Academics: Regional Studies
Hungarian Studies Event Archive
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2006
Challenges of Cultural Policy in the New Member States of the European Union: Hungary in Comparison
March 2
Presented by Andras Bozoki, Minister of National Cultural Heritage, Hungary
Honoring the East Central European Center, Abraham Lincoln Award, American-Hungarian Foundation
May 18
1956 and Its Impact on the Soviet Bloc (PDF)
November 2-3
15th Floor, IAB
An International Conference sponsored by Columbia University's East Central European Center, Harriman Institute and the Institute for the Study of Europe.
2005
War, Military Occupation and Refugees: Imperial Encounters from the Danube to the Black Sea, 1860-1918
February 4
Fomenting Class Warfare in Transylvania, 1949-1962
February 16
Presented by Katherine Verdery, University of Michigan, Scholar-in-Residence, the Russel Sage Foundation, New York
Challenges of Cultural Policy in the New Member States of the European Union: Hungary in Comparison
March 2
Presented by Andras Bozoki, Minister of National Cultural Heritage, Hungary
Regional Economic Voting: Russia, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic, 1990-1999
October 25
15th floor IAB
Presented by Joshua Tucker, Princeton University
2004
Budapest, Invincible City in the Heart of Europe
January 26
A literary evening with The Hungarian Quarterly
A reading by Hungarian plawright, poet, and novelist Gábor Görgey
February 4
Peace after Ethnic Violence in Romania: The Rise and Fall of the 1990 Târgu Mures Riots
February 5
A lecture by Sherrill Stroschein
Why Hungary Did Not Resist the German Invasion of March 19, 1944: A roundtable discussion
March 22
2-5 p.m. 1512 IAB
Emperor Charles' Postwar Project for Central Europe
September 13
12 p.m., 1219IAB
Zoltan Becsi of the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva
Fifteen Long Years: 1989 and the Lessons of Democratization in East Central Europe
October 4, 12 p.m.
1219 IAB
Andras Bozoki of ELTE University in Budapest
Up from the Underground: Rock 'n' Roll in the Socialist Ghetto
October 13, 6 p.m.
1219 IAB
A lecture and reading by novelist Gergely Nagy and Hungarian-American sociologist Anna Szemere. For more information, call the Hungarian Cultural Center at 212-750-4450 or e-mail at hcc@hungariancc.org.
Teach Europe Seminar: An opportunity for specialists of the European Union and educators to meet and exchange experiences
October 15
15th floor IAB
A general website for teachers and their students will be featured, as will new pedagogical resources for direct classroom use. To register, go to www.teacheurope.org.
The Harriman Lecture: A Discussion with Nobel Laureate Imre Kertesz
October 21
For information and reservations, call Alla Rachkov at 212-854-6213 or e-mail her at ar2052@columbia.edu.
The Plight of the Roma
November 8, 8 a.m.
Low Library Rotunda
An international conference. Keynote address by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Constructing Nationalitites in East Central Europe, edited by Pieter M. Judson and Marsha L. Rozenblit
November 12, 5:30 p.m.
1219 IAB
An evening celebrating the publication of a festchrift in honor of Istvan Deak.
Unfinished Transitions
December 1, 5 p.m.
1501 IAB
Charles Gati, Johns Hopkins University
2003
Missionaries as Agents of Cultural Transformation in the Early Modern Period
February 3, 5 pm
History Dept., 513 Fayerweather Hall
Jadviga Parnaja (Jadviga's Pillow) - 2000
February 6, 7 pm
1219 IAB
Hungarian Film Showing
Anti-Semitism without Anti-Semites
February 10, 6 pm
1219 IAB
Gyorgy Csepeli (State Secretary, Ministry of Telecommunications and Informatics)
Csok, Anyu! (Love, Mother) - 1986
February
27, 7 pm
1219 IAB
Hungarian Film Showing
6:3, avagy játszd újra Tutti! (6:3) - 1998
March
26, 7 pm
1219 IAB
Hungarian Film Showing
Moszkva Ter (Moscow Square) - 2001
April
10, 7 pm
1219 IAB
Hungarian Film Showing
Hungarian Culture, Global Culture
April
24-27
4515 Willard Ave., Chevy Chase, MD 20815
28th Annual Conference of the American Hungarian Educators' Association. With the support of the East
Central European Center, the Hungarian Cultural Center, and the Consulate General of the Republic of Hungary. To attend, please
contact Eniko Molnar Basa (eniko.basa@verizon.net).
