Past Abstracts
1,037 abstracts found
History and Memory; the Statues of Washington, Kossuth, and Bandholtz and What They Teach Us
History/Political SciencePublic statues as physical representations of our collective memory convey complex messages about a community’s conceptualization and construction of its past and present—reflecting a certain set of values, ideas, and ideals, as well as their broader political, social, and cultural implications. The presentation proposes to discuss the histories of three respective ‘memory sites’ including George Washington’s statue in the City Park, Budapest supported by the American-Hungarian community in 1906, the monument dedicated to the Hungarian freedom fighter, Lajos Kossuth in 1928 in New York, and the statue honoring US representative of the Inter-Allied Military Mission in Hungary, General Harry Hill Bandholtz in Budapest to analyze what they may teach us about the history of Hungary during the period between the world wars, as well as about important aspects, concerns, and issues of American-Hungarian relations of this era with special focus on the revision of Hungary’s post-World War I borders.
History of Pécs in the Era of Dualism, Volume VI of the History of Pécs
History/Political ScienceLast year a team of scholars from Pécs published the sixth volume in their series on the history of city. This one covers the Dualist Period. I wrote a review of it that I hope will appear in HCS but there is a lot more interesting material than what I was able to point out in the short review. My presentation might be of interest to people in the conference since events in local history are not that well known, though they illustrate national trends, sometimes with an interesting twist. The book is quite rich in such material, with great illustrations that would be good to view. I would mention how this work fits in with the planned eight volume set that was initiated soon after the change of regime. I would also point out the limitations of the book and discuss what they reflect about the politics of memory in Hungary.
History’s First Edition: Public Relations and the Newspaper Record of the Hungarian Refugee Crisis in 1956-57
History/Political ScienceThis is an excursion into a news environment different than our own. Governments and aid agencies knew well that the initial willingness of countries and voters to support the reception of Hungarian refugees was fragile and likely to decline with the passage of time. Therefore they took public relations seriously, issuing frequent press releases in an effort to inform and influence the news media. Many of the newspapers recounting the crisis are now available online, either freely or in licensed databases, but others can only be found in scarce library holdings as microfilm or yellowing print collections, while still others have not survived at all. Organizations assembled files of newspaper clippings that enabled their offices to keep track of press coverage and follow trends in public opinion. These clippings files and the articles preserved in personal papers reveal their collectors’ concern about the news and include newspapers now no longer available anywhere else. My paper will trace the media efforts of selected organizations in Europe and the US on the basis of their surviving records as well as the availability for study of the most important newspapers. Finally, I will examine the public relations of the Kilmer Reception Center in New Jersey and the significance of the guest book recently acquired by the American Hungarian Foundation that contains the names of government officials, representatives of aid agencies and churches, and correspondents who visited the Center and shared their impressions with colleagues and the public during the camp’s months of operation.
Hogyan beszélnek magyarul a horvátországi magyarok? Utolsó (?) pillanatkép.
Language/LiteratureAz előadás ízelítőt ad a 2013‒14-ben végzett kutatásainkból (lásd Kontra, szerk, A magyar nyelv Horvátországban, 2016, https://www.gondolatkiado.hu/a-magyar-nyelv-horvatorszagban). Egyrészt szó lesz a magyarul is beszélők demográfiai, politikai, oktatási stb. helyzetéről, másrészt nyelvi-nyelvhasználati különbségekről és azonosságokról a magyarországi, a vajdasági és a muravidéki magyar vonatkozásában. Hogy utolsó pillanatképről van-e szó, vagy netán utolsóelőttiről, az az előadás végén fog kiderülni.
