6 November 2026
Together with Rajk College for Advanced Studies we are organising a discussion on November 13 in connection with the closing conference of our research project, Moralities of dependent relations in the age of financialization: Rethinking dependence and livelihood among the marginalised in Hungary (NKFIH K-143543). The conversation with Theodoros Rakopoulos will be moderated by our colleague Gergely Pulay.
5 November 2026
On 6–7 November 2026, Csilla Fedinec will participate in the international forum Re:Open Zakarpattia 2026 – “Hearing One Another”, organized by the Institute for Central European Strategy in Uzhhorod. Now in its seventh edition, the forum provides an opportunity to discuss the future of Transcarpathia, Ukraine’s European integration, regional cooperation, and issues concerning national communities. Our colleague will be a panelist in the discussion entitled “The Rights of National Communities in 2026: Dialogue Instead of Instrumentalization”, which will focus on the rights of national communities, opportunities for dialogue, and the challenges posed by the political instrumentalization of minority issues.
4 November 2026
On Monday, November 2, social worker Lilla Soltis and our colleague György Szerbhorváth were the guests of Tilos Radio's Majom a vízben (“Monkey in the Water”) programme. You can listen to the discusson on the radio's web page.
3 November 2026
Our colleague Ferenc Eiler’s study, “Die Ansiedlung in den identitätspolitischen Bestrebungen der ungarndeutschen Organisationen in der Zwischenkriegszeit,” has been published in the volume Mit der Vergangenheit in die Zukunft: Verortung der frühneuzeitlichen Siedlungsmigration bei den Ungarndeutschen, edited by Márta Fata (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2026), pp. 35–52.
2 November 2026
Attila Z. Papp delivered a presentation titled THE HUNGARIAN DIASPORA. A brief historical overview: facts, trends, institutions as an invited speaker at the special session of the Hungarian Parliament’s Committee on Hungarian Diaspora and Minority Policy on October 20, 2026. This session was convened on the occasion of the upcoming 70th anniversary of the 1956 Revolution and Freedom Fight.
The video recording of the session is available on the Hungarian Parliament’s official YouTube channel.
The resolution adopted during the session can be read HERE (in Hungarian).
30 October 2026
Attila Z. Papp delivered a lecture titled Youth Paradoxes at the MATURANDUS Conference, organized by the Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, in Csíkszereda (Miercurea Ciuc) on October 8, 2026.
The following online articles have been published about the event: HARGITA NÉPE ; SZÉKELYHON
29 October 2026
Our colleague, Réka Marchut, will give a presentation on October 31, 2026, in Potsdam, at the conference titled "Theologie, Humanitarismus und Minderheitenrechte - Symposium zum 100. Todestag von Johannes Lepsius" held at the Lepsiushaus. The title of her presentation is: Verschwunden aber lebendig? Die moldauischen Csangos an der Peripherie der ungarischen und rumänischen Nationsbildung im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert (Vanished yet alive? The Moldavian Csángós on the periphery of 19th and 20th-century Hungarian and Romanian nation-building).
28 October 2026
On Friday, October 30, as part of the annual conference of the Hungarian Sociological Association, a panel discussion entitled The Ambivalence of Borderlands and Minority Affiliations will take place. Drawing on the book Mezsgyevilágok: A határvidékek és a kisebbségi kötődések ambivalenciája (Borderland Worlds: The Ambivalence of Borderlands and Minority Affiliations) by our colleague Zoltán Ilyés, who passed away ten years ago, the panel participants will explore mixing and cultural interference in borderlands, as well as the institutional and everyday practices that regulate access to resources, belonging, and mobility. The panelists will be Krisztina Rácz, Karolina Lendák-Kabók, Csilla Zsigmond, and Zsuzsa Árendás. The panel is organised by Margit Feischmidt.
22 October 2026
“Vladimir Putin Exploits the Soviet-Era Russification of Ukrainian Citizens, Including the Hungarians of Transcarpathia, as an Imperial Legacy to Delegitimise Ukrainian Statehood”
An exclusive interview with Csilla Fedinec published in the Romanian online newspaper Știrile Transilvaniei on 16 October 2026.
21 October 2026
Csilla Fedinec was a guest on the 15 October 2026 edition of Kilátó, a programme broadcast by Klubrádió.
Could Ukraine be put at risk as Donald Trump makes increasing concessions to Russia? How long can Putin’s economy sustain the war, and what would happen if peace were suddenly achieved? Csilla Fedinec, a researcher at the Centre for Social Sciences, and András Németh, a foreign affairs journalist, discuss the latest developments in the Russian–Ukrainian war, the relationship between Trump and Putin, uncertainties surrounding US support, and the exceptionally difficult winter facing Ukraine. The discussion also explores the situation of the Hungarian minority in Transcarpathia, the rapprochement between Péter Magyar and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s accession to the European Union, and whether an internal crisis in Russia could ultimately bring the war to an end.