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The 1956 Hungarian Revolution and the Soviet Bloc Countries: Reactions and Repercussions
An international conference, Budapest
22–23 September, 2006.
Budapest History Museum, Baroque Hall
Szent György Sq. 2, Royal Palace, Wing E
Organized by the Institute for the History of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution
Historical Archives of the Hungarian State Security
Patron of the event Katalin Szili, Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament
Cooperating Institution
Budapest History Museum
With financial support from the Committee to Prepare the 50th Anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution
22 September (Friday)
9:00 Welcoming remarks – Katalin Szili, Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament
9:15 Opening presentation – János M. Rainer (Director General, Institute for the History of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution): The 1956 Hungarian Revolution and the Soviet Regime in East-Central Europe
9:45–12:45 Panel I – Social Reactions (Chair – István Orosz, Professor Emeritus of History, Debrecen University)
Alexandr Stykalin |
The 1956 Hungarian Revolution and the Public Opinion in the USSR. New Sources. |
Tadeusz Kopys |
The Impact of the Hungarian Revolution and the Polish Political Events in 1956 on the Czechoslovak Society |
10:30–10:45 Coffee break
Juraj Marusiak |
Slovakia and the Hungarian Revolution |
Mihaela Sitariu |
Timisoara, 30-31 October, 1956. Causes and Consequences of the Romanian Students’ Movement |
Renáta Szentesi |
The Echo of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution in the East-German Intelligentsia |
Oldrich Tuma |
The Impact of the Hungarian Revolution on Czechoslovakia, 1956-1968. |
12:30 Discussion
1:00–2:00 Lunch time
2:00–3:00 Opening ceremony of the exhibition „Erich Lessing” Location: Budapest History Museum (1st floor)
3:00–6:00 Panel II – Political Élites and the East-Central European Societies (Chair – Ignác Romsics, Professor, Loránd Eötvös University)
Shen Zhihua |
China’s Role and Influence in the Revolts in Poland and Hungary in 1956 |
János Tischler |
The Impact of the Hungarian Revolution on the Policy of the Polish Communist Party |
Dominika Rafalska |
Two Octobers: The Hungarian and the Polish Revolutions in the Polish Press of the 1950s |
4:15–4:30 Coffee break
Katarina Kovacevic |
The Yugoslav Reaction to the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and the Refugee Problem |
Svetlana Savranskaya |
KK The Hungarian Revolution and the Soviet Top Élite |
Vámos Péter |
The Influence of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution on China, 1956-1960 |
5:45 Discussion
23 September (Saturday)
9:00–12:45 Panel III – The 1956 Revolution and the Hungarian Ethnic Minorities in the Neighbouring Countries (Chair – György Gyarmati, Director General, Historical Archives of the Hungarian State Security)
Stefano Bottoni |
1956 in Romania: Repression without Revolution |
Attila Simon |
The Hungarian Revolution and Southern Slovakia |
István Tóth |
1956 Sub-Carpathia: Influences, Consequences and Lessons |
Natália Váradi |
Az The Hungarian Revolution in Sub-Carpathia |
10:45–11:00 Coffee break
Enikő A. Sajti |
Hungarian Refugees in Yugoslavia: the Hungarian-Yugoslav Committees of Repatriation in 1956–57 |
Gyula Dávid |
Types and Sizes of the Long-lasting Reprisals in Romania after 1956 |
Ibolya Murber |
1956 and Austria |
12:30 Discussion
1:00–2:00 Lunch time
2:00–5:00 Panel IV – Historical Sources and Historical Remembrance (Chair – Péter Kende, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the 1956 Institute)
Iona Boca |
Romania after the Hungarian Revolution |
Dragos Petrescu |
Political Regime versus Society: Repercussions of the Hungarian Revolution in Romania, 1956-1989 |
Antal Sándor Pál |
Political Reprisals – Methodological Problems Concerning the Study of the Declassified Archival Sources |
Lukasz Kaminski |
Reflection of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution in the Documents of the Polish State Security |
3:30–3:45 Coffee break
László Bukovszky |
Reactions to the Hungarian Revolution in Slovakia in the Documents of the (Czecho)-Slovakian State Security |
Árpád v. Klimó |
“17. Juni (1953)” – “1956. október 23.”
Remembrance and Politics in Germany and Hungary until 1989 |
Heino Nyyssönen |
Kádár, Kekkonen and 1956 |
4:45 Discussion
5:00 Concluding remarks – Thomas Blanton (Executive Director, National Security Archive, Washington)
Other events
Revolution with arms. An exhibition on the political symbols of the 1848 war of indepence reborn during the 1956 Revolution. Location: Kiscell Museum (III. Kiscelli Str. 108)
Hungary in 1956 – Erich Lessing’s photos. An exhibition from the photographs made before and during the revolution by the photographer of Magnum Agency (Paris). Location: Budapest Historical Museum (I. Szent György Sq. 2, Royal Palace, Wing E, 1st floor) |