I am now a Ph.D. candidate in history at Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary. I received my BA and MA degrees in history at the same university. I am writing my dissertation about the socio-political conflicts in Fiume during the period of the Dual Monarchy. My research interests are: methodology, various forms of social co-existences, relationship between the nation-state and the local elite in Fiume, Habsburg ‘colonization’ towards the Balkan region.