Balázs Ablonczy :: Faculty
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Visiting Professor, Central Eurasian Studies Office: Goodbody Hall 238 Education |
Research Interests
Hungarian history in the first half of the 20th century, history of the Hungarian-French relations, Great Powers and Central Europe between the wars, cultural history, interconnection between politics and intellectual life, history of Hungarian ethnic minorities abroad.
Courses Recently Taught
- Ethnic and regional issues (Fall 2008)
- History of the Hungarian Minorities Abroad (Fall 2008, Spring 2009)
- Introduction to the Historiography of a Cultural History (Spring 2009)
- How to write a Biography? (Spring 2009)
Publication Highlights
Pál Teleki (1879-1941) – The Life of a Controversial Hungarian Politician. Wayne (NJ), 2007, Hungarian Studies and Publications Inc. (distributed by the Columbia University Press). 338 p.
Un déclin séculaire: formes de coexistence ethnique à Banska Stiavnica/Selmecbánya/Schemnitz. Cultures d’Europe Centrale (Paris), nº 7 (2008) pp. 135-147.
Régionalisme et minorités: défis ou ennemis? Dilemmes de la politique française en Europe Centrale entre les deux guerres. Bulletin de l’Institut Pierre Renouvin, (Paris) n°28, automne 2008, pp. 41-53.
L’agent, l’engagé et le réaliste. Les réseaux de la propagande irrédentiste hongroise en France (1920-1939). Cahiers d’Etudes Hongroises (Paris) nº14. tome II. pp. 373-382.
La fin d’un monde? Elites hongroises face à la mise en place et à la pratique du régime communiste. In: Francois Bocholier-Nicolas Bauquet (édité par): Elites et communisme en Europe Centrale. Paris, 2006, Presses Universitaires de France – Editions de la Rue d’Ulm. pp. 57-71.
Un débat historique manqué: le cas Teleki en Hongrie. La Nouvelle Alternative, (Paris) vol. 21., n°69-70, juin-septembre 2006, pp. 135-145.
Selected Awards, Fellowships, and Honorary Memberships
- 2008 Talentum Prize ("best young researcher in social sciences”)
- 2006 Palládium Prize ("best book in social sciences”)
- 2006 Pethő Prize of the Hemingway Foundation ("young publicist of the year”)
- 2005-2008 Bolyai János Research Grant of Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 2002 Research grant, School of Eastern European and Slavonic Studies (University of London)
- 2001 DAAD research grant, Humboldt University, Berlin
- 1998-1999 Grant of the French Government (BGF) Université Paris I-Sorbonne (10 months)
