Iván Zoltán Dénes - Curriculum Vitae#

Short Biography#

Iván Zoltán Dénes is a historian of ideas, an independent scholar and tutor, initiating, among other things, research on liberal nationalisms (1988–2005) and on historical traumas and trauma management in Europe (2009–). He has authored 12 books, including seven monographs, edited three series of books (34 volumes) and 14 books besides the series. He served as researcher at the Institute of Philosophy, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1973–1997) and distinguished scholar, professor, and Chair of Political Science at the University of Debrecen (1997–2011). He founded the István Bibó Center for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences in Budapest (1996) and served as its Chair (1996–2012). He was awarded scholarships by the British Academy, the Fulbright Association, the International Exchange of Scholars, and the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, and held visiting fellowships and lectureships at among others London, Cambridge, Paris X, Bologna, Amsterdam, Rome, Lisbon, Tel Aviv, Stanford, Johns Hopkins and Harvard. His most recent books in English include: Liberty and the Search for Identity. Liberal Nationalisms and the Legacy of Empires (editor and contributor, Central European University Press, Budapest/New York: 2006); Conservative Ideology in the Making (Budapest/New York: Central European University Press, 2009); The Art of Peacemaking. Political Essays by István Bibó (ed, intr.) (Yale University Press, New Haven, CT; London: 2015). He has published various essays in different distinguished international scholarly journals, and edited three focuses of the European Review. He is a member of the Academia Europaea (1995–). His availability: denes.ivan.zoltan@gmail.com

Full CV

Degrees

• MAE (Member, Academia Europaea), Academia Europaea, London, 1995-
• Dr. habil, History, Janus Pannonius University, Pécs, 1997.
• DSc, Professor, History of Ideas, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, 1991.
• CSc, Intellectual History, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, 1979.
• Ph. D, "summa cum laude" in Hungarian History, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, 1973.
• M. A, in Archival Research, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, 1975.
• M. A, in History and Philosophy, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, 1971.

Positions held

• Independent Scholar, Tutor, 2012-
• Founder and Chairman, István Bibó Center for Advanced Studies of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1996-2012.
• Professor, Chair, Department of Political Theory and History, Faculty of Law, University of Debrecen, 2001-2011.
• Senior Research Fellow, Department of Political Theory and History, Faculty of Law,
• University of Debrecen, 2000-2001.
• Distinguished Scholar, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts, Kossuth Lajos University, Debrecen, 1997-2000.
• Distinguished Scholar, Institute of Philosophy, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, 1992-97.
• Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Philosophy, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, 1984-92.
• Research Fellow, Institute of Philosophy, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, 1977- 1984.
• Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Philosophy, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, 1973-77.
• Archivist, Hungarian Archives, Budapest, 1965-66, 1971-73.

Earlier teaching positions

• Distinguished Széchenyi Professor, University of Debrecen, Faculty of Law, Department of Political Theory and History, Political Science, History of Ideas, 2000-2001.
• Distinguished Széchenyi Professor, Lajos Kossuth University, Faculty of Arts, Department of Political Science, History of Ideas, 1997-2000.
• Visiting Professor, Berzsenyi Dániel College, Department of History, Szombathely, November-December 1996, February 1997
• Professor, Budapest School of Politics, History and Theory of Political Thought, 1995-97.
• Professor, Department of Early Modern and Modern Hungarian History, Faculty of Arts, University of Szeged, 1992-93.
• Students’ Elected Visiting Professor, History, Soros Fellow, University of Szeged, 1988.
• Visiting Professor, Political Philosophy and History of Ideas, Department of Social Philosophy and Ethics, Faculty of Arts, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, 1983-90.

