The Institute of History, Research Centre for the Humanities, Hungarian Academy of Sciences hosted the public lecture on „Writing the History of the Third Reich”by Prof. Sir Richard J. Evans (Cambridge University) on November 14, 2014 in the Institute of History. Professor Evans, academic and historian, is best known for his research on the history of Germany in the 19th and 20th centuries, particularly the Third Reich. His trilogy on the history of the Third Reich has been published in Hungarian this year, and he arrived in Hungary on this occasion. His works were introduced by Sándor Horváth, the Head of Department for Contemporary History, and his lecture was followed by a discussion with the researchers of the Department for Contemporary History.