Stefano Bottoni

Stefano Bottoni (born July 7, 1977) is an Italian-Hungarian historian and author, whose main area of research is the history of Hungarian minorities in Romania, and the history and nature of today's Hungary.https://hang.hu/info/nyomdaban-a-bottoni-konyv-videoval-154549
==Early life==
He was born in Bologna, Italy to an Italian father and a Hungarian mother. In 1991, he was admitted to the Marco Minghetti secondary school in Bologna.https://www.sissco.it/soci/bottoni-stefano/ Between 1996 and 2001, he studied modern history at the University of Bologna. He obtained his master's degree in 2001 (summa cum laude), regarding the history of Eastern Europe. His thesis: Le minoranze ungheresi nell’Europa centro-orientale 1944–1948 (Hungarian minorities in Central-Eastern Europe, 1944-1948). His supervisors were prof. Francesco Benvenuti and prof. Carla Tonini. In 2001, he was also a contributor at the Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Foundation. After earning his MSc, he also set out to earn a PhD in Bologna. He took part in a doctoral program called "Storia d'Europa" (History of Europe). With the help of his doctoral advisors Francesco Benvenuti, Carla Tonini and prof. Dennis Deletant, he completed his PhD at the University of Bologna in 2005.
He is currently living in Budapest with his family, the place where he met his wife and got married. 
According to his curriculum vitae, he speaks six languages: Italian (C2 level), Hungarian (C2 level), English (C1 level), Romanian (B2 level), French (B1 level) and German (B1 level).
==Career==
After earning his PhD in 2005, he remained at the University of Bologna as a lecturer for 8 years. Between 2007 and 2011, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Eastern Piedmont. Between 2009 and 2011, he was a fellow at the
Also, between 2001 and 2004, he was a contributor at the László Teleki Foundation.
In the year 2005/2006, he taught a course (History of Hungary in the 18. and 19. centuries) in the subject of Eastern European History at the University of Bologna. In 2009, he was a guest lecturer at the University of Debrecen. In the first semester of the year 2014/2015, he taught Hungarian history at ELTE. In the year 2017/2018, he also taught Hungarian history (Hungary after 1989) at the University of Szeged. 
===Research fields===
*Modern history of Central Europe and its politics and society;
*Construction of nation and state in communist Romania;
*Modern history of Hungary
**The political system of post-communist Hungary, and Hungary under Viktor Orbánhttps://www.institutmontaigne.org/en/experts/stefano-bottoni
**"Historical legacies of illiberal rule in contemporary Hungary" https://unifi.academia.edu/StefanoBottoni
===Archives research===
*2002 London, Public Record Office, Foreign Office;
*2002-2003 Budapest, National Archives of Hungary (MOL);
*2003-2004 Bucharest, Arhivele Nationale, Arhiva CNSAS, Arhiva CSIER;
*2003-2004 Marosvásárhely, Maros Megyei Archívumok Igazgatósága;
===Presentor on international scientific conferences===
*2001 Trento (Bibó conference);
*2002 Oxford (Central Europe conference);
*2002 Forlì (ASEN special convention);
*2002-2003 Budapest (annual conferences of the László Teleki Foundation);
*2003 Nagyszeben (Minorities under Stalinism);
*2003 Lecce (SISSCO annual conference);
*2004 Paris (Le communisme et les élites en Europe Centrale);
===Editorial activity===
*Il Mestiere di Storico (Between 2007 and 2011);
*Revista Arhivelor (Since 2007);
*Quaderni Storici (Between 2011 and 2013);
*Világtörténet (Between 2012 and 2015 as a managing editor; Since 2016 as an editor);
== Scientific memberships ==
*2001– Centro di studi sulla storia dell’Europa orientale (CSSEO, Trento);
*2014– OTKA/NKFI juryman;
==Bibliography==
*Transilvania roşie. Comunismul român şi problema naţională 1944-1965, 2010;
*Egy különleges kapcsolat története – A magyar titkosszolgálat és a Szentszék, 1961–1978 ("Story of an odd relationship - The Hungarian secret service and the Holy See, 1961-1978");
*1956 Romániában – Eseménytörténet és értelmezési keretek;
*Orbán: Un despota in Europa; Salerno Editrice, Rome, 2019 https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/hungarian-studies/article-abstract/48/2/255/287745/Stefano-Bottoni-Orban-Un-despota-in-Europa?redirectedFrom=fulltext;
*Un altro Novecento. L'Europa orientale dal 1919 a oggi, Carocci, 2021;
*A hatalom megszállottja – Orbán Viktor Magyarországa. Magyar Hang Könyvek, Budapest, 2023;
==Awards==
*Akadémiai Ifjúsági Díj ("Academic Youth Award") (2011);
*Péter Hanák Award (2012)
==Sources==
His curriculum vitae (in Hungarian)
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Category:People from Bologna
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