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history, early modern history, conceptual history, history of political thought
Hungary, Germany

Biography

Historian based in Budapest, Hungary; PhD candidate at the University of Pécs (Pécs, Hungary), junior research fellow at the Research Institute for Politics and Government at the Ludovika University of Public Service (Budapest, Hungary) and former doctoral research fellow at the Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG, Mainz, Germany).

BA in History with Art History minor (2014); MA in History (2016); PhD studies in Early Modern History (2018- ), focusing on the early modern conceptualisation and political iconography of 'balance of power' and the incorporation of the concept into early modern English and Habsburg political media; the Habsburg Monarchy, the partitions of Poland, and the issue of the European balance of power in eighteenth-century English political media.

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Employment (2)

Ludovika University of Public Service: Budapest, HU

2024-09 to present | Junior Research Fellow (Research Institute for Politics and Government at Eötvös József Research Centre)
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Leibniz Institute of European History: Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, DE

2024-03 to 2024-09 | Doctoral Research Fellow
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Education and qualifications (3)

University of Pecs: Pécs, HU

2018 to 2022 | PhD student (Department of Medieval and Early Modern Studies)
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Pázmány Péter Catholic University: Budapest, HU

2014 to 2016 | MA in History (Historian)
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Pázmány Péter Catholic University: Budapest, HU

2011 to 2014 | BA in History with Art History minor
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Professional activities (6)

Royal Historical Society: London, GB

2024-07 to present | Postgraduate Member
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British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies: Newcastle upon Tyne, GB

2022-10 to present | Member
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Refo500 Foundation - Reformation Research Consortium (REFORC): Hoogeveen, NL

2022-06 to present | Individual member (Refo500 Foundation)
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European Society for Periodical Research (ESPRit): Nijmegen, NL

2022-05 to present | Postgraduate member
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European Society for the History of Political Thought (ESHPT): Florence, IT

2022-04 to present | Member
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Hungarian Historical Society: Budapest, HU

2018 to present | Member
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Funding (2)

'Jagiellonian' PhD Research Fellowship

2022-02 to 2022-06 | Grant
Wacław Felczak Foundation (Budapest, HU)
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'Jagiellonian' PhD Research Fellowship

2020-09 to 2021-01 | Grant
Wacław Felczak Foundation (Budapest, HU)
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Works (4)

“To Preserve That Balance of Power on Which the Happiness and Prosperity of Europe Depend” – Discourse on the First Partition of Poland and the European Balance of Power in London Newspapers (1771–1774)

RussianStudiesHu
2024 | Journal article
Contributors: Brigitta Kinga Schvéd
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“These are Great and Noble Occasions for a Good Cristian’s Joy”

Wellbeing in Early Modern Christianity
2024-09-09 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9783666500855
Part of ISBN: 9783666500855
Contributors: Brigitta Schvéd
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The First Partition of Poland and the Issue of the European Balance of Power in Contemporary English Media (1772–1774)

Specimina Nova Pars Prima Sectio Mediaevalis XI
2022-04-27 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1588-8002
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Brigitta Schvéd

The Concepts of Universal Monarchy and Balance of Power in Charles Davenant's An Essay Upon The Ballance of Power (1701)

Specimina Nova Pars Prima Sectio Mediaevalis X
2019-12 | Journal article
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Brigitta Schvéd