Balázs Trencsényi

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Balázs Trencsényi
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Balázs Trencsényi (born 1973) is a Hungarian historian of East Central European political and cultural thought. He is currently a Professor at the Department of History, Central European University as well as the Co-Director of Pasts, Inc. Center for Historical Studies.[1]

Life[change | change source]

Balázs Trencsényi was born in Budapest. He studied history and philosophy at Eötvös Loránd University and graduated with a MA in 1997. In 2004, he graduated from the Central European University with a PhD in history.[2] Since then, he has worked as assistant professor, associate professor, professor, and departmental head at the Department of History, Central European University. [1] He is the director of the History in the Public Sphere Erasmus Mundus MA Program at CEU.[3][4]

He has been a visiting fellow at Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen,[5] Berlin Institute for Advanced Study,[6] International Research School in Conceptual History and Political Thought,[2] University of Jena,[7] Humboldt University of Berlin,[8] among other academic institutions.

Selected Works[change | change source]

In English[change | change source]

  • The Politics of "National Character": A Study in Interwar East European Thought (Routledge, 2012).[9]
  • History of Modern Political Thought in East Central Europe. Volume I: Negotiating Modernity in the "Long Nineteenth Century" by Balázs Trencsényi, Maciej Janowski, Mónika Baár, Maria Falina, and Michal Kopeček (Oxford UP, 2016).[10]
  • History of Modern Political Thought in East Central Europe. Volume II/1: Negotiating Modernity in the "Short Twentieth Century and Beyond" (1918-1968) by Balázs Trencsényi, Maciej Janowski, Mónika Baár, Maria Falina, Luka Lisjak-Gabrijelcic, and Michal Kopeček (Oxford UP, 2018)[11] and II/2: Negotiating Modernity in the "Short Twentieth Century and Beyond" (1968-2018) (Oxford UP, 2018).[12][13]

In Hungarian[change | change source]

  • A politika nyelvei. Eszmetörténeti tanulmányok (The languages of politics. Studies in intellectual history) (Budapest: Argumentum, 2007).
  • A nép lelke. Nemzetkarakterológiai viták Kelet-Európában (The spirit of the people. Debates on national characterology in Eastern Europe) (Budapest: Argumentum, 2011).

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Balázs Trencsényi | CEU People". people.ceu.edu. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Balász Trencsènyi | Concepta". concepta-net.org. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  3. "Balazs Trencsenyi | CEU Democracy Institute". democracyinstitute.ceu.edu. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  4. "Essential Guide for Studying "History in the Public Sphere" | History in the Public Sphere (HIPS)". www.tufs.ac.jp. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  5. "Balazs Trencsenyi". IWM WEBSITE. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  6. "Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin: Balázs Trencsényi, Ph.D." Balázs Trencsényi, Ph.D. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  7. "Professor Balázs Trencsényi". www.imre-kertesz-kolleg.uni-jena.de. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  8. "Balazs Trencsenyi". Balazs Trencsenyi (in German). Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  9. "The Politics of National Character: A Study in Interwar East European Thought". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  10. Trencsényi, Balázs; Janowski, Maciej; Baar, Monika; Falina, Maria; Kopecek, Michal; Trencsényi, Balázs; Janowski, Maciej; Baar, Monika; Falina, Maria (2016-02-25). A History of Modern Political Thought in East Central Europe: Volume I: Negotiating Modernity in the 'Long Nineteenth Century'. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-873714-8.
  11. Trencsényi, Balázs; Kopeček, Michal; Gabrijelčič, Luka Lisjak; Falina, Maria; Baár, Mónika; Janowski, Maciej; Trencsényi, Balázs; Kopeček, Michal; Gabrijelčič, Luka Lisjak (2018-11-01). A History of Modern Political Thought in East Central Europe: Volume II: Negotiating Modernity in the 'Short Twentieth Century' and Beyond, Part I: 1918-1968. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-873715-5.
  12. Trencsenyi, Balázs; Kopeček, Michal; Gabrijelčič, Luka Lisjak; Falina, Maria; Baár, Mónika; Trencsenyi, Balázs; Kopeček, Michal; Gabrijelčič, Luka Lisjak; Falina, Maria (2018-11-01). A History of Modern Political Thought in East Central Europe: Volume II: Negotiating Modernity in the 'Short Twentieth Century' and Beyond, Part II: 1968-2018. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-882960-7.
  13. "Trencsényi, Balázs". Ústav pro soudobé dějiny AV ČR, v.v.i. Retrieved 2023-06-18.