Awards

• Life and Literature, The Book of June, Az ÉS könyve júniusban - Dénes Iván Zoltán: A történelmi Magyarország eszménye. Szekfű Gyula a történetíró és ideológus. Kalligram Kiadó, Pozsony, 2015. 542 oldal, 3900 Ft Élet és Irodalom, June 18 2015 http://www.es.hu/gyani_gabor;a_kor_tengelyeben_allt;2015-06-18.html
• Organiser, Chair, Tutor, Lecturer, ”Regimes of Memory 2.” Academia Europaea, Knowledge HUB, Wroclaw, October 2014.
• European Commission, Research Executive Agency, Marie Curie Actions, Expert, Evaluator, Brussels, September-October 2013.
• Organiser, Chair, Tutor, Lecturer, ”Regimes of Memory”. Academia Europaea, Knowledge HUB, Wroclaw, April, 2013.
• Organiser, Chair, Tutor, Lecturer, ”Regimes of Memory”, Academia Europaea, Knowledge HUB, Wroclaw, October 30, 2012.
• Section-Chair, Organiser, ”Why Does the Past Matter? Changing Visions, Media, and Rationales in the 21st Century”, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, UMASS Amherst Center for Heritage and Society, May 4-7, 2011.
• Golden Medal, University of Debrecen, 2011.
• Chair, Organiser, ”Overcoming European Civil Wars: Patterns of Consolidation in Divided Societies, 2010-1800”, Symposium, Academia Europaea, KU Leuven, Sponsored by The Leverhulme Trust, September 8, 2010.
• Invited Guest, ”Liberalism, Romanticism, Nationalism – Towards a Comparative Vision of Nineteenth-Century European Cultural-Political Thought. Study Platform on Interlocking Nationalisms, Negotiating Modernity”, European Research Center (Brussels). International workshop, University of Amsterdam, Huizinga Institute, November 26-27, 2009.
• Peer Reviewer, East Central Europe (Brill, Leiden-Boston), European Journal of Political Theory (Sage Publications, Los Angeles-London), Journal of Political Ideologies (Taylor & Francis, Oxford-Birmingham), Central Europe (University of London), 2007-2013.
• Golden Medal, Publication of the year of Social Sciences, University of Debrecen, 2008.
• Peer Reviewer, European Science Foundation (Strasbourg), 2006-2012.
• Visiting Lecturer, UPX, Paris-Nanterre, 2007-2009.
• Visiting Lecturer, Universita degli Studi di Bologna i Ravenna, 2001, 2007.
• Participant, Hubert Butler Conference, Kilkenny, Ireland, October 20-22, 2000.
• Visiting Professor, Instituto Ciencias Sociais, Universidad Lisboa, May-June 1999.
• Visiting Professor, Maastricht Center for Transatlantic Studies, Maastricht, April-May 1999.
• Elected Member, National Association of Scholars, Princeton, NJ, 1998.
• Visiting Lecturer, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Facolta di Scienze Politiche, Indirizzo Storico-Politico, November 21, 1997.
• Representative, Academia Europaea, Academia Scientiarum et Artium Europaea, Autumn Plenary Session, Budapest, November 8, 1997.
• Participant, Interdisciplinary Conference, Academia Europaea, Moller Center, Churchill College, Cambridge, UK, September 24 - 26, 1997.
• Visiting Lecturer, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Facolta di Scienze Politiche, Indirizzo Storico-Politico, May 26 - 29, 1997.
• Fellow and Lecturer, Accademia d’Ungheria, Roma, May 10 - 24, 1997.
• Advanced Study Fellow, NIAS, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Wassenaar, The Netherlands, March 1 - April 30, 1997.
• Visitor, United States Information Agency, Washington DC, Atlanta, GA, New York, NY, Boston-Cambridge, MA, September 14 - 28, 1996.
• Visiting Professor, Tel Aviv University, School of Education, May - June 1996.
• Visiting Lecturer, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, UNED, Madrid, June-July 1996.
• Member, New York Academy of Sciences, 1995.
• Member, Academia Europaea (London), 1995 –
• Visiting Scholar, University of Crete, Rethymno, Thessaloniki University; Greek Academy of Sciences, Athens, June 1995.
• Visiting IREX Scholar, Department of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, Fall 1993.
• Visiting Scholar, Soros Fellow, Center for European Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Winter 1994.
• Brooke Visiting Fellow, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Spring 1994.
• F. Leroy Hill Summer Faculty Fellow, Institute for Humane Studies, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, Summer 1991.
• Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Department of History, Stanford University, 1990-1991.
• Visiting Scholar, The British Academy, Universities of London, Oxford, Cambridge, York, Hull, Edinburgh, St. Andrews, Swansea, Belfast, April- June 1990.
• Visiting Scholar, Institute of Philosophy, Prague, June 1989.
• Visiting Scholar, Institute of History, Warsaw, January 1988, June 1989.
• Visiting Lecturer on Hungarian Conservatism, Southampton University, St. John's College, Oxford, June 1986.
• Visiting Scholar, CNRS, Paris, Summer 1986.
• Visiting Scholar, Collegium Hungaricum, Staatsarchiv, Vienna, January 1982.
• Visiting Scholar, The British Academy, Universities of London, Oxford, Edinburgh, April-July 1981.
• Awarded by the President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, 1983.

