Balázs Trencsényi

The native form of this personal name is Trencsényi Balázs. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Balázs Trencsényi
Born1973
Budapest, Hungary
Nationality Hungary
TitleProfessor
Academic background
EducationPh.D.
Alma materEötvös Loránd University
Central European University
ThesisDiscourses of Nationhood in Early Modern Europe (2004)
Doctoral advisorLászló Kontler
Other advisorsMária Ludassy, György Bence, Ferenc Huoranszki, László Bertalan, Hans Blom, Jonathan Scott
Academic work
DisciplineHistorian
Sub-disciplineIntellectual history
InstitutionsCentral European University

Balázs Trencsényi (born 1973) is a Hungarian historian of East Central European political and cultural thought.[1] 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.[2]

Life

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Balázs Trencsényi was born in Budapest. He graduated from Lycée Ferenc Toldy in 1991.[3] 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. His doctoral dissertation compared the Hungarian and British discourses of nationhood in the early-modern period.[4]

Since then, he has worked as assistant professor, associate professor, professor, and departmental head at the Department of History, Central European University. [2][5] He was the director of the History in the Public Sphere Erasmus Mundus MA Program at CEU until 2023.[6][7] Since then, he has been the director of CEU Institute for Advanced Study.[8]

He has been a visiting fellow and/or member at Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen,[9] Berlin Institute for Advanced Study,[10] International Research School in Conceptual History and Political Thought,[4] University of Jena,[11] Centre Marc Bloch at Humboldt University of Berlin,[12] Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin,[13] Center for Advanced Study Sofia,[14] among other academic institutions.

Public engagement

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Balázs Trencsényi has been interviewed by numerous Hungarian-language,[15][16][17] German-language,[18][19][20] Czech-language,[21] Ukrainian-language,[22][23] and English-language outlets.[24] Trencsényi views the Orban regime as similar to Horthy system and the Kádár system in that it also managed to win over a "silent majority".[25] Orban's "attack on CEU weaves together a complex web of antiliberal and neo-authoritarian political forces and ideological streams."[26] He is also critical of the technocratic considerations in the European project, which made "people feel overconfident, and neglect their duties, which are actually transnational duties."[27]

He is a co-organizer of the Invisible University for Ukraine.[28][29]

Selected works

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In English

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In Hungarian

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  • 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).

Honours and awards

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Balázs Trencsényi has been elected as a member of Academia Europaea since 2011.[35] In 2023, he has been awarded Community Service Excellence Awards at CEU.[29]

References

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  1. ^ "Balázs Trencsényi". Budapest Forum. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  2. ^ a b "Balázs Trencsényi | CEU People". people.ceu.edu. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  3. ^ "Trencsényi Balázs - ketezer.hu". - ketezer.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  4. ^ a b "Balász Trencsènyi | Concepta". concepta-net.org. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  5. ^ "Balazs Trencsenyi | CEU Democracy Institute". democracyinstitute.ceu.edu. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  6. ^ "Essential Guide for Studying "History in the Public Sphere" | History in the Public Sphere (HIPS)". www.tufs.ac.jp. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  7. ^ "Home". History in the Public Sphere. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  8. ^ "Greetings from the Director | Institute for Advanced Study". ias.ceu.edu. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
  9. ^ "Balazs Trencsenyi". IWM WEBSITE. 30 June 2002. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  10. ^ "Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin: Balázs Trencsényi, Ph.D." Balázs Trencsényi, Ph.D. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  11. ^ "Professor Balázs Trencsényi". www.imre-kertesz-kolleg.uni-jena.de. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  12. ^ "Balazs Trencsenyi". Balazs Trencsenyi (in German). Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  13. ^ "Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin: Balázs Trencsényi, Ph.D." Balázs Trencsényi, Ph.D. (in German). Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  14. ^ "Prof. Balázs Trencsényi – CAS". Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  15. ^ ""Kevés a romániai magyar hozzájárulás a Trianonról szóló diskurzushoz." Trencsényi Balázzsal beszélgettünk". transindex. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  16. ^ narancs.hu (2016-01-28). ""Magyarország története nem a magyar nép története" – Nyelv és nacionalizmus". Magyarnarancs.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  17. ^ Sándor, Joób (2019-10-07). "Megnéztük, hova költözött el a CEU Budapestről". index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  18. ^ Stöber, Silvia. "Medienfreiheit Europa: Populisten gegen Journalisten". tagesschau.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-06-19.
  19. ^ "ZEIT ONLINE | Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder im PUR-Abo. Sie haben die Wahl". www.zeit.de. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  20. ^ "ZEIT ONLINE | Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder im PUR-Abo. Sie haben die Wahl". www.zeit.de. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
  21. ^ "V našem podvědomí přežívají i zavržené cesty minulosti. První část rozhovoru s maďarským historikem Balázsem Trencsényim - Novinky". www.novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2023-06-19.
  22. ^ "Балаж Тренчені: Про Угорщину, ЦЄУ (CEU), Україну та майбутнє історії як науки. Дослідження повинно бути проблемно-орієнтованим, а транснаціональна історія - це наше майбутнє.Частина друга". www.historians.in.ua. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
  23. ^ "Балаж Тренчені: Про Угорщину, ЦЄУ (CEU), Україну та Майдан. А також про те, як українці повинні рекламувати історичну спадщину України, чому в Угорщині і не слід очікувати Майдану та для чого Угорщині Закарпаття (Частина 1)". www.historians.in.ua. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
  24. ^ Foer, Franklin (2019-05-09). "Viktor Orbán's War on Intellect". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
  25. ^ MIKLÓS, GÁBOR. "Trencsényi Balázs: Nem lehet a végtelenségig hazug konstrukciókban élni". Jelen.
  26. ^ Trencsényi, Balázs. "Academic Freedom in Danger. Fact Files on the "CEU Affair" (Südosteuropa 65 "Spotlight")". L.I.S.A.
  27. ^ Gibbons, Christian (2023-06-18). ""We Should Not Conflate Values with Instruments" — A Conversation with Balázs Trencsényi". The New Federalist. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  28. ^ "Balázs Trencsényi – Visible Ukraine". Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  29. ^ a b "CEU Announces the 2023 Excellence Awards | Central European University". www.ceu.edu. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  30. ^ "The Politics of National Character: A Study in Interwar East European Thought". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  31. ^ 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.
  32. ^ 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.
  33. ^ 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.
  34. ^ "Trencsényi, Balázs". Ústav pro soudobé dějiny AV ČR, v.v.i. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  35. ^ "Academy of Europe: Trencsenyi Balazs". www.ae-info.org. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
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