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).
Botstiber Institute recently sponsored a special issue of the Journal of Austrian-American History (May 2023) dedicated to Deák. Titled “How East Central Europe Changed: The István Deák School of History,” this issue is fully open source and available online.
Program
Friday, October 6, 2023
9:30am | Opening Remarks
- Valentina Izmirlieva, Director, Harriman Institute
- Kevin J. McNamara, Managing Director, Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies
- Pablo Piccato, Chair, Department of History
- Adam Tooze, Director, European Institute
10:00 – 11:30am | István the Teacher
Chair: Eagle Glassheim (University of British Columbia)
- Jennifer Foray (Purdue University)
- Paul Hanebrink (Rutgers University)
- Marsha Rozenblit (University of Maryland)
- Daniel Unowsky (University of Memphis)
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 (University of Szeged, Hungary)
- Peter Pastor (Montclair State University)
2:30 – 4:00pm | István and East Central European History
Chair: Dominique Reill (University of Miami)
- Gábor Egry (Institute of Political History, Budapest)
- Robert Nemes (Colgate University)
- Rebekah A. Klein-Pejšová (Purdue University)
- Natasha Wheatley (Princeton University)
4:30 – 5:30pm | Keynote
Pieter Judson (European University Institute)
