| Thursday 28 April, MacGregor room, Oriel College, 8 p.m
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Tibor Frank:The Political Marketing of Hungary in Britain
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A professor of History at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Tibor will speak of the efforts to put Hungary on the political and cultural map for Britain, from Lajos Kossuth through Count István Bethlen to the old and New and recent Hungarian Quarterly.
Friend of Foe?,
Hungarian Quarterly/,
www.franktibor.hu
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| Tuesday 3 May, 8 p.m., in Christ Church GCR, 'Les Jones Dining Room' (N.B. venue!)
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Film: Hukkle
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| A new and very successful Hungarian film noir (with no dialogue)
Our hostess is Veronika Korom (also making muffins for us for refreshment!)
Hukkle web site
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| Wednesday 11 May, MacGregor room, Oriel College, 8 p.m
George Gömöri: How to Split A Personality Creatively
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| George, Emeritus Fellow of Darwin College and retired Lecturer at the University of Cambridge, talks about his life and work (and reads some of his poetry)
Edmund Wilson: The Hungarian Connection
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| Wednesday 25 May, MacGregor room, Oriel College, 8 p.m.
Peter Sherwood: Márai in English: Translations and Perceptions
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| Peter is Hon. Senior Lecturer in Hungarian Language and Literature at SSEES,
University College London
Peter Sherwood @ SSEES
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| Thursday 2 June, MacGregor room, Oriel College, 8 p.m.
Éva Figder: British-Hungarian Secret Talks duringWorld War II
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| Éva, a former Soros scholar at Oxford, is now a historian and archivist in London
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| Tuesday 7 June, MacGregor room, Oriel College, 8 p.m.
András Kappanyos: Trends and Tendencies in Contemporary Hungarian Literature
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| András, a former Oxford Soros scholar, is now senior researcher at the Hungarian Academy's Institute of Literary Studies |
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| Saturday 11 June
Outing
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| A day's excursion in shared cars, details to be announced
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For more information contact Kati Evans at
hungsoc@hungsoc.com, tel: Oxford 736973.
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