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Stefano Bottoni
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On his 2019 book launch
BornStefano Bottoni
(1977-07-07) July 7, 1977 (age 46)
Bologna, Italy
🏳️ NationalityItalian, Hungarian
🏳️ CitizenshipItalian, Hungarian
🏫 EducationUniversity of Bologna
💼 Occupation
Known forSztálin a székelyeknél. A Magyar Autonóm Tartomány története (1952–1960)
👶 Children2
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Stefano Bottoni (born July 7, 1977) is an Italian-Hungarian historian and author, whose main area of research is the history of Hungarian minorities in Romania, and the history and nature of today's Hungary.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Early life[edit]

He was born in Bologna, Italy to an Italian father and a Hungarian mother. In 1991, he was admitted to the Marco Minghetti secondary school in Bologna.[7] Between 1996 and 2001, he studied modern history at the University of Bologna. He obtained his master's degree in 2001 (summa cum laude), regarding the history of Eastern Europe. His thesis: Le minoranze ungheresi nell'Europa centro-orientale 1944–1948[8](Hungarian minorities in Central-Eastern Europe, 1944–1948). His supervisors were prof. Francesco Benvenuti and prof. Carla Tonini. In 2001, he was also a contributor at the Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Foundation. After earning his MSc, he also set out to earn a PhD in Bologna. He took part in a doctoral program called "Storia d'Europa" (History of Europe). With the help of his doctoral advisors Francesco Benvenuti, Carla Tonini and prof. Dennis Deletant, he completed his PhD at the University of Bologna in 2005. His dissertation: Territorialità e politica etnica in Europa centro-orientale: il caso della Regione Autonoma Ungherese in Romania, 1952–1960[9](Territoriality and ethnopolitics in Central-Eastern Europe: The case of the Hungarian Autonomous Region, 1952–1960).

Career[edit]

Between 2001 and 2004, he was a contributor at the László Teleki Foundation[lower-alpha 1]. After earning his PhD in 2005, he remained at the University of Bologna as a lecturer for 8 years. In 2009, he was a guest lecturer at the University of Debrecen. Between 2007 and 2011, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Eastern Piedmont. Between 2009 and 2011, he was a fellow at the Institute of History, Research Center for the Humanities[lower-alpha 2], Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Since 2012, he is a senior fellow there. In the first semester of the year 2014/2015, he taught Hungarian history at ELTE. In the year 2017/2018, he taught modern Hungarian history (Hungary after 1989) at the University of Szeged.[7] Since 2019, he has been an associate professor at the University of Florence.[10]

Research fields[edit]

  • Modern history of Central Europe and its politics and society;
  • Modern history of Romania
    • Construction of nation and state in communist Romania;[11][12][13]
    • History of the Hungarian Autonomous Region (1952–1960);
    • History of Hungarian minorities in Romania (mainly those of Transylvania);[14][15][16]
  • Modern history of Hungary
  • Political and economical relations between Hungary and Italy after the Second World War[22]

Archives research[edit]

Presentor on international scientific conferences[edit]

  • 2001 Trento (Bibó conference);
  • 2002 Oxford (Central Europe conference);
  • 2002 Forlì (ASEN special convention);
  • 2002-2003 Budapest (annual conferences of the László Teleki Foundation);
  • 2003 Nagyszeben (Minorities under Stalinism);
  • 2003 Lecce (SISSCO annual conference);
  • 2004 Paris (Le communisme et les élites en Europe Centrale);

Editorial activity[edit]

  • Il Mestiere di Storico (Between 2007 and 2011);
  • Revista Arhivelor (Since 2007);
  • Quaderni Storici (Between 2011 and 2013);
  • Világtörténet (Between 2012 and 2015 as a managing editor; Since 2016 as an editor);

Scientific memberships[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

  • Az 1956-os forradalom és a romániai magyarság. 1956–1959; Pro-Print, Csíkszereda, 2006 (Források a romániai magyarság történetéhez);
  • István Bibó et al., ed.: Il problema storico dell’indipendenza ungherese; Marsilio, Venice, 2004; [22]
  • Sztálin a székelyeknél. A Magyar Autonóm Tartomány története. 1952-1960;[23][24] Pro-Print, Csíkszereda, 2008 (Múltunk könyvek);
  • Transilvania roşie. Comunismul român şi problema naţională 1944-1965[lower-alpha 4], 2010;
  • A várva várt Nyugat. Kelet-Európa története 1944-től napjainkig; transl. Gábor Andreides; MTA BTK Institute of History, Budapest, 2014 (Magyar történelmi emlékek. Értekezések);[25]
  • A várva várt Nyugat. Kelet-Európa története 1944-től napjainkig; transl. Gábor Andreides; 2. rev. ed.; MTA BTK Institute of History, Budapest, 2015 (Magyar történelmi emlékek. Értekezések);
  • Long Awaited West. Eastern Europe since 1944. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 2017;
  • Egy különleges kapcsolat története – A magyar titkosszolgálat és a Szentszék, 1961–1978[26] ("A special relationship. Hungarian intelligence and the Vatican, 1961-1978");
  • 1956 Romániában – Eseménytörténet és értelmezési keretek;
  • Orbán: Un despota in Europa; Salerno Editrice, Rome, 2019;[27]
  • Un altro Novecento. L'Europa orientale dal 1919 a oggi, Carocci, 2021;
  • A hatalom megszállottja – Orbán Viktor Magyarországa. Magyar Hang Könyvek, Budapest, 2023;[28][29][30][16]

