Conference
Celebrating István Deák: Historian, Teacher, Provocateur
On Friday, October 6th, the Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies, in partnership with Columbia University’s Department of History and the Harriman Institute, will hold the conference, “Celebrating István Deák: Historian, Teacher, Provocateur” in honor of Hungarian-American historian István Deák (1926-2023).
Volume seven of the Journal of Austrian-American History includes 14 essays on the life and contributions of István Deák, with his former student, the University of Miami’s Dominique Kirchner Reill, as guest editor.
The journal is available in print and open-access.
Conference Program
Friday, October 6th | Maison Française East Gallery 515 W 116th St New York, NY 10027
9:30am | Opening
10:00 – 11:30am | Session I: István the Teacher
Chair: Eagle Glassheim (UBC)
Paul Hanebrink (Rutgers)
Jennifer Foray (Purdue)
Daniel Unowsky (University of Memphis)
Marsha Rozenblit (University of Maryland)
11:30am – 1:00pm | Session II: István and Hungary: Then and Now
Chair: Attila Pók (Budapest)
Csaba Békés (Budapest)
Charles Gati (Washington, DC)
Laszlo Karsai (Budapest)
Judit Molnár (Budapest)
Peter Pastor (Montclair State University)
2:30 – 4:00pm | Session III: István and East Central European History: Roundtable
Chair: Dominique Reill (University of Miami)
Natasha Wheatley (Princeton University)
Gabor Egry (Budapest)
Robert Nemes (Colgate University)
Iris Rachamimov (Tel Aviv)
4:30 – 5:30pm | Session IV: Keynote
Pieter Judson (European University Institute)