Csinibaba (Dollybirds) - 1997
May 1, 7 pm
1219 IAB
Hungarian Film Showing
Symposium on the 1956 Hungarian Revolution
October 22, 1-5 pm
1512 IAB
Panel Discussion on "The Controversial Legacy of the 1956 Revolution
in Hungary". Participants: Andras Marton, John MIcgiel, Peter
Pastor, Gobor Vermes. Moderated by Attila Pok.
A Presentation by Charles Gati: "1956: the Politics of History: What I Remember and What Hungary Remembers Now." With comments by Istvan Deak and Ivan Sanders.
Award-winning Hungarian novelist FERENC BARNÁS and his American translator PAUL OLCHVÁRY
October
28
Both will read from THE PARASITE, Mr.
Barnás's extraordinary first novel, an extract from which has just
been published in the literary journal turnrow. The author is resident
this year at the famed MacDowell Writing Colony.
Hungarian Film Club: Bolse Vita
November 6, 7-9 p.m.
1219 IAB
Written and directed by Ibolya Fekete
Hungarian Film Club: The Glass Tiger (Uvegtigris)
November
13, 7-9 p.m.
1219 IAB
TAKING SIDES Directed by István Szabó
November
18, 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm
1501 IAB
The film will be followed
by a panel discussion featuring: Carol Gruber (Professor Emerita
of History at William Paterson University of New Jersey), Ivan Sanders
(Columbia University), and Jeremy Eichler of the New York Times.
How Size Matters: The EU as a Geopolitical Animal
November
19, Noon-2 pm
1219 IAB
Jozsef Borocz (Rutgers University)
Hungarian Film Club: Teso (Brother)
November
20, 7-9 p.m.
1219 IAB
Hungarian Film Club: Hukkle
December
4, 7 p.m.
1219 IAB
2002
Lecture: Judith Frigyesi, Tel Aviv University: "Music and Central European Jewish Identity"
February 11
What's the Time Mr. Clock?
February
20
Hungarian Film. Peter Bacso, Director
National Sterotypes and Scapegoating
March
4
Lecture. Gyorgy Csepeli, Central European University
Blood Libels in Post World War II East Central Europe
March
7
Lecture. Janos Pelle, Central European University
Balint Fabian Encounters God
March
12
Hungarian Film. Director, Zoltan Fabry.
Scholarship and Political Change in Hungary
March
26
Lecture. Attila Pok, Hungarian Academy's Institute of History
The Fifth Seal
March
28
Hungarian Film. Director, Zoltan Fabry
Social Psychological Aspects of the Cold War
April
22
Lecture. Csaba Bekes, Budapest
Father
April 22
Hungarian Film. Director, Istvan Szabo
Oh, Bloody Life
May 7
Hungarian Film. Director, Peter Bacso.
Intellectual Life in East Central Europe After 1989
May 18
Symposium. David Goldfarb, Istvan Deak, Gyorgy Konrad, Ivan Sanders
Expanding NATO and the EU:A Hungarian Perspective
September
12, 11:45-12:45 pm
1501 International Affairs Building (IAB), 420 West 118th St. (corner of Amsterdam
Ave.).
László Kovács, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Hungary. R.S.V.P. by September 11 at 212-854-4008 or jsm6@columbia.edu.
Szindbád
October
6
Hungarian House, 213 E 82 Street [betw. 2 & 3 Aves], New York City
Tel: 212-750-4450. (www.hungarianhouse.org)
Hungarian Film Showing. Zoltán Huszárik, Director.
Tűzoltó utca 25 (25 Fireman Street)
October 8, 7 pm
1219 IAB
Hungarian Film Showing. István Szabó, Director.
Megáll az Ido
October 20
Hungarian House, 213 E 82 Street [betw. 2 & 3 Aves], New York City Tel: 212-750-4450. (www.hungarianhouse.org)
Hungarian Film Showing. Péter Gothár, Director.
Te rongyos élet" (Bloody Life)
October 29, 7 pm
1219 IAB
Hungarian Film Showing. Péter Bacsó, Dorector.
HUNGARIAN VIDEO FESTIVAL: Introduction to Recent Hungarian Movie Making
November
10-20
Hungarian House, 213 E 82 Str., New York City [betw. 2 & 3 Aves], New York City
Tel: 212-750-4450. (www.hungarianhouse.org)
Conference on "The European Union's Coming Enlargement: European and Global Implications."