Awards[edit]

  • Akadémiai Ifjúsági Díj ("Academic Youth Award") (2011);
  • Péter Hanák Award (2012)

Notes[edit]

  1. https://www.telekialapitvany.hu/
  2. https://tti.abtk.hu/en/
  3. https://nkfih.gov.hu
  4. Transylvania in Red: Romanian Communism and the Problem of Nationality 1944-1965

References[edit]

  1. "Stefano Bottoni (Curriculum vitae)". Erdélyi Magyar Elektronikus Könyvtár. 2011.
  2. "Stefano Bottoni". Wilson Center.
  3. "Stefano Bottoni" (in Romanian). Humanitas.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  4. "Stefano Bottoni" (in Italian). CeSPeC.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  5. "Profile of Stefano Bottoni" (in Italian). AISSECO. 2010.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  6. "Profile of Stefano Bottoni" (in Italian). Libro della Vita. 27 January 2022.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  7. 7.0 7.1 "Biography of Stefano Bottoni" (in Italian). SISSCO.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  8. Bottoni, Stefano. "Stefano Bottoni: Politiche nazionali e conflitto etnico. Le minoranze ungheresi nell'Europa Orientale, 1944-1950". ACADEMIA.
  9. "Stefano Bottoni: Territorialità e politica in Europa centro-orientale" (in Italian). Central National Library of Florence.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  10. "Profile of Stefano Bottoni". University of Florence.
  11. "Stefano Bottoni: State Violence and Social Control in Communist Romania". Wilson Center. 2018.
  12. "Stefano Bottoni: Unrequited Love? The Romanian Communist Party and the EEC in the 1960s and 1970s". 2016.
  13. "Stefano Bottoni: Ethnicized State Violence and Population Control in Ceaușescu's Romania". 2017.
  14. "Interviu cu istoricul italian Stefano Bottoni" (in Romanian). Deutsche Welle. 2021.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  15. "Stefano Bottoni: a Fidesz céljai között az erdélyi magyarok szolgálata az utolsó" (in Hungarian). Telex. 2022.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  16. 16.0 16.1 "Stefano Bottoni: Az erdélyi Orbán-imádat súlyos veszélyt jelent a romániai magyar közösségre". Közélet (in Hungarian). Transtelex. 2023.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  17. "Stefano Bottoni". Visiting Fellow. Institut Montaigne.
  18. "Stefano Bottoni: How a Child of Kádár's Time Built a Post-democratic Autocracy". History of Ideas. The Review of Democracy. 2021.
  19. "Stefano Bottoni: Orbán nélkül nem létezhet a NER". Belföld (in Hungarian). 24.hu. 2023.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  20. "Stefano Bottoni: Az biztos, hogy Orbán tolja ki a határokat" (in Hungarian). Magyar Hang. 2023.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  21. "Stefano Bottoni: Orbán rendszere zártabb és fegyelmezettebb, mint Kádáré volt". Belföld (in Hungarian). Telex. 2023.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  22. 22.0 22.1 "Profile of Stefano Bottoni" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Academy of Sciences.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  23. Stefano Bottoni. Sztálin a székelyeknél (Stalin's Legacy in Romania). Search this book on
  24. "Autonomia maghiarilor în comunism, un experiment al lui Stalin în inima României" (in Romanian). Libertatea. 2021.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  25. "A várva várt Nyugat - Stefano Bottoni új kötete" (in Hungarian). Bölcsészettudományi Kutatóközpont.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  26. Stefano Bottoni. Egy különleges kapcsolat története (in hungarian). p. 276.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) Search this book on
  27. von Klimó, Árpád (2021). "Stefano Bottoni: Un despota in Europa". Hungarian Studies Review. Scholarly Publishing Collective. 48 (2): 255–257. doi:10.5325/hungarianstud.48.2.0255. Unknown parameter |s2cid= ignored (help)
  28. "Megjelent Stefano Bottoni Orbán-könyve" (in Hungarian). Magyar Hang. 2022.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  29. "Questo libro su Orbán è un'eresia. E la tipografia deve restare segreta". Europa (in Italian). Domani. 2023.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  30. "Stefano Bottoni's Portrayal of the Orbán regime". Visegrad Insight. 2020.


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