CV Dr. Ignác Romsics
I. Personal Information
Date of Birth: March 30, 1951.
Place of Birth: Homokmégy, Hungary.
Citizenship: Hungarian.
Marital Status: Married since 1972. One child, 32 years old. Wife is a teacher.
Home: 2131. Göd, Szt. István u. 1., Hungary. Phone: (36) 27-337-444; E-mail: romsicsi@vnet.hu
Office: Eszterházy Károly FőiskolaTörténeti Intézete. 3300. Eger, Eszterházy tér 1.
II. Education, scientific degrees
2001 Elected to Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
1995 Habilitation
1993 Doctor Scientarium in History received from the Hungarian Academy of
Sciences
1978 Ph.D. in History received from Eötvös Lóránd University in Budapest
1974-1976 Studied history at Eötvös Lóránd University (MA)
1970-1974 Studied history and literature at University College of
Szeged (BA)
1965-1969 Attended High School in Kalocsa. Graduated in 1969.
III. Work Experience
2008 - Professor of Modern Hungarian History at Eszterházy Károly Főiskola, Eger
1998 -2008 Professor of Modern Hungarian History at Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest
1991-1997 Associate Professor of the Modern Hungarian History Department at
Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest
1986-1991 Deputy Director of the Institute of Hungarian Studies, Budapest.
Research Specialization: The Great Powers, Hungary and the Ethnic
Conflicts of the Danube Basin in the 20th Century
1977-1985 Research Fellow at the Institute of History of the Hungarian Academy of
Science
Research Specialization: Home and Foreign Policy of Hungary 1918-1945
1974-1976 Archivist at the County Archives of Kecskemét
Field of Research: Local History of the Region between the Danube and
the Tisza in the 20th Century
IV. Teaching abroad
2009 Visiting professor (professeur invité) at University Sorbonne (Paris 1)- 1 month
2006 Guest Professor at University of Yväskylä (Finland) - 2 months
1993-2003 Hungarian Chair Professor at Indiana University, Bloomington, USA (9 Semesters)
V. Other Affiliations
- Member of the Editorial Board, Századok, Múltunk, Rubicon and Hungarian Quarterly
- Senior Advisor of the Habsbourg History Foundation, since 2004
- Member of the National Committee of the Hungarian Historians, since 1996
- General Secretary of the Hungarian History Association, 1999-2007
- Member of the Board of the Teleki Foundation, 1999-2006
VI. Academic Awards
2005 Széchenyi Prize received from the President of the Hungarian Republic
2000 „The Best History Book of the Year" Prize of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
1999 Ferenc Deák Prize received from Pro Renovanda Cultura Hungariae Foundation
1995 György Ránki Prize received from the George Soros Foundation
1982 Károlyi Mihály Prize received from the Hungarian History Association
1976 M.A. Diploma with Honors, Eötvös Lóránd University
VII. Study-Tours, Fellowships
1999 Study tour of three months in South-Korea sponsored by the Korea
Foundation
1991 Research work of six months in Washington, D.C. (Library of Congress,
National Archives) sponsored by the Soros Foundation
1990 Research work of four months in Bonn (Archiv des Auswärtigen Amtes)
as Fellow at the Institut für Europäische Geschichte of Mainz
1988 Research work of two months in Paris as Fellow at the Centre
International des Studiants et Stagiaires
1987 Research work of two months in London (Public Record Office, British
Library) as Fellow of the British Council
1984 Study-tour and research work of six months in West-Germany as Fellow
at the Institut für Europäische Geschichte, Mainz
1981 Research work of two months in Paris as Fellow at the École des Hautes
en Sciences Sociales
VIII. Major Research Projects
1998 -2001 Nation, Nationality and State in Modern Hungarian Political Thinking
1995-1998 Hungary and the Great Powers 1914-1947
1992-1995 Plans for Integration in Central and Eastern Europe in the 19th and 20th Centuries
1991-1994 Hungarians in Minority and Diaspora 1920-1945
IX. Non-professional Interests: Traveling, reading, swimming
