3 June 2026

On May 29 on Klubrádió’s program A világ urai, Sándor Szénási interviewed Nándor Bárdi about the recent decades of Hungarian minority communities.

2 June 2026

Why has the Hungarian government led by Fidesz turned a neighbouring country into a main adversary, and what is the reality behind the alleged disenfranchisement of Hungarians in Transcarpathia? In the 27 May episode of the Jelen Podcast, Zoltán Lakner spoke with Csilla Fedinec in order to look beyond political rhetoric and, based on facts, explore the real driving forces of Hungarian–Ukrainian relations

The Association for the Study of Nationalities will hold its 30th Annual World Congress at Columbia University in New York from May 28–30, 2026, with Balázs Dobos and Balázs Vizi among the participants. 

22 May 2026

Gergely Pulay will present at the conference Between Cultural Appropriation  and Ethnic Shifting, organized from 27 to 29 May by the Institute of Ethnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences. His presentation is titled Cultural Appropriation and the Urban Margins of the Post-Socialist European Periphery.

19 May 2026

On 21 May 2026 Viktória Bányai will present at the conference of the Association for Historic Building Conservation (RÉKE), and Tamás Turán will give a plenary lecture at the 16th Hungarian Conference on Classical Studies.

On the occasion of Europe Day, an international forum titled “Dialogues on Europe” was held in Uzhhorod, where Csilla Fedinec also took part.

The conference on the history of the Hungarian minority in Romania will be held for the fourth time on May 15–16, 2026, in Sfântu Gheorghe, in the Béla Bartók Hall of the Szekler National Museum.

A new study by Csilla Fedinec has been published: Hungarian Turul and Ukrainian Trident. Understanding the Role of National Symbols in the Context of the Russian–Ukrainian War. In: Nation-Building and Symbolic Politics in Central and Eastern Europe in the Long Twentieth Century: Our Flags, Our Heroes, Our Words. New York, Bloomsbury Academic, 2026, pp. 233-260. DOI: 10.5040/9798881893422.0011

Gergely Pulay's article Post-feudalism and post-fascism at the end of the Orbán-regime in Hungary can be read on Focaal Blog.

Our colleague, György Szerbhorváth, will participate between May 7 and 9, 2026, in Subotica, at an interdisciplinary conference, workshop, and festival focusing on the history, culture, and possible return of guest workers (Gastarbeiter). The event will be held in Serbian and Hungarian at the Klara and Rosa civic cultural center.