Kálmán Hamar (October 12, 1928 – June 11, 1989) was a Hungarian historian from Slovakia. He was a professor at the Marx-Lenin Institute of the Bratislava College of Economics, and served as president of the Hungarian Historical Society of Czechoslovakia.

Kálmán Hamar
BornOctober 12, 1928
DiedJune 11, 1989
Occupationhistorian

Biography

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From 1960 to 1963, Hamar was the head of the Hungarian editorial office of the Slovakian Pedagogical Book Publisher (textbook publisher) in Bratislava where he taught Hungarian.[1][2]

Hamar was a professor at the Marx-Lenin Institute of the Bratislava College of Economics.[3]

He was first a member of the Bratislava city committee of Csemadok,[4] and then its president.[5] From 1970, he was the first president of the Hungarian Historical Society of Czechoslovakia.[6]

Hamar primarily dealt with labor movement topics considered important at the time,[7][8]

He is interred in the urn cemetery in Lamac.[9]

Critics

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Some criticism was related to his works failing to comply with archived materials.[10]

References

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  1. ^ New Salt November 3, 1959, 5; January 16, 1960, 7
  2. ^ Forum Social Science Review 2007/1, 173.
  3. ^ A Hét 16/18, 3 (May 7, 1971) Cf. February 5 and 21, March 26, May 28
  4. ^ Új Só April 25, 1970, 2.
  5. ^ A Hét 21/2, 4 (1976. January 13.)
  6. ^ Fórum Társadalomtudományi Szemle 2009/2, 103-104.
  7. ^ "Szlovákiai Magyar Adatbank » szlovákiai magyar történetírás". adatbank.sk. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
  8. ^ László Bese 2016: Changes in the memory of the Battle of Komárom in 1919. In: Multi-ethnic worlds in Central Europe, 1867-1944. 145.
  9. ^ "Virtuálne cintoríny - Virtuálny cintorín". www.cintoriny.sk. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
  10. ^ László Fogarassy 1983: Corrective statement. Literary Review 1983/3, 288.