The Friday Circle » Uncategorized http://www.fridaycircle.com Hungarian Studies in London Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:33:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Times obituary http://www.fridaycircle.com/2008/08/08/times-obituary/ http://www.fridaycircle.com/2008/08/08/times-obituary/#comments Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:39:41 +0000 Friday Circle http://fridaycircle.wordpress.com/?p=163 László Péter’s obituary has been published in The Times, Monday 4 August.

]]> http://www.fridaycircle.com/2008/08/08/times-obituary/feed/ 0 Emeritus Professor László Péter, 1929-2008 http://www.fridaycircle.com/2008/06/12/emeritus-professor-laszlo-peter-1929-2008/ http://www.fridaycircle.com/2008/06/12/emeritus-professor-laszlo-peter-1929-2008/#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:24:02 +0000 Friday Circle http://fridaycircle.wordpress.com/?p=114 Another piece of sad news to convey: Emeritus Professor of Hungarian History László Péter passed away last week in London. László will be missed greatly by all those who studied under and worked with him. A short obituary has been posted on the SSEES website.

]]> http://www.fridaycircle.com/2008/06/12/emeritus-professor-laszlo-peter-1929-2008/feed/ 0 Ferenc Fejtő, 1909-2008 http://www.fridaycircle.com/2008/06/02/ferenc-fejto-1909-2008/ http://www.fridaycircle.com/2008/06/02/ferenc-fejto-1909-2008/#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:40:37 +0000 Friday Circle http://fridaycircle.wordpress.com/?p=110 A piece of sad news: historian, critic and translator Ferenc Fejtő died today in Paris, aged 98 (Népszabadság/MTI article here). From his autobiography, Budapesttől Párizsig (1986):

Kénytelen voltam hazát cserélni, meg nyelvet is – ha kultúrát nem is teljesen -, és háromszor újrakezdeni az életet, mindig más és más körülmények között.

Egy időben arra gondoltam, hogy emlékirataimnak azt a címet adom: “Elpusztíthatatlan reménység”. Mert azt gondoltam, hogy a remény erősebb nálam. Inkább hitetlen ember vagyok, de … hiszek Istenben. Azt hiszem, meglehetősen tisztán látok, de mégsem adom fel az emberbe vetett reményt …

]]> http://www.fridaycircle.com/2008/06/02/ferenc-fejto-1909-2008/feed/ 0 No seminar tomorrow, Friday 23 February http://www.fridaycircle.com/2007/02/22/no-seminar-tomorrow-friday-23-february/ http://www.fridaycircle.com/2007/02/22/no-seminar-tomorrow-friday-23-february/#comments Thu, 22 Feb 2007 20:17:31 +0000 Friday Circle http://fridaycircle.wordpress.com/2007/02/22/no-seminar-tomorrow-friday-23-february/ There will not be a seminar tomorrow, Friday 23 February. See you next week instead.

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