László Borhi is Junior Research Fellow at the Institute of History of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. His field of research is the history of diplomacy of the Cold War. His publications include a book on relations between the U.S. and the Soviet zone, 1945-1990. Currently, he is Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the Department of History of Dartmouth College.
Ales Debeljak received his Ph.D. in Social Thought at Syracuse University, New York and is currently Assistant Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of Ljubljana. His recent publications in English include a book of poems, Anxious Moments and a book of non-fiction, Twilight of the Idols: Recollections of a lost Yugoslavia, both published by White Pine Press, New York in 1994.
Ferenc Erõs is Research Fellow at the Institute of Psychology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He teaches and conducts research in social psychology and is one of the editors of the Hungarian version of this journal. His publications include a book on psychoanalysis, Freudianism, and Freudomarxism.
George Gömöri is a Budapest-born poet, translator, critic and scholar, who has been living in Britain since 1956. He teaches Polish and Hungarian literature at the University of Cambridge.
Tamás Hofer is Derector of the Museum of Ethnography, Budapest and Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. He is the co-author, with Edit Fél, of Proper Peasants: Traditional life in a Hungarian village (New York-Chicago, 1969; German editions: Göttingen 1972, Copenhagen-Budapest 1974).
György Litván heads the Institute for the History of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. His publications include books on Oszkár Jászi and Ervin Szabó, a biography of Mihály Károlyi and The Hungarian Revolution of 1956: Reform, revolt and repression 1953-1963, London & New York: Longman, 1996, reviewed by George Gömöri in this issue.
J. C. Nyíri is Corresponding Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Director of its Institute of Philosophy. He is Professor of Philosophy at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. His interests are the history of philosophy in the 19th and 20th centuries and the impact of communication technologies on social and political organization.
Emil Palotás is Professor of Eastern European History at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. His special fields are international relations in the 19th century and 19th-20th-century Balkan history. His books include Machtpolitik und Wirtschaftsinteressen : Der Balkan und Russland in der österreichisch-ungarischen Außenpolitik 1878-1895, Budapest: Akadémiai, 1995.
Géza Perneczky is a Budapest-born art historian, critic, and painter, who lives in Cologne. His publications in Hungarian include books on Klee, Picasso, the philosophy of fractals, and a history of alternative and mail art.
András Török is a Budapest author, editor, and lecturer in urban history. His books include a biography of Oscar Wilde and Budapest: A Critical Guide.