Béla Vilmos Mihalik
@mbeco84.bsky.social
Early modern church and social history of Hungary and Transylvania, especially parish politics, popular sociability and late Catholic confessionalization. And everything with genealogy and family history 🙈
🏡 Budapest, Hungary
❤️ Vienna, Austria
🏡 Budapest, Hungary
❤️ Vienna, Austria
An unlikely place to find my late grandfather’s second cousine, Renata Baldauf’s grave, and also meet her wonderful family, incl. my fourth cousins. A complex Eastern European family history from the small Hungarian town of Békéscsaba through Transylvania to Schöneiche bei Berlin. #familyhistory
November 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
An unlikely place to find my late grandfather’s second cousine, Renata Baldauf’s grave, and also meet her wonderful family, incl. my fourth cousins. A complex Eastern European family history from the small Hungarian town of Békéscsaba through Transylvania to Schöneiche bei Berlin. #familyhistory
Ready for a German-American(-Hungarian) family reunion in Berlin this weekend
November 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Ready for a German-American(-Hungarian) family reunion in Berlin this weekend
A precious addition to my private archive: a kind note of appreciation from Arturo Sosa, Superior General of the Jesuits, regarding my book on the Hungarian Jesuits. I was genuinely touched — it really meant a lot to me.
November 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
A precious addition to my private archive: a kind note of appreciation from Arturo Sosa, Superior General of the Jesuits, regarding my book on the Hungarian Jesuits. I was genuinely touched — it really meant a lot to me.
Finally I have my own copy from the book, which was so inspiring for me. #earlymodern
November 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Finally I have my own copy from the book, which was so inspiring for me. #earlymodern
My new book“The Court of Chameleons” has been published this summer. It explores the transformation of Holy See–Habsburg diplomatic relations during the papacy of Innocent XII (1691–1700) and the liberation of Hungary from the Ottoman rule – for now, only in Hungarian.
#earlymodern
#earlymodern
October 12, 2025 at 10:12 AM
My new book“The Court of Chameleons” has been published this summer. It explores the transformation of Holy See–Habsburg diplomatic relations during the papacy of Innocent XII (1691–1700) and the liberation of Hungary from the Ottoman rule – for now, only in Hungarian.
#earlymodern
#earlymodern
Speaking about parish politics is 18th-century Hungary at the Central European History Convention on this Wednesday in Vienna #earlymodern #habsburgs #parishes #vienna
July 20, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Speaking about parish politics is 18th-century Hungary at the Central European History Convention on this Wednesday in Vienna #earlymodern #habsburgs #parishes #vienna
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Orange is the colour of the summer 🧡
July 17, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Orange is the colour of the summer 🧡
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The final Covid project is finally beating the dust. This #reformazing Cambridge Companion should be coming out towards the end of this year. 😊
July 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The final Covid project is finally beating the dust. This #reformazing Cambridge Companion should be coming out towards the end of this year. 😊
#AcademicFreedom at Risk in #Hungary
A damaging restructuring of the Hungarian Research Network has been announced without consultation. Our trade union call for international solidarity. Please read, share and circulate the petition below.
chng.it/fP5YdLDMSS
A damaging restructuring of the Hungarian Research Network has been announced without consultation. Our trade union call for international solidarity. Please read, share and circulate the petition below.
chng.it/fP5YdLDMSS
This campaign needs you now
We protest the dismantling of the Hungarian Research Network (HUN-REN)
chng.it
June 30, 2025 at 10:24 AM
#AcademicFreedom at Risk in #Hungary
A damaging restructuring of the Hungarian Research Network has been announced without consultation. Our trade union call for international solidarity. Please read, share and circulate the petition below.
chng.it/fP5YdLDMSS
A damaging restructuring of the Hungarian Research Network has been announced without consultation. Our trade union call for international solidarity. Please read, share and circulate the petition below.
chng.it/fP5YdLDMSS
Today is a tragic day for #Hungary: we have reached the level of Putin’s Russia. We are now witnessing the death of a dream — the betrayal of a democratic legacy born in 1956 and fulfilled in 1990.
Russian-style law targeting independent press and NGOs tabled in Hungarian parliament
Fidesz has submitted a proposal that would completely incapacitate organizations they have labeled as foreign agents threatening the country's sovereignty.
telex.hu
May 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Today is a tragic day for #Hungary: we have reached the level of Putin’s Russia. We are now witnessing the death of a dream — the betrayal of a democratic legacy born in 1956 and fulfilled in 1990.
New Series on the Study of Early Modern Christianity in Central Europe published at De Gruyter and REFORC.
First volume will be the book of Ulrich Wien on the beginnings of the Reformation in Transylvania.
First volume will be the book of Ulrich Wien on the beginnings of the Reformation in Transylvania.
Upcoming: New Series on the Study of Early Modern Christianity in Central Europe - REFORC
New Series Since its start in 2010 REFORC has – in close cooperation with institutions and scholars in Central and Eastern Europe – supported and initiated projects with a focus on the Reformation in ...
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April 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
New Series on the Study of Early Modern Christianity in Central Europe published at De Gruyter and REFORC.
First volume will be the book of Ulrich Wien on the beginnings of the Reformation in Transylvania.
First volume will be the book of Ulrich Wien on the beginnings of the Reformation in Transylvania.
In 2013 in Rome, the Pentecost Mass.
Requiescat in pace, Papa Franciscus!
