Georg – The Doc, directed by Sotiris Bekas and screened at the 7th Peloponnisos International Documentary Festival, is now available worldwide with English, Hungarian, and Greek subtitles through Vimeo On Demand. Part of the income will be donated to support the Foundation. Thank you! Ευχαριστώ! To visit the documentary’s official Facebook Page, click […]
Continue reading...“On guard”
The Foundation’s board members “on guard” at the University of Theatre and Film Arts, currently occupied by students protesting against the government’s crackdown on academic freedom. © Gabriella Csoszó / FreeDoc
Continue reading...The Deutsche Welle about the Lukács Archives
“Seit zwei Jahren ist das Archiv des Philosphen Georg Lukács geschlossen – aus politischen Gründen, behaupten Kritiker. Ehemalige Mitarbeiter kämpfen seitdem vergeblich für die Wiedereröffnung.” Continue reading.
Continue reading...Statement of Solidarity
The Lukács Archive International Foundation firmly protests the politically motivated harrassment of the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory of the University in Belgrade. We owe solidarity to the colleagues in Belgrade and to all those who also condemned the closure of the Lukacs Archive. Both were attacks on independent research and free and critical […]
Continue reading...The German Journal weiter denken about the Lukács Archives
“… Unter diesen Umständen und bei solch rosigen Aussichten fällt es einem schwer, über die Odyssee des Georg-Lukács-Archivs zu sprechen…” Continue reading…
Continue reading...Nicolas Tertulian (1929–2019)
« Nous avons l’immense tristesse de vous annoncer le décès aujourd’hui 11 septembre 2019 à Suresnes de Nicolas Tertulian, grand spécialiste mondial de la pensée de Lukacs, sans doute l’un des derniers à avoir personnellement connu le maître. » Prof. Jean-Pierre Morbois (Le blog des amis de Georg Lukacs) „Eine wahrhaft traurige Nachricht! Nicolas […]
Continue reading...Georg – The Doc
Film release on 20 September 2019, at 7 p. m. in Nyitott Műhely (1123 Budapest, Ráth György utca 4.) A documentary film about the Hungarian Marxist philosopher, aesthetician, literary historian, and critic, György Lukács, based on an idea of Sotiris Bekas and the research of Cody J. Inglis, Ágnes Kelemen, Jordan Skinner. The music of […]
Continue reading...Ágnes Heller (1929–2019)
Hungarian philosopher Ágnes Heller, who was a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and a founder of our Foundation, died at the age of 90 on July 19. Thank you for everything, Ági!
Continue reading...Article about the Georg Lukács Archives in Le Monde
The historian Sonia Combe’s article about the threat of Orbán’s government to Georg Lukács’s legacy and to the academic freedom. The Corriere della Sera informs also of the article.
Continue reading...Statement of Solidarity
The Lukács Archive International Foundation (LAIF) is appalled by the news that the government has condemned yet another scientific research group, the 1956 Institute, to closure. The integration into the pro-government Veritas Institute will inevitably lead to its dissolution: the current researches will discontinue and the source materials of the Oral History Archive will be […]
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