"THE TRAVELING SCHOLARS EAST COAST TOUR"

LECTURES ON THE 1956 HUNGARIAN REVOLUTION

The Traveling Scholars are three leading Hungarian historians - two from Hungary, one from George Washington University - who will visit the major universities on the East Coast to give lectures on the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.

Included will be visual presentations of the Revolution including photographs, video, film, and sound.

Participants:

Charles GATI
Professor, European Studies, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University.

Csaba BÉKÉS
Founding Director, Cold War History Research Center, Budapest (www.coldwar.hu), Senior Research Fellow, 1956 Institute, Budapest (www.rev.hu). Visiting Fulbright Professor, New York University, 2006-2007.

Attila SZAKOLCZAI, Senior Research Fellow, 1956 Institute, Budapest (www.rev.hu).

Program:

Monday, October 2, 7:00 - 10:00 PM
The Transregional Center for Democratic Studies, New School for Social Research, Swayduck Auditorium, Ground Floor Lobby, 65th Fifth Avenue between 13th & 14st Street, NYC

Tuesday, October 3, 12:00 - 1:20 PM
Princeton University, Rm. 219 Aaron Burr Hall, Princeton, NJ

Wednesday, October 4, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
George Washington University, Lidner Family Commons, 6th Floor of the Elliot School of International Affairs, Washington DC

Thursday, October 5, 5:30 - 8:00 PM
Cuny Graduate Center, European Union Studies Center, Rooms: C202/C203
365 5th Ave. between 34th & 35th Streets, NYC

Friday, October 6, 7:00 PM
Hungarian Cultural Center, 447 Broadway 5th Floor, NYC

FILM PREMIERE
Screening of a new documentary:
A Hot Autumn in the Cold War by Judit Kóthy and Judit Topit
In Hungarian with English subtitles
Q&A with the Traveling Scholars after the screening

October 9, 2006, 3:00 - 5:00 PM
New York University, King Juan Carlos Center, 53 Washington Square South. First Floor Screening Room, NYC

October 10, 12:00 - 3:15 PM
Harvard, Center for Government and International Studies in Room S354 at 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Info: www.culturehungary.org

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