Ob-Ugric classes have continued, and the long-overdue write-ups will be published here as soon as possible. We completed the Mansi (Vogul) section of the course in early summer, and have since looked at two Khanty (Ostyak) dialects.

Today’s update is an account the talk given by Dr Gwen Jones in March on representations of Budapest in Hungarian literature. A report on the international conference held at UCL-SSEES on Friday 21 September, celebrating the 70^th anniversary of Hungarian Studies at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, ‘Hungarian Studies in The United Kingdom: Past, Present and Future‘, will go up early this week.

Normal service is being resumed! Thank you for your patience.

The banner, the image you see at the top of the page, is a detail from the 1912 embroidery by Anna Lesznai (1885-1966) entitled ‘Ady párna’ (Ady-pillow). Lesznai was active on the fringes of the first avant-garde artists’ group, Nyolcak (the ‘Eights’), in the 1910s, and later a Sunday Circle member. Her artworks can be viewed here, and her poems, originally published in Nyugat, are archived here.

New categories include Arts, Events and Current Affairs.

Coming soon is a new Content page, where you will find posts archived by subject. It is where we will place the full Ob-Ugric posts in reverse chronological order; and in the near future, there will be sections for reviews, original content, and discussions of questions pertinent to Hungarian public life and Hungarian studies. Posts will of course continue appear on this front page, too; the purpose of the Content page will be to organise current and forthcoming themes and activities.

NEW - Hungarian author pages have been added on the Links page. Please send any suggestions to hungarian DOT studies AT googlemail DOT com.

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… and reports on the Ob-Ugric classes to follow shortly.