Date: 22 April 2026
Format: In-person pilot workshop Venue: ELTE Faculty of Humanities, Budapest
Speaker: Dr. habil. Gábor Barabás (University of Pécs)
The national pilot workshop was organised at ELTE Faculty of Humanities on 22 April 2026 within the preparatory framework of the UNIDICE programme. The event tested the domestic academic workshop format planned for the project, with a Hungarian expert delivering a university-level lecture for students and doctoral candidates. Although the lecture focused on medieval Central Europe, dynastic structures and succession practices, the main purpose of the event from the project perspective was to assess how a locally organised UNIDICE-type academic workshop could function in practice.
The workshop provided valuable experience regarding the organisation of future national project events. It allowed the team to test the basic format of a thematic university workshop, including the involvement of students, the suitability of the lecture format, the academic level of the discussion, the timing of the event, and the practical coordination between organisers, lecturer and participants. The event also helped clarify how national workshops can support the broader UNIDICE objectives by connecting university teaching, expert knowledge and Central European historical topics.
The pilot confirmed that the domestic workshop format can serve as an effective tool for project implementation, especially for testing teaching methods, involving students, and preparing future thematic events from autumn onwards. The experience showed that national academic workshops can complement international events by providing a more focused local setting for discussing key UNIDICE themes. Based on this pilot, the project team gained useful organisational and methodological input for planning the official national workshops during the project period.