Date: Friday, October 6th, 2023

Time: 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM EST

Location: Maison Francaise, East Gallery (515 W 166th Street, New York, NY 10027)

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Please join Columbia University’s Department of History, the Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies, and the Harriman Institute for a conference in honor of István Deák (1926-2023).

Program – Friday, October 6, 2023

9:30am | Opening

10:00 – 11:30am | István the Teacher

Chair: Eagle Glassheim (UBC)

• Paul Hanebrink (Rutgers University)
• Jennifer Foray (Purdue University)
• Daniel Unowsky (University of Memphis)
• Marsha Rozenblit (University of Maryland)

11:30am – 1:00pm | István and Hungary: Then and Now

Chair: Attila Pók (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)

• Csaba Békés (Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary)
• Charles Gati (Johns Hopkins University)
• Laszlo Karsai (University of Szeged, Hungary)
• Judit Molnár (Jozsef Attila University, Hungary)
• Peter Pastor (Montclair State University)

2:30 – 4:00pm | István and East Central European History: Roundtable

Chair: Dominique Reill (University of Miami)

• Natasha Wheatley (Princeton University)
• Gabor Egry (Institute of Political History, Budapest)
• Robert Nemes (Colgate University)
• Iris Rachamimov (Tel Aviv University)

4:30 – 5:30pm | Keynote

Pieter Judson (European University Institute)