Cultural regionalism in Hungarian context

As an introduction to the thematic issue of Hungarian Studies Yearbook , dedicated to Regionalism in culture – cultural regionalism , the article offers an overview of current research interests in the field. Within the domain of Hungarian studies, regional approaches and the idea of cultural areas as an important frame for cultural analysis and comparison was present in research work from the 19 th century. After a general introduction, the article presents the current methodological approaches to regionalism studies and the main topics debated in the fields of literary studies, linguistics, and cultural anthropology.