Mónika Mátay: The “Talking Houses” project

Historian and iASK research fellow, Mónika Mátay, presented the ‘Talking Houses’ project to the international audience. The urban research project, initiated three years ago, is based on the original idea of Elemér Hankiss. The built, silent witnesses, the buildings of Kőszeg are to be animated to reveal the stories they hide. She maintained that besides…

History and heritage in the age of identity – Kenan Malik’s keynote speech at the Heritage and Identity Conference in Kőszeg

Between 23 and 26 March 2018, the annual conference of the Interpret Europe network will be organised jointly by the Association of Cultural Heritage Managers (KÖME), the Institute of Advanced Studies Kőszeg (iASK) and the Local Government of the town of Kőszeg with nearly 200 experts from over 30 countries. The conference will be opened…