The complete video recording of the CEU István Bibó Free University course entitled "DEPENDENT RELATIONSHIPS: Hierarchy, Moral Economy, Clientelism" is now available for the spring semester. The course was led by our colleague Gergely Pulay. The course syllabus can be found here.
A Romanian-language article by Béni L. Balogh has been published in issue 1-2/2025 of the quarterly journal Arhivele Totalitarismului (Archives of Totalitarianism), published by the National Institute for the Study of Totalitarianism (Institutul Naţional pentru Studiul Totalitarismului) in Bucharest. The title of the article is "Cotitura de stânga al lui Petru Groza la sfârșitul anilor 1920, începutul anilor 1930" ("Petru Groza's left-wing turn at the end of the 1920s and the beginning of the 1930s").
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Satu Mare is organizing a conference on August 7-8, 2025 titled "Sathmarland, du meine Heimat" The Swabians of Sathmar from the Settlement to the Present Day. Two of our colleagues will also give presentations at the conference. The title of Ferenc Eiler's presentation is: "Dangerous Friends" The Fundamental Dilemmas of German-Hungarian Cooperation in Romania. The title of Réka Marchut's presentation is: The Swabians of Sathmar and the Catholic Church during the Years of the Second World War (1940-1944). Réka Marchut is also a member of the conference's organizing team.
Csilla Zsigmond's book Kötődések hálójában – A nemzeti identitás mintázatai a kisebbségi magyar fiatalok körében [In a web of attachments: Patterns of national identity among minority Hungarian youth] has been published as part of the Szociológiai Tudástár series of the University of Debrecen.
The publication is available for free.
Zoltán Lakner's interview with our colleague Csilla Fedinec in Jelen 2025, 14 July
Zoltán Lakner's interview with our colleague Csilla Fedinec on Szeged TV from 12 July 2025
The full issue is available on the journal's website.
From the contents
Femininity in the prose of Mária Berde, Irén P. Gulácsy, György Dragomán, and Sándor Zsigmond Papp
Parliamentary representation of minorities in Slovakia, Romania, Serbia, and Germany
County officials in Transylvania, 1918–1925
The article by Zuzsanna Sütő: Who Prefers to Stay? Individual and Institutional Factors Supporting Immobility among Minority Hungarian Higher Education Students was published in the journal Treatises and Documents: Journal of Ethnic Studies. You can read the open access article here.
An article by Béni L. Balogh was published in the RUBICON Online column “Central Europe at Versailles”. The article entitled "From soldier to politician. Alexandru Averescu's activities as Prime Minister" can be read here.
On the occasion of the Constitution Day of Ukraine and the Day of Hungarian Freedom, the Embassy of Ukraine in Budapest hosted the presentation of our colleague Csilla Fedinec's latest book. The private event was attended by prominent Hungarian experts, representatives of the Ukrainian national minority in Hungary and the Transcarpathian Dragons Foundation.