Dr. Éva Bóka

About Me

I am an independent researcher and lecturer in History. For more details, please consult my CV and my Publication List on line. My short CV in Hungarian, in French, as well as in English are also available.

Contact information

Email

bokaeva@gmail.com

Web site

http://www.eva-boka.name

My recent teaching and research activities

• "A hágai Európa-kongresszus, 1948. május 7-10. (The Congress of Europe in The Hague (7-10th May 1948)." In: Európai egységfolyamat — 1948 évi hágai kongresszus (Internetes melléklet), Múltunk (Journal of political history), Budapest, 2018. 2. 1-43. Online Supplement. Research, collection of documents and paper made on the basis of the invitation from the journal Múltunk.
• “Modernization of the States and the International Relations in a Historical Perspective (Europe and East Asia)”, Lecture at the Institute of Advanced Studies, Kőszeg, Hungary, 5 March, 2019 (see the abstract, presentation slides, and the video recording online).
• "Development of the European Union Idea (The Main Historical Achievements Contributing to the Union Among European States). Lecture at the Europe of Tomorrow: Five Scenarios for Our Future, EZA-UNAIE Seminar", Riva del Garda, October 18th-20th 2019 (see the presentation text and slides online).
• "Engineering European Unity: The Quest for the Right Solution Across Centuries." Budapest - Vienna - New York, CEU Press, 2022, 254 pages, (see the CEU Press page for more details).
• "The history of an idea: from a “Europe of nations” to federalism." Interactive lecture on the 9th November, 2022 at the International Seminar, Young European Federalists, European Democratic Academy: “Federalism in Theory and Practice”, Prague, 9-13 November, 2022. See online the presentation slides, the draft lecture, the recommended on-line literature, and the figure for the peaceful world federation.
• “Engineering European Unity” Lectures, Budapest. See online the draft lecture, the presentation slides, the recommended on-line literature, and the figure of the peaceful world federation.
• “Engineering Interstate Democracy in a Historical Perspective (Modernization in Europe, China and Japan)” Lectures, Budapest. See online the draft lecture, the presentation slides, and the recommended literature.
• “Imagining Peace: The Quest for the Right Solution Across Centuries.” Research project, and recommended online-literature.

My earlier teaching activities

• “The History of European Idea”, Eötvös Lóránd University, 1998-2002 (in Hungarian):
  • Description of the course (in Hungarian)
  • References, literature (in Hungarian)
  • English synopsis of the book “Bóka Éva: Az európai egységgondolat fejlődéstörténete, Napvilág, Budapest, 2001”
• “The Theory and Practice of European Integration”, Corvinus University, Institute of International Relations, Budapest, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, and 2010: course description with further links to the relevant literature. See also the course description.
• “Az európai egységgondolat politikai eszmetörténete” (“The Political History of the Idea of the European Unity”), Corvinus University, Doctoral (in PhD) Programme in International Relations, Budapest, 2007 (course in Hungarian): course description; course programme.
• “Európa újragondolása” (“Rethinking Europe”), Doctoral School of International Relations, Corvinus University of Budapest, (course in Hungarian or in English)
  • Rethinking Europe 1. course programme 2009-2013
  • Rethinking Europe 2. European Modernity and the World, course programme 2014-2015
  • Rethinking Europe 3. Modernization in a Historical Perspective: The Western World and East Asia, course programme, 2017. Bibliography
• “Rethinking Europe Research Group” (“Európa Újragondolása Műhely”) 2010- October 2020:
  • List of Publications of the “Rethinking Europe” Research Group
  • Syllabus for students interested in research
  • Separate discussion paper
  • Bibliography: The Eastern Enlargement of the EU, Europe and Turkey, Europe and Russia, European Union and the United Nations
• “Europe in Search of Unity in Diversity”, Institute for Social and European Studies Foundation (Kőszeg), 2010. Course description.
• “Modernization of the States and the International Relations (The Western World and East Asia)”, Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Law, Institute of Political Sciences, and Erasmus programme, Budapest. Course programme 2014, 2016, 2017. Bibliography. The best papers written in the framework of the course were published as “Erasmus Papers” by the Erasmus Programme of the ELTE Faculty of Law (Budapest).

Research

• “Rethinking Europe and the World System in a Historical Perspective
• “Europe-Chine Dialogue in Historical Perspective through European Eyes”
• “Európa és Ázsia. Modernizáció és globalizáció történelmi perspektívában (Európa, India, Kína, Japán, és Szingapúr)” (Europe and Asia. Modernization and Globalization (Europe, India, China, Japan, and Singapore). See also the English abstract.

E-Readers

• “Intercultural dialogue (Europe-Asia)”, E-Reader.
• “Az európai egységgondolat története” (History of the Idea of European Unity) E-reader in Hungarian.
• Rethinking the Role of the Federalist Ideas in the Construction of Europe. Manuscript.