November 12
International Affairs Building, 420 West 118th St. (corner of Amsterdam Ave.)
Please call 212-854-4008 for details.
Peter Barta (Department of Linguistic, Cultural and International Studies, University of Surrey, England) "Imre Kertesz and the Burden of (Literary) History" and Ivan Sanders (Slavic Department, CU) "The Hungarian and Worldwide Reaction to Imre Kertesz's Nobel."
November 18, 12-1:30pm
Room 1219 IAB
NATO: The Search for Euro-Atlantic Security in the Era of Global Terrorism
November
18, 12:10-1:30pm
Room 1510 IAB
Ambassador Istvan Gyarmati, (Senior Vice-President, EastWest Institute)
Tanú" (Witness)
November 19, 7 pm
1219 IAB
Hungarian Film Showing. Péter Bacsó, Director.
Erkölcsös éjszaka" (A Very Moral Night)
December
10, 7 pm
1219 IAB
Hungarian Film Showing. Károly Makk, Dorector.
2001
Hungarian Film Series (in Hungarian with subtitles) Every Sunday [Franciska Vasárnapjai, 1997]
January
18, 8 pm
608 Schermerhorn
Director: Sándor Simo.
Hungarian Film Series (in Hungarian with subtitles) Vera's Training [Angi Vera, 1979]
January
25, 8 pm
608 Schermerhorn
Director: Pál Gábor.
Hungarian Film Series (in Hungarian with subtitles) Oh, Bloody Life [Te rongyos elet, 1984]
February
1, 8 pm
608 Schermerhorn
Director: Peter Pasco.
East Central Europe at the Crossroads: Economic Transition and European Integration
February
5, 12:15-1:45 pm
Room 1219 IAB
Andras Inotai, (Director, Institute of World Economy, Hungarian
Academy of Sciences, Budapest). Professor Istvan Deak to chair.
The United Nations at the Threshold of a New Century
February
6, 12:15-1:45 pm
Room 1219 IAB
Andre Erdos (Ambassador, Permanent
Mission of Hungary to the U.N.). Professor Istvan Deak to chair.
Hungarian Film Series (in Hungarian with subtitles) Time Stands Still [Megáll az idó, 1982]
February
12, 8 pm
608 Schermerhorn. 8 pm
Director: Peter Gothar.
Hungarian Film Series (in Hungarian with subtitles) Adoption [Orókbefogadás, 1975]
February
19, 8 pm
608 Schermerhorn
Director: Márta Meszáros.
Hungarian Film Series (in Hungarian with subtitles) Sound Eroticism [Egeszses erotika, 1986]
February
26, 8 pm
608 Schermerhorn
Director: Peter Timar.
Hungarian National Symbols and Mythology Before and After the Fall of Communism
MARCH
March
1, 6-7:30 pm
1219 IAB
Andras Gero (Professor
of History, Central
European University, Budapest). Reception to Follow.
Hungarian Film Series (in Hungarian with subtitles) A Hungarian Fairy Tale [Egyszer volt, hol nem volt..., 1987]
March
5, 8 pm
608 Schermerhorn
Director: Gyula Gazdag.
Hungarian Film Series (in Hungarian with subtitles) Moral Stories About Sex [Tanmesek a szexról, 1989]
March
19, 8 pm
608 Schermerhorn
Director: Szilveszter Siklosi.
Hungarian Film Series (in Hungarian with subtitles) A Princess Day [Ajándek ez a nap, 1979]
March
26
608 Schermerhorn
Director: Peter Gothar.
Hungarian Film Series (in Hungarian with subtitles) Love, Mother [Csók, Anyu, 1987]
April
2, 8 pm
608 Schermerhorn
Director: János Rozsa.
Hungarian Film Series (in Hungarian with subtitles) Le Petit Voyage [A kis utazás, 1987]
April
9, 8 pm
608 Schermerhorn
Director: Mihaly Buzás.
Hungary and the European Union
April
16, 6-7:30 pm
Dag Hammarskjold Lounge, 6th Floor, International Affairs Building, 420 West 118th St.
Laszlo Molnar (Consul General of Hungary, New York). Reception to Follow.
Hungarian Film Series (in Hungarian with subtitles) Pretty Girls [Szepleányok, 1986]
April
16, 8 pm
608 Schermerhorn
Director: András Der.
