Deputy director of the Institute of History, Research Center for the Humanities at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and member of the Executive Presidium of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. His scholarly interests include European and Hungarian politics, 19th- and 20th-century intellectual history, 19th- and 20th-century European historical writing, the theory and methodology of history and the history of nationalism.
Listen to his monologue about the political events in Hungary which led to overthrowing the communism regime in 1989.
The video was made as a part of the Freedom Express project celebrating the 25th anniversary of the fall of communism in Europe.