The Institute of Philosophy of the Research Centre of the Humanities of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, together with Károli Gáspár University, is organising a conference entitled Arts and the City. The conference will be held in Budapest, on 23-24 May, 2019.

The Call for Papers is available at https://artsandthecity2019.wordpress.com/ and https://artsandthecity.webnode.hu/

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
ANDREW GIBSON, Royal Holloway, University of London
BERNARDINE EVARISTO, writer, London (author of Lara, Soul Tourists and Blonde Roots, among other novels)
NOÉMI SZÉCSI, writer, Budapest (author of The Finno-Ugrian Vampire and Mandragora Street 7, among other novels)

Registration fees:

Early Bird (until 30 April)
Full price: 55 EUR; partial fee waiver: 40 EUR
Student: 40 EUR; partial fee waiver: 25 EUR

Normal
Full price: 65 EUR; partial fee waiver: 45 EUR
Student: 45 EUR; partial fee waiver: 30 EUR

Partial registration fee waivers are available to participants from low and middle income countries, please apply before 31 March, 2019.

Please submit 250-word abstracts and short bios using the form under “Contact” at https://artsandthecity2019.wordpress.com/ before 15 February, 2019.

Hörcher Ferenc – más megbízatása miatt - 2018. december 31-ével lemondott az MTA BTK Filozófiai Intézet igazgatói feladatköréről, melyet hat éven át, 2013. január 1. óta töltött be. Tudományos tanácsadóként félállásban a Filozófiai Intézet kutatója marad.

Londonban, az I.B.Tauris kiadásában jelent meg Hörcher Ferenc és Thomas Lorman társszerkesztésében az A History of the Hungarian Constitution. Law, Government and Political Culture in Central Europe című kötet.

A sokszerzős kötet rövid összefoglalása:

The new Hungarian Basic Law, which was ratified on 1 January 2012, provoked domestic and international controversy. Of particular concern was the constitutional text's explicit claim that it was situated within a reinvigorated Hungarian legal tradition that had allegedly developed over centuries before its violent interruption during World War II, by German invaders, and later, by Soviet occupation. To explore the context and validity of this claim, and the legal traditions which have informed the stormy centuries of Hungary's constitutional development, this book brings together a group of leading historians, political scientists and legal scholars to produce a comprehensive history of Hungarian constitutional thought. Ranging in scope from an overview of Hungarian medieval jurisprudence to an assessment of the various criticisms levelled at the new Hungarian Basis Law of 2012, contributors assess the constitutions, their impacts and their legacies, as well as the social and cultural contexts within which they were drafted. The historical analysis is accompanied by a selection of original source materials, many translated here for the first time. This is the only book in English on the subject and is essential reading for all those interested in Hungary's history, political culture and constitution.

Az MTA BTK és a Kalligram közös kiadásában nemrég megjelent Hévizi Ottó tanulmánykötete, amelynek címe: A Liget, a Sétány, a Csarnok és a Kert. A filozófia színterei.

A könyv öt hosszabb írást tartalmaz: Vándorló gondolat (Nietzsche visszatérés-elgondolásának helyszínrajzához); Tanúhegyek és szakadékok (A tanúsítás filozófiáinak színe és visszája); A Liget, a Sétány, a Csarnok és a Kert (A teóriastílusok iskolái és a periodicitás-hipotézis); A NIELS-formula (Van-e létjoguk a "mély igazságoknak"?); Fordított világok univerzuma (Metastílusok a filozófiában).