UCL SSEES: Hungarian Studies in the United Kingdom: Past, Present and Future

The purpose of the conference will be to examine the evolution of Hungarian studies in the UK context and explore the ways in which the study here of Hungarian history on the one hand and Hungarian language and culture on the other can best continue to offer the most professional English-speaking window on some 13 million people in this linguistically isolated but historically and culturally important part of Europe as they strive to consolidate the momentous changes their societies have undergone in the last decade and a half.

UCL SSEES owes its leading position in this field in the UK to its long-standing and nowadays unique experience in the provision at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels of Hungarian language teaching and of a wide range of specialist courses and resources in Central European literature, history, economics, and cultural studies (including film).

Invited speakers include: Dr Robin Baker CMG, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Chichester; R.J.W. Evans, Regius Professor of History, University of Oxford; Martyn Rady, Professor of Central European History, University of London; Dr Ádám Nádasdy and Dr Anna Gács, both of ELTE, Budapest; and Dr Daniel Abondolo, UCL SSEES. A detailed schedule for the day may be obtained here.

It is hoped that an informal atmosphere will prevail, allowing everyone attending to participate in discussion after the presentations and at the evening Reception, kindly hosted by Her Excellency Dr Borbála Czakó, the Hungarian Ambassador, at the Hungarian Embassy.

Attendance is free, but prior registration is essential. Please register by e-mail with Eszter Tarsoly (tarsolyeszter@yahoo.co.uk) no later than Thursday 20 September 2007. Those who have not registered may be admitted but only at the discretion of the organizers and on payment of a fee.

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