Earlier this week my language tutor asked me this question: “Milyen politikus volt Nagy Imre?” (What kind of politician was Imre Nagy?). The answer is complicated and not just because my Hungarian is not at the level needed to answer that question. Aside from being a good question for me to practice with, it is …
Note: This post is later than expected partly because my schedule was unusually busy last week but also because the post I started to write was too long and winding. I will come back to that topic, but in the interim I thought I would offer this brief glimpse into how historian’s work. -PCL Yesterday …
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Last week I visited the Zene Háza (Music House) in Budapest’s City Park and while there I stumbled on a minor site that I wanted to find, a statue of George Washington. I am interest in this statue for a couple of reasons including that it is purported to be the only statue of Washington …
As I continue this series of introductory posts, it seemed time to answer one of my most frequent questions: Why Hungary? Prior to 2013 I had no known connection to Hungary or Hungarians. Yet that year, my wife and I visited Saint George, Romania (RO: Sfântu Gheorghe, HU: Sepsiszentgyörgy) as she was invited to provide …
was recently asked the perennial graduate school question: "What do you do?" While my answer was much shorter, this overview of my current work seems like a good place to kickoff a short series to introduce myself. -PCL On 23 October 1956, a Hungarian student-led march in support of their Polish confreres swiftly turned into a demonstration, then a protest, to a mob, and finally to a revolt...
Patrick C. Leech 