Vera Bácskai and urban history: life, work and impact

• Autores: Erika Szívós, Katalin G. Szende
• Localización: Urban history, ISSN-e 1469-8706, Vol. 49, Num. 3, 2022, págs. 476-483
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This special section pays tribute to Professor Vera Bácskai (1930–2018), an outstanding Hungarian urban historian, one of the founders and former presidents of the European Association for Urban History. Vera Bácskai was an influential personality whose work and personal impact inspired generations of younger scholars. She played an instrumental role in the institutionalization of modern social and urban history in her homeland, while she also had a great share in creating the international networks and organizations that define the framework for European urban history to this day. The introductory article reflects on her life, career and impact, and it offers a thematic introduction into the articles of the special section.