Our colleague, Réka Marchut, participated in a roundtable discussion on February 6 on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the expusion of Germans from Törökbálint. Her discussion partners were András Grósz and Péter Ferenc Somlai. The discusssion was moderated by Vendel Pettinger-Szalma.

On January 27, 2026, a discussion was held at the Csemadok headquarters in Komárom/Komárno on the turning points in the history of Hungarians in Slovakia over the past decades. The host, university lecturer Attila Petheő, posed questions to historian and archivist László Bukovszky, former Slovak government's commissioner for minority affairs, and Iván Gyurcsík, researcher at our institute and university lecturer.

The participants discussed three main topics: they outlined the significance of the period between 1968 and 1989 for Hungarians in Slovakia, then they assessed the events following the regime change in 1989, with particular regard to the 1994 general assembly of elected Hungarian minority representatives in Komárno,  and finally, they analyzed the Beneš Decrees, which reflect the principle of collective guilt and are currently the subject of public debate, as well as the punishability of addressing this issue.

Ildikó Zakariás gave a lecture at the University of Vienna on January 14, 2026, at the invitation of the Multilingualism Working Group. The title of her lecture was: Beyond segmentation – Flexibilised jobs, work-devaluation and migrant labor in adult language teaching in Austria.

Our colleague, Csilla Fedinec, regularly contributes analyses on public policy and cultural topics to the pages of Jelen. These pieces are available on Jelen’s website.

On 29 January 2026 (Thursday) at 5:00 PM, the roundtable discussion “Migration and Integration – Hungarian Experiences of the Ukrainian Refugee Crisis” will take place at the FSZEK Ötpacsirta Salon (1088 Budapest, Ötpacsirta utca 4) as part of the Ferge Zsuzsa Professional Legacy Lecture Series. Our colleague Margit Feischmidt will participate in the event as one of the invited speakers in the roundtable discussion.