Educated elites in pre-socialist Hungary - 1867-1948: issues, approaches, sources and some preliminary results of an overall survey

'The main target of this paper is to report on the process of the formation of educated elites in Hungary since the end of feudalism and the birth of the nation state following the 1848 Revolution and the 1867 Compromise with Austria. The paper describes our long term study of elites during the political, administrative, economic and cultural modernization of Hungarian society within its historically given territories (outside Croatia). The survey is broken down into three long periods and structural parts: (1867-1918): liberal nation-building in the historic kingdom comprising the whole Carpathian Basin (multi-ethnic Magyar Empire) (survey of both the graduates of higher (post-secondary) education and of 'reputational elites' independently from their educational credentials).- (1919-1948) authoritarian anti-Liberal regime (involvement in World War 2 and the Nazi adventure followed by Liberation via the Red Army) ( survey of both graduates and 'reputational elites').- Communism and post-Communism (Stalinist and post-Stalinist Communist regime after 1956, post-Communism since 1989) ( survey of members of 'reputational elites' only).' (author's abstract)

The Academic Profile of Doctoral School Staffs in Hungarian Universities in the Social Sciences and Humanities. A Comparative Study of Disciplines with Special Reference to Educational Science (2000-2010)

The paper is grounded in the quantified exploitation of a large scale (N= cc. 14000) prosopographical data bank of practitioners of the social sciences and humanities (SSH) in Hungary defined by their institutional position in a public research agency, a university, a college of higher educational or as author of books and studies in specialized SSH journals listed in an overall bibliography of SSH publications (1960-2010) by the staff of the Budapest Municipal Library. The focus is not on the whole available prosopographical data bank, but only on staff members of doctoral schools attached to universities in the early 21st century (cc. 2000-2010). Various ‘positional’ properties of the teaching personnel of doctoral schools are systematically compared hereby following their discipline, gender, academic qualification, scholarly productivity as well as a combination of major collective markers (like age, residence, size of publications, notably publications in foreign languages). For reasons of economy of space and since there is practically no significant publications available on the problem area in English or other international languages, the study includes only summary bibliographical references.Keywords: social sciences, gender inequalities, academic hierarchy, intellectual productivity, Hungarian doctoral schools.El perfil del cuerpo académico de las escuelas doctorales en las universidades húngaras en ciencias sociales y humanidades. Un análisis comparado de disciplinas con especial referencia a la ciencia educativa (2000-2010) Resumen: El artículo se basa en una exploración cuantitativa de un banco prosopográfico de datos de gran escala (N = cc. 14.000) sobre profesionales de ciencias sociales y humanidades en Hungría. Se definen como tal por su puesto profesional en una agencia pública de investigación, una universidad, un colegio de educación superior, o como autores de libros y artículos en revistas especializadas en ciencias sociales y humanidades que figuran en una bibliografía de publicaciones (1960-2010) elaborada por el personal de la Biblioteca municipal de Budapest. El énfasis no está puesto en todo el banco prosopográfico de datos sino únicamente en el cuerpo académico de las escuelas doctorales vinculadas a las universidades a principios del siglo XXI (cc. 2000-2010). Se procede a una comparación sistemática de varias propiedades relacionadas con la posición  del cuerpo académico perteneciente a  las escuelas doctorales en función de su disciplina,  género, nivel de preparación académica,  productividad académica, además de una  combinación de grandes marcadores colectivos  (como la edad, la residencia, el tamaño  de las publicaciones, en especial las publicaciones  en idiomas extranjeros). Por motivos  de espacio y dado que prácticamente no hay  publicaciones relevantes disponibles sobre el  tema en inglés u otros idiomas internacionales,  el artículo solo incluye referencias bibliográficas  sumarias.Palabras clave: ciencias sociales, desigualdades  de género, jerarquía académica,  productividad intelectual, escuelas doctorales 

La présence juive en Europe centrale àl'époque contemporaine. Invariants et spécificités nationales

Les juifs, « centre-européens » par excellence de l'époque contemporaine. Aspects démographiques et culturels Si l'on identifie l'Europe centrale aux régions orientales de l'Europe marquées par le christianisme latin – comme l'ont proposé le médiéviste Jenö Szücs, et le politologue hongrois Istvàn Bibo – c'est à dire à la zone géographique qui s'étend entre les frontières historiques de la Russie et les États de l'Empire Germanique d'une part, et entre la mer du Nord et l'Adriatique d'autre p..

A conversão socioprofissional das elites: dois casos históricos na Hungria

O artigo examina dois casos exemplares de conversão sócio-profissional das elites na Hungria, pontuando tanto as transformações históricas e sociais, quanto às disposições, estratégias e as expectativas dos agentes empenhados em manter ou conquistar posições sociais. No primeiro caso, demonstra-se que, na segunda metade do século XIX, a necessidade de concorrer com outros grupos e o perigo de perder a sua posição privilegiada na sociedade condicionou a tentativa de modernização liberal da nobreza no acordo austro-húngaro. E, no segundo caso, observa-se que, depois da Segunda Guerra Mundial, nos primórdios do regime stalinista impulsionado por uma utopia modernizadora radical e com um elevado nível de educação, foram criadas oportunidades para um grupo social discriminado no passado de se tornar funcionários públicos, inclusive na administração do Estado

Indicators of the Internationalization of the Social Sciences and Humanities

This contribution, which is part of the collaborative European research project INTERCOSSH, presents indicators for studying the internationalization of the social and human sciences. Five dimensions are distinguished and for each one of them various indicators are presented. Although neither the dimensions nor the indicators are exhaustive, they capture some of the most significant aspects of internationalization. They pertain to international scholarly associations, international scholarly journals, the flows and meanings of book translations, transnational authorship, and policies of internationalization. In addition to these dimensions, three particular areas of inquiry are presented: changing relations between the North and the South, between Western and Eastern Europe, and between the West and Asia

Antony Oberschall, Empirical Social Research in Germany, 1848-1914.

Karady Victor. Antony Oberschall, Empirical Social Research in Germany, 1848-1914.. In: Annales. Economies, sociétés, civilisations. 22ᵉ année, N. 3, 1967. pp. 629-631