Dr. h. c. prof. Peter Kónya, PhD (* August 20, 1966, Prešov, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak university professor, historian and academic official. He works at the Institute of History, Faculty of Arts, University of Prešov. He has been the Rector of the University of Prešov since 1 August 2015.
His long-term scientific research focuses on the history of the anti-Habsburg uprisings in Hungary and their impact on the free royal towns of the Upper Hungary (Prešov Blood Trial of 1687, Prešov, Bardejov, Sabinov during the Counter-Reformation and the anti-Habsburg uprisings (1670 - 1711), For God's Fatherland and Freedom. The turbulent fate of the Kuruc general Juraj Ottlyk). He also researches the issues of Reformation and Recatholization and the history of the Evangelical Church a.v.,He was the compiler and author of several scientific collections, monographs and editions of sources on the subject (Counter-Reformation, Recatholization and Catholic Reformation, Three Lutheran Confessions of Faith from Hungary, Leonard Stöckel and the Reformation in Central Europe, Confessionalization in Slovakia in the 16th-18th centuries).
His research interest is also focused on the research of regional history, where he was the author and compiler of many histories of villages and towns in eastern Slovakia (History of Sabinov, History of Sobraniec, History of Kráľovský Chlmec, History of the village of Soľ). He is the compiler and co-author of the university textbook History of Hungary (1000 - 1918).
Awards:
1st Dean's Award of the Faculty of Arts PU (2001, 2010)
2. Jozef Miloslav Hurban Prize for biographical and dictionary literature (2010),
3. Award of the Slovak Historical Society at the Slovak Academy of Sciences (2011)
4. Medal of the Debrecen Branch of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Pro Cooperatione.
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