Hungarian Cultural Association

Spring 2006 activities

I. Every Tuesday there is an event scheduled:

• THE HUNGARIAN COFFEE HOUR - 5:30pm to 6:30pm at the Runcible Spoon. Check for us upstairs as well as downstairs. Come hang out with a mix of Hungarians and Americans.

• POETRY READINGS - Following coffee hour, there is a poetry reading that follows at 6:45. Each week Eszter Kiss will read selections from various Hungarian poets; program is in Hungarian. There is no poetry reading during weeks there is a film screening.

  II. Commemoration of the March 15, 1848 Hungarian revolution
  This year the commemoration will take place on March 9 in the Faculty Club in the Indiana Memorial Union.

  III. György Ránki Hungarian Chair Symposium
  The 1956 Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence: 50th Anniversary Conference
  March 4-5, 2006, Symposium webpage

  IV. Spring Picnic
  mid April in Bryan Park; details to follow

  V. Hungarian American Educator's Association Conference
  April 27-30; contact Professor Lynn Hooker in CEUS for details

II. Saturday, October 1, 2005:
THE HUNGARIAN FALL PICNIC - from 3:00 - 6:00 pm. at Bryan Park (North Shelter). Tell your friends! Celebrate the last days of Summer (first days of Fall?) and make sure to save your appetite for all of the delicious food we will have (Please, please, please contact us at hca@indiana.edu if you would be interested in helping us prepare dishes for the picnic. We need volunteers!)

III. Friday, October the 21st 2005:
THE ANNUAL COMMEMORATION OF THE 1956 HUNGARIAN REVOLUTION - 5:30pm in the University Club President's Room in the Indiana Memorial Union. You are invited to join us in observing the 49th anniversary of the 1956 Revolution. The 2005-2006 Gyorgy Ranki Visiting Hungarian Chair, Professor Laszlo Borhi will give a short talk to be followed by a cultural program. The ceremony will be followed by plenty of food and refreshments (Please contact us at hca@indiana.edu if you are interested in participating in the musical program or would be able to help with preparing a dish or two).

IV. Saturday, December the 3rd 2005:
Mikulas party for young and old alike (anyone wishing to volunteer as Mikulas or a krampusz, please contact us well in advance at hca@indiana.edu).

V. BUDAPEST FILM SERIES - Hungarian Studies Professor Lynn Hooker will be screening the following films @ 6:30 pm. Wednesday evenings in Swain Hall East, Rm. 140

(1) Wednesday, September the 14th 2005:
FILM: Sunshine, dir. Istvan Szabo (1999) - in English

(2) Wednesday, September the 28th:
FILM: Father: Diary of One Week [Apa: Egy hit naploja], dir. Istvan Szabo (1966) - in Hungarian with English subtitles

(3) Wednesday, October the 12th:
FILM: The Girl [A lany], directed by Marta Meszaros (1968) - in Hungarian with English subtitles

(4) Wednesday, October the 26th:
FILM: Moscow Square [Moszkva tr], dir. Ferenc Torok (2001) - in Hungarian with English subtitles

(5) Wednesday, November the 9th:
FILM: Bolshe Vita, dir. Ibolya Fekete (1996) - in Hungarian with English subtitles

(6) Wednesday, December the 7th:
FILM: Kontroll, dir. Antal Nimrod (2003) - in Hungarian with English subtitles

Please Note:
All Hungarian Cultural Association events are open to the public and free of charge thanks to the hard work of our volunteers and the generous support provided by the HCA's donors: The Gyorgy Ranki Visiting Hungarian Chair; The Central Eurasian Studies (CEUS) Department; The Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center (IAUNRC); and the Indiana University Student Association and CASI.

