Sántha István: Vámbéry Ármin és a (self-)orientalizmus Magyarországon és Szlovákiában

What did "East" mean in 19th century Hungary and the predecessors of today's Slovakia? How did a Hungarian traveler, linguist and political thinker create his oriental identity? In his lecture, István Sántha, a cultural anthropologist, examines the phenomenon of orientalism - and especially self -orientalization - through his oeuvre. Today's national identity discourse. History, ideology and anthropological reflections are an exciting encounter through a special career.