, with whom, when and on what communicated allows for conclusions about political mechanisms and strategies, flows of information, processes of opinion forming and individual functions within this network. By drawing on Augusta's unique perspective as a women with longstanding and sometimes oppositional connections to the government the research project will generate new impulses for examining political and social developments and changes during the nineteenth century, for instance the revolution of 1848/49, the Wars of German Unification, the kulturkampf (culture struggle) and the Anti-Socialist Laws. Also, Augusta as a person comes to the fore. The project will investigate aspects hitherto ignored such as the function, self-conception and political scope of action of a crown princess, queen and empress.