Géza Pálffy


Géza Pálffy is a Hungarian historian, full professor. He has long been active in research of the relationship between the Habsburg Monarchy and Kingdom of Hungary. He works as a scientist both in Hungary and around the world, and has published in several languages: English, German, Slovak, Croatian, Rumanian, French, Russian, Italian, Czech, Turkish and Hungarian.

Biography and career

He took M. A. degrees at the Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Arts in History and archival studies in 1995.
During his academic years he also learned Turcology and Slavistics because he was interested in the history of Ottoman Empire, and its relations with Kingdom of Hungary.
He has been working at the Institute of History of Research Centre for the Humanities of Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest since his graduation.
In 1999 he completed his PhD degree in History and then was awarded Doctor of Science degree in History in 2010.
He started as a research fellow and in 2002 he became a senior research fellow. He became a scientific adviser and he acted as a Head of the Department of Early Modern History from 2011 until 2013. He lectured as a visiting professor at the University of Miskolc, Eötvös Loránd University, and at the University of Pécs. In 2012 he was appointed the leader of “Lendület” Holy Crown of Hungary Research Group. He has done research abroad, in Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Germany for several times.
His working papers were issued in both national and international research scientific journals, and circa 400 scientific articles and books were published in several languages: English, German, Slovak, Croatian, Rumanian, French, Russian, Italian, Czech, Turkish and Hungarian. He presents his talks at conferences and science forums. He has written and edited articles and monographs. He also works as a supervisor at numerous doctoral schools at Hungarian and international universities, and undertakes the role of a doctoral thesis opponent and in evaluation committees as a reviewer at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
He is married to Dr. Magdolna Friedler, who works as an organist.

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Papers