The Hungarian Historical Review, Issue 3, 2015: The Holocaust in Hungary in Contexts. New Perspectives and Research Results

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

New Issue of World History (Világtörténet) on the Russian Empire

The fourth issue of World History (Világtörténet) for 2015, a thematic issue dedicated to the topic of the Russian Empire edited by Zoltán Sz. Bíró has been published. In the past decades there has been an increased interest in the imperial aspect of the Russian history among the Russian researchers, resulting valuable scholarly works on this topic. The editors of the journal World History decided to dedicate a thematic issue to this topic, too, partly to give insights into the themes, methods, and results of the Russian research, and partly to present the recent results of the Hungarian research connecting to the Russian Empire. Our studies focus on the political and economic relations of the imperial center and the border areas, on the organization system of the life of nations, peoples and legal status in the empire, and on certain forms of mediating imperial ideology.

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New Issue of Historical Review (Történelmi Szemle)

The fourth issue of Historical Review for 2015 has been published.
Boglárka Weisz’s study is a thorough analysis reexamining and questioning the thesis that he emergence of the treasurer’s office in the Hungarian Kingdom in 14th century could be explained by an increase in the competences of the magister tavarnicorum. Veronika Tóth-Barbalics’ paper examines the selection, functions and activities of the leading functionaries of the Upper House of the Hungarian parliament, applying the methods of biography and prosopography. Barna Ábrahám’s essay aimes to give an overall picture of the situation, frameworks and possibilities of Slovak press during the First World War. Zsuzsanna Varga examines the land reforms in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe after 1944 in a chronological order with attention to different aspects, e.g. the social groups which were deprived of their landed wealth, the beneficiaries, the arable lands, regional differences, the procedure itself etc. Dániel Bácsatyai’s study tries to demonstrate that the prologue of the Illuminated Chronicle - a remarkable artefact of 14th century Hungarian historiography - contains a lengthy quotation from pope Boniface VIII’s decretal collection, the Liber Sextus, which might shed some light upon the author’s learning. The aim of András Vadas’ paper is to draw attention to the complexity of the regulations and customs regarding the construction of water-mills on rivers in medieval Hungary. Orsolya Manhercz’ study examines the circumstances of the visit of Austrian emperor (and Hungarian king) Francis Joseph to Hungary in 1852, characterizing the great emphasis on the evocation of the Hungarian revolution and fight for independence of 1848–1849 and the ambivalence caused by the contrasting emotions evoked by the revolution and the consequent events.
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New Issue of World History (Világtörténet) on „The Great War and the Balkans”

The third issue of World History (Világtörténet) for 2015, a thematic issue dedicated to the topic of „The Great War and the Balkans” edited by László Bíró has been published. As recently new interpretations have appeared in the literature and the earlier debates regarding the role and responsibility of the small states in the outbreak of WWI have deepened further, the editorial board has decided to publish a thematic issue on the connection between the Balkan peninsula and WWI. We did not intend to outline a summary or synthesis, which task cannot be assigned to a journal with limited space, but rather to emphasize certain problems and focus on debated questions, like state-building in the Balkans; international peace-keeping and the powers; the responsibility of nations states and their willingness to contribute to the settling of international relations; instruments of enforcing economic interests; the aims of cultural penetration and dissemination and humanitarian aid.

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