A volume on globalization and Hungary, edited by Katalin Baráth and Béla Tomka
The book in Hungarian consists twelve studies about globalization and Hungary from 1880 to 1990, wrote by renowned scholars in the field, including Katalin Baráth, Péter Bencsik, Márton Simonkay, and Béla Tomka.
Béla Tomka in the Editorial Board of the new GWZO book series
Béla Tomka became a member of the Editorial Board of GWZO Studies on Central and Eastern Europe: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture, History, and the Environment, made by the Leibniz-Institut für Geschichte und Kultur des östlichen Europa (Leipzig) and the CEU Press. The first book of the series is available here.
Revisiting the interactions between State Socialist Eastern Europe and the Global South: an article by Béla Tomka and Réka Krizmanics
The authors wrote about unevenness, friction, and incoherence in the history of globalization, as shown by recent research. The article has published in East European Politics and Societies.
Péter Bencsik: Helsinki and the German Question
Our collegaue published a study titled Immutability, Inviolability, Permeability – The German Question and the Role of Borders Before and After Helsinki in Betekintő (Insight, publisher: Historical Archives of the Hungarian State Security).
Béla Tomka was a guest of University College London
Our head of department gave a lecture at a seminar of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies on the history of globalization in East-Central Europe.
Péter Bencsik gave a lecture in Brno
At the Technical Museum in Brno, at the conference entitled Ochrana státní hranice 1945–1955, our colleague spoke about border violations in Hungary.
Our colleagues gave presentations at the CENTRAL Workshop
At the conference organized in cooperation with the University of Vienna, Charles University in Prague, and ELTE, Katalin Baráth spoke about Hungarian experts sent to Cuba, while Márton Simonkay discussed the international connections of Hungarian green movements in the 1980s.
Béla Tomka's paper on TRAFO blog
The Berlin-based TRAFO Blog for Transregional Research published a paper by Béla Tomka entitled Beyond “Alternative Globalization” in Socialist Eastern Europe: A Critique of the Concept. The article is available here.
Béla Tomka's paper on the Great Depression
Béla Tomka’s contribution entitled “Hungary: Social and Political Consequences of the Great Depression” was published in the CEU Press collection “The Great Depression in Eastern Europe”, edited by Klaus Richter, Jasmin Nithammer and Anca Mândru. The book can be downloaded here.
Welcome to the department
Márton Simonkay, who has been working closely with us for the last six years as a member of the History of Globalization Research Group, was chosen to the position of Assistant Professor at the Department of Contemporary History. Congratulations and good luck! More information can be found on Márton Simonkay’s own page.
Béla Tomka's presentation at the University of Vienna
Béla Tomka gave a talk entitled “Globalization in State Socialist East Central Europe” at the Osteuropainstitut Universität Wien followed by a discussion of the presentation. The panelists were Prof. Dr. Philipp Ther, Dr. Agata Zysiak and Prof. Dr. Christian De Vito.
Katalin Baráth's talk in Vienna
On 3 December, Katalin Baráth gave a talk entitled The Implantation of the Global Genres of Mass Culture in Hungary in the Early 20th Century at the Universität Wien in Vienna.
Péter Bencsik's paper in HSR
Péter Bencsik’s paper, entitled The Impact of Emigration on Hungarian Citizenship Law, 1945-64 has been published in the Hungarian Studies Review.
Béla Tomka's new book published
Béla Tomka’s new book, entitled Globalization in State Socialist East Central Europe: Looking Beyond Dominant Narratives has been published by Palgrave Macmillan. The book is open access, and available on the publisher’s website on the publisher’s website.
