Tanári kinevezések a Ferenc József Tudományegyetem Bölcsészet-, Nyelv- és Történettudományi Karán
Teacher appointments at the Faculty of Humanities, Languages and History of Franz Joseph University

Summary/Abstract: The subject of the article is the process of professor selection at the Franz Joseph University from its founding to the First World War. Its aim is to shed some light on the decision-making process and on the primary and secondary criteria for these decisions, based on the analysis of a few representative cases. The research revealed that there was no established official process for nominations, but there was an informal process that was followed in most cases. This involved the publication of a call for applications, the analysis of applications by a commission of faculty members and finally a faculty vote, based on which a name was submitted for approval by the minister of education and finally the king. The studied sources also revealed that if there was strong faculty support or pressure from the ministry, a teacher could be appointed without going through this process. The selection criteria themselves were also varied. Officially the faculty stated that the quality of the prior scientific work was the primary factor based on which it decided, but sources revealed that prior relationships and the impression made on faculty members by an applicant had a deciding influence in cases with multiple satisfactory applicants.

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