Hollywood on the Danube: Hungarian Filmmakers in a Transnational Context
Cultural Studies/ArtsExile, emigration and displacement have marked the trajectories of Hungarian filmmakers over the past century. Michael Curtiz, the Korda brothers, André de Toth, Emeric Pressburger, Vilmos Zsigmond, Miklos Rozsa, Peter Lorre, Géza von Radvány and other talented artists have crossed geographical, cultural and linguistic borders, creating such classics as Casablanca, Somewhere in Europe, The Red Shoes and The Lost One. Yet the legendary sign: "It is not enough to be Hungarian, you have to have talent, too!" evokes the ambivalence that accompanied their presence in Hollywood and elsewhere. Illustrated by film extracts, rare footage, personal interviews, and archive photographs, my presentation explores the transnational odysseys of these Hungarian directors, producers, cinematographers, composers, actors and screenwriters whose artistic expertise and European sensibility became an indispensable part of international cinema, suggesting that the challenges of emigration may also offer unexpected opportunities.
Home Across the Border: Subcarpathian Hungarian Immigration to Northeastern Hungary
History/Political ScienceHungarians form a significant minority in the Subcarpathia region of far western Ukraine. Before the 1920 Treaty of Trianon, the area belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary and was home to – among others – Ukrainians, Ruthenians, Jews, Roma, and Hungarians. In recent decades, many Subcarpathian Hungarians have immigrated to Hungary, largely due to economic factors and conflict in Ukraine. This presentation explores the phenomenon of Subcarpathian Hungarian immigration to Kisvárda, Hungary – a small city near the border of Ukraine – and its surrounding villages from the fall of the Soviet Union to the present. It examines the immigrants’ motivations for leaving Subcarpathia and for choosing the Kisvárda region, the nature of their transition to life in Hungary, and their feelings about their own identity. It touches on the economic, cultural, and political factors impacting these immigrants, including the effects of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Hungarian government’s 2011 offer of citizenship to all ethnic Hungarians. Though a small phenomenon, it sheds light on much larger topics at play in Central and Eastern Europe: the situation of the Hungarian minority communities outside of Hungary in the Carpathian Basin, emigration from a country experiencing one of the highest rates of population decline in Europe, and the impact of the war between Ukraine and Russia.
How ‘Hungarian’ was Joseph Joachim?
Music/FolkloreJoseph Joachim, arguably the 19th century’s greatest violinist, lies buried in the cemetery of Berlin’s Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche. In his maturity, Joachim was the founding director of Berlin’s Hochschule für Musik, a senator of the Königliche Akademie der Künste, and a leading gatekeeper of the Prussian musical establishment. His elaborate Evangelical Christian funeral was treated as an affair of state. Joachim’s profound musicianship was widely regarded as a German trait, and he was eulogized at his death as a ‘German artist’ for his immersion in the ‘inner world.’
Nevertheless, Joachim began his life as a Hungarian Jew: he was born into a family of Jewish wool merchants in Köpcsény in Western Hungary, the present-day Austrian town Kittsee. He lived in Pest from the age of two to the age of seven, when the great flood of 1838 destroyed his family home and his father’s business. The following year he was sent to his relatives in Vienna, and eventually to Leipzig to be trained as a virtuoso. He never returned to Hungary to live.
Born in 1831, Joachim grew up in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, when Latin was still the official language of Hungary. He spoke German, and, like Liszt, he never knew more than a few phrases of Magyar. Nevertheless, Joachim turned to his Hungarian background for expressions of deep feeling and authenticity, and he composed several pieces in the Hungarian manner. He acknowledged his complex cultural heritage, once notably saying “as a violinist, I am German; as a composer, I am Hungarian.” In his lifetime, and for years thereafter, Joachim’s Hungarian violin concerto was deemed his greatest work, and considered an enduring masterpiece of the violinist's repertoire.
In this talk, I will examine Joachim’s Hungarian youth, his connection to the land of his birth, and offer thoughts on the question “How ‘Hungarian’ was Joseph Joachim?”
Nevertheless, Joachim began his life as a Hungarian Jew: he was born into a family of Jewish wool merchants in Köpcsény in Western Hungary, the present-day Austrian town Kittsee. He lived in Pest from the age of two to the age of seven, when the great flood of 1838 destroyed his family home and his father’s business. The following year he was sent to his relatives in Vienna, and eventually to Leipzig to be trained as a virtuoso. He never returned to Hungary to live.
