Institute of History
Topic
The onset of the second industrial revolution in Hungary at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries on the example of the industrial enterprises of the Banská Štiavnica mining district
PhD. program
Slovak History
Year of admission
2026
Name of the supervisor
PhDr. Ľudovít Hallon, DrSc.
Contact:
Receiving school
Faculty of Arts, Comenius University Bratislava
Annotation
The dissertation will have two main goals. The first is a theoretical evaluation of the main features and development of the second industrial revolution based on the latest knowledge of the historiography of the countries of Central Europe and the works of Anglo-Saxon historiography, and a current analysis of the specific features of the onset of the second industrial revolution in Hungary and in today's territory of Slovakia at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The second goal is source research and analysis of the development of the second industrial revolution on the concrete example of industrial enterprises of the Banská-Štiavnica mining district with various types of state and private enterprises in mining, metallurgy, engineering, and light industry. It will include research into broader economic and political contexts and the genesis of modern management with its capital and business strategies. The dissertation will require original archival research in the central archives of Slovakia, Hungary and Austria, as well as in departmental and regional archives of central Slovakia. Further research will focus on professional and economic literature and periodicals.
The applicant is expected to have basic knowledge of the economic-political and technical-economic development in Hungary and Slovakia in the observed period. In addition to knowledge of the Slovak/Czech and English languages, the ability to work with sources in Hungarian or German is required for research into the period up to 1914.
The applicant is expected to have basic knowledge of the economic-political and technical-economic development in Hungary and Slovakia in the observed period. In addition to knowledge of the Slovak/Czech and English languages, the ability to work with sources in Hungarian or German is required for research into the period up to 1914.