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, Zsombor Bódy, Melinda Kalmár, Márkus Keller, Gábor Koloh, Márton Simonkay, Béla Tomka, and others.
An issue in East European Politics and Societies, edited by Réka Krizmanics and Béla Tomka
This issue of the Q2-ranked journal is about Histories of Globalization in State Socialist Eastern Europe. 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).
We have been re-established as the History of Globalization Research Center
Following the funding period from 2019 to 2024, the MTA–SZTE–ELTE History of Globalization Research Group continue its work from 2026 onwards under the auspices of the University of Szeged, operating as the SZTE BTK History of Globalization Research Center.
Béla Tomka was a guest of University College London
Béla Tomka 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.