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Leisure and social life
Vol. 12 No. 1 (2025)This issue explores the theme of leisure and social life, pointing out that leisure is not only time outside work, but also time of unique value for self-development and enjoyment. From the 19th and 20th centuries onwards, leisure activities that go beyond the satisfaction of everyday needs became increasingly important. The articles in this issue describe, among other things, the car tours of the elite, the club life of university teachers, the leisure activities of soldiers and the world of amateur theatre in the Kádár era. In the Workshop section, you can read about the heyday of professional photography, the iconography of ex libris and a slice of Habsburg folklore. In the Retrospect section, an interview with the founder of the JESZ, János Mikuli.
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The Historiography of Henrik Marczali. Socialisation, Historical Narrative, Comparison
Vol. 11 No. 2 (2024)On 17-18 April 2024, the Henrik Marczali Research Group held a two-day conference to commemorate the life and work of Henrik Marczali, who played a significant role in the establishment of professional historiography and the training of historians in Hungary. This issue presents the papers presented and discussed at the conference in the thematic units of socialisation, historical narrative and comparison.
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Queen Elizabeth and the Hungarians
Vol. 11 No. 1 (2024)On 27-28 April 2023, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Elisabeth University's move to Pécs, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Pécs, the University Archives of the University of Pécs and the Academic Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Pécs organised a scientific conference entitled Queen Elisabeth and the Hungarians. In this issue we publish a selection of the papers presented at this conference.
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Representation and Publicity at the Elisabeth University
Vol. 10 No. 1-2 (2023)On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Elisabeth University's move to Pécs, this special issue of Per Aspera ad Astra focuses on the history of representation at the University, i.e. the University's relationship with the public, its symbolic representation, and the institutional strategies related to it.
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History of Science and History of University
Vol. 9 No. 2 (2022)In this present issue, we reflect on the relationship between the history of science, university history writing, and the higher education institution which kinds of historical roles played in the production of science. The studies deal with the theoretical issues of the phenomena of peregrination and knowledge transfer, the linguistic analysis of ancient astronomical sources, or the detection and interpretation of epidemic and mental diseases, but we can get acquainted with the scientific historical background of the creation of Bohr’s atomic model, and the carriers of several outstanding scientists like Mihály Polányi, Soma Beck and Gyula Prinz.
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The History, Culture and Art of Photography 2.
Vol. 9 No. 1 (2022)In our present issue we explored the relationships between photography and social, cultural and artistic phenomena. It also includes papers discussing archival material and various collections that broaden the approaches to the mentioned topics and hopefully reveal their peculiarities to our readers.
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The History, Culture and Art of Photography
Vol. 8 No. 2 (2021)In our present issue we explored the various relationships between photography and social, cultural and artistic phenomena. It also includes papers discussing archival material and various collections that broaden the approaches to the mentioned topics and hopefully reveal their peculiarities to our readers. One can read an analysis of the 'brigade diary' of psychoanalyst Dr. István Székács, the private family photography in the 20th century, the American photographer Harrison Forman's visit to Hungary, the online collection of historical photographs at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, the connection between memory research and contemporary arts in the 21st century , the Spanish Civil War press illustrations, student tableaus and its relation to our identity, and the visual prints and the photo collection of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts. In our 'Retrospective' section one can read about Béla Flerkó and his work.
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The Remembrance of World War I - The 100th Anniversary of the End of World War I
Vol. 5 No. 2 (2018)
