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Béla Tomka's new book
September 27, 2020

Béla Tomka's new book

Béla Tomka’s new book, titled Austerities and Aspirations: A Comparative History of Growth, Consumption, and Quality of Life in East Central Europe since 1945 has been published by CEUPress. The monograph compares the broadly interpreted well-being of East-Central European states, and thereby placing the analysis in a wider European context. Beyond the conventional paradigm of economic growth, the author examines the fields of consumption, leisure time and quality of life too. More information is available here.

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Handbook on the 20th-century history of Central and Eastern Europe
May 13, 2020

Handbook on the 20th-century history of Central and Eastern Europe

Béla Tomka, our colleague, has contributed to the first volume of The Routledge History Handbook of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century (subtitled “Challenges of Modernity”). The four-volume series is one of the most important international coproductions in this field over the last two decades. For more information see the home page of the publisher.

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Ágnes Tamás joined our department
January 15, 2020

Ágnes Tamás joined our department

Ágnes Tamás will be our new colleague from February 1, 2020 as an assistant professor, filling a position created by the Dean of our Faculty.  Congratulations! Further information is available on her personal page.

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Recent issue of Aetas has been published
December 16, 2019

Recent issue of Aetas has been published

The recent issue of Aetas (vol. 34., no. 4.) has been published, edited by Béla Tomka. Studies by, among others, Zsombor Bódy, Márkus Keller,  Gergely Romsics and Béla Tomka are included. The topic of this issue, Institutional and Cultural Transfers in 20th-Century Hungary, is connected to the History of Globalization Research Group.

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Péter Bencsik's habilitation
November 21, 2019

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.

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Péter Bencsik's new book has been published
July 17, 2019

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.

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Linda Margittai's successful dissertation defense
May 21, 2019

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.

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History of Globalization research group established
April 16, 2019

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.

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