The History of the Present

Hungary between 1989 and 2014

11. October 2014., Kossuth Klub (7 Múzeum u., Budapest 1088)

25 years can be a long period in the life of people and also in the life of a country. Some historical periods are shorter, longer or exactly taking a quarter of a century. „History lasts for today” – considering this motto, the Hungarian History Teacher’s Society (TTE) would like to summarize this two and a half decade, which can now be measured with the eyes of historians. Our goal is to have schematic overview on this period – even if it is not closed – focusing on what tasks and challenges we have on the field of teaching contemporary history.

The programme of the conference

Greeting          10.00

Opening speech 10.05 – 10.35 Elemér Hankiss

Presentations:

10.30 – 10.50 András Lánczi: The Political System of Hungary between 1989 and 2014

10.50 – 11.10 Ákos Bod Péter: From Planned Economy to Market Economy. The Changing of the Hungarian Economic System between 1989 and 2014

11.10 – 11.30 Break

11.30 – 11.50 Tibor Valuch: The Changing of the Hungarian Social System

11.50 – 12.10 László Karvalics: The Internet (From the Beginning to Generation Y)

12.10 – 13.10 Roundtable: Was There Any System Change?

Participants: András Gerő, András Mink and László Tőkéczky

14.15 – 15.00 Sections and recommendations

15.00 – 16.00 25th Anniversary of the Hungarian Teacher’s Society – festive assembly

The conference is supported by

Local Government of Budapest, the Mayor’s Office	Konrad Adenauer Stiftung