Born in 1831, Joachim grew up in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, when Latin was still the official language of Hungary. He spoke German, and, like Liszt, he never knew more than a few phrases of Magyar. Nevertheless, Joachim turned to his Hungarian background for expressions of deep feeling and authenticity, and he composed several pieces in the Hungarian manner. He acknowledged his complex cultural heritage, once notably saying “as a violinist, I am German; as a composer, I am Hungarian.” In his lifetime, and for years thereafter, Joachim’s Hungarian violin concerto was deemed his greatest work, and considered an enduring masterpiece of the violinist's repertoire.
In this talk, I will examine Joachim’s Hungarian youth, his connection to the land of his birth, and offer thoughts on the question “How ‘Hungarian’ was Joseph Joachim?”
How Does Covid Shape Our Language
Language/LiteratureIn the context of the pandemic, there is a completely new vocabulary that emerged with great speed: new words and phrases appear and disappear with the changing reality of the virus. As a consequence, we are living witnesses to how the language works, how it reacts to everyday reality. The presentation is based on a project conducted with the participation of researchers from Babes-Bolyai University and Sapientia University which aims to analyse the language use of Hungarian online media in Transylvania. 9 online platforms were analysed in the period of 22-29 March, 2021: Bukaresti Rádió, Erdély Online, Főtér.ro, Kolozsvári Rádió, Krónika Online, Marosvásárhelyi Rádió, Maszol, Székelyhon and Transindex, and the database exceeds 400.000 words.
The presentation is a case-study in order to form an accurate image of the pandemic-related vocabulary, and it focuses on the online articles which appeared on the platform of Bukaresti Rádió. In the period of the research, a total of 454 coronavirus-related lexemes appeared on the online platform, and based on this database one can draw conclusions on the mechanisms of language, namely what are the ways to enrich vocabulary (eg. loan-words, compound words, derivations etc.).
The presentation is a case-study in order to form an accurate image of the pandemic-related vocabulary, and it focuses on the online articles which appeared on the platform of Bukaresti Rádió. In the period of the research, a total of 454 coronavirus-related lexemes appeared on the online platform, and based on this database one can draw conclusions on the mechanisms of language, namely what are the ways to enrich vocabulary (eg. loan-words, compound words, derivations etc.).
How Far Can You Go Without Losing Your Soul? Hungarian rural dance improvisation across boundaries of space and time
Music/FolkloreThis discussion explores the understanding and practice of Hungarian rural dance improvisation as it has crossed boundaries, from country to country through the outreach of the táncház movement and in the march of time from the mid-20th century onward. Among dance researchers and enthusiasts, the 1960’s were considered a flowering of rural dance in Transylvania, as characterized by Ágnes Fülemile, before political and social changes late in the century. This was barely caught on film by groups of ethnochoreologists doing the best they could with photographic equipment that could record at most a few minutes at a time. The táncház movement after 1972 sought to decipher the improvisation that characterized and created this art, and at the same time, make peace with an essential philosophical dilemma -- How could people from outside the culture of these villages hope to understand the range of figures, practiced and imagined, that could be acceptable as a part of the dance? I will discuss various considerations that constitute this problem, beginning with dance learning within a village and social control of dance practice. I will go over various constructions and partial solutions that have been attempted by dancers learning and teaching the art form. Concepts include flow, exact imitation, and the true meaning of the saying, “A Hungarian cannot perform the same improvisation twice.” I will then talk about how points of view and solutions change and are affected as we cross geographical boundaries and as dance practice has moved through time.
How to Preserve the Structure Amidst Transformations: A Contribution to Zoltán Paul Dienes’s Psychobiography
Science/EconomicsThe Hungarian-born Zoltán Paul Dienes (1916-2014) was a mathematician, a devoted teacher of mathematics, a psychologist studying the learning process and a tireless world-traveler who trained math teachers in almost all European languages. The psychobiographical approach, which ambitions to point out a close interrelationship between life and life work, promises to reveal exciting interrelations between Dienes’s unusual childhood experiences and his future theoretical ideas. As a young child, together with his brother, Dienes was exposed to fundamental changes in terms of place of living (moving all around Europe), in terms of language to speak (Hungarian, German, French, Italian, English), in terms of values to identify with (civilian family, Montessori boarding school, Raymond Duncan’s hippie commune) and in terms of ideology to internalize (atheism, “Duncanism”, Protestantism, Catholicism). The moral of his early life experience was that it is possible to preserve identity amidst the changes. As a mathematician he argued that it is beneficial to transform (“embody”) the abstract mathematical structures into several concrete forms (“multiple embodiment”) for teaching purposes. During the learning process (which means a play activity in his method) the learner can realize the common structure behind the diverse embodiments (through detecting their structural isomorphism) and successfully decodes the exact same abstract mathematical structure, without information loss. I conclude that the idea that abstract structures can be transformed into concrete ones and vice versa, without identity loss, might come form a life experience that one can preserve his identity despite of the successions of contextual changes.
