Upcoming Events

The international workshop “Imperial Identity in the Austro-Hungarian Empire” will take place on 9 November 2026, from 9:00 to 15:00, in the Faculty Council Chamber at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest. Organised by Andor Mészáros (ELTE) within the framework of the UNIDICE Erasmus+ project, the event will bring together scholars from Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia, including Kristóf Kovács, Andor Mészáros, Roman Holec, Gregor Antoličič, Andrej Rahten and Andrej Tóth. Through presentations and discussions conducted in English, participants will explore imperial identity, political loyalty, national movements and symbolic traditions within the multinational Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, highlighting the complex relationship between imperial belonging and national identities in Central Europe.

The national workshop “1956 as a Phenomenon in Central Europe: Revolution – Repression – Memory” will take place on 25 November 2026 at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest, marking the 70th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Organised within the framework of the UNIDICE project, the Hungarian-language event will feature a closed doctoral Thematic Lab (13:00–15:00), followed by a public roundtable discussion (16:00–17:30) moderated by Bálint Mezei (ELTE), with contributions from János M. Rainer, Attila Szakolczai, András Fejérdy and Zsuzsanna Varga, exploring the revolution, its repression and its historical memory from a broader Central European perspective.