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Ildikó Horn is a Professor at the Eötvös Loránd University, where she serves as Director of the Institute of Historical Studies and works in the Department of Medieval and Early Modern History of Hungary. Her research focuses on Early Modern History, Renaissance Humanism, and the political elites of Transylvania, with particular emphasis on interdisciplinary networks and cultural exchange in divided Hungary (1541–1699).
Her recent publications analyze the princely council under Gábor Bethlen, the construction of Transylvanian court culture, and the role of marriage alliances in elite power consolidation. She has contributed to comparative studies on European principalities and diplomatic information flow in the early modern period. Her work often intersects with digital humanities through the creation of databases on aristocratic networks.
As an active participant in the academic community, she has published extensively in venues like the Hungarian Historical Review and Transylvanian Review, and her research has been cited in studies examining state formation, legal elites, and multi-ethnic societies in Central and Eastern Europe.
