Regionális Együttműködési Osztály

Collective Guilt in Central Europe after Second World War and Now

Europe/Budapest
1. emelet-100. Széchenyi Díszterem/Ludovika Főépület (Ludovika Főépület)

1. emelet-100. Széchenyi Díszterem/Ludovika Főépület

Ludovika Főépület

Budapest, 1083, Ludovika tér 2.
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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

Organized by

Kisebbségpolitikai Kutatóműhely

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