{"id":38321,"date":"2023-11-28T22:32:50","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T22:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=38321"},"modified":"2023-11-28T22:35:47","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T22:35:47","slug":"book-launch-the-beginnings-of-anti-jewish-legislation-the-1920-numerus-clausus-law-in-hungary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=38321","title":{"rendered":"Book Launch: The Beginnings of Anti-Jewish Legislation. The 1920 Numerus Clausus Law in Hungary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Thursday, November 30, 2023, 6:00 pm \u2013 7:30 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Budapest Jewish Studies Colloquium<\/strong> in cooperation with the CEU Democracy Institute<\/strong>, the CEU Jewish Studies Program<\/strong> and the Tom Lantos Institute <\/strong>cordially invites you to a book launch:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE BEGINNINGS OF ANTI-JEWISH LEGISLATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By M\u00e1ria M. Kov\u00e1cs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moderated by Michael L. Miller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speakers: \u00c1gnes Katalin Kelemen, Andr\u00e1s Kov\u00e1cs, Attila P\u00f3k.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Join the event in person in N\u00e1dor 15, Room 106, or online on Zoom. Registration is required by November 29 <\/strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Nazi 1933 Civil Service Law and the 1935 Nuremberg Laws are often considered the first anti-Jewish decrees in interwar Europe. M\u00e1ria M. Kov\u00e1cs convincingly argues that Hungary\u2019s numerus clausus law of 1920, which introduced a Jewish quota at Hungary\u2019s institutions of higher learning, was, in fact, interwar Europe\u2019s first antisemitic law.  By defining\u2014and discriminating against\u2014Jews as a separate \u201cracial\u201d or \u201cnational\u201d group, it abrogated the principle of equal rights that had been enshrined into law; as such, it marked an abrupt reversal of Jewish emancipation in Hungary.  Moreover, the numerus clausus law set the stage for subsequent \u201cJewish Laws\u201d (in the late 1930s and early 1940s) that sought to solve Hungary\u2019s \u201cJewish Question\u201d by means of extraordinary legal measures that targeted Jews alone.  This book examines the origins and implementation of the numerus clausus, as well as the attempts to dampen its impact on Hungary\u2019s international reputation, focusing on the debates surrounding it promulgation (1920), its modification (1928) and its eventual application to other areas of Jewish life (1938\u201345).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This book is the English translation of T\u00f6rv\u00e9nyt\u0151l s\u00fajtva – A numerus clausus Magyarorsz\u00e1gon, 1920-1945<\/em>, a seminal work by Maria M. Kovacs, originally published in Hungarian in 2012. On the occasion of the launch of the English version, we want to remember the author\u2019s legacy as a historian, a professor and a public intellectual.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moderator:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael L. Miller<\/strong><\/a>, historian, is head of the Nationalism Studies program and academic director of the Jewish Studies Program at Central European University in Vienna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c1gnes Katalin Kelemen<\/strong><\/a>, historian, is the coordinator of the \u2019Democracy in History\u2019 workgroup at the CEU Democracy Institute, a disciple of Maria M. Kovacs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andr\u00e1s Kov\u00e1cs<\/strong><\/a>, sociologist, is professor emeritus at the Nationalism Studies Program, and the founding director of the Jewish Studies Program at Central European University.  He is a research affiliate of the CEU Democracy Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attila P\u00f3k<\/strong><\/a>, historian, is former Deputy Director of the Institute of History, Research Center for Humanities of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, former Secretary General of the Hungarian Historical Association, chairman of the Academic Council of the European Network of Remembrance and Solidarity, a senior researcher at the Institute of Advanced Study in K\u0151szeg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/events.ceu.edu\/2023-11-30\/book-launch-beginnings-anti-jewish-legislation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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