History Department Scholarly & Social Meeting; Lívia Szélpál: The 19th Century Debrecen and Szeged’s Markets: Identity Formation and Spatial Positions

We are pleased to announce the second lecture of this semester in the series "History Department Scholarly & Social Meeting"  taking place next Tuesday, January 29, in Hanák Room, at 17:30.  

 Lívia Szélpál will speak about:  

The 19th Century Debrecen and Szeged’s Markets: Identity Formation and Spatial Positions

Abstract:

st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } The rhythm and center of everyday life (is)was the market, which was also a venue for exchanging goods and information and also a place for social life. The location of the markets was usually the main square or the main street of the city. Debrecen and Szeged were important market towns from the Middle Ages and owe their development to the market and commerce. This market center position [Vera Bácskai, 1989] had an identity forming power for these two cities on the Great Hungarian Plain. This presentation is part of my dissertation work titled A Tale of Two Hungarian Cities: The Making and Reading of Modern Debrecen and Szeged, 1850-1914. In my presentation I use photographs about the old Debrecen and Szeged markets not only as visual illustrations but historical documents for analyzing the spatial positions of the market places.

 PROGRAM:  

17:30 - 18:15: Presentation by Lívia Szélpál.

Place: Hanák Room (Nádor 11, 2nd floor)   18:15 - 18:50: Discussion  

19:00 - open end: Drinks and informal meeting of students and faculty. Place: Central Bistro & Bar

The Scholarly-Social Meetings, a joint student-faculty initiative, combine lecture series with after-hours integrative event. The aim of the Scholarly-Social Meetings is to provide insights into the work undertaken at our department and, no less importantly, to bring our students and faculty together in a more informal way, building up an academic community beyond the day-to-day scholarly activities.
All faculty, students and staff are welcome!
 
We are looking forward to seeing you all,

Nadia Al-Bagdadi (Head of Department)  

Matthias Riedl
Jan Bröker
Francesco La Rocca
(Organizers)