Balázs Trencsényi (born 1973) is a Hungarian historian of East Central European political and cultural thought.

[1] He is currently a Professor at the Department of History, Central European University as well as the Co-Director of Pasts, Inc. Center for Historical Studies.

His doctoral dissertation compared the Hungarian and British discourses of nationhood in the early-modern period.

Balázs Trencsényi has been interviewed by numerous Hungarian-language,[15][16][17] German-language,[18][19][20] Czech-language,[21] Ukrainian-language,[22][23] and English-language outlets.

[25] Orban's "attack on CEU weaves together a complex web of antiliberal and neo-authoritarian political forces and ideological streams.