Péter Zakar

Péter Zakar (1963) graduated from the Faculty of Arts of the József Attila University in Szeged with a degree in philosophy and history. In 1998, he received his PhD in historical science. He habilitated as a doctor of historical sciences in 2004. He is presently the dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Gál Ferenc College in Szeged, and he is also a professor of the Institute of History at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Szeged. His research interests are the 19th-century Hungarian history, ecclesial history and the history of Hungarian revolution and freedom fight in 1848-1849.