The Institute for Minority Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the European Centre for Minority Issues agree on a Memorandum of Understanding.

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Issues of language policy and language planning in Transcarpathia

The article by Csilla Fedinec and István Csernicskó entitled Issues of language policy and language planning in Transcarpathia during the first Czechoslovak Republic was published in Ukranian in ACTA ACADEMIAE BEREGSASIENSIS PHILOLOGICA Volume 2023, Issue 2.

Issues of language policy and language planning in Transcarpathia during the first Czechoslovak Republic The concepts of state language, official language, and minority language do not have a generally accepted definition in international law. In Central and Eastern Europe, the state language is usually the language of the majority of the population of a particular country, in which it also serves as the official language. In interwar Czechoslovakia, the 1920 Language Law allowed the use of the language of the Slavic population, which constituted the absolute majority in the territory of Transcarpathia, as the official language in administration, office work, culture and education, granting the region's Slavs a greater degree of political, cultural and linguistic autonomy than they had ever enjoyed. But this linguistic freedom also brought practical problems to the surface. First of all, during this period there were three standard versions of the language adopted as the official language of the region. This article analyses the attitudes of the state and local intellectuals towards these language variants.

Ukraine's Silicon Valley?

Ukraine's Silicon Valley? The number of Hungarians is falling in Transcarpathia, but the economy has been boosted by the war.

What impact has the Russian invasion of Ukraine had on Transcarpathia, the Hungarian community in Transcarpathia, and minority-majority relations in the region?

Csilla Fedinec's article (in Hungarian) can be read on 444.hu.

Amendments to the Law on Education, Minorities and Language in Ukraine

What does the legislative amendment package mean, with which Ukraine would convince the Hungarian government that it has a place in the EU?

What exactly are the Ukrainian education, minority and language laws? What was passed by the Ukrainian Parliament on Friday this week and how will it affect Hungarian language education in Transcarpathia? Has Ukraine met Hungarian expectations and can it move closer to the EU?

Csilla Fedinec's article (in Hungarian) can be read on 444.hu.

The process of the break-up of the Soviet Union is not yet complete

On December 8, 1991 the elected leaders of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus signed an agreement about the dissolution of the Soviet Union. What was behind the collapse. Who came out of the cataclysm the best and the worst among the member republics? To what extent can the current Russian-Ukrainian war be traced back to the collapse of the Soviet Union? 

Csilla Fedinec was interviewed by Mandiner, which can be read here.

The War and Literature in Ukraine after 2014

The St. Adalbert Foundation for Research of Central and Eastern Europe prganizes a discussion at the Szekfű Gyula Library of the Institute of History, of the ELTE Faculty of Humanities on 11 December 2023 with the participation of Csilla Fedinec, Gábor Körner, Lajos Pálfalvi and Iván Halász.