This presentation will examine the judicial and legal framework that, starting in 2010, has reshaped Hungary’s news media in dramatic ways and has resulted in an unprecedented polarization in civil society. Dr. Lilla Tőke will in particularly focus on the number of nonprofessional … Read more
The twofold increase of asylum applications in the EU in 2015 led many to talk about a ‘migration crisis’ or ‘refugee crisis.’ However, such framing obscures the fact that Europe has received only a fraction of people fleeing the wars in … Read more
Starting out from the classic understanding of the tragic in ancient Greece, this talk will examine Milan Kundera's essay "The Tragedy of Central Europe" published in 1984 alongside an episode in the political career of Hungarian political theorist István Bibó. … Read more
Based on her earlier research on the development of women’s history writing in post-communist Central Europe, Dr. Andrea Pető will discuss the emergence of new topics in the field alongside theoretical and political trends that threaten to limit the critical influence … Read more
Please join us for a roundtable on the work of recent Nobel Literature Prize Winner Svetlana Alexievich. This event is free and open to the public. You are cordially invited to a roundtable honoring the achievement of Svetlana Alexievich, Winner of the … Read more
