Oxford Hungarian Society - Hilary term 2002

Thursday 17 January, MacGregor room, Oriel College, 8 p.m.

BUEK & Boldog Szülinapot

A social get-together to start the term and also to celebrate the 15th birthday of the Society (drinks and nibbles).

Wednesday 23 January, MacGregor room, Oriel College, 8 p.m.

Albania 1994 - A Social Perspective

Peter Solyom, a DPhil student in Geography at Oxford, gives an illustrated account of a journey to Albania, providing insight into the past and present of a unique country.

Friday 1 February, Kellog College, 8 p.m.

Szinbád

Showing of this film, from the novel by Gyula Krúdy, a Hungarian classic, directed by Zoltan Huszarik and featuring Zoltan Latinovits with English subtitles.

Friday 15 February, MacGregor Room, Oriel College, 8 p.m.

Closing a Sale and Cheating your Relatives

Dr Martyn Rady, lecturer in history as SSEES and leading British historian of Hungary, reflects on some aspects of medieval Hungarian land law.

Thursday 21 February, MacGregor room, Oriel College, 8 p.m.

The World Visits Hungary

Professor Gyorgy Bisztray, chair of the Hungarian Department at the University of Toronto, talks about four centuries of travel reportswriter and historian, shows how much modern Irish nationalism owed to the Hungarian model

Thursday 28 February, College, MacGregor room, Oriel College, 8 p.m.

Hungary in the 1970s

Christopher Long, formerly British Ambassador to Hungary, reminisces on life in a 'Soviet satellite'.



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