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Ferenc Laczo

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‘In the age of chimpanzees, I was a monkey,’ political & intellectual historian from ‘the middle of Europe,’ tenured @MaastrichtU, tifoso @SPAL, book hoarder @everywhere, 'never again is now’

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Ferenc Laczó is a historian at Maastricht University.

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Political science 68%

Sociology 18%

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Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 3h

The stars have finally aligned: we have a quality publisher, an excellent professional translator & sufficient funds to have A Global History of Hungary (in a somewhat abridged version) released in English

Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 1d

fuga.org.hu/fevent/9095/

Kettős könyvbemutató: Stefano Bottoni és Laczó Ferenc új kötetei – FUGA : : Budapesti Építészeti Központ | Kiállítások | Koncertek | Bemutatók | Könyvesbolt

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Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 1d

The Ukraine policy of the Hungarian government has been a tremendous shame & it has been a true honour to speak with Ukrainian Public Broadcaster (Suspilne) about the current political situation in the country

@fasosmaastricht.bsky.social @umceehub.bsky.social

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Орбан ризикує програти вибори в Угорщині - розповідаємо, кому й через що

У Віктора Орбана вперше за 16 з лишком років зʼявився конкурент на виборах - Петер Мадяр і його партія Тиса. Вона вже кілька місяців випереджає Фідес. Експерт з угорської історії Ференц Лацо розповіда...

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Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 2d

Halfway through & sounds like a book of staggering genius @wdavidmarx.bsky.social

Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 3d

Excited to see this @lrb.co.uk www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Jan-Werner Müller · Caesar wept: Trolling the Libs

All post-liberals have at one point or another declared themselves anti-libertarian. Why is it, then, that once in power...

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Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 4d

English-language intro to my new volume
Intertwined Stories. Writings on Contemporary History

www.academia.edu/145140993/Ou...

@umceehub.bsky.social @ceudeminst.bsky.social

Our Intertwined Stories: Writings on Contemporary History

This is a brief English-language description of my new Hungarian-language volume Összefonódó történetek. Írások jelenkorunkról (Budapest: Gondolat, 2025)

www.academia.edu

Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 4d

We‘ve got new books :) Joint launch with @stefanobottoni.bsky.social on Dec 16 in downtown Budapest, @ceudeminst.bsky.social @umceehub.bsky.social

Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 8d

Just as I am listening to Georgios Varouxakis in Amsterdam

Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 9d

www.hsozkult.de/publicationr...

Rezension zu: D. Motadel (Hrsg.): Globalizing Europe

Rezension zu / Review of: Motadel, David: Globalizing Europe. A History

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Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 9d

www.penguin.co.uk/books/451280...

The Age of Confiscation

Expropriation – the forced transfer of property rights – is usually associated with dictators, unstable countries, and violent revolution. But in fact, it has been integral to the political and econom...

www.penguin.co.uk

Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 9d

Abracadabra gondolatkiado.hu/webshop/tort...

Összefonódó történetek. Írások jelenkorunkról

gondolatkiado.hu

Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 11d

Caputova in Hungarian right on time for Christmas europakiado.hu/konyv/tarsad...

Könyv: Zuzana Caputova, Eric Tabery: Megőrzött méltóság - Európa Könyvkiadó

Kétéves beszélgetéssorozat gyümölcse ez a könyv, amelyben Zuzana Čaputová szlovák köztársasági elnök válaszol a Respekt című cseh hetilap főszerkesztője, Erik Tabery kérdéseire. Ezek a kérdések messze...

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Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 12d

Exciting

Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 12d

Balázs Trencsényi reviewed in LARB lareviewofbooks.org/article/in-t...

In the Shadow of Yesterday | Los Angeles Review of Books

Aurelian Craiutu thinks about Balázs Trencsényi’s “Intellectuals and the Crisis of Politics in the Interwar Period and Beyond: A Transnational History.”

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Review of Democracy @revdem2020.bsky.social · 12d

🎙️ In our new podcast, @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social examines the progress of undoing the consequences of eight years of illiberal rule in Poland, and the challenges that lie ahead. 🇵🇱🇵🇱🧑‍⚖️

🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/2ywn387b

Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 14d

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New Chair of History Says the Discipline Should Document the Past and Engage With the Present

Camille Robcis believes that historical analysis allows us to elucidate contemporary political, economic, social, and cultural questions.

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Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 15d

Global history & the European semi-periphery: essential contribution to the excellent Spotlight Series of CEH www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Global History Wars: Dispatches from the East-Central and Southern European Frontlines | Contemporary European History | Cambridge Core

Global History Wars: Dispatches from the East-Central and Southern European Frontlines

www.cambridge.org

Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 15d

Find it kinda fitting that this one will be published on my birthday www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

The Age of Hobsbawm — Harvard University Press

An intellectual biography of Eric Hobsbawm, one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century.Eric Hobsbawm (1917–2012) was one of the foremost European intellectuals of the twentieth cent...

www.hup.harvard.edu

Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 16d

AI's impartial opinion of my new book manuscript

Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 16d

Can‘t remember seeing a more impressive endphase m.youtube.com/watch?v=pkjf...

MUST-SEE OT ENDING Heat vs Cavaliers 🔥 | November 10, 2025

YouTube video by NBA

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Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 17d

Back on NU.nl ( www.nu.nl/321468/video... ) who have been following Péter Magyar’s rise from the very beginning - @umceehub.bsky.social @ceudeminst.bsky.social

Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 18d

I swear this is a real footnote in a real article of a real journal

Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 24d

I am about to publish a volume on contemporary history - a selection of my writings from the past twelve years - which has a pretty awesome cover

Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 24d

Check out the prog of this amazing annual conference of Eurozine to be held in Nova Gorica www.eurozine.com/translating-...

Translating cultures – Cultures of translation

The 33rd European Meeting of Cultural Journals will take place from 7–9 November 2025 in the Slovenian–Italian cities of Nova Gorica/Gorizia, a ‘borderless’ European Capital of Culture in 2025. The co...

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Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 24d

This new initiative is shaping up to be really exciting - make sure to follow it

Equator @equatormag.bsky.social · Oct 29

Equator is live today. Read about our mission and our first pieces, which include works of reportage, essays, memoirs, poetry, and fiction from around the world: www.equator.org

EQUATOR

Equator is a magazine of politics, culture and art.

www.equator.org

Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 24d

An important initiative

Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 26d

Discussing these two essential monographs

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