Formation and disintegration of the multinational states in Central Europe

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doi:10.25142/cep.2014.020

Abstract

Formation and disintegration of the multinational states in Central Europe

Highlights

Since the foundation of the Institute of Research on Central Europe (VIKEK) in 2006 it has helped to form the continuously growing community committed to foster scientific research on Central and Easter European (CEE) issues
Its aim is to build professional network, to promote cooperation between historians, geographers, regionalists and economists dealing with the CEE region
Zoltán Hajdú was to discuss the enormous changes in the Balkan region after 1918 and the modernization attempts of the South-East European countries between the two world wars

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Introduction

The Institute for Research on Central Europe launched its conference series titled “Formation and disintegration of the multinational states in Central Europe” in 2009. The following conferences have been organized: 6 March 2009 – Establishment and disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire 5 March 2010 – Rise and fall of the Czechoslovak states 4 March 2011 – Formation and disintegration of the Yugoslavian states 2 March 2012 – History of the Romanian states 1 March 2013 – The Ottoman Empire and the Balkans 7 March 2014 – Central Europe in the First World War and its impact on the world till As part of the initiatives of the Institute for Research on Central Europe the conferences were aiming to contribute to the regional dialogue and cooperation through knowledge dissemination and information-exchange.

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