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The exhibition entitled  ”Others get laurel only by leaves…” – Treasures, cult, impact history is based on unique treasures stored in the Manuscript Collection of NSZL, and on period first publications in journals, book editions. At the same time, it also focuses on issues such as the reception and cult of Arany.

Project Manager János Káldos and László Boka, Director of Research and Academic Affairs and Deputy Director-General of NSZL delivered a lecture at the conference held in the Hungarian Central Statistical Office on March 21, 2017. Aim of the conference was to discuss current issues related to special libraries and to present the state and achievements of various types of special libraries.

Program of the event

On the third eve of the lecture series, entitled Orientalists in NSZL and presenting the culture of the East, Balázs Sudár will deliver a lecture at 5 p.m. on April 12, 2017.

Entitled After the Day of Hungarian Poetry – Turkish poetry and music culture of the Ottoman occupation, his lecture will give the audience an introduction to the literary and music culture of the Ottoman occupation, both by talking and singing.

As a closing programme of Shakespeare Live (400^th anniversary of the death of the Bard), a sonnet performance of Leeds Beckett University staff and a talk show with lecture by Prof. Noel Witts and Ildikó Sirató, Head of Collection of Theatre History will be held in Boardroom 516 of NSZL between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. on March 28, 2017.

Petőfi Literary Museum organizes a conference entitled Management of born digital “manuscripts”. The problem of the management of born digital “manuscripts” by museums is one of the most exciting and, at the same time, the most pressing issues of contemporary museum practices. On the first day of the session (on March 29), an attempt will be made to survey the Hungarian situation and to sum up problems, involving directors and experts of major public collections.

Related to the event series János Arany Memorial Year 2017, a János Arany exhibition entitled “Others get laurel only by leaves…” – Treasures, cult, impact history will be opened in National Széchényi Library at 11 a.m. on April 28, 2017.