Public lectures

Overcoming European Civil War: The Patterns of Consolidation in Divided Societies, 2010-1800. Introductory lecture. Symposium, Academia Europaea, The Leverhulme Trust. Leuven University (KUL), 8 September 2010.

Adopting the European Models vs. National Egoism: the Task of Surpassing Political Hysteria. Lecture. Symposium, Academia Europaea, The Leverhulme Trust. Leuven University (KUL), 8 September 2010.

Liberty vs. Community. From the Two Concepts of Liberty to the Bent Twig. European Consortium for Political Research. Universität Potsdam, 10 September 2009.

Liberty vs. Common Good. Diversification of Higher Education and the Academic Profession. Academia Europaea, Turin, 27 March 2009.

Mouvement estudiantin à Budapest en 1969. UPX-Nanterre, 31 May 2008

In the Storm of Political Hysterias. UPX-Nanterre, Florence, Villa Finaly, 26 June 2007

Nations of Liberty or Liberties of Nations? Academia Europaea, MTA, Budapest, 17 September 2006

Imagining Ourselves: Old and New, Singular or Plural. UPX-Nanterre, 16 June 2006

Liberalism and Nationalism. An Ambiguous Relationship. Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Facolta di Scienze Politiche, Indirizzo Storico-Politico, Bologna, 28 February 2006.

Some Remarks on the Ambiguous Relation of Liberalism and Nationalism in Central and Eastern Europe. Lecture delivering on the workshop of Appropriations, Misappropriations and Adaptations of Liberalism in Twentieth-Century Europe, organised by The University of Oxford, Centre for Political Ideologies and the Europaeum Consortium of Universities at Charles University, Prague, 23 April 2005

Kossuth-Images and their Contexts, 1849-2005. Lecture delivering on Nordic Identities and Modernities, 1800-1940, Institute for Advanced Social Studies, Uppsala, 10 April 2005.

Rethinking Liberty and Search for Identity. We the People. Conference. Keynote Address. Collegium Budapest, 9 October 2004

Montesquieu, Kant and Benjamin Constant's Interpretations of Liberty. Conference on Kant's oeuvre at Eötvös Loránd University, 23 September 2004

Cos’é la Libertá: L’Assenza di Interventi o/e Uno Stato Privo di Dominio? Accademia d'Ungheria, Rome, 17 May 2004

European Model versus National Self Centredness: Political Discourses in Hungary in the Modern Age. Institut für die Wissenschaften der Menschen, Vienna, December 2003

Republican Virtu versus Grandi Ambizioni. University of Bologna and Ravenna, 24 October 2001

Different Interpretations of Freedom. Maastricht Center for Transatlantic Studies, Transatlantic Conference, 13 October 2000

Public Good vs. Private Happiness, Political Freedom vs. Personal Liberty. Isaiah Berlin: A Challenge of Liberty. Conference. The British Academy-The British Council, Riga, Latvia, 26 September 1998

