Between 16 and 18 June 2026, the Council for European Studies will hold its 32nd International Conference at University College Dublin. Csilla Zsigmond and Margit Feischmidt will participate in the event with their presentation entitled “Hope, Solidarity – Activism? Some Characteristics of the Public Engagement of the Tisza Islands from the Perspective of Transformative Solidarity.”
11 June 2026
Csilla Fedinec evaluates Hungarian–Ukrainian relations in the columns of Visible Ukraine.
11 June 2026
On May 21, 2026, the Institute for Minority Studies at the ELTE Research Center for Social Sciences, in collaboration with the Forum Institute in Somorja and the National Institute for Minority Studies in Cluj-Napoca, presented “Károly Tóth: The Ghost of Autonomy. Studies, Essays, Articles, Conversations 1982–2013” at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences’ Research Center for the Humanities in Budapest. The recording of the book launch can be found here.
An evaluative analysis by Csilla Fedinec, published in Jelen, on the results of Hungarian–Ukrainian negotiations on minority rights.
Our colleague, Béni L. Balogh, gave a lecture on the Day of National Cohesion on June 4, 2026, as part of the Public Affairs Café (Közéleti Kávéház) event series in Timișoara. The title of his lecture was: "Transylvania in Hungarian Public Consciousness Before and After Trianon." Following the lecture, Bartha Csaba conducted an interview with the speaker.
8 June 2026
Csilla Fedinec will participate and give a presentation at the conference titled Constitution-Making, Identity Building and Migration in Ukraine on 9 June 2026.
4 June 2026
Csilla Fedinec spoke to The Kyiv Independent on Hungarian–Ukrainian relations
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.