How to Stay Pure in an Impure World? Gyula Illyés: <i>Cathars</i>
Language/LiteratureThe artistic and political role of Gyula Illyés in the Hungarian cultural life of the twentieth century is still a question of debate. He is often charged by taking unprincipled compromises with the nationalist and communist power also. His conflict on this question with Sándor Márai is well known: Márai chose defection to stay morally integer, while Illyés decided to stay politically and artistically active in his country despite the communist dictatorship.
The best way to see clear in the question if Illyés can be charged by unprincipledness is not only to investigate historical documents but the analysis of his artistic works that deal with the question of political power and moral integrity. Most of these works are dramas written in the sixties. In this paper I will argue that it is his drama, the „Cathars” that shows us the most clearly how Illyés sees the dilemma of the must of acting and moral integrity. This drama reveals not only the strong self-reflectiveness of the author but the theological inspiration of his ethos and literary anthropology, too.
The best way to see clear in the question if Illyés can be charged by unprincipledness is not only to investigate historical documents but the analysis of his artistic works that deal with the question of political power and moral integrity. Most of these works are dramas written in the sixties. In this paper I will argue that it is his drama, the „Cathars” that shows us the most clearly how Illyés sees the dilemma of the must of acting and moral integrity. This drama reveals not only the strong self-reflectiveness of the author but the theological inspiration of his ethos and literary anthropology, too.
How We Can Preserve Our Culture and Hungarian Identity in the Shadow of War – The Cultural Mission and Activities of the Munkácsy Mihály Hungarian House
Education/Social SciencesIn the shadow of war, the preservation of national culture and identity gains heightened significance, particularly in regions where Hungarian communities have formed indigenous populations for centuries. The Munkácsy Mihály Hungarian House (MMMH) stands as one of Subcarpathia’s foremost cultural institutions, providing a dedicated space for cultural, artistic, and community-building programs that serve the local Hungarian population. Our mission centers on safeguarding and transmitting the intellectual and cultural heritage bequeathed to us by previous generations, while actively nurturing Hungarian identity.
Bearing the name of the internationally renowned painter Mihály Munkácsy, the institution not only honors his artistic legacy but also creates a visual and intellectual framework for cultural memory. At the same time, the center functions as an important instrument of cultural diplomacy, fostering international dialogue and mutual understanding. Its programs encompass a broad spectrum of arts, folk traditions, education, music, film, and community events, thereby contributing to the preservation of the national language and cultural continuity.
Alongside the MMMH, our additional institutions—such as the Erdélyi Béla Memorial and Creative House, the Beregszentmiklós Sculpture Park and Creative House, the Horváth Anna Museum, and several guesthouses—form a comprehensive cultural network dedicated to maintaining a continuous Hungarian cultural presence in Subcarpathia.
This presentation examines how these institutions support the preservation of Hungarian identity amid the challenges of wartime circumstances. Special emphasis is placed on the understanding that culture and art constitute a borderless realm: they enable free expression, build bridges across communities, and facilitate deeper mutual understanding, thereby enriching and advancing our shared world. For this reason, the protection and transmission of our own cultural heritage remain essential.
Bearing the name of the internationally renowned painter Mihály Munkácsy, the institution not only honors his artistic legacy but also creates a visual and intellectual framework for cultural memory. At the same time, the center functions as an important instrument of cultural diplomacy, fostering international dialogue and mutual understanding. Its programs encompass a broad spectrum of arts, folk traditions, education, music, film, and community events, thereby contributing to the preservation of the national language and cultural continuity.
