Dear Friends, We are delighted and relieved to inform you that the fate of the Lukács Archive has finally taken a turn for the better. In the recent months, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences had been preparing for the final eviction of the Lukács Archive and Library from Lukács’s former flat at 2 Belgrád rakpart, […]
Continue reading...Not Everything Can Be Erased – The Lukács Archive Finds a New Institutional Home
After a seven-year hiatus, the Lukács Archive is resuming its operations under a new institutional framework. The Budapest City Archives has taken over its maintenance, ensuring that the intellectual legacy of the world-renowned philosopher will be preserved and made accessible for research in a manner worthy of his stature. Budapest Főváros Levéltára kezelésébe került Lukács […]
Continue reading...János Kelemen 1943–2024
Philosopher, Dante scholar and academic János Kelemen has died. He spoke the languages of both classical German and analytic philosophy as mother tongues, and as professor, he was a guide for generations of philosophers at Eötvös Loránd University. We bid farewell to the first chairman of our Foundation.
Continue reading...Mihály Vajda 1935–2023
Mihály Vajda, the last of György Lukács’ closest pupils (better known as the “Budapest School”), who, in constant debate with his master and in dialogue with other members of Lukács’ circle, left behind a vast oeuvre and countless pupils, has died. From now on, it is entirely up to posterity to decide what to […]
Continue reading...100 Years of Georg Lukács’s History and Class Consciousness: An International Conference
G. M. Tamás 1948–2023
It was a pleasure to read him. It was a pleasure to know he was around. He isn’t anymore.
Continue reading...Rethinking Simmel on Culture, Modernity, and Alienation
The International Workshop Rethinking Simmel on Culture, Modernity, and Alienation (6th and 7th June, 2022, Vienna – Buenos Aires) aims to revisit some of the core problems of Georg Simmel’s thought from hitherto underexplored perspectives. It inquiries into aspects of legacy and timeliness, examines Simmel’s relationship to critical theory, and puts to the test the philosopher’s […]
Continue reading...Frank Benseler 1929–2021
On December 22, sociologist, editor, and univeristy professor Frank Benseler died at the age of 92. Professor Benseler deserves high praise for publishing the works of György Lukács: he witnessed the creation and facilitated the publication of the philosopher’s late works, presided over the Internationale Georg-Lukács-Gesellschaft for many years, and edited the Lukács-Werkausgabe. Although […]
Continue reading...Éva S. Balogh 1936–2021
On 30 November, Éva S. Balogh – historian, lecturer at Yale University, and editor of the English-language news portal Hungarian Spectrum – died at the age of 85. We remember her by sharing two of her pieces, as her articles on Lukács and the Archive provided a unique opportunity for foreigners to understand the […]
Continue reading...Lukács 50
György Lukács died on 4th June 1971. You can find the list of events and publications commemorating the anniversary here.
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