Csaba Katona, hungarian historian. Graduated from the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, specializing in modern Hungarian history. He started working at the National Archives of Hungary in 1998 as Archivist (1998–2010), later as communication officer (1999–2011) as the Secretary of the Director General (2003, 2005–2001), as Head of Department (2003–2004), as councilor (2010–2011) and as editor, responsible for several historical and archival journals (Levéltári Közlemények [2002–2004; 2006–2010], Levéltári Szemle [2000–2005; 2009–2010], ArchivNet [2003–2004; 2007–2010]and Turul [2010]). He was also a member of the Committee of the Association of Hungarian Archivists (2008–2011).
Now he works at the Institute of History, Research Centre for the Humanities, Hungarian Academy of Sciences as an associate research fellow and as communication officer of the Research Centre. His research field is the cultural and social history of Hungary in the 19th and 20th centuries. Since 2007 he has held the positions: vice president of the HungarianHeraldic and Genealogical Society, member of the directorial staff of the Hungarian Historical Society (later he was the secretary between 2007-2015), member of the editorial staff of the historical journal Múlt-kor, was one of the editors of Világtörténet and Újkor, member of the Hungarian-Serbian Academic Joint Committee and editor of the homepage ofthe Research Centre for the Humanities and of the Institute of History.