Liberal Nationalisms: Political Discourse and Collective Memory, Chair, Conference, Laying Foundation for Human Dignity and Civic Virtue, Budapest, 18-19 September 1998

Historical Parallels between Germany, Austria, Hungary, Bohemia and Poland, 1526-1991, University of Ljubljana, Department of History, 28 May 1998

The Images, Concepts and Contexts of Central Europe, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Facolta di Scienze Politiche, Indirizzo Storico-Politico, Brain Storming, 21 November 1997

Interdisciplinarity, Identity, Socialization Process. Kecskemét, Teachers' Education College, 6 November 1997

Discussion on Heine and His World, Goethe Institute-Bálint Jewish Community House, Budapest, 1 November 1997

A History of Two Thinkers’ Intellectual Links: István Bibó and László Németh, 1938-1976, Contemporary History Conference, Debrecen, 1-3 September 1997

The Characteristics of the Hungarian Liberalism in the Mirror of the Opposition' s Manifesto (7 June 1847). Zalaegerszeg, 7 June 1997

The German Hystery (1943/44) and the Distress of the East European Small Nations, (1946). István Bibó’s Concepts. Universita degli Studi di Milano, Facolta di Scienze Politiche, Indirizzo Storico-Politico, 27 May 1997

István Bibó, his Life and Oeuvre. Duitsland Institut, Universiteit Amsterdam, 25 March 1997, NIAS, 26 March 1997

Search for Identity: Hungary. Universiteit Maastricht. 15 April 1997

Identity and History: The Intellectual and Psychological Background of an Important Essay: István Bibó’s Distorted Hungarian Character, Cul-de-sac Hungarian History,(1948). Habilitation Lecture, Janus Pannonius University, Faculty of Arts, Pécs, 7 February 1997

Liberalism, Nationalism, Liberal Nationalisms. Monclair State University, History Seminar and History Faculty, Upper Montclair, NJ, 26 September 1996

Identity, Tradition, Modernity and the Jeffersonian Heritage. Spirit of Global Understanding, Worldwide Fulbright Alumni Conference, Budapest, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 17 August 1996

Collective Identity: Parallels, Differencies and Consequences. UNED, Madrid, 3 July 1996

Identity in Between: Tradition and Modernity, Virtue and Corruption. Tel Aviv University, Faculty of Arts, School of Education, 6 June 1996

Liberal Nationalism. Keynote Address, Symposium on Liberalism and Nationalism in Central and Eastern Europe, Collegium Budapest, Budapest, 23-24 May 1996

Reimagining the Nation: National Identity and Modernization. Their Meanings and Context in Hungary. Harvard University, Minda de Ginzburg Center for European Studies, 8 March 1994

The Nineteenth Century Liberal Nationalisms in Central Europe: Characteristics and Consequences. Harvard University, Minda de Ginzburg Center for European Studies, 22 March 1994

Liberal Nationalisms in Central and Eastern Europe: Some Remarks from a Comparative Perspective. Johns Hopkins University, Department of History, Baltimore, MD, 28 October 1993

The Value Systems of Liberals and Conservatives in Hungary. Johns Hopkins University, Department of Political Science, Baltimore, MD, 4 November 1993

Values and Concepts in Hungary. University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 11 November 1993

Fulbright Scholar’ Lectures, December 1990, January-April 1991

Liberalism and Conservatism in Hungary. Columbia University, Institute for East Central Europe, NY

Search for Identity in Hungary: a Case-Study.
University of San Francisco, CA; Stanford University,
Center for Slavonic and East European Studies, Encina Hall, Stanford, CA; Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA;
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN;
Rutgers University, Newark, NJ;
Montclair College, Upper Montclair, NJ;
California State University, Stanislaus, CA;
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA

Identities in Central and Eastern Europe.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC;
Rutgers University, Walt Whitman Center, New Brunswick, NJ


Antisemitism in Hungary and in Central and Eastern Europe. Center for International Security and Arms Control, Galvez House, Stanford, CA