Zoltán Tefner

Zoltán Tefner (born 1949 in Kötcse) is a Hungarian historian and Germanist, a university lecturer and an associate professor at Corvinus University of Budapest. He is also a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Education and academic background Tefner began his higher education in 1969 at the ELTE Faculty of Humanities, majoring in History and German. At that time he was admitted to the Eötvös József Collegium, the oldest professional college of Eötvös Loránd University, which aims to support the most talented Hungarian university students and to help them in their academic career.

Between 1980 and 1983, Tefner also completed his second degree as a cultural mediator at the ELTE Faculty of Humanities. He received his doctorate (dr. univ.) from the same university in 1988, his PhD in 1998 and his habilitation in 2006 with the academic degree of dr. habil.

Career in culture Tefner was assistant librarian at the Library of Hungarian Parliament from 1973 to 1974, and then taught at Ságvár for two years. He then worked as a culture mediator in Siófok, Szentendre and Százhalombatta.

Academic career In 1991, Tefner was appointed assistant professor at the Corvinus University of Budapest, where he taught social sciences and history in Hungarian and German. He then progressed through the academic ranks at the university, becoming an adjunct professor in 1993, then associate professor in 1999, and a full professor in 2011.

Membership of scientific and professional organisations

1996: member of Magyar Történelmi Társulat 2000: member of Hungarian-Polish Joint Committee of Historians 2011: member of Jakob-Bleyer-Gemeinschaft 2013: scientific advisor and manager of „Valutacsoda” Alapítvány” 2017: board member of Aspektus Scientific Workshop 1975: member of Scientific Dissemination Society 2019: leader of the research group of "Kötcséért" Közalapítván Helytörténeti Kutatócsoport 2009: head of research group of Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem Szociálpolitika-történeti Kutatóközpont

Publications His publications include:

Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia lengyelpolitikája a Nagy Háború utolsó napjaiban. In: Karlovitz, János Tibor (szerk.) Applied Sectoral Policies. Grosspetersdorf, Ausztria: Sozial und Wirtschafts Forschungsgruppe. 2024, pp. 285–295. Valutapolitika Bécsben és Budapesten. A Wekerle-életmű új megvilágításban: Recenzió Kárbin Ákos új könyvéről. 2024, pp. 56–64. Háromszáz év magány: 1946.január 19-én kezdődött a magyarországi németek deportálása. Aspektus, 2024. Opinie węgierskich intelektualistów na temat Galicji 1867-1918. Galicja. Studia i materiały 11. 2024, pp. 261-266. Leben magische Elemente der Steinzeit weiter? In: Irrtümer in der Forschung der Kolonisationsgeschichte der hessischen Sekundärgemeinde. Kötsching/Kötcse, 2024. A "lengyel zsákutca". Burián István második közös külügyminiszteri időszakának ellentmomdásai: 1918. április 16.- 1918, október 24. In: Tibor, János Karlovitz (szerk.) What will our Future be Like? Grosspetersdorf, Ausztria: Sozial und Wirtschafts Forschungsgruppe. 2023, pp. 269-289.