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Hungarian Spectrum is a daily blog covering current political and social developments in Hungary. It was created in 2007 by historian Eva S. Balogh [1] [1936-2021].

Content

Hungarian Spectrum has been published daily, seven days a week, since June 27, 2007,[2] and has been archived in the Library of Congress since 2013.[3] Balogh, who specialized in interwar Hungarian history,[4][5][6][7] researched and wrote most of the articles. Based on primary sources in Hungarian, German and English, the articles analyzed current developments in Hungary for the nonspecialist reader from a historian's perspective.[citation needed]

There are also occasional articles written by guest scholars such as Kim Lane Scheppele,[8] Johanna Laakso,[9] Charles Gati[10] and Randolph L. Braham.[11]

Hungarian Spectrum is supported by voluntary donations from its readers. Philanthropist George Soros, winner of the Ridenhour Prize for Courage in April 2019, donated his prize money to Hungarian Spectrum for "exposing to the world [in English] what Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is telling his own people [in Hungarian]."[12]

Political orientation

Eva S. Balogh often wrote entries highly critical of the current government in power in Hungary, led by Viktor Orbán. She was described by Ference Kumin as having had close ties with the opposition to the government[13]. Balogh was a regular guest on ATV television programmes[14][15] and published opinion pieces in Népszava,[16][17][18], a social-democratic newspaper. In November 2009, she gave a lecture for CIA officials at Langley, Virginia, where she characterised the imminent right-wing Fidesz victory in the 2010 Hungarian parliamentary election as a possible fascist breakthrough.[19][20][21] Balogh testified against Fidesz as a Hungary expert at a United States congressional hearing.[citation needed]

Demise of founder and principal author

Eva S. Balogh died suddenly on November 30, 2021. Hundreds of readers and contributors (including Kim Lane Scheppele and Charles Gati) posted tributes. Many expressed the hope that the founder's legacy would be carried on by its contributors[22].

See also

References

  1. ^ "Meet Hungarian Spectrum’s Éva Balogh" https://budapestbeacon.com/meet-hungarian-spectrums-eva-balogh/
  2. ^ Archives of Hungarian Spectrum http://hungarianspectrum.org/7797-2/
  3. ^ "Hungarian Spectrum: Reflections on politics, economics, and culture" Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/item/lcwaN0009079/
  4. ^ Balogh, E. S. (1976). "István Friedrich and the Hungarian Coup d'Etat of 1919: A Reevaluation". Slavic Review. 35 (2): 269–286. doi:10.2307/2494593. JSTOR 2494593.
  5. ^ Balogh, E. S. (1983). "Peaceful Revision: The Diplomatic Road to War" (PDF). Hungarian Studies Review. 10 (1): 43–51.
  6. ^ Balogh, E. S. (1977). "Power Struggle in Hungary: Analysis in Post-war Domestic Politics August–November 1919" (PDF). Canadian-American Review of Hungarian Studies. 4 (1): 3–22.
  7. ^ Balogh, Eva S. (April 14, 2015). "The Hungarian Social Démocratic Centre and the Fall of Béla Kun". Canadian Slavonic Papers. 18 (1): 15–35. doi:10.1080/00085006.1976.11091436. JSTOR 40867035. ProQuest 1307696225.
  8. ^ "Hungary and the State of American Democracy" Kim Lane Scheppele http://hungarianspectrum.org/2015/05/21/kim-lane-scheppele-hungary-and-the-state-of-american-democracy/
  9. ^ "Knowledge Is Power?"Johanna Laakso https://hungarianspectrum.org/2018/04/26/johanna-laakso-knowledge-is-power/
  10. ^ Charles Gati "The Mask is Off". https://hungarianspectrum.org/2014/08/08/charles-gati-the-mask-is-off/
  11. ^ "The Assault on the Historical Memory of the Holocaust" Randolph L. Braham https://hungarianspectrum.org/2014/03/22/randolph-l-braham-the-assault-on-the-historical-memory-of-the-holocaust/
  12. ^ "Soros accepts Ridenhour Prize for Courage in an age of lies" The Editors, The Lens, April 17, 2019 https://thelensnola.org/2019/04/17/soros-accepts-ridenhour-prize-for-courage-in-an-age-of-lies/
  13. ^ "Ferenc Kumin: The Hungary 'Expert' Discredited on Twitter | Mandiner".
  14. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1e7s7LgfjQ
  15. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y0MVhVFocs
  16. ^ "Balogh S. Éva".
  17. ^ "S. Balogh Éva: Összeomló építmény".
  18. ^ "Orosz-szál a Pintér ügyben?".
  19. ^ "Az amerikai kormány Magyarországon is színes forradalmat akar?".
  20. ^ "A CIA kérdez: Iránból pénzelik a Jobbikot?". November 20, 2009.
  21. ^ "A Jobbikról kérdezősködtek a CIA emberei". November 20, 2009.
  22. ^ https://hungarianspectrum.org/2021/11/30/eva-s-balogh-1936-2021/#comments
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