Alongside the MMMH, our additional institutions—such as the Erdélyi Béla Memorial and Creative House, the Beregszentmiklós Sculpture Park and Creative House, the Horváth Anna Museum, and several guesthouses—form a comprehensive cultural network dedicated to maintaining a continuous Hungarian cultural presence in Subcarpathia.
This presentation examines how these institutions support the preservation of Hungarian identity amid the challenges of wartime circumstances. Special emphasis is placed on the understanding that culture and art constitute a borderless realm: they enable free expression, build bridges across communities, and facilitate deeper mutual understanding, thereby enriching and advancing our shared world. For this reason, the protection and transmission of our own cultural heritage remain essential.
Hungarian America at 250: Heritage, Identity, and the Role of Cultural Institutions
Cultural Studies/ArtsAs the United States approaches the commemoration of its 250th anniversary in
2026, this panel brings together scholars, cultural leaders, and community practitioners to
examine the enduring and evolving contributions of Hungarian Americans to the nation’s history.
Spanning from the Revolutionary era to the present, panelists will explore how Hungarian
immigrants and their descendants have shaped American civic life, scientific innovation, cultural
expression, and the arts.
The discussion will also highlight the essential role of institutions and initiatives—including the
American Hungarian Foundation, the Hungarian American Coalition, ReConnect Hungary/
HHRF, and contemporary platforms such as the Hungarian Heritage Podcast—in preserving,
interpreting, and expanding access to Hungarian-American history. Community-based archives
and modern modes of communication will be examined as vital tools for reaching broader and
more diverse audiences. Through historical analysis, case studies, and lived community
perspectives, panelists will address diasporic identity, the politics of memory, and the evolving
responsibilities of cultural stewardship.
This session invites a thoughtful and forward-looking conversation about both the opportunities
and challenges facing Hungarian-American heritage preservation during America’s
Semiquincentennial, emphasizing collaboration, accessibility, and intergenerational engagement
in shaping how these histories are remembered and shared.
• Melissa Katko Pepin, Executive Director, American Hungarian Foundation
• Andrea Lauer Rice, President, Hungarian American Coalition, Co-founder Memory
Project
•Christine Portnoy
Host and Producer, Hungarian Heritage Podcast
• Agnes Szanyi, Archivist, American Hungarian Foundation
2026, this panel brings together scholars, cultural leaders, and community practitioners to
examine the enduring and evolving contributions of Hungarian Americans to the nation’s history.
Spanning from the Revolutionary era to the present, panelists will explore how Hungarian
immigrants and their descendants have shaped American civic life, scientific innovation, cultural
expression, and the arts.
The discussion will also highlight the essential role of institutions and initiatives—including the
American Hungarian Foundation, the Hungarian American Coalition, ReConnect Hungary/
HHRF, and contemporary platforms such as the Hungarian Heritage Podcast—in preserving,
interpreting, and expanding access to Hungarian-American history. Community-based archives
and modern modes of communication will be examined as vital tools for reaching broader and
more diverse audiences. Through historical analysis, case studies, and lived community
perspectives, panelists will address diasporic identity, the politics of memory, and the evolving
responsibilities of cultural stewardship.
This session invites a thoughtful and forward-looking conversation about both the opportunities
and challenges facing Hungarian-American heritage preservation during America’s
Semiquincentennial, emphasizing collaboration, accessibility, and intergenerational engagement
in shaping how these histories are remembered and shared.
• Melissa Katko Pepin, Executive Director, American Hungarian Foundation
• Andrea Lauer Rice, President, Hungarian American Coalition, Co-founder Memory
Project
•Christine Portnoy
Host and Producer, Hungarian Heritage Podcast
• Agnes Szanyi, Archivist, American Hungarian Foundation
Hungarian American Children’s Piano Literature for Beginners: a Newly Discovered Genre?
