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Ferenc Hörcher’s chapter published on Edmund Burke
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Ferenc Hörcher’s chapter on Burke on Rationalism, Prudence and Reason of State has been published in a volume entitled Critics of Enlightenment Rationalism.
The book, which has been edited by Gene Callahan and Kenneth B. McIntyre, and published by Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, 2020., gives an overview of different reactions against Enlightenment Rationality by political thinkers and philosophers.
New book publication on medieval merchants by Boglárka Weisz
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- By Research Centre for the Humanities
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This book discusses medieval markets and depots, places of commercial activity in the Kingdom of Hungary, and their many interactions, and how they developed and changed over time. The system went through many changes as new demands arose over the centuries, but permanence and adherence to old ways was always a characteristic feature.
The writer, Boglárka Weisz is the leader of the “Lendület” Medieval Hungarian Economic History Research Team. The table of contents is here. The book can be purchased or ordered at Penna Bookstore of Humanities (1053 Budapest, Magyar utca 40., Phone: +36 30 203 1769, Mail: ). The book: EUR 60 (incl. Vat & Shipping).
English Language Monograph by Ferenc Hörcher
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Ferenc Hörcher authored an English language monograph, entitled A Political Philosophy of Conservatism. Prudence, Moderation and Tradition. It has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing, in the United Kingdom. The volume offers a sketch of a comprehensive political philosophy, which aims to replace justice with prudence in the heart of political thought.
The Table of Content and short description of the book is available here.
It is recommended by Professor James Hankins from the Department of History of Harvard University.
Call for proposals for the post of director of the HAS RCH Institute of History
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Call for proposals for the post of director of the HAS RCH Institute of History.
New book publication on Communist Eastern Europe, edited by Péter Apor and Sándor Horváth
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Secret Agents and the Memory of Everyday Collaboration in Communist Eastern Europe is now available through Anthem Press and JSTOR. This collection of essays addresses institutions that develop the concept of collaboration, and examines the function, social representation and history of secret police archives and institutes of national memory that create these histories of collaboration. The essays provide a comparative account of collaboration/participation across differing categories of collaborators and different social milieux throughout East-Central Europe.
Applications for translation into English of Hungarian language books and manuscripts on 20th century Hungarian history
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The Tetmajer Committee of indiana University invites applications for translation into English of Hungarian language books and manuscripts on 20th century Hungarian history. Works starting chronologically in the late 19th century are acceptable. The translators are designated by the Tetmajer Committee. The manuscript shall not exceed 120 000 words. The deadline for submission of books and manuscripts to be translated during 2017 is 15 November 2016.
Applicants must submit electronically
The full manuscript in Hungarian
Preferably a letter of intent from leading English language peer reviewed publisher stating willingness to publish manuscript pending peer review
An English language summary of manuscript of 5-10 pages
A table of contents
Send the application material electronically to László Borhi,
Applications are not accepted after the deadline. Up to two manuscripts will be selected for 2017. Successful applicants will be notified in December 2016. Materials sent by unsuccessful applicants will be deleted.
www.cultural-opposition.eu
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- By HUN-REN Research Centre for the Humanities
- Category: Horizon 2020
Culture in Eastern Europe before 1989 meant more than socialist realism and dull propaganda art. An alternative cultural scene flourished despite the controls of socialist regimes, and its diverse practices included non-conformist avant-garde art, civic initiatives for unofficial education and publication, underground punk and rock bands, alternative ways of life and even novel religious practices. COURAGE (“Cultural Opposition – Understanding the CultuRal HeritAGE of Dissent in the Former Socialist Countries”) is the first international research project that tackles this rich and colourful legacy of cultural opposition in the former socialist countries of Eastern Europe by exploring and comparing collections on cultural opposition.
COURAGE (a new Horizon2020 project) – Launching Press Release
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COURAGE – Connecting Collections
Cultural Opposition – Understanding the Cultural Heritage of Dissent in the Former Socialist Countries
The Hungarian Historical Review, Issue 4, 2015: Business History: Enterprises in Adaptation – www.hunghist.org
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This issue examines the history of enterprises in Central and Eastern Europe in the processes of adaptation. The histories of enterprises thus are not themselves the focal point of inquiry. Rather, they are of interest in relation to the events that took place when an enterprise was compelled, because of changes in the economic, political or social milieu, to adapt or transform itself, making changes to its business policies, personnel policies, production structures, marketing practices, supply sources, etc. See more at http://www.hunghist.org/
The Hungarian Historical Review, Issue 3, 2015: The Holocaust in Hungary in Contexts. New Perspectives and Research Results
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This issue covers a wide range of topics, including the underexplored origins of the Hungarian labor service in the mid-1930s, the ideologically charged reception of the first major trial focusing on the Holocaust in the early 1960s, the history of human emotions, the “cold” history of a bureaucracy, the economic motivation and involvement of local perpetrators, and the specific experiences of Hungarian Jewish ghetto dwellers in various ghettos and slave laborers in an unfamiliar and inhospitable metropolis. Free for download at http://www.hunghist.org/index.php/issue-current/79-hhr-issue/314-volume-4-issue-3
The latest issue of The Hungarian Historical Review on “Cultures of Christian–Islamic Wars in Europe (1450–1800)”
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- By Bölcsészettudományi Kutatóközpont
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How did participants perceive and interpret the violence of war and their own roles in it? Why did they write about their experiences afterwards? What kinds of survival strategies did peasants, citizens and nobleman develop amidst the everyday experiences of brutality, devastation and death? How was extreme cruelty remembered, and how was war experienced? How did reality and mythology (about the extreme brutality of the enemy, for instance) blend in individual memory and in the cultural memories of communities?
Gabriella Erdélyi
Special Editor of the Thematic Issue
Conference on early modern diplomacy
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The Premodern Diplomats Network, founded two years ago, will hold its fourth conference on the 25th and 26th of September in our institute. At the event Splendid Encounters: Diplomats and Diplomacy in the Early Modern World researchers from a variety of European countries come together to discuss their experiences in the study of the history of diplomacy between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. The conference programme is available here.
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