Roundtable Discussion on the Political Role of Central Europe

Date: 12 February 2020 4 p.m.

Venue: Budapest H-1051 Széchenyi tér 9. HAS Main Building 1st floor – Lecture Hall

Organizers: Institute of Advanced Studies Kőszeg (iASK) and the Hungarian Council of the European Movement

One of the major research projects of The Institute of Advanced Study Kőszeg (IASK) focuses on the problems of Central Europe: Central Europe as an analytical concept and as a political reality. The Institute has recently published the Hungarian version of a book, re-written after 30 years of the original work on the region by the distinguished Austrian scholars and politicians, Emil Brix and Erhard Busek. Soon forthcoming is a work by three Hungarian social scientists: Iván Bába, Iván Gyurcsik, and Csaba Kiss Gy. entitled: Central Europe Seen with Visegrád Eyes. These two publications will be discussed at a round table co-organized by iASK and the Hungarian Council of the European Movement and will be moderated by the director of iASK) Ferenc Miszlivetz. Participants, in addition to the authors, include Catherine Horel (Sorbonne) and Pál Hatos National University of Public Service in Budapest).

Short remarks by Iván Bába (former State Secretary, professor, National University of Public Service Budapest) in Hungarian.

Date: 12 February 2020 4 p.m.

Venue: Budapest H-1051 Széchenyi tér 9. HAS Main Building 1st floor – Lecture Hall

Organizers: Institute of Advanced Studies Kőszeg (iASK) and the Hungarian Council of the European Movement

The event will be conducted in English and Hungarian with simultaneous translation and will be streamed on the Facebook page of iASK (https://www.facebook.com/iask.hungary).