Péter Bencsik's habilitation
Péter Bencsik has successfully completed his habilitation process in Pécs, November 20, 2019. His presentations were the following: Czechoslovakia during the Prague Spring; Cold War(s) among the Eastern European Communist States.
Péter Bencsik's new book has been published
The new book of our collegue, Péter Bencsik, titled Kelet és Nyugat között. Államhatárok, úti okmányok, határátlépés Magyarországon és Csehszlovákiában (1945–1989) [Between East and West. State Borders, Travel Documents, Border Crossing in Hungary and Czechoslovakia from 1945 to 1989] has been published by the Historical Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
Linda Margittai's successful dissertation defense
Linda Margittai successfully defended her doctoral dissertation in May 2019. Congratulations! Further information and photos can be found on our Facebook page.
History of Globalization research group established
In cooperation with the Loránd Eötvös University (Budapest) and with the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, a new research group has been established at our Department, lead by Béla Tomka. The project aims at researching Globalization and territoriality in 20th-century Hungary. For more info, see the home page of the research group.
Department has a Facebook page
The Facebook page of our Department has been launched. Please like it in order to get the most recent information from us.
Linda Margittai joined our Department
From 1 September 2016, Linda Margittai joined our Department as an instructor, filling a vacant position. Further information is available on Linda Margittai’s personal page.
Retirement of Professor Karsai
After many decades of a successful career, Professor László Karsai retired in the Summer of 2016. The staff of the Department thanks his work and wishes him further success and fruitful research activity also in the future.
Melinda Kalmár joined our Department
From February 1, 2016 the staff of our Department has already four persons. Melinda Kalmár joined us as a Senior Research Fellow. Her profile is teaching and researching the Soviet system and post-1945 Hungary. Her recently published book titled Történelmi galaxisok vonzásában covers the same topic. More information is available on Melinda Kalmár’s personal page.
Béla Tomka's book has been awarded
Routledge Publishing has announced that A Social History of Twentieth-Century Europe by Béla Tomka had been selected for “Choice Outstanding Academic Titles of 2013″ list. Two books received this award out of the Routledge history titles published in the last year.
Recent issue of the ISHA newsletter
The recent issue of the ISHA Newsletter (no. 2, 2013) has been published. From the contents:
- Social History and Global History by Peter N. Stearns
- “Social history is almost like a public forum” – Interview with Hartmut Kaelble
- A Brief Guide to the European Social Science History Conference (ESSHC) Program by Christian De Vito
- Workshop on Global Labour History by Christian De Vito
- European Labour History Network Meeting by Astrid Verburg
- A New Journal with Flavour of Social History: The Hungarian Historical Review