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Oxford Hungarian Society - Hilary Term 2009
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Friday 30 January, MacGregor Room, Oriel College, 8 p.m.
Len Rix: ‘Serious History or Mere Entertainment?’:
The Queen's Necklace (‘A Királyné Nyaklánca’) by Antal Szerb
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The translator of Antal Szerb's three novels and his Martian's Guide to Budapest
considers whether this time Szerb's puckish humour has gone too far.
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Thursday 12 Februaryr, MacGregor Room, Oriel College, 8 p.m.
Mark Cornwall: ‘Hungary in the Habsburg Monarchy's Last War, 1914-18’
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Mark is Professor of Modern European History at Southampton University and
a noted expert on East-Central Europe who has written extensively on the last years of Austria-Hungary.
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Friday 20 February, Lecture Theatre, Harris Building, Oriel College, 8 p.m.
[please note venue: on the `Island Site', through the tunnel under the street]
Film: ‘Sose Halunk Meg’
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A 1993 Hungarian film omedy directed by Róbert Koltai, a nostalgic tribute to a bygone age,
which has achieved cult status, with English subtitles.
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Thursday 26 February, MacGregor Room, Oriel College, 8 p.m.
George Gömöri: ‘Polishing October’
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Poet, translator and academic, George will introduce his new poetry selection
(published by Shoestring Press, Nottingham), and, with his co-translator,
the Cambridge-based poet Clive Wilmer, will talk about their new translations
of modern Hungarian poetry.
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Thursday 5 March, MacGregor Room, Oriel College, 8 p.m.
Charlotte Franklin : Cuisine in the England and Hungary of the 1930s
Memories and Reflections
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An evening about traditions of Hungarian food with some tasting.
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For more information contact Kati Evans at hungsoc@hungsoc.com, tel: Oxford 736973.
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Oxford Hungarian Society - www.hungsoc.com
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