INVITATION & PROGRAM: LUNCHEON & KEYNOTE SPEAKER

NÉMETH ZSOLT

Keynote speaker Mr. Zsolt Németh: Chairman of
the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Hungarian National Assembly

(in Hungarian)

MAGYAR KONGRESSZUS – MAGYAR TALÁLKOZÓ
ÁRPÁD AKADÉMIA – ÁRPÁD REND

HILTON GARDEN INN
CLEVELAND DOWNTOWN
2019. NOVEMBER 30.
12:15-2:30 pm
SZOMBAT / SATURDAY
CARNEGIE BALLROOM

 INVITATION & PROGRAM
LUNCHEON

12:15 – 2:30 pm

Grace: Nt. Dr. László Imre,

Luncheon tickets must be purchased in advance.
No tickets will be sold at the door.
We thank you for your understanding.

“Where there is faith there is love,
Where there is love there is peace,
Where there is peace there is blessing,
Where there is blessing there is God,
Where there is God there is no want.”

Hungarian House Blessing

Zsolt Németh’s Németh’s political career started with the foundation of FIDESZ – Hungarian Civic Union in
 1988. Mr. Németh was a founding member of FIDESZ and has been a member of the Hungarian
Parliament since the first free and democratic elections in 1990. Since 2014, Mr. Németh has been
the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Hungarian National Assembly, Deputy floor
leader of the Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union Parliamentary Group, and the Head of the Hungarian Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly to the Council of Europe (PACE) and since 2016 Vice- president of the EPP-CD Group of the PACE. Between 2016-2018 he was the Vice-president of the PACE.

Mr. Németh is a key figure in formulating Fidesz’s foreign policy. He has participated in the
preparation of the party’s foreign policy strategies in the past two decades. Mr. Nemeth was an
active supporter of the Act on National and Ethnic Minorities (1993), which grants individual and
collective rights and the right to self-government for ethnic and national minorities living in
Hungary. He also supported the Act on Hungarians Living in Neighbouring Countries (2001), which ensures special benefits for ethnic Hungarians living in the Carpathian Basin. Mr. Nemeth was also among the sponsors of the Act allowing non-resident Hungarians to apply for Hungarian citizenship if they are of Hungarian origin and speak the language (2010).

Németh Zsolt 2014 óta az Országgyűlés Külügyi Bizottságának elnöke, valamint a FIDESZ – Magyar Polgári Szövetség parlamenti képviselőcsoportjának frakcióvezető-helyettese. Ugyancsak 2014 óta az Európa Tanács magyar küldöttségének vezetője és az Európa Tanács Európai Néppárti képviselőcsoportjának frakcióvezető-helyettese, ill. 2016-2018 között az Európa Tanács Parlamenti Közgyűlésének alelnöke. Az Interparlamentáris Unió Magyar-USA Tagozatának elnöke, a NATO Parlamenti Közgyűlésének tagja. Az Európai Néppárt Politikai Közgyűlésének 1998 óta tagja.

Between 1990-1994, Mr. Németh participated at and headed the Committee on Human
Rights, Religions and Minority Affairs in the Parliament. While FIDESZ had majority in the Parliament between 1998-2002, Mr. Németh acted as Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Between 2002-2010 Mr. Németh was the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs. From 2010 till 2014 Mr. Németh acted as Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Mr. Németh acted as member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
between 1993-2008 being the Deputy Leader of the Hungarian delegation from 2002. In 2004, he
became Member of the European Parliament, where he served on the Committee on Foreign Affairs for a year. Between 2005 to 2008, he was the Vice Chairman of the Political Affairs Committee of the Council of Europe. He is member of the Political Assembly of the European People’s Party (EPP) since 1998.

Mr. Németh held and presently holds several honorary and executive positions at non-profit organizations and other NGOs; among others, he was the founder of the Pro Minoritate Foundation, he is the Honorary Chief Superintendent of the Calvinist Congregation of Transsylvania, and a Member of the Knight’s Order of the Johannites.

