István Rév (1951) is a Hungarian historian and professor. From 1969 to 1975, he studied history, English language and English-language literature, and sociology at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. Between 1975 and 1985, he worked at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. In 1984, he was one of the founders of the environmental movement “Danube Circle.” From 1985 to 1991, he worked at the Karl Marx University of Economics. In 1991, he became a professor at Central European University, and between 1991 and 1993 he was the director of the University’s Budapest College. In 1998, he became the director of the Open Society Archives.