• Education
    • 04/2009 – PhD in History
      Faculty of Arts, Department of Slovak History, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia
    • 08/2001 – Master’s Degree in History and Archaeology
      Faculty of Arts, Department of Slovak History, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia
  • Employment
    • 06/2014 – Senior researcher
      Institute of History, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
    • 08/2024 – Research fellow – Part-time position (35%), under the European Research Council (ERC) Project BENASTA
      Inštitut za novejšo zgodovino, Slovenia
    • 03/2024 – 07/2024 – Research Fellow – Part-time position (25%), under the European Research Council (ERC) Project BENASTA
      Közép-európai Egyetem/ Central European University, Hungary
    • 05/2009 – 05/2014 – Research fellow
      Institute of History, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
    • 05/2005 – 04/2009 – Assistant researcher
      Institute of History, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia

Research Interests

  • Areas of research
    • Social, political and cultural history of East-Central Europe in the long nineteenth century, with a focus on Dualist Hungary.
    • History and theory of nationalism, minority movements, social history of politics, political socialisation and mobilisation, history and theory of political corruption
  • Collaboration in research programmes
    • ERC project BeNaSta
    • Confessionalization of Hungarian/Slovak society in 19th century, Slovak Research and Development Agency project (Institute of History, Slovak Academy of Sciences)

Educational activity: 

  • 2012 – 2025 – “Methodological seminar: Theory and methodology of historical research” (course for PhD students in Slovak and English), Faculty of Arts, Departments of Slovak History and General History, Comenius University Bratislava/Slovakia
  • 2014 – 2025 – “Nationalism: Theory and research” (course for PhD students in Slovak), Faculty of Arts, Department of Slovak History, Comenius University Bratislava/Slovakia
  • 2022 – 2023 – “What 20th century history is and can be about” (course for PhD students in Slovak), Faculty of Arts, Department of Slovak History, Comenius University Bratislava/Slovakia

Selected publications

  • VÖRÖS, László et al. Politická korupcia na území Slovenska a Čiech v 19. a 20. storočí. – Bratislava : VEDA, vydavateľstvo SAV : Historický ústav SAV, 2020.
  • VÖRÖS, László. Analytická historiografia versus národné dejiny : „národ“ ako sociálna reprezentácia / Analytical Historiography vs. National History: the “Nation” as a Social Representation. Pisa : Published by Edizioni Plus – Pisa University Press, 2010.