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
Béla Tomka’s book has been published by Routledge
Béla Tomka’s latest book, entitled “A Social History of Twentieth-Century Europe” has been published by Routledge (London and New York, 2013, 552 pp).
The Hungarian Historical Review has been launched
A new journal has been published by the Institute of History, Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The first issue of The Hungarian Historical Review focuses on urban history, while the second one is devoted to aspects of East Central European migration history. Béla Tomka has been invited to the Editorial Board of The Hungarian Historical Review.
New issue of the ISHA Newsletter
The recent issue of the ISHA Newsletter (no. 1, 2013) has been published. From the contents:
- The interesting ideas of Eric Hobsbawm by Madhavan K. Palat
- Social History and Migration. Interview with Marlou Schrover. Interviewed by Amarjit Kaur
- Social History in Hungary: the István Hajnal Circle by Zoltán Cora
- Report on the Inaugural meeting of the Italian Society for Labour History (SISLav) by Stefano Gallo
The Newsletter is the publication of the International Social History Association, edited by Béla Tomka. The issues of the ISHA Newsletter are available via the website of the International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam.
Béla Tomka's new book has been published
The Academic Publishing House, Budapest, published Béla Tomka’s book, entitled “Gazdasági növekedés, fogyasztás és életminőség: Magyarország nemzetközi összehasonlításban az első világháborútól napjainkig [Economic Growth, Consumption and Quality of Life: Hungary in an International Comparison, from 1918 to Present]” in June 2011. The book is also available as an E-publication. Further information on the website of the Publisher.