Cultivation of and research into modern history and historiography of the United Kingdom, Ireland and the United States in a wide sense and from multiple points of view. Research on the specific histories and cultures of the constituent nations of the United Kingdom: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland; closely following their current political development.

The history of Ireland before and after independence in British, European as well as American contexts.

The birth of the United States, the history, description and analysis of its constitution. The history of the expansion of the country during the 19th century; re-examination of the history and historiography of the Civil War. The evolution of federal structure; research into and analysis of the constituent member states and ethnicities of the United States. 

The countries and peoples of Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe developed a peculiar relationship with the Western Powers (France, Great Britain and the United States) at the beginning of the 19th century. The peoples living under German, Austrian, Russian or Ottoman rule, who often saw themselves as "backward", expected (in exceptional cases they received) first their independence, then their progressive rise from the liberal (or at least more liberal than their oppressors) influence and/or intervention of the Western Powers. The East-West relations of the modern age, including the relations between Russia and the Western powers, were thus conceived in this asymmetrical setting. These relations would not shed this inherent inequality in any substantial form during the 20th century either. The dynamics of the system of relations described here are examined by research and the resulting publications.       

The radical, transformative effect of the technical inventions in communication, photography and filmmaking from the end of the 19th century to 1968 (the beginnings of the electronic revolution), their impact on society, personal lives and the arts, with special emphasis on the detailed description of the evolution of analogue radio technology, telegraphy, film recording and projection, sound recording and television broadcasting, their direct and indirect influence on society.      

The political, social, economic and cultural history of the states and peoples of Central, Eastern and South-eastern Europe from the beginning of the 20th century to the reform movements of 1968. The internal relations, movements and ideologies among the peoples of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy; the radical impact of the peace treaties ending the First World War. The inter-war histories of Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Romania and Yugoslavia, their internal and foreign policies. Tragedy and disintegration during the Second World War. The history and ideological make-up of the region during the Cold War until 1968.   

The political, economic and social history of the Republic of China from the overthrow of the imperial system in 1911 to establishment of the People's Republic in 1949; with special regard to aspects of the Chinese Civil War (first phase 1927-1936, second phase 1945-1949) as well as the role played in these events by the Western powers and the major states neighbouring China.  

The exploration of the analytical methods applied in film studies; the examination of the peculiar language of film, especially by way of a semiotic analysis, relying on the specialist literature written in this field since the end of the Second World War until about 2010. 

The comparative study of the methodology and the ideological and philosophical foundations of the historical authors and their works from the late 18th century to the present.