On 26 and 27 May 2010, the Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies at University College London will host an international conference: Antisemitism in Hungary and Poland: Genealogies, Transitions, Practices.

A retrospective chamber exhibition of bags and sacks from the history of commerce in Hungary (CARRIER BAGS AND SACKS, the 20th century of wrapping and carrying). A unique collection of 80 important pieces including tinfoil, silk paper, cardboard, wrapping paper, disposable PVC and nylon carrier bags on show for the first time. Unforgettable brands, long-gone manufacturers and shops: shopping bags with the logos of large department stores Szivárvány, Corvin and Lottó as well as of small shop-owners Ignácz Frisch, Victor Kovács and György Fleischer.

In Lesesaal des Josephinum (Währinger Straße 25, A-1090 Wien) on Mai 7, 2009 at 18 p.m. c.t., Dr. Daniela Sechel (Dept. of History, CEU, Budapest - Postdoctoral Fellow, Inst. f. Geschichte, Univ. Wien) will held a lecture entitled Medical Police: the Viennese Discourse and its reception in Hungary and Transylvania (1770-1830).