Dr. Márton Tonk
Márton Tonk is an associate professor at the Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, specializing in the history of philosophy and ideologies. He completed his secondary education at the Bolyai Farkas High School in his hometown in 1991, and obtained his university degree in Philosophy from the Babeș–Bolyai University in 1996. He earned his Ph.D. in 2001 with a dissertation on Sándor Tavaszy at the same institution.
Dr. Tonk undertook various research fellowships, including at the University of Basel in 1993–94, and at several institutions in Budapest and Szeged between 1997 and 2007. From 1996 to 1998, he was a teaching assistant and later a lecturer at the Babeș–Bolyai University, where he was also involved at the Partium Christian University from 2000. He became an assistant professor at the Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania in 2006, where he was promoted to professor in 2014. He served as Dean of the Kolozsvár Faculty from 2006 to 2020 and was the President of the Senate from 2016 to 2020. In December 2020, he was appointed Rector of the university.
Dr. Tonk’s research focuses on the history of philosophy and ideologies, with particular emphasis on Hungarian philosophical thought, modern philosophy, and political philosophy. He leads several research programs related to these topics, including projects on communication and political success, the history of Hungarian political thought, and the status of national and ethnic minorities in Europe.
He has published extensively, with contributions to various journals and conferences. His major works include:
- Idealizmus és egzisztenciafilozófia Tavaszy Sándor gondolkodásában (2002)
- Filozófia – nemzeti filozófia – identitás (2002)
- A kantianizmus magyar recepciójának történetéből (2004)
- Bevezetés a középkori filozófia történetébe (2004)
- A nemzeti filozófia és annak „erdélyi feladatai” (2008)
- Minority and Community. Studies on the History, Theory, and Educational Policy of the Hungarian Minority of Transylvania (2014)
He has also edited numerous volumes and translated significant philosophical works. His contributions to the field have been recognized with awards such as the Arany János Medal from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 2020.
