Term Card - Hilary 2017
Friday 20 January, 8pm, Harris Seminar Room, Oriel CollegeMar-a-Lago: The Florida Residence of President Trump in US HistoryTibor Frank (Professor of History, School of English and American Studies, Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest)On the day of the inauguration of Donald Trump as president, we welcome eminent Hungarian historian Tibor Frank, who has taught at many universities in the US. Prof. Frank will talk about the history of Mar-a-Lago, the Florida mansion that played such an important role in Russian-American relations, and which is now owned by Mr. Trump. |
Friday 27 January, 8pm, Harris Seminar Room, Oriel CollegeLook back in PleasureJoin us for a celebration of 30 years of the Oxford Hungarian Society. Memorabilia from the Society’s earlier days will be on display, and there will be drinks and nibbles. |
Friday 3 February, 8pm, Harris Seminar Room, Oriel CollegeBrain Rhythms and the Memory SystemLinda Katona, DPhil (Postdoctoral Neuroscientist, Nicholas Kürti Junior Research Fellow at Brasenose College, University of Oxford)Long-time member of Péter Somogyi’s group at Oxford, Linda will focus on theta oscillations in the rodent brain with the purpose of characterising the formation of episodic representations during normal and abnormal brain function. |
Friday 10 February, 8pm, Harris Seminar Room, Oriel CollegeLiterary Evening: Discussing ‘Journey by Moonlight’ (Utas és holdvilág) by Antal SzerbWe invite you to a discussion of ‘Journey by Moonlight’, Antal Szerb’s second and best-known novel, available in English in a much-lauded translation by Len Rix. The story focuses on the development of Mihály, from the first days of his honeymoon in Italy to a point of no return, where he cannot find a purpose for his life any more.We recommend reading the book before the discussion, but everyone interested in this novel is welcome to the event. |
Friday 17 February, 8pm, Buttery, Wolfson CollegeAn engineer dabbles in alternative history: ‘The Rhineland War, 1936’ and ‘The Passenger Plane Shot down by the Russians’László Solymár FRS (Emeritus Professor at Hertford College, University of Oxford)Although his research interests include antennae, microwaves and superconductors, László Solymár has also written a number of history books, two of which he will present during his talk. |
Friday 24 February, 8pm, Buttery, Wolfson CollegeDoes corruption matter in elections?Miklós Hajnal (Merton College, University of Oxford)Last year’s president of the Oxford Hungarian Society discusses his thesis: can we distinguish between corruption at the local and the national level? What makes voters sceptical about anti-corruption campaigns? |
Friday 3 March, 8pm, Buttery, Wolfson CollegeCurating National Art Histories in the Museums of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy: Budapest, Vienna and CracowNóra Veszprémi (Research fellow, University of Birmingham)Nóra Veszprémi is a former curator at the Hungarian National Gallery and her talk will examine and compare how art museums in three different cities of the Monarchy conceptualised the histories of Hungarian, Austrian, and Polish art, respectively. |
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