Nation-Building and Contested Identities - MEK

NOTES ON AUTHORSpolitical culture of Romanian communism, the 1989 revolutions andthe post-communist democratic transformations.KINGA-KORETTA SATA (b. 1973, Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania) is currently a Ph.D.candidate in comparative history at the Central European University,Budapest. B.A. in English and Hungarian Language and Literature(1996) from the Babeº-Bolyai University, Cluj. M.A. in History from theCentral European University, Budapest (1997), and M.Phil. in PoliticalThought and Intellectual History from the University of Cambridge(1998). Her main field of interest is the intellectual history of Transylvaniain the first half of the 20 th century, currently works on the comparativeanalysis of late 19 th century Hungarian and Romanian politicalthought. Among others, she has published a series of articles on thesocial and political thought of Bishop Áron Márton.MIHÁLY SZILÁGYI-GÁL (b. 1971, Cluj, Romania) is currently a Ph.D. candidateat the Philosophy Department, University of Debrecen, Hungary.M.A. in Philosophy (1996) from the Eötvös Loránd University,Budapest. M.A. in Political Science (1998) from the Central EuropeanUniversity, Budapest. Ph.D. researcher at the PhilosophyDepartment, University of Tübingen, Germany (2000-2001). Memberof the board of the Hungarian Press Freedom Center. IPF Fellowof the Open Society Institute (2000-2001). His scholarly interestsfocus on the common aspects of political philosophy and aesthetics,and moral philosophy. Published several articles on Jürgen Habermasand John Rawls, and on the ethical aspects in the philosophy ofKarl Popper.BALÁZS TRENCSÉNYI (b. 1973, Budapest, Hungary) is currently a Ph.D.candidate in comparative history at the Central European University,Budapest. M.A. in Philosophy from the Eötvös Loránd University,Budapest (1997). M.A. in Nationalism Studies (1998) from theCentral European University, Budapest. Visiting student at theErasmus University Rotterdam (1995) and at the University of Cambridge,King’s College (1999-2000). Associate Fellow of the SofiaAcademic NEXUS Project (2001-2002). He is working on the intellectualhistory of Hungarian nationalism in view of a Central andSoutheast European comparative context. Published various articleson early-modern intellectual history and national identity, the politicalphilosophy of István Bibó, and the problems of Eastern Europeanhistoriography.377