Helen Szamuely

Helen Szamuely (1950 – 2017) was a historian and Eurosceptic who was a researcher for the Bruges Group and founder of the Anti-Federalist League.[1][2] She was the daughter of Tibor Szamuely. After the Maastricht Treaty was signed in 1992, she organised monthly meetings at the Red Lion near Parliament to discuss Europe.[3]

Helen Szamuely
Born(1950-06-25)25 June 1950
Moscow
Died5 April 2017(2017-04-05) (aged 66)
London
Alma materUniversity of Leeds
OccupationHistorian
Known forEuroscepticism

Publications

Her articles on history and politics have appeared in publications including History Today,[4] Standpoint,[5] New Statesman,[6] Guardian, Salisbury Review, EUobserver.[7] She wrote reviews of detective stories for the Social Affairs Unit.[8] She ran her own blogs Your Freedom and Ours, Conservative History Journal and Fisheries - Truth and Fiction and wrote for other blogs including London Historians.


Publications include:

  • A "Coming Home" Or Poisoned Chalice?[9] - Helen Szamuely, Bill Jamieson
  • Alien Thoughts: Reflections on Identity[10] - Helen Szamuely, Robert W. Cahn, Yahya El-Droubie
  • A Delayed Homecoming: An Update on European Union Enlargement[11] - Helen Szamuely
  • Samizdat: Based on a Discussion at the CRCE[12] - Dennis O'Keefe, Helen Szamuely
  • "What if Lenin's 'sealed' train had not reached Petrograd in 1917?" in Prime Minister Portillo and other things that never happened[13] - edited by Duncan Brack and Iain Dale
  • "What if Czechoslovakia had fought in 1938?" in President Gore and other things that never happened[14] - edited by Duncan Brack


Translations include:

  • Moving the Mountain: Inside the Perestroika Revolution[15] - Abel Aganbegyan translated by Helen Szamuely from Russian to English
  • Choices and Decisions: A Life[16] - Éva Haraszti-Taylor translated by Helen Szamuely from Hungarian to English

References
  1. "Helen Szamuely", The Times, 20 April 2017
  2. "Helen Szamuely, ardent Eurosceptic", Daily Telegraph, 14 May 2017
  3. Anthony Forster (2003), Euroscepticism in Contemporary British Politics, Routledge, p. 88, ISBN 9781134445516
  4. "Author: Helen Szamuely". www.historytoday.com.
  5. "Author: Helen Szamuely". standpointmag.co.uk.
  6. "Author: Helen Szamuely". www.newstatesman.com.
  7. "Author: Helen Szamuely". euobserver.com.
  8. "Reviews - Detective Fiction Archives". www.socialaffairsunit.org.uk.
  9. Szamuely, Helen. (1998). A "coming home" or poisoned chalice?. Jamieson, Bill, 1945-. London: Centre for Research into Post-Communist Economies. ISBN 0-948027-28-2. OCLC 40673569.
  10. "Alien Thoughts: Reflections on Identity". www.brugesgroup.com.
  11. Szamuely, Helen. (2000). A delayed homecoming : an update on European Union enlargement. Centre for Research into Post-Communist Economies. London: Centre for Research into Post-Communist Economies. ISBN 0-948027-33-9. OCLC 59445319.
  12. O'Keeffe, Dennis. (2004). Samizdat : based on a discussion at the CRCE. Szamuely, Helen., Centre for Research into Post-Communist Economies. London: Centre for Research into Post-Communist Economies. ISBN 0-948027-43-6. OCLC 57230558.
  13. Prime Minister Portillo, and other things that never happened. Brack, Duncan; Dale, Iain. London: Politico's. 2004. ISBN 978-1-84275-111-4. OCLC 56645800.CS1 maint: others (link)
  14. President Gore-- : --and other things that never happened. Brack, Duncan. London: Politico's. 2006. ISBN 1-84275-172-7. OCLC 70882535.CS1 maint: others (link)
  15. Aganbegı͡an, Abel Gezevich. (1989). Moving the mountain: inside the perestroika revolution. London ; New York: Bantam Press. ISBN 978-0-593-01818-7.
  16. Haraszti-Taylor, Eva. (1997). Choices and decisions : a life. London: Haraszti-Taylor. ISBN 0952371715. OCLC 38339963.


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