Institute of Oriental Studies, P.R.I.
Topic
Travelers from Upper Hungary to Egypt and the Sudan in the long 19th century
PhD. program
World History
Year of admission
2024
Name of the supervisor
Mgr. Jozef Hudec, PhD.
Contact:
Receiving school
Faculty of Arts, Comenius University
Annotation
The Kingdom of Hungary took part in the European trends of exploring other continents. In its case, these trends did not result to the formation of colonies. The proposed topic should focus on the examination of the ways, reasons and goals of travels and the social composition of Upper Hungarian travellers to Egypt and the Egyptian Sudan or the Anglo-Egyptian condominium in the long 19th century (until 1918), based on contemporary literature, media, travelogues, archival and registrar research. The research should also focus on the contribution of these travels to historical and artistic collections in today's Slovakia and their current situation.