Tutajosok [Memories of a River, 1989]
April
19, 6 pm
713 Hamilton
Director: Judit Elek. Screened in conjunction with Prof. Ivan Sanders'
course in Central European Jewish literature.
American Hungarian Educators' Association Conference at Georgetown University
April 19-21
Hungarian Attitudes Toward Capitalism
April
23, 6-7:30 pm
1512 IAB
Balint Magyar (Member
of Parliament, Budapest). Reception to Follow.
Hungarian Film Series (in Hungarian with subtitles) Sweet Emma, Dear Bobe [Edes Emma, Drága Bóbe, 1992]
April
23, 8 pm
608 Schermerhorn
Director: István Szábo.
Hungarian Film Series (in Hungarian with subtitles) The Round Up [Szegenylegenyek, 1996]
April
30
608 Schermerhorn
Director: Miklos Jancso.
Reflections on the World War II Massacre of Jews in Jedwabne, a Polish Village
May 2, 6 pm
1219 International Affairs
Building
Istvan Deak (Seth Low Professor Emeritus and Special Lecturer,
Columbia University). Reception to Follow.
Showing of Istvan Szabo's Mephisto [1981]
November 5
Panel discussion on "1956: History versus Memory" featuring Bradley Abrams, Istvan Deak, Tibor Frank (Columbia University), and Jan Kubik (Rutgers University)
November 19
The Hungarian 'Status Law'
December
4
Csaba Lőrincz (Hungarian Deputy State Secretary of Foreign Affairs)
2000
Film Showing: "Diary for My Loves
January
31
Directed by Marta Meszaros.
Slovakia and Hungary: A Common Future
February 10
Slavomir Michalek (Slovak Academy of Sciences)
Film Showing: "Love
February
16
Directed by Karoly Makk.
Hungary's Accession to the European Union
February 22
Gabor Hamza (Commission on European Affairs, Hungarian Parliament)
Film Showing: "Bloody Life
March 1
Directed by Bela Bacso.
Conflict Resolution: An East European Perspective
March
9
Peter Huncik (Sandor Marai Foundation, Bratislava)
Holocaust Themes in Modern Hungarian Poetry
March
23
Gyorgy Gomori (Cambridge University)
Dilemmas of East Central Europe: Nationalism, Dictatorship, and the Search for Identity
March
24-25
Symposium honoring Istvan Deak.
The Hungarians are Coming!" An evening of Bartok and Liszt, with Pianist Ophra Yerushalmi.
March 23
Genius in Exile: Professional Immigration from Interwar Hungary to the United States, 1919-1945
April 4
Tibor Frank (Eotvos Lorand University)
The Great Purge: The Prosecution of Traitors and War Criminals in Europe after World War II
April
5
Istvan Deak (Columbia University)
Catholics and Protestants in Early Modern Central Europe
April
6
Istvan Gyorgy Toth (Central European University)
The Influence of 'Western Approaches' on the Democratization in Hungary
April 19
Katrin Sell (Humboldt University)
The Eastern Enlargement of the European Union:A Hungarian Historian's Hopes and Fears
September
21, 12:00-2:00 pm
1219 IAB
Attila Pok (Deputy Director, Institute of History, Hungarian
Academy of Sciences)
The Essence of Sunshine" A One Day Symposium
September 23
Opening with a Showing of the film "SUNSHINE", directed by István Szabó (Academy Award Winning Director of "Mephisto")
1 p.m.
Lerner Hall, Roone Arledge Cinema
Columbia University
Broadway and 115th Street
Followed by a Panel Discussion with
Professor István Deák, Chair,
István Szabó, Director,
Robert Lantos, Producer,
John Simon, Film Critic,
Professor Marion Kaplan,
Professor Ivan Sanders
4:30 p.m.
Roone Arledge Cinema
Reception
6 p.m.
Co-sponsored by
The Institute for the Study of Europe,
The Film Division of the School of the Arts,
The Harriman Institute, and Paramount Classics
Hungarian Cultural Heritage in an East Central European Context
September
26, 12:00-2:00 pm
1219 IAB
Tibor Frank (Professor of History and Director, School of English
and American Studies, Eotvos
Lorand University)
East Central European Societies and European Integration
October 23, 12:00-2:00 pm
1219 IAB
Elemer Hankiss (Professor of Sociology, Eotvos
Lorand Unniversity)
George Gomori (Cambridge University) will read from his work, My Manifold City
November 29, 6:00-8:00 pm
1219 IAB