Curriculum vitae
PERSONAL DATA
Born: 7 July 1977, Bologna (Italy)
Citizenship: Italian, Hungarian
Contact
- 0036-20-4758811
(Hungarian mobile phone)
- 0039-347-6505540 (Italian mobile phone)
- E-mail: stefanob77@yahoo.it, stefano.bottoni3@unibo.it
EDUCATION
- Ph.D. in History
of Europe, Bologna University 2005 - thesis paper: "Territorialità
e politica etnica in Europa centro-orientale: il caso della Regione Autonoma
Ungherese in Romania, 1952-1960" [Territoriality and ethnic policy
in Central-Eastern Europe: a case-study on the Hungarian Autonomous Region
in Romania, 1952-1960]
- M.A. in Contemporary History, Bologna University 2001 - thesis paper:
"Le minoranze ungheresi nell'Europa centro-orientale, 1944-1949"
[Hungarian minorities in Central-Eastern Europe, 1944-1949]
MAIN INTEREST FIELDS
- Nationality question
in modern and contemporary Eastern Europe: theory and praxis
- Hungarian-Romanian diplomatic relations after 1918
- Political and social history of Transylvania and Slovakia in the Communist
period
- Ethnic conflicts in Eastern Europe and post-Soviet area after the fall
of Communism
- State-Church relationships in Eastern Europe in the communist period
RESEARCH EXPERIENCES
- February-December
2007: Budapest (Historical Archives of the Hungarian State Security, Hungarian-Vatican
relations)
- July-September 2006: Bucharest (National Archives, as a consultant member
of the Vladimir Tism?neanu-led Presidential Commission for the Analysis
of the Communist Dictatorship in Romania
- January-September 2005: Bucharest (Archive of the National Council for
the Study of Securitate's Archives - ACNSAS)
- June 2002-September 2004: Budapest, Cluj-Napoca, Târgu-Mure?,
Bucharest (Hungarian and Romanian National Archives, Mure? County Branch
of the Romanian National Archives, Archive of the Society of Transylvanian
Museum - EME)
- May 2002 and October 2005: London (National Archives, British Library)
ACADEMIC POSITION
Contract lecturer: History of Eastern Europe, Bologna University, 2005-2007
Courses tought: History of Eastern Europe (2005, Fall/Winter Term, BA
level)
Comparative politics of Eastern Europe (2006, Fall/Winter Term, BA level)
Assistant research fellow, University of Eastern Piedmont, POLIS Department of Political Science (Alessandria, Italy), January 2008 -
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
- Bolyai János post-doctoral grant (Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2006-2009)
- Research grant for Hungary (Marco Polo programme for young scholars,
Bologna University April-July 2006)
- Visiting fellow (Teleki László Institute Center for Central
European Studies, Budapest 2005)
- Doctoral grant (Bologna University 2002-2004)
- Research grant for M.A. thesis abroad (Bologna University January 2000)
HONORS, SERVICES ETC.
- Consultant member: Presidential Commission for the Analysis of the Communist
Dictatorship in Romania (2006)
- Member: editorial board of Annale SISSCO (Yearbook of the Italian Society
for Contemporary History) 2006 -
- Member of SISSCO, the Italian Society for the Study of Contemporary
History 2003 -
- Associate member of Centro Studi sulla Storia dell'Europa Orientale
(Trento, Italy) 2001 -
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LANGUAGE SKILLS
Italian: first language
Hungarian: proficiency
English, Romanian: good
French, Spanish: reading comprehension
EDITED BOOKS
- István Bibó: Il problema storico dell'indipendenza ungherese
[The Hungarian indipendence as a historical problem - co-editor with Federigo
Argentieri]. Venezia, Marsilio Editore, 2004, 160. p.
- Az 1956-os forradalom és a romániai magyarság (1956-1959)
[The revolution of 1956 and the Hungarian minority in Romania - main editor].
Miercurea Ciuc/Csíkszereda, Pro-Print Kiadó, 2006, 432.
p.
- Transilvania rossa. Il comunismo romeno e la questione nazionale, 1944-1965
[Red Transylvania. The Romanian communism and the national question, 1944-1965].
Roma, Carocci Editore, 2007, 238. p.
- Sztálin a székelyeknél. A Magyar Autonóm
Tartomány története, 1952-1960 [When Comrade Stalin
came to the Szeklers. A history of the Hungarian Autonomous Region]. Miercurea
Ciuc/Csíkszereda, Pro-Print Kiadó, 2008, 448. p.
MAIN ARTICLES
2002
- Politiche di minoranza
e conflitto etnico in Europa orientale, 1944-1950. Il caso delle
minoranze ungheresi in Romania e Cecoslovacchia [Minority policies and
ethnic conflict in Eastern Europe, 1944-1950. A case-study on the Hungarian
minorities in Romania and Czechoslovakia]. CONTEMPORANEA, 2002. 1. 85-115
- The debate over the Hungarian national unity from Trianon from Trianon to the "Status Law" (1920-2001). Paper delivered to the international conference THE CONTOURS OF LEGITIMACY IN CENTRAL EUROPE (St. Antony's College Oxford, 24-26 May 2002). http://users.ox.ac.uk/~oaces/conference/papers/Stefano_Bottoni.pdf
2003
- Tra stalinismo e nazionalismo. La creazione della Regione Autonoma Ungherese in Romania, 1952 [Between stalinism and nationalism. The creation of the Hungarian Autonomous Region in Romania, 1952]. ITALIA CONTEMPORANEA, vol. 233/2003. 679-700
- The creation of
the Hungarian Autonomous Region in Romania in 1952: premises and
consequences. REGIO (English issue), 2003. 15-38
- A sztálini "Kis Magyarország" megalakítása, 1952 [The creation of Stalin's "little Hungary", 1952]. REGIO, 2003. 3. 89-125
- A romániai
magyarság a brit diplomáciai iratok tükrében
(1948-1971). Elemzési kisérlet [The condition of the Hungarian
minority in Romania as described by the British diplomacy, 1948-1971],
in Cs. Fedinec (ed.), Etnopolitika. A közösségi, magán-és
nemzetközi érdekek Közép-Európában.