Mr. Németh studied political science at the Oxford University St. Anthony’s College as a visiting student between 1988-89. He earned his M.A. in Economics and Sociology at the Karl Marx (Corvinus) University of Economic Sciences at Budapest in 1987. Mr. Németh is married with three children.

Somogyi Lél ( Cleveland):

“Trianon, Hungary, and the Arrogance of Empires – a perspective on the past, present and the future”

This presentation will focus on an analysis of the consequences of the Treaty of Trianon, not just on Hungary but all of Europe and globally to the present, with surprising insights on the implications it holds for the emerging future of global supra-national communities of culture as well.

at the Hungarian Congress November 29, Friday at 10:15 am

Hilton Garden Inn Downtown Cleveland
1100 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland,
Ohio, USA 44115

ABOUT THE PRESENTER:

Lél Somogyi is Secretary-General of the Árpád Academy, the long-time editor of the Krónika, author of books and numerous articles on Hungarian historical and cultural topics, and frequent speaker at Hungarian commemorative events.

Dr. JUDITH E. PUSKÁS (Wooster, OH)
Lecture:

Dr. Albert Szent-Györgyi: The History and Future of Vitamin C.

This lecture will give a brief historical overview and future plans of the Puskás research group to carry
forward his legacy.
at the Hungarian Congress November 29, Friday at 3:30 pm

Hilton Garden Inn Downtown Cleveland
1100 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland,
Ohio, USA 44115

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Judit E. Puskás, PhD, P. Eng, Professor AIMBE and IUPAC Fellow (Wooster, OH); External member, Hungarian Academy of Sciences; Co-inventor of the polymer coating on the Taxus drug-eluting coronary stent, implanted in over 6 million people. Professor Puskas’ research is focusing on the integration of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment with breast reconstruction, in collaboration with the Cleveland Clinic. In 2012 she was one of the five winners of the GE Healthymagination Breast Cancer Challenge Award, selected from 400 international applications. She is also the winner of the 2017 Charles Goodyear Medal, the most prestigious award given by the Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society. She joined the Faculty of the Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering (FABE) at the Ohio State University as a tenured Full Professor in January 1, 2019.

Each doll is unique and part of the

ALL THINGS HUNGARIAN EXHIBIT AND SALES

at the Hungarian Congress

Hilton Garden Inn Downtown Cleveland
1100 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, USA 44115

2019 november 29-30. / U.S. Thanksgiving weekend

We invite you to join us at

the 59th Cleveland Hungarian Congress

held November 29-30, 2019.

Please view our detailed program.

  EXHIBITS

  The traditional Hungarian Congress “Books and Artists” exhibit is in the EDISON II exhibit hall, at the other end of the hotel conference hallways, and near to the Congress meeting rooms. It will be open until the start of the program, and reopen on Saturday morning.

Formal Opening: ARTISTIC EXHIBITS, BOOK EXHIBITS open Friday and Saturday
Arrangments by Ilona Simon Erőssy (Columbus, OH), Róbert Fazekas (Cleveland)
Julie Nádas Ludányi (Ada, OH), Krisztina O’Reilly (Cleveland)

„HUNGARICUM” CONSIGNMENT SALES “All Things Hungarian Sale” all day Saturday

Come and find a new treasure for your home, or stock up on Christmas and other gifts for friends and family!

§ Kiállítjuk Király Ilona kanadai-magyar költő és múlt Árpád Akadémia kitüntet, verses köteteit.

