Amerika and Freedom 250 - Day 2Pontszerző: 3 pont

Wednesday 3 Jun 2026, 09:00 → 16:30 Europe/Budapest

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

 

08:30-09:00 | Registration and Welcome Coffee

09:00–09:30 | Opening Remarks

• 09:00–09:10 Gergely Deli, Rector, Ludovika University of Public Service
• 09:10–09:20 Representative of Government of Hungary (TBD)
• 09:20–09:30 Caroline Savage, Chargé d’Affaires a.i., Embassy of the United States of America in Budapest (TBC)

 

09:30–10:00 | Keynote Lecture

Amb. Philip T. Reeker (ret.), Distinguished Fellow for Europe (Wilson Center): America and Europe: A Changing Relationship Over 250 Years

 

10:00–11:20 | Panel Discussion - American Foreign Policy

Moderator: Balázs Mártonffy (John Lukacs Institute for Strategy & Politics)

• 10:00–10:15 Tamás Magyarics (Eötvös Loránd University): The Unilateralist Tradition and Practice in U.S. Foreign Policy
• 10:15–10:30 Gergely Prőhle (John Lukacs Institute for Strategy & Politics, Ludovika University of Public Service): America and Europe
• 10:30–10:45 Gábor Csizmazia (John Lukacs Institute for Strategy & Politics, Ludovika University of Public Service): The state of American internationalism
• 10:45–11:20 Panel Discussion and Q&A (with keynote speaker and panelists)

 

11:20–11:40 | Coffee Break

 

11:40–12:10 | Keynote Lecture

George Bogden, Senior Fellow (Yorktown Institute, Steamboat Institute) and Senior Counsel (Continental Strategy): Powers under the Constitution: The Case of American Economic Statecraft

 

12:10–13:30 | Panel Discussion - American Constitutionalism

Moderator: Ágnes Beretzky (Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary)

• 12:10–12:25 István Stumpf (University of Győr): The Power and Political Role of the United States Supreme Court
• 12:25–12:40 Zsolt Ződi (Institute of the Information Society, Eötvös József Research Centre, Ludovika University of Public Service): Platforms and first amendment. The US approach to free speech on social media
• 12:40–12:55 Lénárd Sándor (Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary): The Philadelphia Moment – American and European Perspectives
• 12:55–13:30 Panel Discussion and Q&A (with keynote speaker and panelists)

 

13:30–14:30 | Lunch Break

 

14:30–15:00 | Keynote Lecture

Walter Grünzweig (Andrássy University Budapest): “This Puzzle, the New World”: The Poet as Cultural Diplomat

 

15:00–16:20 | Panel Discussion - American Soft Power: Literature, Popular Culture, and Hollywood

Moderator: Tibor Glant (John Lukacs Institute for Strategy & Politics; University of Debrecen)

• 15:00–15:15 Zsófia Anna Tóth (University of Szeged): A 100 Years of the Walt Disney Company
• 15:15–15:30 András Lénárt (University of Szeged): The Power of Film: Hollywood as Soft Power
• 15:30–15:45 Gabriella Vöő (University of Pécs): Challenges in Teaching American Literature
• 15:45–16:20 Panel Discussion and Q&A (with keynote speaker and panelists)

 

16:20–16:30 | Closing Remarks

Balázs Tárnok, Director of Research, John Lukacs Institute for Strategy & Politics, Ludovika University of Public Service

 

Day2 of the conference will include simultaneous interpretation from Hungarian to English.