WHO ARE WE?
The Ferenc Nagy Prime Minister Research Group was established in 2020 under the leadership of Zoltán Ginelli, researcher, geographer, and global historian, and Zoltán Kovács, journalist and media expert. The Research Group began its work in collaboration with the Győző Csorba Library in Pécs, but now operates independently. Kovács had already initiated the creation of a Ferenc Nagy chamber exhibition in the library's Local History Collection in 2013. The researchers were brought together by chance, in addition to their shared commitment: Kovács' team and Ginelli began researching the documents preserved at Columbia University at the same time in 2019.
Zoltán Kovács is making a film about Ferenc Nagy and is preparing plans for the preservation of historical monuments, tourism, and rural development in Bisse, the birthplace of the smallholder prime minister. As a researcher, Zoltán Ginelli is studying Ferenc Nagy's activities in exile and in foreign policy, as well as digitizing his legacy. His main research topic is the role of Ferenc Nagy and the Hungarian anti-communist émigré community in shaping the political discourse on "Soviet colonization" in connection with Afro-Asian decolonization. The aim of the research group is to make the life story of Ferenc Nagy known to both domestic and international audiences.
Research Group
The Ferenc Nagy Prime Minister Research Group was established in 2020 under the leadership of Zoltán Ginelli, researcher, geographer, and global historian, and Zoltán Kovács, journalist and media expert. The Research Group began its work in collaboration with the Győző Csorba Library in Pécs, but now operates independently. Kovács had already initiated the creation of a Ferenc Nagy chamber exhibition in the library's Local History Collection in 2013. The researchers were brought together by chance, in addition to their shared commitment: Kovács' team and Ginelli began researching the documents preserved at Columbia University at the same time in 2019.
Zoltán Kovács is making a film about Ferenc Nagy and is preparing plans for the preservation of historical monuments, tourism, and rural development in Bisse, the birthplace of the smallholder prime minister. As a researcher, Zoltán Ginelli is studying Ferenc Nagy's activities in exile and in foreign policy, as well as digitizing his legacy. His main research topic is the role of Ferenc Nagy and the Hungarian anti-communist émigré community in shaping the political discourse on "Soviet colonization" in connection with Afro-Asian decolonization. The aim of the research group is to make the life story of Ferenc Nagy known to both domestic and international audiences.
Zoltán Kovács
JournalistMedia Expert
“I have been involved in the Hungarian media for almost four decades: newspapers, radio, and television, and in the last two decades, internet-based digital content provision and social media. During this time, I have conducted thousands of interviews and learned about countless life stories. The adaptation of Ferenc Nagy's cinematic life story is extremely timely."
Zoltán Ginelli
GeographerGlobal Historian
“I have been researching the history of Hungary’s global network of relations for a decade. I have worked on numerous international research projects and taught at several universities, colleges, and schools.
In 2019, I began working on Ferenc Nagy in the international research project Socialism Goes Global. I am writing a co-authored book, which will include his diplomatic activities in Afro-Asia, to be published by Cambridge University Press. I am convinced that to document the life story of our former prime minister is of collective national interest.”
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