Music/FolkloreBartók Béla composed a number of well-known piano pieces for children at the beginner-level, including Gyermekeknek (1908-9) and Mikrokozmosz (1926-39). He was prolific during his years in Hungary, but his immigration to the United States in 1940 signaled the end of an era for his children’s compositions. By contrast, a number of lesser-known Hungarian musicians began to write notable children’s piano works for beginners after immigrating to the United States. Not commonly played today and difficult to find in print, some of these piano works might be considered lost were it not for their recognition in an annual survey of the best quality new American children’s piano music published by the Music Library Association in the late 1960’s to early 1970’s. Among the recognized composers of beginners’ literature are Jámbor Ági, a student of Kodály; Balogh Ernő, a student of Kodály and Bartók; and Ágay Dénes, also a Liszt Academy graduate. Angela A. Chong proposes that these children’s pieces share markers of quality articulated by Kodály and Bartók, such as folk-music inspiration from both Hungary and the US, and might be considered their own genre of twentieth-century Hungarian American beginners’ piano literature. The pieces make a unique contribution to our historical understanding of the pedagogical practices of some of Kodály’s and Bartók’s students who later established themselves in the United States. This presentation is informed by Chong’s work with her own small children, teaching them Jambor’s “Three Pieces for One Piano, Four Hands” (1965) at home during COVID-19.
Hungarian American Parents’ Perspectives on Translanguaging in Family Communication
Education/Social SciencesTo address language shift and language loss among minority language groups, researchers have explored the process of heritage language (HL) maintenance with a focus on parents’ role and contribution to the language preservation process. Parents’ perspectives on the consistent use of HL in family communication varies (Spolsky, 2004). Some parents believe that the heritage language can only be developed and maintained with strict language policing to exclusively use the HL at home (Pintz, 2011; Szilagyi & Szecsi, 2020). Other parents have concerns and they hesitate about enforcing an HL-only policy at home (Liang, 2018). The divide between the one-parent-one-language (OPOL) approach and other flexible language practices, such as translanguaging represents the current debate among linguists and educators about effectively contributing to emergent bilingual children’s language development. This presentation reports on a phenomenological study that examined Hungarian American parents’ perceptions and practices related to translanguaging in family communications. With Hungarian families living in the USA, we conducted semi-structured interviews including questions about language use, parents’ reactions to translanguaging, and their perceptions of why and how translanguaging occurs in oral and written family communications. The findings indicated that most families found the use of translanguaging natural and positive, and they presented supported their children when translanguaging happened. A few parents rejected the practice of translanguaging, expressing monoglossic language ideologies. This study provides insights into parents’ perceptions and practices in a minority language community for which translanguaging is not well-researched.
Hungarian Americans and the Hungarian Government – Where Do We Go?
Cultural Studies/ArtsAmbassador Balázs Bokor, Consul General of Hungary in Los Angeles, will present a paper which deals with maintaining Hungarian identity in the various Hungarian American communities on the West Coast. The Los Angeles Consulate General of Hungary is responsible for 19 US states. Last year, the Consulate organized a conference under the title of “What is the future of the Hungarian communities` public life?” Prominent representatives from various Hungarian communities, from Colorado to Texas, and from Hawaii to Alaska, delivered lectures at the conference. The proposals made at the conference were collected and assembled and then sent back to Hungary. The purpose was to draw the attention of the then-formed new Hungarian Government to these Hungarian American communities. Balázs Bokor’s paper deals with the following perspectives: community problems, the position of the Hungarian Government toward such issues, and efforts toward Hungarian American community-building. As part of his paper, Balázs Bokor will present his latest book: Far-away Hungarians - an interview publication with 56 West Coast Hungarians.
Hungarian Association, Past, Present and Future
Cultural Studies/ArtsThe Hungarian Association, founded in 1948 in Innsbruck Austria and reestablished in 1952 in Cleveland, Ohio, is a cultural organization sponsoring an annual Thanksgiving Congress providing a forum for the discussion of issues impacting Hungarian Americans and offering educational, literary, artistic and informative lectures by members of the North American Hungarian Community. The Hungarian Association supports the publication of an annual book, the Krónika, collecting together presentations given at the Hungarian Congress, as well as other articles of interest. With the awarding of the Árpád medal, it also recognizes members of the Hungarian community outside the Carpathian Basin, who either did outstanding volunteer work or deserve recognition for their work as authors, artists or scientists. The presentation at AHEA about the Hungarian Association would describe not only the Association's activities over the past decades but look into its transition into the present and future.