§ Book Reviews presented at the formal opening. Acknowledging and recommending: Norman Stone: Hungary a Short History (Profile Books, London, 2019) and Tibor Farkas: The Immortal Hun and His Scythian Blade: The Legend Lives On, 2018)

PÉNTEK / FRIDAY 8:30 – 10 PM,TEREM / ROOM: CARNEGIE BALLROOM PREFUNCTION AREA

YOUNG ADULT ART EXHIBIT AND RECEPTIONTHE DR. IMRE LADÁNYI FOUNDATION ARTISTIC COMPETITION: DISPLAY & JUDGING ARRANGEMENTS BY ILDIKÓ PELLER

THE YOUNG ADULT ART EXHIBITS WILL BE ON DISPLAY BEFORE AND AFTER THE LITERARY AND ARTISTIC PROGRAM.WE INVITE YOU TO SEE THE FULL BOOK & ARTIST DISPLAY IN THE EXHIBIT HALL DURING THE CONGRESS.

LITERARY AND ARTISTIC PROGRAM

7:00 PM

Host: ZSOLT DÖMÖTÖRFFY (Cleveland, OH)
Welcome: DR. JOHN NÁDAS, PRESIDENT (Canton, OH)

  The Hungarian Association cordially invites the lovers of Hungarian culture and of artistic excellence to come and enjoy the finest music performances presented by Dóra Jancsó and Gábor Jenei.

Dóra Jancsó graduated from the Nyíregyháza Secondary School of Fine and Applied Arts. After graduation, she was admitted to the Theatrum Theater Academy in Budapest and graduated in 1999. She has since been a freelance performer with
the National Theater of Miskolc since 2015. She has also starred in numerous musical productions. Her music teachers included Judit Kővári, vocal performance teacher at the University of Theater and Film Arts, and later her instructor was opera singer Magda Nádor, vocal performance teacher of the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music. Between 2016-2019 she was a student of drama at the University of Theater and Film Arts.

Gábor Jenei has performed in several operettas and musicals in theatres all around Hungary, such as in Miskolc, Szombathely, Szolnok or Debrecen. He passionately popularizes the Hungarian song literature, especially the Hungarian
opera and operetta, both in Hungary and abroad. Currently he mainly acts in main and supporting roles in the musical theatres of Budapest. Actor and tenor, he finished his studies at the Shakespeare Acting Academy in Budapest.

Introductory performances will include Cleveland OH and Erie PA area youth: The Krasznai children Ráhel and Joel and the Németh children Áron, Rózi, and Ábel, who will present poetry recitals.

Acknowledgements, closing remarks — DR. JOHN NÁDAS, president

[Program subject to change. Please also consult our webpages for any updates.]

The Dr. Emory and Ilona Ladányi Foundation Art Competition at the Congress of the Hungarian Association

Dr. Emory Ladanyi (1902-1986), although a successful dermatologist by profession, loved art and spent enormous amounts of time painting and creating various works of art.  His works were in oils, acrylics, tempera, water colors, inks, charcoals, pastels, wood and linoleum cuts, collages and even in “junk “art.  His diverse artwork included land and city scapes, portraits, acts, abstracts, and in the course of his lifetime had numerous exhibits in prestigious places in both the United States and Hungary.  Already before his medical service in the United States Army during World War II, he was recognized by art critics.  Due to his love of art and to the fact that he was born in Kecskemet, Hungary, his wish was not only to promote his art legacy, but to encourage young Hungarian-American artists with exceptional talent.  In this spirit of the Dr. Emory Ladanyi Foundation, the Hungarian Association is proud to announce the Dr. Emory Ladanyi Foundation Art Competition at the 2018 Congress of the Hungarian Association. All are invited to enter who meet the requirements and guidelines.

1. Eligibility: The art competition is open to all participants who are of Hungarian or partial Hungarian origin between the ages of 16 and 40.
2. Fee and Limit: There is no entry fee. A person may enter up to three works of art, but may receive no more than one award.
3. Originality: The entry artwork must be an original piece, completed solely by the participant.  Make sure that the artwork is signed.
4. Media: Entry may be sculpture, drawing, painting, print, collage, or other pictorial presentation. Sculptures must be free standing or mounted on appropriate bases and be appropriate for placement within the display space.   Paintings and drawings must be properly presented and may be framed or the artist may choose to omit framing as part of the creative process.  Works that are deemed too large or cumbersome to hang or display may not be accepted. