AMERICAN HUNGARIAN COLLEGIUM

NEW: FOLKLORE LECTURES IN THE MUSEUM OF THE HUNGARIAN HERITAGE

A rich and diverse Hungarian Folk Art exhibition has been opened in the Museum of the Hungarian Heritage in New Brunswick. The exhibition will be open until February 2010. Connected to this event, folklore lectures will be given during the fall of 2009 autumn. The lectures will present and analyze the cultural background of Hungarian Folk Art: the Folk Culture, the World of Symbols and its Social function.

Main subjects of the first lecture:

Origins of Hungarian folk culture, its forms and roots

Date:

October 30. Friday 2009. 7:30 PM

Location:

300 Somerset Street New Brunswick, NJ 08903

Subjects of the further lectures:
Folk beliefs, artistic manifestations and symbols
Life of the folk society, customs and celebrations
The lectures will be illustrated with slideshows.

Lecturer: Dr. Gabor Tarjan, doctorate of Humanities, professor of Hungarian University of Fine Art, the College of Craft and Design, ethnographer, folklorist, professional educator and author.

INVITATION

For a briefing and presentation about the just successfully completed - one
week long - first, extensive Hungarian culture program in the USA of the

AMERICAN HUNGARIAN COLLEGIUM

September 6, 2008, Saturday at 6:30 PM
Mindszenty Culture Center
Saint Stephen's Roman Catholic Magyar Church
233 Third Street, Passaic, NJ 07055

6:30 Reception
7:30 Presentation about the goals and aspirations of the American Hungarian
Collegium by Prof. Karoly Nagy
8:00 Report about the success of the Summer
College of the American Hungarian Collegium
8:30 Movie about the Summer College
9:00 Presentation of future plans
9:30 Open discussions and
suggestions

Please distribute to all media and interested persons who may wish to know
more about this important new undertaking to present Hungarian Culture in
the North America.