This document provides the programme for a two-day conference at the Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade in Budapest, Hungary. Day one focuses on the international context of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and includes panels with historians, oral history from participants, and lectures. Day two hosts the BASEES conference in English on the 60th anniversary, examining the international impacts and policy dimensions of 1956 through panels and roundtables with Hungarian and foreign experts.

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PROGRAMME
Thursday, 8 December, 2016
Venue: Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade
1016 Budapest, Bérc street 13-15.
“1956 and Its International Environment”
Conference with the participation of Jr. researchers, PhD students, Hungarian and foreign experts, public
lectures and roundtable discussion organized by the Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade
Language: Hungarian
9:30– 9:55 REGISTRATION
10:00 – 10:30 OPENING SPEECH, KEYNOTE SPEECHES
AMB. MÁRTON SCHŐBERL (DIRECTOR-GENERAL, IFAT)
DR. SÁNDOR M. KISS - PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF PÁZMÁNY PÉTER CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY
10:30-11:45 ORAL HISTORY PANEL
MR. LÁSZLÓ REGÉCZY-NAGY - HUNGARIAN FREEDOM FIGHTER AND POLITICAL PRISONER, CHAIR OF
HISTORIC JUSTICE COMMITTEE
MR. GYÖRGY MARKÓ – HISTORIAN, DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HISTORY OF COMMUNISM
MODERATOR: DR. MIKLÓS HORVÁTH – MILITARY HISTORIAN, PÁZMÁNY PÉTER CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY
11:45 – 12:00 COFFEE BREAK

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12:00 – 13:15 1956 AND ITS INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT - SCIENTIFIC SESSION PANEL
MR. ZOLTÁN BALÁZS TÓTH (NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF PUBLIC SERVICE, MINISTRY OF HUMAN CAPACITIES):
MAGYARORSZÁG NEMZETKÖZI MOZGÁSTERE AZ 1956-OS FORRADALOM ÉVÉBEN
MR. ZSOLT MÁTÉ (UNIVERSITY OF PECS): MOZAIKOK AZ AMERIKAI KÜLKÉPVISELETEK AZ 1956-OS MAGYAR
FORRADALOMRA ADOTT REAKCIÓIBÓL
DR. NIKOLETT TAKÁCS (PHD STUDENT, UNIVERSITY OF MISKOLC): AZ 1956-OS ESEMÉNYEK NEMZETKÖZI
KÖRNYEZETÉNEK VIZSGÁLATA MENEKÜLTJOGI ASPEKTUSBÓL
MODERATOR: MR. MÁTÉ SZALAI (RESEARCH FELLOW, INSTITUTE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE,
CORVINUS UNIVERSITY OF BUDAPEST)
13:15 – 13:45 LUNCH
13:45– 15:20 1956 AND ITS INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT SCIENTIFIC SESSION PANEL
DR. SZILVIA BÁBA (UNIVERSITY OF PECS): 1956: "ÚJ ÉLET - ÚJ HAZA"
MR. ÁDÁM OSVÁTH (HISTORIAN, PHD STUDENT PAZMANY PETER CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY, MUSEUM OF
SOPRON): HATÁRVÁROS ÉS FORRADALOM
MR. DÁNIEL FERENC DOMJÁN (HISTORIAN, PHD STUDENT PAZMANY PETER CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY):
JUGOSZLÁVIA ÉS AZ 1956-OS MAGYAR ESEMÉNYEK
MR. ASQUI JORGE KRISTÓF (PHD STUDENT NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF PUBLIC SERVICE): SPANYOL
SZEREPFELFOGÁS: A FRANCO-RENDSZER KÜLPOLITIKÁJA ÉS A MAGYAR 1956
MODERATOR: MR. BENCE ATTILA NÉMETH (HISTORIAN, PHD-STUDENT PAZMANY PETER CATHOLIC
UNIVERSITY, INSTITUTE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE)

