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Biography
Education
Ph.D. - Janus Pannonius University, Pécs, 1998
M.A. - 1983
B.A. - József Attila University, Szeged, 1978-1983
Bio
Csaba Békés is the Istvan
Deak Visiting Professor of East Central European Studies at Columbia
University for Fall 2011. A senior research fellow at the Institute for
the History of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and the founding director
of the Cold War History Research Center (www.coldwar.hu),
both in Budapest, Professor Bekes received a Ph.D. at Janus Pannonius
University, Pécs, in 1998. He habilitated at the University of Pécs, in
2009.
His main field of research is Cold War history, the history of
East–West relations, Hungary's international relations after World War
II and the role of the East Central European states in the Cold War. He
is the author or editor of several books and he published some 70
major articles and book chapters in Hungarian, English and German.
Professor Békés also participated at some 70 international conferences.
His publications include The 1956 Hungarian Revolution and World
Politics. (Cold War International History Project, Washington D.C,
1996), Cold War, Détente and the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. (New York
University, 2002), The 1956 Hungarian Revolution. A history in documents. (with Malcolm Byrne and János M. Rainer) (CEU Press, Budapest–New York, 2002,) Hungary and the Warsaw Pact, 1954–1989. Documents on the Impact of a Small State within the Eastern Bloc, (Parallel History Project on NATO and the Warsaw Pact, www.isn.ethz.ch/php,
2003), Political Transition in Hungary, 1989-1990. A Compendium of
Declassified Documents and Chronology of Events. (ed. with Malcolm
Byrne, Melinda Kalmár, Zoltán Ripp, Miklós Vörös, (Budapest, National
Security Archive, Cold War History Research Center, 1956 Institute,
1999)
Interests and Research
Cold War History,
East-West relations; Hungary's international relations after World War
II; The role of Eastern Europe in the Cold War
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for the History of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and Founding Director of the Cold War History Research Center, both in Budapest.
Selected Publications
Books
From Europe to Europe: Hungary in the Crossfire of Conflicts, 1945-1990
The 1956 Hungarian Revolution and World Politics
The United Nations and the 1956 Hungarian Revolution: Essays, Documents and Chronology
Evolution and Revolution: Hungary and International Politics in 1956
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