Hungarian Autonomy in Vojvodina: Hungarian-Serbian relations – Past, Present, and Future
History/Political ScienceSerbia’s northern province of Vojvodina is important to Central and Eastern Europe for several reasons: The Hungarian community living there, the history of the province, and the issue of autonomy for that community. This autonomy issue plays a vital role in the political atmosphere of the region. Lately however, this has become less important than other issues, such as Serbia’s accession to the European Union, Kosovo, and pipeline politics; as a result, has faded into the background. Research undertaken for this Master’s thesis examined academic texts and journals, government websites, and newspapers from the region. Some archival research has been conducted as well. Information found in the above materials has shown that the issue of Vojvodina autonomy is a delicate one, though while government leaders have maintained their commitment to it, simultaneous obligations have required them to carefully select which to pursue and in what order. Despite this, the province of Vojvodina will continue to play a significant role in the region in the years to come. UI: Szakdolgozatom a vajdasági autonomiáról és az ottani magyarok a magyar-szerb kapcsolatokra tett hatásáról szól.
Hungarian Borders and Hungarian Minorities after the Collapse of the Cold War and Joining the European Union
History/Political ScienceThis presentation will investigate the Hungarian Minority question after the end of the Cold War (1989 -), during the15 years before and after Hungary joined the European Union. Emphasis will be on comparing the different policies of the governing parties, like the Democratic Forum (lead by Jozsef Antal), the Socialist Government (Laszlo Kovacs), and the FIDESZ-People’s Party (Victor Orban). The various political parties’ views on the Status law, the Dual Nationality, and other minority policies will also be analyzed.
The presentation will examine the different policies of each party toward the Hungarian Minority outside the borders (határontuli kisebbség), and their social status, issues of education and political participation.
Though these investigations, the author would like to consider how co-existence and collaborations of nations and minorities inside the European Union is possible, and how is it possible to improve the situation of minorities under the EU regime, and if it is possible, comparing the desperate Balkan situation with Central European Situation.
Full paper at
https://ahea.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/haba.paper_.pdf
The presentation will examine the different policies of each party toward the Hungarian Minority outside the borders (határontuli kisebbség), and their social status, issues of education and political participation.
Though these investigations, the author would like to consider how co-existence and collaborations of nations and minorities inside the European Union is possible, and how is it possible to improve the situation of minorities under the EU regime, and if it is possible, comparing the desperate Balkan situation with Central European Situation.
Full paper at
https://ahea.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/haba.paper_.pdf
Hungarian Borders and Hungarian Minorities after the Collapse of the Cold War and Joining the European Union
History/Political ScienceThis presentation will investigate the Hungarian Minority question after the end of the Cold War (1989 -), during the15 years before and after Hungary joined the European Union. Emphasis will be on comparing the different policies of the governing parties, like the Democratic Forum (lead by Jozsef Antal), the Socialist Government (Laszlo Kovacs), and the FIDESZ-People’s Party (Victor Orban). The various political parties’ views on the Status law, the Dual Nationality, and other minority policies will also be analyzed.
The presentation will examine the different policies of each party toward the Hungarian Minority outside the borders (határontuli kisebbség), and their social status, issues of education and political participation.
Though these investigations, the author would like to consider how co-existence and collaborations of nations and minorities inside the European Union is possible, and how is it possible to improve the situation of minorities under the EU regime, and if it is possible, comparing the desperate Balkan situation with Central European Situation.
The presentation will examine the different policies of each party toward the Hungarian Minority outside the borders (határontuli kisebbség), and their social status, issues of education and political participation.
Though these investigations, the author would like to consider how co-existence and collaborations of nations and minorities inside the European Union is possible, and how is it possible to improve the situation of minorities under the EU regime, and if it is possible, comparing the desperate Balkan situation with Central European Situation.
