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INVITATION
The Minority Policy Research Group of the Ludovika University of Public Service is cordially inviting You to the international conference:
Collective Guilt in Central Europe after Second World War and Now
PROGRAM
08.30 - 09.00. Arrival and registration
09.00 – 10.25. Opening session
09.00 - 09.05. Host and Moderator: Noémi Nagy, Associate Professor, International Law Department,Faculty of Public Governance and International Studies, a Member of the Minority Policy Research Group
09.05 – 09.15. Welcome speech by Gergely Deli, Rector of the Ludovika University of Public Service
09.15 - 09.30. Introduction by Iván Gyurcsík, Head of the Minority Policy Research Group
09.30 – 09.50. Keynote speech by Alfred de Zayas, Independent Expert
Historical Background of Collective Guilt in Europe
09.50 – 10.10. Keynote speech by Réka Varga, Dean of Faculty of Public Governance and International Studies, Ludovika University of Public Service
Collective responsibility from an international law perspective
10.10 – 10.25. Q & A moderated by the Noémi Nagy
10.25 – 11.00. Coffee break 1. (2nd floor)
11.00 – 12.30. Session 1. - Collective guilt in Czechoslovakia
11.00 - 11.10. Introduction of the theme and the lecturers by moderator Balázs Tárnok, Director of Europe Strategy Research Institute, Member of the Minority Policy Research Group
11.10 – 11.30. Jan Rychlík, Professor, Institute of Czech History, Charles University in Prague
German and Hungarian minority in Czechoslovakia: Confiscation and Restitution of Land Property
11.30 – 11.50. Juraj Marušiak, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Political Science, Slovak Academy of Science
The retributes justice in Czechoslovakia after WWII and its impact on bilateral relations between Slovakia and Hungary (1993 - 2023).
11.50 – 12.10. János Fiala-Butora, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Legal Studies, Centre for Social Sciences, Hungarian Research Network
The lasting impact of the Beneš decrees in Slovakia
12.10 - 12.30. Q & A moderated by Balázs Tárnok
12.30 - 14.00. Lunch (2nd floor)
14.00 -15.25. Session 2. – Collective Guilt in Hungary, Romania and Yugoslavia
14.00 - 14.10. Introduction of the theme and the lecturers by Balázs Tárnok, moderator
14.10 - 14.30. Réka Marchut, Research Fellow, Institute for Minority Studies, Centre for Social Sciences, Hungarian Research Network
The Issue of Responsibility for the Expulsion of Ethnic Germans from Hungary
14.30 - 14.50. Tamás Lönhárt, Associate Professor, Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca
Transylvanian Communities subjected to collective traumas and retorsions in 1944-1947: Reflected in Post-1989 Politics of Memory and Transitional Justice in Romania
14.50-15.10. Tamás Korhecz, Constitutional Court Judge in Serbia
The Collective Guilt in Yugoslavia, Past and Presence – Some Legal Issues related to Rehabilitation and Compensation with Special Emphasis on Practice in Serbia
15.10 – 15.30. Q & A moderated by the moderator, Balázs Tárnok
15.30 – 15.45. Closing remarks by Balázs Vizi, Associate Professor, International Law Department, Faculty of Public Governance and International Studies, a Member of the Minority Policy Research Group
15.45 - 16.30. Afternoon snack and coffee break 2. (2nd floor)
The event is in English without interpretation.
Looking forward to your kind participation!
Amb. Iván Gyurcsík, Head of the Minority Policy Research Group
Kisebbségpolitikai Kutatóműhely