Conference on Stephan Báthory / Báthory István / Stefan Batory. Shape and Effect in International Comparison

14/09 - 16/09

14. September 2022. - 16. September 2022.

ELTE Faculty of Humanities Main Building (1088 Budapest, Múzeum krt. 6-8.)

09/14 - 09/16

2022. September 14. - 2022. September 16.

ELTE Faculty of Humanities Main Building (1088 Budapest, Múzeum krt. 6-8.)

The hitherto usual national perspective on this important Central European ruler in the last third of the 16th century will be overcome with a three-part, cross-border series of conferences initiated and supported by REFORC. With new, innovative questions, the entire range of Báthory’s interconnections, actions and effects will be raised to a new level in a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective.

Báthory’s work is characterised by the conditions of pluriethnic and pluriconfessional relations in the entire geographical area. Accordingly, the multipolarity as well as the pre-national perspective of the early modern period will be focused on and considered in the conference contributions. Regional specialisations are to be integrated into this overall perspective. Contributions from the ranks of young academics are expressly welcome!

The first conference in Budapest will focus in particular on the political, military and diplomatic historical dimensions, economic and social historical aspects as well as the Báthory family. Under the perspectives outlined above, we request innovative contributions and thematic proposals for the forthcoming conference. Further research foci as well as supplementary questions will be dealt with at the follow-up conferences in Warsaw and Sibiu (2023).

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