Our colleague, Tamás Gusztáv Filep, will give a lecture in Cluj-Napoca on December 8, at 6 p.m., at the headquarters of the Transylvanian Museum Association. The title of his lecture is: "Just because something is harmful does not mean that it can be avoided" – Publicist Zsigmond Kemény

The publications of the European Foundation for Comparative Minority Studies (EÖKiK) and the Civitas Europica Centralis Foundation are now available in our institute's Digital Reading Room.

Csilla Fedinec’s new study has been published, offering an analysis of three decades of minority rights development in Ukraine: after the early period of openness and pluralism, the strengthening of a state-centric approach reshaped the regulatory framework, followed by further comprehensive legal reforms – partly driven by European integration efforts. The study can be read here.

Having started from within the framework of the HUN-REN Data Repository Platform (HUN-REN ARP) project, since October 1st 2024 all institutions of the HUN-REN (Hungarian Research Network) now have a designated data steward (full-time) position. The initiative proved to be of success: it has received support from the HUN-REN HQ for the coming year (in the form of funding as well).

The Voices of the 20th Century Archive specifically collects materials from interview research to make them available to registered users. The level of access is determined on the one hand by the restrictions set according to the intentions of the depositing researchers, and on the other hand by data protection considerations arising from the nature of the deposited documents themselves. The RDC is responsible for developing and implementing a system of conditions that meets both donor requests and privacy principles.

The ONTOLISST project, launched at the end of 2024 under the coordination of RDC CSS within an international consortium and funded by the European Union, has now completed its first year. The project aims to improve the discoverability and interoperability of social science research data through multilingual, cost-efficient digital tools.

As of November 2025, ARP (Adatrepozitórium Platform/Data Repository Platform) is celebrating its fourth-year anniversary. During these four years we have hit several milestones and what started out as a project is now both an infrastructure and a community, with hundreds of users and members growing in number by the day.

Our colleague, György Szerbhorváth, will give a Serbian-language lecture titled “The De/Mythologization of the Village among Vojvodinian Serbian and Rusyn Authors” at the “Miloš Crnjanski” Vojvodina Institute of Culture in Novi Sad on 28 November 2025, during the conference Cultures in the 21st Century – The Challenges of Identity Patterns.

26 November, 2025

Intersections. IEEJSP invites submissions for a special issue exploring the intersection of sports, dance, and movement as social practice, and their complex relationships with nationalism, racism, discrimination, and social activism.

On November 28, 2025,  Viktória Bányai and Júlia Csejdy's book entitled The History of the Synagogue and Jewish Community in Mád will be presented at FUGA :: Budapest Architecture Center.