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15:25 – 16:40 1956 AND ITS INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT - SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS PANEL
MS. BEATRIX TÖLGYESI (UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW): AZ 1956-OS FORRADALOM LITVÁNIAI VISSZHAGJAI
MR. BENCE ATTILA NÉMETH (HISTORIAN, PHD STUDENT PAZMANY PETER CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY, IFAT):
MAGYAR-VIETNAMI KAPCSOLATOK ÉS AZ 1956-OS FORDULAT
MR. LUKÁCS KRAJCSÍR (PHD STUDENT OF HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED): AZ 1956-OS FORRADALOM ÉS AZ
ARAB VILÁG
MODERATOR: MR. TAMÁS PÉTER BARANYI – HISTORIAN, HEAD OF RESEARCH, ANTALL JÓZSEF KNOWLEDGE
CENTRE
16:40– 16:55 COFFEE BREAK
16:55-18:45 PUBLIC LECTURES AND ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
DR. ANDRÁS BALOGH - PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY
DR. ISTVÁN ÖTVÖS – HEAD OF DEPARTMENT OF MODERN HISTORY, PÁZMÁNY PÉTER CATHOLIC
UNIVERSITY, INSTITUTE OF HISTORY
MR. ATTILA VÁGI – HISTORIAN, HEAD OF OFFICE, INSTITUTE OF NATIONAL REMEMBRANCE)
MR. TAMÁS PÉTER BARANYI – HISTORIAN, HEAD OF RESEARCH, ANTALL JÓZSEF KNOWLEDGE CENTRE
19:00 OFFICIAL OPENING OF FRIDAY’S BASEES PROGRAMME AND WELCOME DRINK
OPENING REMARKS: PROFESSOR JUDITH PALLOT - PRESIDENT OF BASEES, PROFESSOR AT UNIVERSITY OF
OXFORD
KEYNOTE SPEECH: DR. JÁNOS RAINER M. - HEAD OF DEPARTMENT, 1956 INSTITUTE, ORAL HISTORY
ARCHIVES, NATIONAL SZÉCHÉNYI LIBRARY

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Friday, 9 December, 2016
Venue: Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade
1016 Budapest, Bérc street 13-15.
BASEES Conference on the occasion of the 60th anniversary
of the Hungarian Revolution in 1956
with Hungarian and Foreign Experts in three sessions.
The sessions will focus on the international context of 1956.
Language: English
9:15 – 09:45 REGISTRATION
10:00 – 10:45 KEYNOTE SPEECH
DR. JOHN SCHWARZMANTEL (UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS, UK): "THE IMPACT OF 1956 ON THE LEFT IN WESTERN
EUROPE"
10:30 – 10:45 COFFEE BREAK
10:45 – 12:30 SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS ROUND TABLE - THE POLICY DIMENSION OF 1956
PROFESSOR CHRISTOPHER READ (UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK, UK)
DR. RÉKA FÖLDVÁRYNÉ KISS, (CHAIR OF INSTITUTE OF NATIONAL REMEMBRANCE)
DR. ENDRE DOMANICZKY (ADVISOR, MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, HUNGARY)
PÉTER DOBROWIECKI (HEAD OF OFFICE, ANTALL JÓZSEF KNOWLEDGE CENTRE)
DR. ION SUCALA (UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, UK)
CHAIR: PROFESSOR NIGEL SWAIN (UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL)
12:30 – 13:00 LUNCH

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13:00 – 14:15 SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS PANEL – ALTERNATIVE HISTORIES OF 1956
MS. CORINA SNITAR (UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW): OPPOSING COMMUNISM: THE 1956 STUDENTS’ MOVEMENT IN
TIMISOARA ROMANIA
DR. ANDREA PETŐ (CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY): REVISITING THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF 1956 – BEFORE A
WOMEN’S HISTORY TURN?
DR. ÉVA TULIPÁN (MOD INSTITUTE AND MUSEUM OF MILITARY HISTORY IN HUNGARY): VIOLENCE AND
WOMEN IN THE MEMORY OF 1956
CHAIR: PROFESSOR JUDITH PALLOT (UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD)
14:15 – 14:30 COFFEE BREAK
14:30 – 16:00 SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS ROUND TABEL THE IMPACTS WITHIN AND BEYOND THE REGION
DR. VERA SHERIDAN, (SCHOOL OF APPLIED LANGUAGE AND INTERCULTURAL STUDIES. DUBLIN CITY
UNIVERSITY, REPUBLIC OF IRELAND)
PROFESSOR NIGEL SWAIN (UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL)
MR. MIKLÓS HARASZTI (FORMER MEMBER OF THE HUNGARIAN PARLIAMENT, UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON
THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN BELARUS)
DR. ÁRON MÁTHÉ (VICE-CHAIR, INSTITUTE OF NATIONAL REMEMBRANCE)
MR. STEFANO BOTTONI, PHD (HAS, RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE HUMANITIES, INSTITUTE OF HISTORY)
CHAIR: DR. JOHN SCHWARZMANTEL (UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS, UK)