The books published by Kriterion Publishing House as part of the research programme of the Institute for Minority Studies of the HUN-REN CSS will be presented on Friday, August 30, 2024, in Miercurea Ciuc, at 18:00 at the Kájoni János County Library and on Saturday, August 31, 2024, in Târgu Mureș, at Teleki Teka, at 11:00.

Gagyi József „Villanyos és közössége. Villamosítás, modernizáció: történet a Nyárád-mentén (1945-1989)

Sárándi Tamás „Függőben. A román kisebbség helyzete Észak-Erdélyben (1940-1944)

Kovács Eszter „»Egy kis figyelmesség«. Informális hálózatok és gyakorlatok a Gyergyói-medencében (1970-1989)

Hullóidő. Székely identitásépítés a 19-20. században

Participants in Miercurea Ciuc: József Gagyi, Sándor Oláh, Tamás Sárándi, József Nagy, Eszter Kovács, Andrea Sólyom, Nándor Bárdi and Lázár László Lövétei. In Târgu Mureș the authors accompanied by Lóránt László, Zoltán Novák and András Vajda.

With the support of the research programme of the HUN-REN CSS Institute for Minority Studies, an annotated bibliography of articles by Beke György: Népi Egység (1944-1948) was prepared, which is also available online in the Transylvanian Hungarian Databank [Erdélyi Magyar Adatbank].

The research of the daily newspaper of the Hungarian People's Alliance can greatly contribute to the history of Hungarians in Romania between 1944 and 1948.

"You can say anything on cross-border issues, because who will hold you to account?" Judit Windisch's interview with Nándor Bárdi of the HUN-REN CSS Institute for Minority Studies can be read on the 444.hu news portal about support for Hungarians beyond the border and transnationalisation.

On 23rd August 2024 Nóra Kovács gives a presentation at the international symposium organized by ZRC SAZU Glasbenonarodopisni inštitut in Ljubljana. The title of her presentation is 'Intangible cultural heritage as a vehicle of transnational nation building: the Dance House Method in the South American Hungarian Diaspora'. The programme of the three-day conference is available here.

The HUN-REN CSS Institute for Minority Studies co-organizes the 5th edition of the Erdélyi Történész tábor [Transylvanian Hungarian Historian workshops and camp] (5-8th September 2024). Here, new research results will be presented, manuscript discussions and book presentations will take place. The programme can be found here.