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Oxford Hungarian Society - Michaelmas term 2005
| Wednesday 12 October, MacGregor room, Oriel College, 8 p.m
Nicholas Parsons:How to Use this Book: Budapest Guidebooks of Three Centuries |
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Nicholas Parsons writes on cultural and historical topics and has himself
compiled numerous guidebooks, including the Blue Guide to Austria.
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| Thursday 27 October, MacGregor room, Oriel College, 8 p.m
László Péter: The Irrepressible Authority of Werboczy’s Tripartitum:
The Long and Distinctive Tradition of the Hungarian Common Law |
László Péter is professor emeritus of Hungarian History
and honorary fellow of University College London.
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| Wednesday 16 November, MacGregor room, Oriel College, 8 p.m
Bernard Adams: ‘Aki magyar volt, nagy magyar’:
The Extraordinary Life and Times of Miklós Bethlen
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| Bernard Adams recently translated and published the autobiography of Bethlen (1642-1716)
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| Thursday 24 November, MacGregor room, Oriel College, 8 p.m.
Judit Brody: ‘Closely observed infants’:
The legacy of pioneer paediatric psychoanalyst René Árpád Spitz (1887-1974)
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| Judit Brody is a retired librarian and a historian of science |
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| Saturday 3 December
Mikulás party
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| We are hoping to have our usual Mikulás party – details later
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