Catholic University of America Press has published Victim of History: a biography of Cardinal Mindszenty, the latest book of Margit Balogh, Deputy Director General of the Research Centre for the Humanities and scientific consultant at the Institute of History. The volume is "a scholarly masterwork now finally available in English, tells the story of this extraordinary character, one of the most powerful and controversial personalities of Hungarian history" – says Árpád von Klimó, (The Catholic University of America), reflecting on the book.

The Golden Bull of Hungary, by Attila Zsoldos, research professor at the Institute of History of the Research Centre for the Humanities, has been published as the ninth volume of the Arpadiana series. The book analyses the reform policy behind the Golden Bull (1222) promulgated by King Andrew II of Hungary, the circumstances of its creation, the events leading up to its renewal in 1231, and its medieval afterlife.

András Fejérdy senior research fellow and deputy director, and Gábor Kármán senior research fellow at the Institute of History of the Research Centre for the Humanities won the European Research Council’s Consolidator Grant. In this call, 2,652 applicants submitted their proposals and 12% of them were succesful. In the history of European research funding, it is quite extraordinary that two researchers at the same time from a Central European research institute would receive the grant.

Cluj-Napoca, 17–19 May 2022

The aim of the conference is to discuss, historically and comparatively, the concept of cultural – national, ethnic and religious – identities and their role in the domestic, transnational and supranational European policies and politics, from 1945 until now. The question of cultural identities had a significant impact on 20th-century European history and has continued to be an important legacy since the post-war era, through the post-Cold-War and post-communist times, right up until the 21st century.