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2017/04/11
A book presentation related to the opening ceremony of Ex libris exhibition was recently held in Pest-Buda Auctioneer House. The exhibition will be open until April 30, 2017.
The publishing workshop of NSZL pays a tribute to the author and his fables which have become an integral part of the world of Hungarian tales. By launching a series of popular facsimile editions, it aims at bringing back to the readers the printed form of one-time classics, works by popular authors and rare editions hardly available today. Our recent publication is already available in the bookshop of the Library, or you can order it online.
2017/04/06
Until June 2017, a database collecting more than 900 journals of high impact factor, covering all areas of research, can be accessed and tried out on computers placed in the reading rooms of National Széchényi Library.
2017 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Hungarian poet János Arany. To celebrate this occasion, National Széchényi Library will digitize manuscripts of Arany’s works owned by NSZL and will also restore and digitize part of the bequest kept in Nagyszalonta.
2017/03/27
Under the Erasmus program, Armenian guest professors of the Technology Transfer Office of Pázmány Péter Catholic University were received by Dr. László Tüske, Director-General of NSZL. At the meeting, discussion was held about organizing a cultural and historical exhibition commemorating the first printed Armenian bible.
The exhibition 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.
2017/03/22
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.
2017/03/17
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.
2017/03/20
As a closing programme of Shakespeare Live (400th 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 NSZL between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. on March 28, 2017.
2017/03/20
Colleagues of National Széchhényi Library will also deliver lectures at the conference held by Petőfi Literary Museum on March 29-30, 2017.
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