Hungary Update: Progress in the restoration of the synagogue in Kőszeg
Following years of false starts and failed announcements, restoration is well underway on the long-derelict 19th-century synagogue in Kőszeg, Hungary – report by the JHE
Izabella Agárdi: Crisis Governance – Reflections on Navigating Troubled Waters (Hungarian Science 2021/9)
Navigating Troubled Waters – Dedicated to George Schöpflin on his 80th Birthday / ed. Ferenc Miszlivetz, Attila Pók. Institute of Advanced Studies Kőszeg, 2020. 336 p.
Sgraffito House – Kőszeg
The most famous building in the city centre, built in the 16th century in Renaissance style. Originally a ground floor building, a floor was added in the 1560s. The ground floor was once used as shops, the upper floors as apartments. The building takes its name from the technique used on its façade, which originated…
Festetics Palace – Kőszeg
On the site of the former Chernel or Festetics Palace, in the early 1700s, there were two smaller houses owned by the Count Nádasdy family. They were united by József Kelcz, lawyer of the Transdanubian District Court and later adviser to the royal chancellery, who had the buildings rebuilt in the late Baroque-Rococo style in…
Zwinger – Old-Tower – Kőszeg
At 16 Chernel Street you will find the medieval Zwinger, also known as the Old Bastion. It was built in the 14th century and served as the southwestern corner bastion of the former city wall during wartime. The wall extended 10 meters from the outer wall, providing a gateway to the Sarkos Bastion, or Little…
Szemző House – Kőszeg
The building was built in the Art Nouveau style by the lawyer Sándor Szemző in the early 1910s. Sándor Szemző, was born into an Israelite family in 1876, was a trainee lawyer in Budapest, and after his marriage moved to Kőszeg, where he opened an office and worked as a city councilor. During the First…
Europe House – Sigray Palace – Kőszeg
The former Svetics House, later Sigray House, is of medieval origin, decorated in the 17th century with Renaissance and later Baroque elements. It was once the home of the “republican count”, the director of the Society of Reformers, James Sigray. He took part in the Martinovich conspiracy and was sentenced to death and executed on…
Pannon Culture Club – Tamás Bécsy, the founder of the school
A joint series of the University of Pannonia, the Veszprém-Balaton 2023 European Capital of Culture project and the FTI-iASK.
14th of September 2021, at 6 p.m. – Veszprém H-8200 Szabadság sq. 9.
Evolution of Design – Science in the Pub Series by iASK
Date: 13 September 2021, Monday 18.00 (CET)
Location: online streaming on FTI-iASK Facebook page and Zoom platform
Vukán Creative Art – Competition and Concert
Date: 16-17 September 2021.
Location: Kőszeg H-9730 Chernel u. 14. at iASK
iASK in the Media
News, Articles in the media
The secrets to Orbán’s success – www. foreignpolicy.com – 2022. április 01.
“I belong to the world of intellectuals that is on the verge of extinction”: An interview with iASK Director Prof. Dr. Ferenc Miszlivetz
On the occasion of the 26th International Summer University, Professor Miszlivetz was asked about his professional career, the KRAFT Program, and his plans for the future.