Balázs Gályász – Interpretations of Trianon in the political sphere: Narrative clusters and thematic differences

2025 Sociology BA Supervisor Ildikó Barna, PhD

Balázs Gályász

One of the reasons for the increasing dominance of the ruling party is the memory politics it has developed. A key element of this is the Treaty of Trianon, a historical event that continues to live on in the present. In my thesis, I examined the political narratives surrounding the collective memory of the Trianon Peace Treaty. I analyzed a database of online newspaper articles using cluster analysis and the NarrCat toolkit. In my analysis, I compared pro-government, left-liberal, and far-right discourses, revealing their narrative differences across various topics.

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