Join the Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs and the Hungarian Room Committee, along with the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, the European Studies Center, and the Hungarian Program of Less Commonly Taught Languages in the Department of Linguistics to commemorate the 1848 Hungarian Revolution.
Daniel Mikecz, PhD, Fulbright Visiting Professor, at the University of Pittsburgh will talk about the importance of the 1848 revolution in Hungary’s history and the influence of the revolutionary leader, Lajos Kossuth's trip in the United States and the Hungarian '48-ers who joined the Union forces in the Civil War in the United States. A reading of the the Nemzeti dal or "National Song", the patriotic poem written by Sándor Petőfi, will also be shared.
A reception will be held following the program portion in the Frick Fine Arts Building Cloister.
The event is free and open to the public.
