September 12, 2009
Professor Ignac Romsics, one of Hungary’s best know historians, and a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, is to give a series of lectures about the political changes in Hungary and Central Europe in 1989. After a lecture at the Munk Centre in Toronto on September 15th, sponsored by the Hungarian Studies Program of the University, Professor Romsics will give a public lecture at the Ottawa Public Library on Thursday September 17th at 7 pm. The title of his lecture is “The Birth of the 3rd Hungarian Republic: the 1989 Regime Change and its International Implications.” The lecture will be followed by a question and answer period and refreshments will be provided by the Embassy of Hungary which is sponsoring the Ottawa event with the Canada-Hungary Educational Foundation. Carleton University’s Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies has alco invited Professor Romsics to give the lecture on campus, on September 18th at 10 am.
For information on the September 17th lecture at the Ottawa Public Library click here
To see the flyer for the the September 18th lecture at Carleton University click here.