Although negotiations on this issue began much earlier, the launch of local border traffic on the Soviet-Hungarian border dates back to the late 1980s. Csilla Fedinec's new study, based on materials from the Hungarian National Archives, presents the course of negotiations between the two countries and the extraordinary contradictions of this process. The study can be read here.

Our colleague Csilla Fedinec's new analysis published in Jelen Bookazine.

Our colleague, Eszter Neumann is the corresponding author of the newly published chapter on Hungary in the Routledge Handbook of Religion and Nationalism. 

Neumann, E., Keller, J. Zs., Szőke, A., Virág, T. (2025) Religious Nationalism in Hungary: The Churchification of the Social Margins. In J Haynes (Ed), The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Nationalism (1 ed.). Routledge

The online launch event of the special issues will be held on 21th October. 

Our collague, Eszter Neumann is a co-author in the recently published chapter in the book titled Education Policy in England 2010–2024. The chapter explores the impact of the neoconservative reform of the English Baccalaureate which made this exam much more focussed on academic content.

Towers, E., Gewirtz, S., Maguire, M., & Neumann, E. (2025). Education policy in England 2010-2024: A critical review of the impact of the EBacc and associated curriculum and accountability reforms on schools, students and teachers. In R. Morris, & T. Perry (Eds.), Education Policy in England 2010–2024 (1 ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/978100352866

The study The future imaginaries and counter-politics of solidarity work: non-formal education for displaced Ukrainians in Hungary by Eszter Neumann, Ildikó Zakariás, Margit Feischmidt, Violetta Zentai, and Csilla Zsigmond was published in the journal British Journal of Sociology of Education. Based on interviews with Hungarian civil society actors assisting Ukrainian refugees, the study analyzes the educational infrastructure created by these civic initiatives. The paper summarizes the findings of the research project Helping Displaced People from Ukraine: Collective Forms and Social Contexts of solidarity.

The new monograph by Balázs Dobos entitled 'Cultural Autonomy and Political Participation: Minority Elections in Central and Eastern Europe' will soon be published by Routledge and is now available for pre-order at HERE.

Our colleague, Réka Marchut, will give a lecture in Bucharest on October 14 at 18:00, as part of the In memoriam Miskolczy Ambrus conference series. The title of her lecture is: “Between the Anvil and the Hammer” – Hungarian Catholics in Bucharest from the Beginnings to the Second World War.

Our colleague Csilla Fedinec will be participating in, and giving a plenary presentation at, the 'Development of relations between Ukraine and the European Union in the context of geopolitical turmoil, the Russian–Ukrainian war, electoral practices and the political participation of ethnic minority groups' conference at Uzhhorod National University on 10–11 October 2025

Our colleague, Réka Marchut, will give a presentation on October 8 in Cluj-Napoca at a conference organized by the Romanian Institute For Research On National Minorities, entitled Minority Education in Central and Eastern Europe. Policy Aspects, Educational Equity and Cultural Recognition. The title of her presentation is: The School Issue in the Swabian Villages of Satu Mare during World War II (1940-1944)

The conference program is available here.