2008 - 2009

Public Lectures 2008-2009

Jewish (Over)Tones in Viennese and Budapest Operetta
by Ivan Sanders Visiting Professor, CEU Jewish Studies
Wednesday, November 12 at 6 p.m.
Tóth István György Room, Nádor 11. courtyard

Forgotten Transports: To Estonia
(Zapomenuté transporty: Do Estonska)
Film screening followed by a discussion with director Lukáš Přibyl
Tuesday, November 25 at 6 PM
Popper Room, Monument Building

"Still better to stay than to leave"
Ambiguities of Jewish Life in Nazi Germany 1933-1938
John Grenville
Tuesday, December 9 at 6 p.m.
Gellner Room, Monmument Building

Translation- Conversion- Projection
The Birth of Zionist Bi-Nationalism in Central Europe
Yfaat Weiss, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Tuesday, February 17 at 6 p.m.
Gellner Room, Monument Building

From Toledo to Buda - A Sephardi Refugee who Became a Treasurer of Hungary
Yom Tov Assis, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Tuesday, March 3, at 2009 6 p.m.
Popper Room, Monument Building

The Holocaust in Bessarabian and Transnistria: Bringing the Local Population into the Story
Diana Dumitru 
Tuesday, March 17 at 6 p.m.
Gellner Room, Monument Building

Antisemitism in Contemporary Europe:
an International Symposium
March 18-19
Auditorium, Faculty Tower
Conference program

Opening Ceremony of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute's Visual History Archive
May 7, 2009
CEU Library (Budapest V, Nador u. 9.)
Opening remarks and presentations:
Maria Szlatky, Director, CEU Library
Andras Kovacs, Professor, Nationalism Studies, CEU/Director, Jewish Studies Program, CEU
Andrea Szonyi, Regional Consultant, Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education