5th Veszprém Archives Day

Entertaining Local History II.

Leisure Activities and Sports as Reflected in Archival and Literary Sources

9:30 a.m. Arrival, registration

10:00 a.m. Welcome remarks by Dr. Balázs Czetz, Deputy Director General for Collections at the National Archives of Hungary

Chair: István Boross, Director, Veszprém County Archives of the National Archives of Hungary

Presentations

10:15–10:35 Eleonóra Kovács (MNL Scientific Directorate): The Novel as a Historical Source. Hospitality, Travel, and Entertainment in the Works of Mór Jókai

10:35–10:55 Anita Gulyás (MNL Fejér County Archives): “Greetings from Lake Velence.” The Development of Bathing Culture at Lake Velence

10:55–11:15 Ágnes Tóth (MNL Veszprém County Archives): “On the Wings of the Wind”—A Brief History of Sailing on Lake Balaton

11:15–11:35 Boglárka Somogyi (Veszprém Archdiocesan Archives): All Roads Lead to Rome

11:35–11:55 Coffee Break

11:55–12:15 Eszter Vámos (National Archives of Hungary, Veszprém County Archives): The Conquest of the Bakony, the “Hungarian Jungle” – Naturalists in the Horthy Era

12:15–12:35 Balázs Vince Nagy (National Archives of Hungary, Veszprém County Archives): Go, Builders! Go, Porcelain! – Two Defining Decades in Herend’s Sporting History

12:35–12:55 Balázs Törő (Dezső Laczkó Museum): Nivegytigris, Kuglipálya, Hátfűves. The social characteristics of village soccer and opportunities for representation in museums

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