Prizes

  • 1990 Cross of Honour for Science and Art of the Austrian Republic (1st Class)
    (Öterreichische Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst)
    • awarded by: President of the Republic of Austria
    • acknowledged achievement: For his work accomplished in the cultural system change in Hungary and his outstanding role in promoting the cooperation of the Central and Eastern European peoples
  • 1994 Freedom Cultural-Scientific Grand Prize (New York, USA)
    • awarded by: World Jewish Congress
    • acknowledged achievement: or safeguarding the common roots of the Jewish and Christian culture
  • 1995 Széchenyi Prize
    • awarded by: the President of the Republic of Hungary
    • acknowledged achievement: For his scientific work accomplished and school founding activity
  • 1996 Pro Minorities Prize
    • awarded by: the Government of the Republic of Hungary
    • acknowledged achievement: For the promotion and historical depiction of the culture of Hungarians living beyond the borders of Hungary and the non-Hungarian minorities in Hungary
  • 1997 Jedlik Ányos Prize Honoris causa
    • awarded by: National Patent Office
    • acknowledged achievement: For exploring the history of the culture of Hungarian technical and natural sciences
  • 1997 Herder Prize
    • awarded by: University of Vienna –Alfred Toepfer Stiftung, Hamburg
    • acknowledged achievement: For his international results accomplished in the field of the methodology of historical sciences and the comparative research of the history of European minorities
      • Quotation from the laudatory remarks of the Advisory Committee: „Mit Ferenc Glatz ehrte das Kuratorium einen, wenn nicht den wesentlichsten Historiker Ungarns in der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts.” [With Ferenc Glatz, the Advisory Committee awarded one of the most significant, if not the most significant historians of Hungary in the second half of the 20th century.]
  • 1998 Interfaith Gold Medaillon (London)
    • awarded by: International Council of Jews and Christians
    • acknowledged achievement: For his merits in creating good relations among various religious groups
  • 2003 Grand Cross of Honour of the German Federal Republic
    • awarded by: the President of the Federal Republic of Germany
    • acknowledged achievement: For promoting better understanding among the peoples of Europe and the presentation of the role of German culture in Europe
  • 2003 Presidential Silver Medal of the Republic of Italy
    • awarded by: the President of the Republic of Italy
    • acknowledged achievement: For his work accomplished in favour of cultural integration in the European Union
  • 2004 Grand Cross of Honour of the Republic of Hungary
    • awarded by: the President of the Republic of Hungary
    • acknowledged achievement: For the consolidation of the Hungarian science and his work as a researcher
  • 2007 Prima Primissima Preis
    • awarded by:  xxx
    • acknowledged achievement: xxx