Erzsébet Jerem : Archaeological Parks in Hungary: An Overview and Future Projects

Erzsébet is Senior Research Fellow, Archaeological Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary and a Former Rhys Visiting Senior Research Fellow at Jesus College, Oxford.

Paul Shore : Demons, Debates and Diplomacy: Tracking Jesuits in 17th century Transylvania and Transcarpathia

Paul teaches at St Louis University and has done much research in the Czech Republic and Hungary, especially on the history of the Catholic church.

Ilona Kovács : A Typical Hungarian Fate? Zoltán Pongrácz, the Doyen of Electro-acoustic Music in Hungary

Ilona, a Hungarian musicologist, introduces the work of Pongrácz, who has just celebrated his 95th birthday

Imre Bangha : Prophet, Charlatan or Communist? – Representations of Rabindranath Tagore in Hungarian Literary Culture

Imre is university lecturer in Hindi and has spoken to the Society on previous occasions.

Film : Gloomy Sunday

A showing of a Hungarian/German film (with English subtitles) Please note venue: on the ‘Island Site’, through the tunnel under the street

Teréz and Boglárka Gali : An evening of Hungarian and Transylvanian folk music and verse

Teréz lives in Nagyszalonta, where she has brought out prize-winning CDs. She sings folk-songs and accompanies herself on the guitar. Her daughter Boglárka will recite poetry. Please note venue: on the ‘Island Site’, through the tunnel under the street