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Date: Tuesday, October 8, 2024, 5.30 PM
Venue: Lónyay-Hatvany Villa - 1. Csónak str., 1015 Budapest (Entrance: Aranybástya Restaurant)

Invitation (PDF)

Pál Teleki (1874-1941): The Life of a Controversial Hungarian Politician is the second English language edition of the highly praised biography by Balázs Ablonczy originally released in 2006, part of the HHP Series on ‘20th Century Hungarian Statesmen’. Revised and updated by the author, this work remains the seminal historical work on the controversial career of the 20th Century Hungarian politician. 

About the author:
Balázs Ablonczy is associate professor at Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest) and senior research fellow at the Centre for Humanities, Institute of History. He obtained his MA and PhD at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest and a DEA in Université Paris 1. Specialist of the Hungarian history of the 20th Century, he was Ránki Chair at Indiana University (Bloomington) in 2009-2010 and director of the Hungarian Institute in Paris between 2011 and 2015. Author of a dozen of books dealing with the life of Pál Teleki politician and geographer and the Horthy Era Hungary. His biography about Pál Teleki was first published in 2005.  The author’s most recent book is dealing the Hungarian Oriental thought (Go East! History of Hungarian Turanism, Indiana UP, 2022) His books have been translated into Polish, Russian, Romanian and French.The book will be presented to the international public via a discussion with the author, Historian Balázs Ablonczy. 

Panelists: 

• Géza Jeszenszky, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hungary (1990–1994), Former Hungarian Ambassador to the USA, Norway and Iceland. Author of ‘Lost Prestige: Hungary’s Changing Image in Britain 1894–1918’
• Ágnes Beretzky, Associate Professor of English Literatures and Cultures at Károli Gáspár University of the Hungarian Reformed Church. Author: Four Britons and Nationalism
• Zoltán Peterecz, Associate Professor Institute of English and American Studies at Eszterházy Károly University Eger, Hungary, author: Royall Tyler and Hungary. 

Moderator: John O’Sullivan, President, Danube Institute

Participation in the event is free, but registration is required, which can be done by clicking on the R.S.V.P. button on this site: danubeinstitute.hu/