Spring Program 2005

• Every Tuesday @ 5:00 pm Cafe Bazaar
  Hungarian Coffee Hour

• Thursday, January the 27th @ 6:30 pm Wylie Hall 005
  Hungarian film screening
  Kontroll - 2004 directed by Antal, Nimrod in Hungarian with English

• Thursday, February the 10th @ 6:30 pm Wylie Hall 005
  Hungarian film screening
  My Twentieth Century - 1990 directed by Enyedi, Ildiko in Hungarian with English subtitles

• George Kampis, Head of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science and Director of the Budapest Semester in Cognitive Science, Eötvös University
  Tuesday, February 15, 4:00pm, Swain Hall West 238
  "The evolution of mechanisms"

• Wednesday, March the 9th @ 5:30 pm IMU University Club 150
  Commemoration of the 1848 Hungarian Revolution

• Saturday and Sunday, April the 2nd and the 3rd
  Ranki Gyorgy Hungarian Chair Symposium
  Creativity, Brain and Mind in Hungarian Scholarship - Past and Present

• Thursday, April the 7th @ 6:30 pm Wylie Hall 005
  Hungarian film screening
  I Love Budapest - 2001 directed by Incze, Agnes in Hungarian with English subtitles

• Saturday, April the 23rd @ 3:00 pm
  Hungarian Spring Picnic

Hope to see you at these events!

FALL 2004 EVENTS SCHEDULE:

HUNGARIAN COFFEE HOUR - Meets every Thursday @ 4:30 PM at the Runcible Spoon. All are welcome to come out and practice their Hungarian and get involved in the events we have planned for the Fall.

NOTE: Members to be choosen at the first meeting of the coffee hour.

HUNGARIAN FALL PICNIC - Sunday 3 October 2004 from 3:00 PM till dark. Thanks to all our volunteers for all of the delicious food. A special thanks to IUSA and CASI for their generous support.

NOTE: Anyone wishing to volunteer a dish for the picnic, please contact the HCA at hca@indiana.edu

COMMEMORATION OF THE OCTOBER 23RD 1956 REVOLUTION - To be held in IMU 150 @ 5:00 PM on Thursday the 21st of October. A brief introductory address by Professor Csaba Pléh, the György Ránki Hungarian Chair to be followed by a cultural program and a reception. The Commemoration is generously funded with the support of CEUS, REEI, IAUNRC and the György Ránki Hungarian Chair.

NOTE: Interested volunteers please contact us at hca@indiana.edu to coordinate dishes for the reception.

HUNGARIAN FILM SCREENINGS:

VALAMI AMERIKA - In Hungarian with English subtitles. To be screened in room 005 in Woodburn Hall on the IU campus @ 6:30 PM on Thursday the 11th of November, 2004. Snacks will be available.

KONTROLL - In Hungarian with English subtitles. To be screened in room 005 in Woodburn Hall on the IU campus @ 6:30 PM on Thursday the 2nd of December, 2004. Snacks will be available.

NOTE: The film screenings are made possible with the generous support of the IAUNRC and IUSA and CASI.

MIKULÁS CHRISTMAS PARTY - Time and location TBA.

FOR FALL 2003

Hungarian Coffee Hour!!! Please note that this semester the Hungarian Coffee Hour will be meeting every Wednesday @ 4:30 PM at the Runcible Spoon. We hope to have Hungarian language students old and new as well as any new Hungarian arrivals in Bloomington as our guests and would love to see you there too (please look over the events of past semesters to get an idea of what to look forward to).

Hungarian Cultural Association Annual Fall Picnic @ 3:00-6:00 PM Sunday, October 5, 2003 Bryan Park, North Shelter

1956 Hungarian Revolution Commemoration @ 5:30 Thursday, October 23, 2003 President's Room, IMU 150

FOR SPRING 2004

"March 15" Hungarian Independence Day Reception Thursday, March 11, 2004 (held early due to IU Spring Break) University Club President's Room, IMU 150

Details regarding the György Ránki IU Hungarian Chair Symposium will be posted once available.

