1. NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF PUBLIC SERVICE
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PUBLIC SERVICE DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHING GOOD GOVERNANCE
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
OF PUBLIC SERVICE
INVITATION
1956 – IMPACT AND PERSPECTIVES
The Conference will be held on:
17 November 2016. 8:30 AM - 14:00 PM
National University of Public Service, Ludovika Campus, Room VII (243/B)
Address: Ludovika sqr. 2., 1083 Budapest
The 1956 revolution is one of the defining moments in the modern history of Hungary. Much has been said
and written about the events, including its causes, key participants, political and military history,
international implications and consequences – mostly by Hungarians for Hungarians. The conference, true
to the mission of the Faculty of International and European Studies, sheds light on how the 1956
revolution was seen and interpreted abroad and the impact it had on political developments in other
countries. The conference gives a comprehensive geographic coverage with the help of invited experts
from the Czech Republic, Egypt and France as well as leading Hungarian experts on Korean and Latin
American studies and the former Hungarian consul in Canberra and Melbourne.
PROGRAMME:
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM REGISTRATION
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM WELCOME SPEECH - János Bóka, National University of Public Service
9:15 AM - 9:35 AM Egypt – Bassant Hassib (assistant lecturer, British University of Egypt):
The Hungarian Revolution and the Suez Crisis
9:30 AM – 9:50 AM Egypt – Sara Shaker (assistant lecturer, British University of Egypt): The
Hungarian Revolution in the Egyptian Press
9:50 AM - 10:00 AM QUESTIONS, ANSWERS
10:00 AM – 10:20 AM Czech Republic - Jan Bures (Institute for the Study of Totalitarian
Regimes): 1956 and the Prague Spring
10:20 AM – 10:40 AM Czech Republic - Ladislav Cabada (Prague Metropolitan University,
international chair at National University of Public Sevice): The Reception
of 1956 in Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia
10:40 AM – 11:00 AM France - Elizabeth du Réau (professor, Sorbonne): Nouveaux regards
sur les évènements de 1956 en Hongrie
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM QUESTIONS, ANSWERS
11:15 AM – 11:30 AM COFFEE BREAK
11:30 PM – 11:50 AM South Korea - Mózes Csoma (associate professor, Eötvös Loránd
University) „We’ll Meet at Mount Ural!” –Korea and Hungary in 1956
11:50 PM - 12:10 AM Mexico - Mónika Szente-Varga
(associate professor, National
University of Public
Service):Mexican Reactions to the
1956 Revolution

2. NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF PUBLIC SERVICE
KÖFOP-2.1.2-VEKOP-15-2016-00001
PUBLIC SERVICE DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHING GOOD GOVERNANCE
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
OF PUBLIC SERVICE
12:10 PM – 12:30 PM Australia – Endre Domaniczky (former Hungarian consul in Canberra
and Melbourne): The Hungarian Freedom Fighters and Their Legacy in
the Pacific Region
12:30 PM – 12:45 PM QUESTIONS, ANSWERS
12:45 PM – 14:00 PM RECEPTION
Please register your participation here until 16 November:
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