András Schweitzer

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Short CV:

András Schweitzer holds a PhD in International Relations from Corvinus University, Budapest. His research fields are contemporary political history and history of political ideas with a focus on East-Central Europe and the Middle East. Prior to becoming senior lecturer at ELTE he had been employed as writer and editor by HVG, Hungary’s leading political-financial-cultural weekly, then worked as external researcher for the 1956 Institute in Budapest. Besides scholarly outlets and the Hungarian media he published articles in The Hungarian Spectrum and The Guardian.

Selected publications:

A Round-Trip through the Czech lands. The Origins of a Liberal Right Revolution. In: János Rainer (ed.): Underground Streams – National-Conservatives After the WW II in Communist Hungary and Eastern Europe, CEU Press, 2023. https://ceupress.com/book/underground-streams 

Historical Causality and The Prospect for A Happier Hungary. In: Hegedűs, István (ed.): The Renewal of Liberal Democracy: Vision, Strategy, Competition, Parties and Civil Society. Hungarian Europe Society 2023 https://europatarsasag.hu/sites/default/files/open-space/documents/magyarorszagi-therenewalvolume.pdf 

Treasures in the Backyard: How a Peaceful Region can Contribute to the Study of International Conflicts. Journal of International Relations and Development, 2021 https://doi.org/10.1057/s41268-021-00239-7  

Ideas for Containment? World War Two American and British Confederation Plans for Postwar East-Central Europe. MTA Law Working Papers 2019/8. https://jog.tk.mta.hu/uploads/files/2019_08_Schweitzer.pdf  

The Contemporary Relevance of István Bibó’s Theoretical Framework for Analyzing and Settling Territorial and State-Formation Conflicts. Intersections. East European Journal of Society and Politics. Vol. 1, Number 2, 2015, pp. 146-167 http://intersections.tk.mta.hu/index.php/intersections/article/view/68/pdf_13