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CCNY faculty, students research, promote sustainability in Hungary & Senegal

City College faculty and students recently applied their academic expertise internationally, traveling to and conducting research in Hungary and Senegal. City College and CUNY students joined Hungarian students last summer in Kőszeg, Hungary, a small, historic northwest Hungary municipality, to undertake a month-long trans-disciplinary research and planning project, spearheaded by Professor Hillary Brown, director of the Sustainability…

Civic Sound Self-Awareness – The Kőszeg Example

Science in the Pub
Date: 01st of April 2019 at 6 p.m.
Venue: Zwinger Oldtower Kőszeg H-9730 Chernel st. 16.

Saint Martin in Hungary – History of a Cult and Beliefs

Lecturer: Ildikó Szommer – historian (Savaria Museum – Saint Martin Institute)

Date: on the 18th of March 2019 at 6 p.m.

Venue: Ibrahim Coffee-house and Restaurant Kőszeg H-9730 Főtér 17.

The lecture was held in Hungarian!

The Making and Re-Making of Europe – 1919-2019 by ENRS

The preliminary programme of the ENRS
Registration, general information & confirmed speakers (including Ferenc Miszlivetz – director of iASK)

Europe, China and Japan – International Relations in a Historical Perspective by Éva Bóka

Europe’s Future – iASK Lecture Series – on the 05th of March 2019 at 2. p.m.
Lecturer: Éva Bóka (historian – Amsterdam, Budapest)

Expanded Reason – The Potentials of Anthropocentric Science

The “Expanded Reason” Symposium Series’ goals include observing anthropocentric science in various research fields like Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy, Law, and Social Psychology.

Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Science Fiction: Coping with a Complex Future – Workshop by the Polányi Center of iASK

Video-lectures of the Polányi Symposium at iASK
Date: 06th of April 2019
Venue: Zwinger-Oldtower, Kőszeg H-9730 Chernel st. 16.

“Historicizing Europe: Developmental Paths and Formations of Modernity” by Gerard Delanty

Future of Europe – IASK Lecture Series Spring 2019 “Historicizing Europe: Developmental Paths and Formations of Modernity” by Gerard Delanty (Professor of Sociology and Social & Political Thought, University of Sussex, UK) Date: 25th of March 2019 at 2.00 pm. Venue: Zwinger Old-Tower Kőszeg H-9730 Chernel st. 16. Gerard Delanty was born and educated in…

Science in the Pub: The Social Psychology of Fake News and Conspiracy Theories

Lecturer: Péter Krekó social scientist (Political Capital Institute)

Date: 25th of February 2019 at 6 p.m.

Venue: Hotel Írottkő Bár, Kőszeg H-9730 Főtér 4.

The lecture was held in Hungarian.

iASK Launches National Landsupport Workshop at the Ministry of Agriculture in Budapest

The #landsupport National Workshop has just started at the Ministry of Agriculture in Budapest!

Participants will discuss #decisionsupportsystems in #decisionmaking: which decision problems need to be addressed?

The workshop is organized by iASK (Felsőbbfokú Tanulmányok Intézete) with the support of the University of Pannonia.

Talking Houses Projects of Kőszeg at National University of Singapore

Mónika Mátay, research fellow of the Institute of Advanced Studies held lectures on 29 and 30 of January 2019 at the Department of History (YALE-NUS) and at the Department of Architecture of the National University of Singapore. Lectures aimed to present Hungarian research and improve the microhistory research network, in which international universities and scientific institutes are involved.

Chinese Students Visit iASK

18 economics and business management students and their team leader from Zheijang Yuexiu University of Foreign Languages (ZUYFL), in Shaoxing, China visited iASK in the first week of May. Their trip was preceded by a visit of a delegation headed by the ZUYFL vice rector in the fall of 2018. The students had the opportunity…

Only Science Matters – Interview with Attila Pók at www.ujkor.hu Historical Journal

This content is available only in Hungarian.

The Power of the Past – Attila Pók’s Book Launch Events at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Attila Pók’s book will be presented on 6 February 2019 at the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences organised by the Institute of Advanced Studies. Words of welcome: Ferenc Miszlivetz director (iASK) Host: Pál Fodor director (RCH of HAS) The book will be introduced by Tibor Frank, historian (HAS), followed by a roundtable with HAS and iASK…

Science in the Pub – Creative Utility, Sustainable Monuments by László Jan Bodovics

Speaker: Jan László Bodovics (architect)

Date: Monday, 11th of February 2019 – at 6.00 p.m.

Venue: Tóth Vinery & Pub – Kőszeg H-9730 Rákóczi st. 6.

The lecture was held in Hungarian!

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