Exquisite pieces of John Lukacs’s legacy are waiting at the University of Public Service to be visited by students and by the wider audience. Among them there is a small bust of Alexis de Tocqueville that once stood in the historian’s study. His American Democracy had a great influence on Lukacs, whose Democracy and Populism, published in Hungarian in 2008, not only analyses Tocqueville’s intellectual legacy, but also specifies the risks to the democratic system and highlights current trends. During the processing of Otto von Habsburg’s heritage recently found documents show that the former Crown Prince and the historian had a lively exchange of views on historical and political issues, including possible developments in the Western world. The events of recent months in Washington, the circumstances of the presidential election, the siege of the Capitol and the inauguration of the new president give special topicality of the words of John Lukacs, who would be 97 years old on January 31, addressed to Otto von Habsburg.

Speakers of the conference:

• András Koltay, Rector at the University of Public Service
• David Contosta, Professor at Chestnut College, Former Associate of John Lukacs
• Géza Jeszenszky, Historian, Former Foreign Minister and Ambassador to the United States
• Máté Botos, Historian, Professor at the Pázmány Péter Catholic University
• Ferenc Hörcher, Historian of Political Thought, Research Professor at the University of Public Service
• Tamás Magyarics, Historian, Professor at Corvinus University and Former Ambassador
• Gergely Szilvay, Historian and Journalist

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Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in English.