Budapest, Teleki László Alapítvány, 2003.
99-124
2004
- Un frammento di
storia centroeuropea: le minoranze ungheresi nel XX secolo [A fragment
of central european history: Hungarian minorities in the XXth Century],
in G. Gozzi- F. Martelli (eds.), Guerre e minoranze. Diritti delle minoranze,
conflitti interetnici e giustizia internazionale nella transizione alla
democrazia in Europa centro-orientale.
Bologna, Il Mulino, 2004, 83-107
- A hatalom értelmisége
- az értelmiség hatalma. A Földes László
ügy [Intelletuals in power - the power of the intellectuals. The
László Földes affair]. KORALL, 18. 2004
December. 113-134
2005
- L'adesione dell'Ungheria all'Unione Europea: aspetti politici ed economici [The adhesion of Hungary to the European Union: political and economical factors], in R. Scartezzini-J. O. Milanese (eds.), L'allargamento dell'UE nello scenario geopolitico europeo. Milano, Franco Angeli, 2005, 171-196
- Kényszerb?l stratégia: a román állambiztonság válaszlépései a magyar forradalomra 1956-1958 [From contraint to strategy: how Romanian state security reacted to the Hungarian revolution, 1956-1958], in Cs. Fedinec and B. Ablonczy (eds.), Folyamatok a vátozásban. Budapest, Teleki László Alapítvány, 2005, 221-254
2006
- L'impatto della
rivoluzione del 1956 sulla Romania negli archivi della polizia politica
[The impact of the 1956 Hungarian revolution on Romania in the archives
of Securitate]. STUDI STORICI, 2006. 1. 283-307
- (with F. Bocholier), Elites et ethnicité en Transylvanie : les
voies sinueuses et paradoxales de l'homogénéisation nationale
(1920-1960), in F. Bocholier - N. Bauquet (eds.), Les élites et
le communisme en Europe centrale, Actes du colloque de l'École
Normale Supérieure. Paris, PUF, 2006. 107-120
- De la répression politique à la purge ethnique? L'impact
de la révolution de 1956 sur le modèle communiste roumain.
COMMUNISME, 88. 2006-2007. 135-157 (reprinted in D. C?t?nu? - V. Buga
eds, 1956. Lag?rul comunist sub impactul destaliniz?rii. Bucure?ti, INST,
2006, 362-399)
- Integrálódó kisebbség? A Magyar Autonóm
Tartomány politikai elitje [Integrating minorities? An overview
of the political élite in the Hungarian Autonomous Region], in
N. Bárdi - A. Simon (eds.), Integrációs stratégiák
a magyar kisebbségek történetében. Somorja/Samorin,
Fórum Kisebbségkutató Intézet, 2006, 395-414
2007
- Románia [Romania],
in Csaba Békés (ed.), Evolúció és revolúció.
Magyarország és a nemzetközi politika 1956-ban [Evolution
and revolution. Hungary and the international politics in 1956]. Budapest,
1956-os Intézet-Gondolat Kiadó, 2007, 155-177
- Emlékezés, feltárás, értelmezés.
Szubjektív elemzés a romániai 1956-os kutatás
állásáról (Remembrance, discover, interpretation.
A subjective analysis over the present situation of the research of the
1956 revolution in Romania), in János M. Rainer-Katalin Somlai
(eds): Az 1956-os forradalom visszhangja a szovjet tömb országaiban.
Évkönyv XIV. 2006-2007. Budapest, 1956-os Intézet,
2007, 213-228
- Damnatio memoriae? La rivoluzione del 1956 nel discorso pubblico ungherese
[Damnatio memoriae? The 1956 revolution in the Hungarian public discourse],
RIVISTA DI STUDI UNGHERESI. 2007. 6. 69-81
2008
Memorie negate, verità di stato. Lustrazione e commissioni storiche
nella Romania postcomunista. QUADERNI STORICI n. 2/2008. 403-431.
Una coabitazione impossibile: pianificazione militare ed economia civile
in Ungheria (1948-1953). RIVISTA DI STUDI UNGHERESI 2008/7. 157-177.
A special relationship. Hungarian intelligence and the Vatican (1961-1978),
in NKVD/KGB Activities and its Cooperation with other Secret Services
in Central and Eastern Europe 1945 - 1989. Anthology of the international
and interdisciplinary Conference. Bratislava, Nation's Memory Institute,
2008. 147-176.
Átvilágítási (kudarc) történet
Romániában. ÉLET ÉS IRODALOM 2008/8. (február
22. 13.
Komárom/Komárno. Hivatalos és informális kapcsolatok
egy közép-európai ikervárosban (1960-1985).
REGIO 2008/3. 27-47
Budapest, 01. 11.
2008.