Requiescat in pace, Papa Franciscus!
April 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
In 2013 in Rome, the Pentecost Mass.
Requiescat in pace, Papa Franciscus!
Requiescat in pace, Papa Franciscus!
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#OTD in 1726, Joseph Jean François, Count de Ferraris was born. He created one of the coolest maps in 18th c. Europe: the Ferraris map depicting the Habsburg Netherlands and the Prince-Bishopric of Liège.
April 20, 2025 at 7:39 AM
#OTD in 1726, Joseph Jean François, Count de Ferraris was born. He created one of the coolest maps in 18th c. Europe: the Ferraris map depicting the Habsburg Netherlands and the Prince-Bishopric of Liège.
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𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀
𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀
Edited by Brendan Dooley & Paola Molino
More info: bit.ly/3Er8oG7
𝘚𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘈𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦
#History #Media #EarlyModern #News #Newspapers #Historysky
𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀
Edited by Brendan Dooley & Paola Molino
More info: bit.ly/3Er8oG7
𝘚𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘈𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦
#History #Media #EarlyModern #News #Newspapers #Historysky
April 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀
𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀
Edited by Brendan Dooley & Paola Molino
More info: bit.ly/3Er8oG7
𝘚𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘈𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦
#History #Media #EarlyModern #News #Newspapers #Historysky
𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀
Edited by Brendan Dooley & Paola Molino
More info: bit.ly/3Er8oG7
𝘚𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘈𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦
#History #Media #EarlyModern #News #Newspapers #Historysky
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New post: The resignation of Howard Louthan from the Center for Austrian Studies at the University of Minnesota. The provost had a 2022 statement about the invasion of Ukraine taken down, and suggested instead that the center offer "differing views" on Ukraine. Full resignation letter attached.
Public Speech by Historians about History
A troubling decision by the administration of the University of Minnesota
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April 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
New post: The resignation of Howard Louthan from the Center for Austrian Studies at the University of Minnesota. The provost had a 2022 statement about the invasion of Ukraine taken down, and suggested instead that the center offer "differing views" on Ukraine. Full resignation letter attached.
One of the highlights from my first trip to Belgium: Brugge and the tombs of Charles the Bold and his daughter, Mary of Burgundy.
April 13, 2025 at 10:19 AM
One of the highlights from my first trip to Belgium: Brugge and the tombs of Charles the Bold and his daughter, Mary of Burgundy.
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Excited to see that Voices of Thunder is available for pre-order in the US on the University of Chicago Press website! 🌟 #earlymodern
April 13, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Excited to see that Voices of Thunder is available for pre-order in the US on the University of Chicago Press website! 🌟 #earlymodern
So it begins, or continues. After 32 years, the Department of Germanistic at the Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Hungary has ceased to exist…
#university #academia #humanities
#university #academia #humanities
February 2, 2025 at 11:12 PM
So it begins, or continues. After 32 years, the Department of Germanistic at the Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Hungary has ceased to exist…
#university #academia #humanities
#university #academia #humanities
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Today’s 🧵 is about race, nations, and a type of artwork: casta paintings. For more, preorder my forthcoming HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY (out Feb. 4 US / Mar. 4 UK, @ucpress.bsky.social) from anywhere books are sold! 💙📚 🗃 #earlymodern #18thCentury #HAMH 1/9
January 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Today’s 🧵 is about race, nations, and a type of artwork: casta paintings. For more, preorder my forthcoming HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY (out Feb. 4 US / Mar. 4 UK, @ucpress.bsky.social) from anywhere books are sold! 💙📚 🗃 #earlymodern #18thCentury #HAMH 1/9
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Was there ever an #EarlyModern TikTok? If so, any of those exiles can rebuild via three starter packs here.
I think Facebook did have some functioning earlymodern groups, and exiles equally welcome...
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I think Facebook did have some functioning earlymodern groups, and exiles equally welcome...
📜 go.bsky.app/VQeQbbF
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January 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Was there ever an #EarlyModern TikTok? If so, any of those exiles can rebuild via three starter packs here.
I think Facebook did have some functioning earlymodern groups, and exiles equally welcome...
📜 go.bsky.app/VQeQbbF
📜 go.bsky.app/NQqDFr1
📜 go.bsky.app/K2gp9GK
I think Facebook did have some functioning earlymodern groups, and exiles equally welcome...
📜 go.bsky.app/VQeQbbF
📜 go.bsky.app/NQqDFr1
📜 go.bsky.app/K2gp9GK
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The Prize Papers contain hundreds of letters that are still sealed. Marc Vermeulen, Head of Heritage Science at The National Archives, explains in the new episode how they were recently able to reconstruct hidden text in these letters – without even opening them! #earlymodern 🗃️
pod.link/1460242815
pod.link/1460242815
January 26, 2025 at 6:27 AM
The Prize Papers contain hundreds of letters that are still sealed. Marc Vermeulen, Head of Heritage Science at The National Archives, explains in the new episode how they were recently able to reconstruct hidden text in these letters – without even opening them! #earlymodern 🗃️
pod.link/1460242815
pod.link/1460242815
Simply unbelievable :(
Horrific news out of Assen, Netherlands. Thieves used explosives to access the Drents Museum and made off with several antiquities from ‘Dacia – Empire of Gold and Silver’, including the masterpiece the golden Helmet of Coțofenești, c. 450 BCE, a loan from the National History Museum of Romania. 🏺 😡
January 25, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Simply unbelievable :(