Remapping the Mind: East, West and the Generation of 1968

2011. május 10.
Helyszín: Hungarian Library 215 East 82nd Street (Between 2nd & 3rd Aves.) New York, NY
Szervező: American Hungarian Library and Historical Society
The American Hungarian Library is honored to again host Dr. Pók, distinguished historian, researcher and author. Along with his impeccable credentials, the professor always brings freshness, humor and new perspectives to relevant subjects and has boldly addressed the tough issues of our times in works such as Symbolic Geography, Hatred and Aggression in Modern Europe, Mitteleuropa (1915-2004): A Post communist Obituary, Towards a Multipole World System (1990-1997).

With the current retro fascination, Dr. Pók will address a seemingly simple issue that mirrors the remapping of the minds of numerous intellectuals in Eastern and Central Europe during the last nearly four decades: the changing contents of the concepts of East and West in these minds.

Hungarian Library
215 East 82nd Street
(Between 2nd & 3rd Aves.) New York, NY
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
7:00 pm

Q&A to follow

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ATTILA PÓK is the István Deák Visiting Professor of East Central European Studies for the Spring 2011 semester at Columbia University.
Dr. Pók is Deputy Director of the Institute of History of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest. He also holds the title of Deputy Director of the Europa Institut Budapest, a privately supported foundation. Professor Pók is Secretary General of the Hungarian Historical Association, the most important organization for the dissemination of historical knowledge in the country. His areas of research and teaching experience cover three major fields: 19th-20th century European political and intellectual history; history of modern European historical writing and historical thought; and theory and methodology of history. Since 1999 he has spent seven semesters at Columbia as a visiting professor of history.