PAST EVENTS:

Spring Semester 2003

Hungarian Tancház (dancehouse) Sunday, February 16Alumni Hall, 7:00-11:00pm Recreation of an authentic Hungarian tanchaz, a Hungarian cultural event that features live folk dancing and folk music and emphasizes the teaching of folkdances to large groups of people. This is a special opportunity to learn not only about the products of a culture (the dances and the music styles), but also something about the processes- the uniquely Hungarian way that folkdances are taught and maintained within an ethnic Hungarian Community. 7:00-8:30pm The Ritka Magyar Hungarian Folk Ensemble will teach folk dances from the different regions of Hungary. The Eltfa string band will accompany the teaching with live music. 8:30-11:00pm Request dancing and dance party!

Hungarian Coffee Hour now meets every Thursday at 6pm at the Bake House Coffeehouse, at the northwest corner of the Courthouse. All are welcome to come and practice their Hungarian!

Details regarding both the György Ránki IU Hungarian Chair Symposium as well as the Hungarian Independence Day Reception will be posted once available.

Spring/Fall Semesters 2002:

Lecture to be held by Zsolt Enyedi of Central European University, Budapest on Monday, December 2, 2002 at 2:30 PM in Sycamore 210 on THE POLITICS OF RELIGION IN CENTRAL EASTERN EUROPE - Abstract TBA. Zsolt Enyedi, PhD, has studied sociology, history and political science in Budapest and Amsterdam. Currently he is Assistant Professor at the Political Science Department of the Central European University. His research interests include party politics, pillarization, religion and politics and authoritarianism. His publications include Politics in the Shadow of the Cross (1998, Osiris), Parties and Party Systems (2001, Osiris, co-authored with A. Korosenyi), Authoritarianism and Prejudice (1999, Osiris, co-edited with F. Eros) and The 1994 Elections to the Hungarian Assembly (1999,Sigma, co-edited with G. Toka).

Gábor Ágoston, Department of History, Georgetown University gave a lecture entitled "Limits of Imperial Authority: Ottomans, Habsburgs and Local Power-holders in Hungary, c. 1550-1700" in Ballantine Hall 140, October 21, 5:30 pm

Hungarian Coffee Hour takes place every week at Moonstruck Coffeehouse, 118 East Kirkwood Avenue. We meet every Thursday at 6pm.

2002 Hungarian Film Festival: The first-ever Hungarian Film Festival at IU will take place February 8 and 9, 14 and 15. HCA will be screening the following films: Apa, A Tanu, Szerelem, and Mephisto. Each film will be preceded by a short introduction and followed by a short reception.

The 2001-2002 György Ránki Hungarian Chair will give a lecture, "Hungarian Catholicism After 1945," February 22 in Ballantine Hall 004.

In a presentation titled "Wanting the Furniture to Dance: On a newly translated classic interwar Hungarian novel," IU alumnus and former HCA president Paul Olchváry of the Princeton University Press will reflect on and read from AZAREL, a semi-autobiographical novel by the Hungarian writer Károly Pap (1897-1945), recently published in English. Olchváry's talk is Friday, March 1, 2002 at 4:00 PM in Ballantine Hall 003.

The Hungarian Independence Day Reception will be held this year in the Indiana Memorial Union University Club, Room 150 on Wednesday March 20th at 5:30pm. All are welcome. Entertainment, food and drink will be provided.

The 9th Annual Central Eurasian Studies Conference at Indiana University will be held on Saturday, April 13, 2002. The Central Eurasian Students Association which hosts the event has issued a Call for Papers with a January 7th deadline. Hungarian papers/panels are encouraged. Write to aces@indiana.edu.

The annual György Ránki IU Hungarian Chair Symposium will be Sunday, April 14, 2002 in Bloomington. The topic is Lajos Kossuth and America. The free symposium is organized by IU Hungarian Chair Visiting Professor Pál Hatos and the Department of Central Eurasian Studies. Ambassador to the US Geza Jeszenszky will participate. Advance notice of intent to attend the
Hungarian symposium is requested but not required. Write to ceus@indiana.edu.

Look out for an announcement for the HCA Spring Picnic. It will likely be located at Bryan Park in late April. Food and drinks will be provided.