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Ass. Prof. Tamas Budai, PhD<\/strong><\/p>\n

E-mail:<\/strong> tamas(dot)budai(at)ihist(dot)bas(dot)bg
\nORCiD ID: <\/strong>0009-0002-8601-2194<\/a><\/p>\n

1. MAIN FIELDS OF RESEARCH<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Modern history. Balkan policy of Austria-Hungary 1871-1918; History of the Habsburg Empire and its peoples; History of the Balkan peoples XVIII-XX centuries. International Relations of the 19th and 20th centuries. Historical memory, genealogy; Local historical research.<\/p>\n

2. ACADEMIC CAREER<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Education<\/strong><\/h4>\n

2000-2003, 2017-2020 \u2013 <\/strong>PhD in History, Institute for Historical Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.<\/p>\n

1992-1997 \u2013 <\/strong>MS, Faculty of History, Sofia University \u201eSt. Kliment Ohridski\u201d<\/p>\n

1996-1998<\/strong> \u2013 BS, Free Faculty, International Relations. Sofia University \u201eSt. Kliment Ohridski\u201d.<\/p>\n

Position held<\/strong><\/h4>\n

2023 (continued) \u2013 Assistant Professor in the \u201eHistory of the World and the International Relations in Modern and Contemporary Times\u201d section of the Institute for Historical Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences<\/p>\n

Academic degree and title<\/strong><\/h4>\n

2022 \u2013<\/strong> PhD in History after a dissertation defense on the topic \u201eThe Balkan policy of Austria-Hungary 1897-1906, supervisor Acad. Academic Georgi Markov.<\/p>\n

Participation in Joint Research Projects<\/strong><\/h4>\n

2025\u20132026: Collective scientific project \u201eCollective volume in honor of Prof. Dr. Luiza Revyakina\u201c, organized by the Institute for Historical Research at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (participant).<\/p>\n

Member of the scientific team of the Institute for Historical Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in the implementation of the National Project \u201eMinorities and Minority Groups \u2013 Challenges and Adaptation within the International System (XX-XXI century)\u201d (2023-2025)<\/p>\n

Individual Research Project<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Austro-Hungarian Aspirations in the Balkans \u2013 Nations and Borders. Old Ideas, New Techniques.<\/p>\n

Languages<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hungarian, German, English<\/p>\n

3. PUBLICATIONS<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Books<\/strong><\/h4>\n
    \n
  • When St. 40 Martyrs is lifted up, Bulgaria will also be lifted up\u201c. The Church of St. 40 Martyrs of Hasara at the village of. Stalevo (Dimitrovgrad municipality) \u2013 a key to the greatness of Bulgaria. Sofia, DioMira, 2022. ISBN 978-954-2977-90-2.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Studies and Articles<\/strong><\/h4>\n
      \n
    • The Balkan policy of Austria-Hungary on the eve and during the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising. In: Proceedings of Institute for Historical Studies. Vol. 39: About Professionalism in Historical Science. Collection of Research Papers in Honor of Professor Tamara Stoilova Dcs, Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Publishing House of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2025, pp. 301-326. ISSN 2367-5187 (print) ISSN 2815-2913 (online). [In Bulgarian]<\/li>\n
    • Austro-Russian Balkan Agreement 1897. In: Current Issues in Law and Beyond on EU Level Annual Volumes, V. Sofia. St. Kliment Ohridski University Press, 2023, pp. 144\u2013189. [In Bulgarian]<\/li>\n
    • The Albanian factor in the Balkan politics of Austia-Hungary at the end of 19th and the beginning of the 20 centuries. In: Istorikii, vol. 16. Jubilee collection dedicated to the 75th anniversary of Prof. Radoslav Mishev. Veliko Tarnovo, 2022, pp. 152-185. [In Bulgarian]<\/li>\n
    • Klokotnitsa \u2013 Thrown stone. Hemus, 2, 83, 2\/2023. XXXII, Budapest, 2023, pp. 5-19.<\/li>\n
    • 200th anniversary of the birth of Ferenc Deak, Hungarian politician, initiator of the 1867 Compromise. Schoetor 17 October 1803 \u2013 Budapest, 28 January. In: Historical Review, 2004 (3-4), pp. 177-183. [In Bulgarian]<\/li>\n
    • The Balkan Policy of Austria-Hungary on the eve of the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising February-August 1903. In: 100 Years of the Ilinden-Preobrazhensky Uprising (1903): Collection of Research Papers from the International Scientific Conference dedicated to the anniversary of Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising of 1903, which was hold in Sofia on 26-27 September 2003, pp. 189-201. ISBN: 9549055272. [In Bulgarian]<\/li>\n
    • A western empire looking southeast. The Balkan policy of Austria-Hungary 1897-1903. The Necessary East, in the series of collections The East-West Problem, Sofia 2002, pp. 501-510. [In Bulgarian]<\/li>\n
    •  Bulgaria’s accession to NATO Preserving stability in the Central Balkans in the light of NATO’s role, Unios Tanoda press, Budapest 2004, 17-25 pp. [In Hungarian]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Textbooks and translations<\/strong><\/h4>\n