Prof. Attila PÓK is deputy director of the Institute of History at the Research Centre for Humanities of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest, vice-president of the Hungarian Historical Association, senior researcher of the Institute of Advanced Studies Kőszeg, recurring Visiting Professor of History at Columbia University in New York. His works include: The Politics of Hatred in the Middle of Europe. Scapegoating in Twentieth Century Hungary: History and Historiography. Savaria University Press, Szombathely, 2009, editor with Randolph L. Braham: The Hungarian Holocaust after Fifty Years. Columbia University Press, New York, 1997., editor with Stuart Macintyre, Juan Maiguashca: The Oxford History of Historical Writing, Vol. 4. Oxford University Press, 2011.
A pályázat célja egy olyan adatbázis létrehozása volt, amely áttekintő képet ad a szovjet rendsze... more A pályázat célja egy olyan adatbázis létrehozása volt, amely áttekintő képet ad a szovjet rendszerben a politikai és állami struktúráról, a magyarországi legfelső politikai elit átalakulásáról, az új elit eredetéről és összetételéről, mobilizációjáról, valamint a majd ...
The Hungarians and the Finns have had very few direct contacts in the historical past. These peop... more The Hungarians and the Finns have had very few direct contacts in the historical past. These people have, however, shared a similar position in that they have both belonged to a group of small and medium-sized nations lying in a zone between East and West, which has sometimes been called "Europe Between". Despite the considerable differences between the two societies, it may be instructive to compare them. This was the basis for a dialogue between Hungarian and Finnish historians which began in the early 1980s, and it has provided the starting point for a number of conferences held in both countries. The present work is based on papers given at a conference arranged in Helsinki in 1998. The articles, written by Hungarian and Finnish historians, offer fresh perspectives both on the political history of the inter-war period especially with regard to parties and ideologies, which are examined from a comparitive standpoint, and on the position of the two countries during the C...
Az Akadémiai Kiadó régi törekvése vált valóra az online kézirat-benyújtási program beindulásával.... more Az Akadémiai Kiadó régi törekvése vált valóra az online kézirat-benyújtási program beindulásával. A szerkesztőségi munkát olyan modern, online rendszerrel szeretnénk segíteni, amely a szerkesztőség munkáját különösen a lektoráltatási (peer-rewiev) szakaszban támogatja. A piaci kínálatból azt a szolgáltatót igyekeztünk kiválasztani, amelyik a legkönnyebben használható megoldást ajánlja, s a legtöbb segítséget nyújtja a felhasználóknak a rendszer használata közben. Ezen rövid írás célja a rendszer bemutatása, a lehetőségek felvillantása.
The study is a revised version of a presentation that opened a series of 12 lectures on Hungarian... more The study is a revised version of a presentation that opened a series of 12 lectures on Hungarian history at the University of Vienna on 5 October 2017. It organizes some key issues of Hungarian history around the problem of continuities and discontinuities. It points out that two parallel narratives, the history of the Hungarian state and the history of the Hungarian nation for extended periods during the last 1000 years do not overlap and this fact gives a particular dynamism to this national history. The survey addresses political, social, economic and cultural aspects of Hungarian history and concludes by arguing that the adoption of Christianity and the foundation of the Hungarian state by the first king, Steven the Saint, are the longest lasting achievements of Hungarian history, properly remembered by the most important national holiday, 20 August
Journal article by Attila Pok; East European Quarterly, 1998
When studying the history of East and Central European nations and statesmen and the political th... more When studying the history of East and Central European nations and statesmen and the political thoughts produced by the latter, one often encounters a basic stereotype. It matters little if the person in question was liberal or conservative-minded, a communist or fascist ...
A pályázat célja egy olyan adatbázis létrehozása volt, amely áttekintő képet ad a szovjet rendsze... more A pályázat célja egy olyan adatbázis létrehozása volt, amely áttekintő képet ad a szovjet rendszerben a politikai és állami struktúráról, a magyarországi legfelső politikai elit átalakulásáról, az új elit eredetéről és összetételéről, mobilizációjáról, valamint a majd ...
The Hungarians and the Finns have had very few direct contacts in the historical past. These peop... more The Hungarians and the Finns have had very few direct contacts in the historical past. These people have, however, shared a similar position in that they have both belonged to a group of small and medium-sized nations lying in a zone between East and West, which has sometimes been called "Europe Between". Despite the considerable differences between the two societies, it may be instructive to compare them. This was the basis for a dialogue between Hungarian and Finnish historians which began in the early 1980s, and it has provided the starting point for a number of conferences held in both countries. The present work is based on papers given at a conference arranged in Helsinki in 1998. The articles, written by Hungarian and Finnish historians, offer fresh perspectives both on the political history of the inter-war period especially with regard to parties and ideologies, which are examined from a comparitive standpoint, and on the position of the two countries during the C...
Az Akadémiai Kiadó régi törekvése vált valóra az online kézirat-benyújtási program beindulásával.... more Az Akadémiai Kiadó régi törekvése vált valóra az online kézirat-benyújtási program beindulásával. A szerkesztőségi munkát olyan modern, online rendszerrel szeretnénk segíteni, amely a szerkesztőség munkáját különösen a lektoráltatási (peer-rewiev) szakaszban támogatja. A piaci kínálatból azt a szolgáltatót igyekeztünk kiválasztani, amelyik a legkönnyebben használható megoldást ajánlja, s a legtöbb segítséget nyújtja a felhasználóknak a rendszer használata közben. Ezen rövid írás célja a rendszer bemutatása, a lehetőségek felvillantása.
The study is a revised version of a presentation that opened a series of 12 lectures on Hungarian... more The study is a revised version of a presentation that opened a series of 12 lectures on Hungarian history at the University of Vienna on 5 October 2017. It organizes some key issues of Hungarian history around the problem of continuities and discontinuities. It points out that two parallel narratives, the history of the Hungarian state and the history of the Hungarian nation for extended periods during the last 1000 years do not overlap and this fact gives a particular dynamism to this national history. The survey addresses political, social, economic and cultural aspects of Hungarian history and concludes by arguing that the adoption of Christianity and the foundation of the Hungarian state by the first king, Steven the Saint, are the longest lasting achievements of Hungarian history, properly remembered by the most important national holiday, 20 August
Journal article by Attila Pok; East European Quarterly, 1998
When studying the history of East and Central European nations and statesmen and the political th... more When studying the history of East and Central European nations and statesmen and the political thoughts produced by the latter, one often encounters a basic stereotype. It matters little if the person in question was liberal or conservative-minded, a communist or fascist ...
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