Celebrating 100 Years of American-Hungarian Friendship and Diplomatic Relations an international conferencePontszerző: 3 pont

Tuesday 7 Oct 2025, 09:00 → 16:00 Europe/Budapest

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

08:30-09:00  Registration

09:00-09:40  Welcome and keynote address

·         09:00-09:10 Welcome: Gergely Deli, Rector, Ludovika University of Public Service

·         09:10-09:25 100 Years of American-Hungarian Relations – An American Perspective: Robert Palladino, Chargé d'affaires, U.S. Embassy in Budapest

·         09:25-09:40 100 Years of American-Hungarian Relations – A Hungarian Perspective: Boglárka Illés, State Secretary for Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary

09:40-11:00  Hungarian-American Relations in the First Half of the 20^th Century

Moderator: Balázs Tárnok, Director of Research, John Lukacs Institute for Strategy and Politics

·         09:40-10:00 The Anglo-Saxon World and the Liquidation of Austria-Hungary: Gábor Bátonyi, Assistant Professor, University of Bradford

·         10:00-10:20 Creating a Modus Operandi: Setting up US-Hungarian Bilateral Relations: Tibor Glant, Professor of Research, John Lukacs Institute for Strategy and Politics & the University of Debrecen

·         10:20-10:40 American Ministers in Hungary between the Wars: Zoltán Peterecz, Associate Professor, Eszterházy Károly Catholic University

·         10:40-11:00 Q&A

11:00-11:20 Break

 

11:20-12:00  Keynote Lecture

              American-Hungarian Relations During the Cold War: László Borhi, Professor and Peter A. Kadas Chair, Indiana University

12:00-12:40 Panel discussion – American-Hungarian Relations in the Cold War Era and the Regime Change

Moderator: Tibor Glant, Professor of Research, John Lukacs Institute for Strategy and Politics & the University of Debrecen

·         László Borhi, Professor and Peter A. Kadas Chair, Indiana University

·         Tamás Baranyi, Director for Strategy, Hungarian Institute of International Affairs

·         Amb. Géza Jeszenszky, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary

Q&A

 

12:40-13:30 Break

 

13:30-15:00  Panel discussion – American-Hungarian Relations Today

Moderator: Gábor Csizmazia, Head of the Americas Research Program, John Lukacs Institute for Strategy and Politics

·         Amb. Philip T. Reeker, Partner at Albright Stonebridge Group Europe & Eurasia, former acting Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, and former Deputy Chief of Mission in Budapest

·         Márton Ugrósdy, Deputy State Secretary, Prime Minister’s Office

·         Amb. György Szapáry, Chief Advisor to the President of the National Bank of Hungary, Former Ambassador of Hungary to the USA

·         Amb. Réka Szemerkényi, Director of International Affairs, Equilibrium Institute; Former Ambassador of Hungary to the USA

·         Károly Jókay, Executive Director, Hungarian-American Fulbright Commission

Q&A

15:00-15:50  Panel Discussion: - The Future of American-Hungarian Relations

Moderator: Balázs Tárnok, Director of Research, John Lukacs Institute for Strategy and Politics

·         Gladden J. Pappin, President, Hungarian Institute of International Affairs

·         Amb. Tamás Magyarics, Professor, Eötvös Loránd University

Q&A