Celebrating István Deák: Historian, Teacher, Provocateur

Please join the Department of History, the Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies, and the Harriman Institute for Celebrating Isván Deák: Historian, Teacher, Provocateur, a conference in honor of István Deák (1926-2023).

Program

Friday, October 6, 2023

9:30am | Opening

10:00 – 11:30am | Session I: István the Teacher

Chair: Eagle Glassheim (UBC)

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

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

Chair: Attila Pók (Budapest)

• Csaba Békés (Budapest)
• Charles Gati (Washington, DC)
• Laszlo Karsai (Budapest)
• Judit Molnár (Budapest)
• Peter Pastor (Montclair State University)

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

Chair: Dominique Reill (University of Miami)

• Natasha Wheatley (Princeton University)
• Gabor Egry (Budapest)
• Robert Nemes (Colgate University)
• Iris Rachamimov (Tel Aviv)

4:30 – 5:30pm | Session IV: Keynote

Pieter Judson (European University Institute)