Summary
Hungarian Spectrum was a daily blog from 2007 to 2021, covering current political and social developments in Hungary. Created in 2007 by historian Eva S. Balogh,[1][2] it came to an end with her death, on November 30, 2021.[3][4][5]
History edit
Hungarian Spectrum was published daily, seven days a week, starting June 27, 2007.[6] It has been permanently archived in the Library of Congress as of 2013 where it remains available online,[7] as well as in the Blinken Open Society Archives.[8] Balogh, who specialized in interwar Hungarian history,[9][10][11][12] 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.
The blog also occasionally included articles written by guest scholars such as Kim Lane Scheppele,[13] Johanna Laakso,[14] Charles Gati[15] and Randolph L. Braham.[16]
Hungarian Spectrum was 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, describing it as a site that "renders an important service by exposing to the world what Prime Minister Orban is telling his own people."[17]
Following the death of Balogh, Hungarian Spectrum ceased publications.[4][3]
Political orientation edit
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.[18] Balogh was a regular guest on ATV television programmes[19][20] and published opinion pieces in Népszava,[21][22][23] a social-democratic newspaper. In November 2009, she gave a lecture for CIA officials at Langley, Virginia, where she characterized the imminent right-wing Fidesz victory in the 2010 Hungarian parliamentary election as a possible fascist breakthrough.[24][25][26]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Novak, -Benjamin (November 7, 2014). "Meet Hungarian Spectrum's Éva Balogh". The Budapest Beacon.
- ^ Eva S. Balogh Publications on Google Scholar.
- ^ a b N., Steve (November 30, 2021). "Popular Blogger on Hungarian Affairs Eva S. Balogh Passes Away". Hungarian Politics.
- ^ a b Adam, Christopher (December 1, 2021). "Remembering Éva Balogh (1936–2021)". Hungarian Free Press.
- ^ "Elhunyt Balogh S. Éva". Mandiner (in Hungarian). November 30, 2021.
- ^ Archives of Hungarian Spectrum http://hungarianspectrum.org/7797-2/
- ^ "Hungarian Spectrum: Reflections on politics, economics, and culture" Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/item/lcwaN0009079/
- ^ "Hungarian Spectrum Is Now Archived at Blinken OSA" Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives https://www.osaarchivum.org/press-room/announcements/hungarian-spectrum-is-now-archived-at-blinken-osa
- ^ 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.
- ^ Balogh, E. S. (1983). "Peaceful Revision: The Diplomatic Road to War" (PDF). Hungarian Studies Review. 10 (1): 43–51.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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/
- ^ "Knowledge Is Power?"Johanna Laakso https://hungarianspectrum.org/2018/04/26/johanna-laakso-knowledge-is-power/
- ^ Charles Gati "The Mask is Off". https://hungarianspectrum.org/2014/08/08/charles-gati-the-mask-is-off/
- ^ "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/
- ^ "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/
- ^ "Ferenc Kumin: The Hungary 'Expert' Discredited on Twitter | Mandiner".
- ^ Eva S. Balogh. YouTube. Archived from the original on December 10, 2021.
- ^ Balogh Éva és Krausz Tamás. YouTube. Archived from the original on December 10, 2021.
- ^ "Balogh S. Éva".
- ^ "S. Balogh Éva: Összeomló építmény".
- ^ "Orosz-szál a Pintér ügyben?".
- ^ "Az amerikai kormány Magyarországon is színes forradalmat akar?".
- ^ "A CIA kérdez: Iránból pénzelik a Jobbikot?". November 20, 2009.
- ^ "A Jobbikról kérdezősködtek a CIA emberei". November 20, 2009.
External links edit
- Hungarian Spectrum