Atelier Spring

This spring, our department continues the lecture series in which, at the invitation of the Atelier, visiting professors from foreign universities present their recent books and research at the Faculty of Humanities of ELTE.

10.00 – MARIE-VIC OZOUF-MARIGNIER: ENTRE SCIENCE ET IDÉOLOGIE, COMMENT PENSER LA COMMUNAUTÉ EN FRANCE?

Marie-Vic Ozouf-Marignier’s lecture presents the results of a joint research project examining the current meaning of the concept of the “heritage community,” as well as its reception in other European languages—primarily in French. This concept plays a key role in contemporary heritage discourse, as the so-called heritage community is defined as the principal custodian of heritage. Originally, it referred mainly to intangible cultural heritage; however, with the intertwining of different interpretations of heritage, the heritage community has become the main actor in all post-AHD (beyond Authorized Heritage Discourse) and bottom-up heritage definitions and practices.
Nevertheless, the direct translation of this concept into other languages is far from straightforward, as the seemingly logical equivalents of the word “community”—such as “communauté,” “comunidad,” “comunidade,” or “comunità”—are problematic, not to mention languages where even formal similarity is lacking. The first lecture demonstrates why the reception of this concept in French is challenging, while the second explores why this term has spread in international heritage discourse and how it has led to a kind of double discourse that is also instructive for historical research.

14.00 – SONKOLY GÁBOR: AZ EURÓPAI VÁROSTÖRTÉNET-ÍRÁS JELEN KIHÍVÁSAI A THE CAMBRIDGE URBAN HISTORY OF EUROPE APROPÓJÁN

Gábor Sonkoly is the co-editor, alongside Dorothee Brantz, of the third volume Modern and Contemporary Europe of the large-scale, international synthesis The Cambridge Urban History of Europe, edited by Maarten Prak and published in 2025. This volume covers the period from 1850 to the present. Based on the experiences and lessons of this wide-ranging international collaboration, the lecture provides an overview of the current state of urban historiography, its main challenges, and its main  directions.

Marie Vic Ozouf-Marignier's lecture will be delivered in French, with Hungarian interpretation. 

Gábor Sonkoly will deliver his lecture in Hungarian, and no interpretation will be provided.