Hungarian Studies in London
On Thursday 28 May, London-based journalist Vali Tóth will give a talk at UCL-SSEES entitled ‘One click away from the truth?’, on how the internet has transformed Hungarian media, and in particular, news language. Modern technology has changed both form and content of the news, and Vali will discuss these changes and characteristics of language used [...]
Csaba Bollók’s 2007 film ‘Iska utazása’ (Iska’s Journey) is being screened at 7 pm on Saturday 25 April at Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, as part of the East End Film Festival. The double bill screening also includes a Q&A with the director, and Valeriya Gai Germanika’s 2008 film ‘Everybody Dies But Me’. ’Iska utazása’ is a documentary-like [...]
On Thursday 26 March we will have the pleasure of Len Rix’s company once again, for a special seminar on translation in which we will discuss Len’s translations of Magda Szabó’s Az ajtó and Antal Szerb’s Utas és holdvilág. The seminar will take place in room 519 from 5.30 pm at UCL-SSEES. Those interested in [...]
This SocialEast symposium considers the involvement of art during the Cold War with espionage, both on the level of international exchange and in specific national contexts. It deals with attempts within the Eastern Bloc to monitor artists through surveillance and networks of informers, the role of art espionage as an instrument of Sovietisation, and the methods used to control the [...]
On 11 December 2008, the Friday Circle convened a roundtable discussion and exhibition celebrating the centenary of literary journal Nyugat (West, 1908-41). Anniversary events in Hungary included a year-long exhibition at the Petőfi Literary Museum, numerous talks, lectures and public events, a Nyugat 100 bus that toured the country for six months with a mobile [...]
A small exhibition will accompany the roundtable discussion, ‘Hungary’s ‘West’?: Literature and Culture at the Centenary of Nyugat‘, and will be on display on Thursday 11 December until 5 pm, on the second floor of the SSEES library, 16 Taviton Street, London, WC1H 0BW.
Inspired by the SSEES Library’s rich Nyugat collection, the exhibition presents a [...]
We are delighted to announce the roundtable discussion, ‘Hungary’s ‘West’?: Literature and Culture at the Centenary of Nyugat‘, to be held on Thursday 11 December, 3.00-6.00 pm, in the Old Refectory, Wilkins Building, University College London.
On the occasion of the centenary of the literary periodical Nyugat (’West’, 1908-41), scholars, translators and journalists will discuss Hungarian [...]
The Hungarian Cultural Centre’s first film festival, ‘Check the Gate: Our 21st Century’ begins today, at the Curzon Mayfair. Coinciding with the centenary of the birth of Hungarian cinema, the festival celebrates the best of contemporary Hungarian cinema, and showcases features by Kornél Mundruczó, Bendek Fliegauf, György Pálfi, Csaba Bollók, Ferenc Török, Diana Groó, and [...]
Pushkin House, London’s oldest Russian cultural society, has a couple of forthcoming events with a Friday Circular theme:
Sun 21 October 2007 – 11.30am
Siberian poetry in London (In Russian)
Tickets: £4
Thu 1 November 2007 – 7.00pm
The Life and Art of Tivadar Csontvary Kosztka
Professor George Noszlopy on The Life and Art of Tivadár Csontváry Kosztka. (In English)
Tickets: £5
For [...]
As you may know, this year’s London Film Festival starts today. Here are some films showing that are either Hungarian, or have some link to Hungary:
Ópium, egy elmebeteg nő naplója (Opium - Diary of a Madwoman) - by János Szász, based on work by writer and psychiatrist Géza Csáth, won four awards at this year’s [...]