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, Columbia University
- Kevin J. McNamara, Managing Director, Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies
- Pablo Piccato, Chair, Department of History, Columbia University
- Adam Tooze, Director, European Institute, Columbia University
10:00 – 11:30am | István the Teacher
Chair: Eagle Glassheim, University of British Columbia
- Jennifer L. 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
Remarks and Introduction by Victoria de Grazia, Moore Collegiate Professor Emerita of History, Columbia University
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
Remarks and Introduction of Pieter Judson by Volker Berghahn, Seth Low Emeritus Professor of History, Columbia University
Pieter Judson, European University Institute
Opening Remarks & Panel I
Panel II
Panel III
Keynote
