György Ránki Hungarian Chair Symposium
The 1956 Hungarian
Revolution and War of Independence

Saturday, March 4

8:45 am Panel I, Background

Chair: Gustav Bayerle

-István Deák, Columbia University: "The Revolutionary Tradition in Hungary and the Lessons of the 1956 Struggle for Independence"
-Gábor Gyáni, MTA Történettudományi Intézete: "Socio-Psychological Roots of Discontent: Paradoxes of 1956"
-László Borhi, Indiana University/MTA Történettudományi Intézete: "Hungary in the Soviet Empire 1945-1956"

10:20-10:40 Coffee Break

-Attila Pók, MTA Történettudományi Intézete: "Captive Minds and Scapegoats in Stalinist Hungary"
-Mihály Szegedy-Maszák, Indiana University/ELTE: "Hungarian Writers in 1956"
-Discussion, 35 minutes

Keynote: Béla Király, member of the Prime Minister's Memorial Committee: "The Ten Truths of the Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence of 1956"

13 pm Lunch

15:00 pm Panel II, International Context
Chair: Toivo Raun

-Péter Kenéz, University of California Santa Cruz: "Khrushchev and the Hungarian Revolution of 1956"
-Mark Kramer, Harvard University: "The Soviet Union and the Onset of the Crisis in Poland and Hungary"
-David Holloway, Stanford University: "1956 and the Soviet-American Military Balance"
-Günter Bischof, University of New Orleans: "The Eisenhower administration and the 1956 Hungarian Crisis"
-Discussion, 30 minutes

19 pm Professor Sinor's Dinner

Sunday March 5

9 am Panel III, Process
Chair: Mihály Szegedy-Maszák

-János Rainer, 1956-os Intézet: "Intersecting Lives: Imre Nagy and János Kádár in 1956"
-László Ritter, MTA Történettudományi Intézete: "The Hungarian-Soviet Armed Struggle for Budapest, October-November 1956"
-Eszter Balázs, Politikatörténeti Intézet: "Tracking Down the `Girl from Pest` in an Emblematic Shot of the Revolution of 1956"
-Discussion, 30 minutes

10:45 Coffee break

11 am Panel IV, Consequences
Chair: Denis Sinor

-Andrew Ludanyi, Ohio Northern University: "The Impact of 1956 the Hungarians on Transylvania"
-Thomas Cooper, Columbia University: "Reconstruction of Discourse: Literature and the Events of 1956"
-Tibor Frank, ELTE: "Saving a Nation or Saving Face: US Efforts to Rescue and Aid Hungarians, 1956-1958"
-Discussion, 30 minutes

13 pm Closing Lunch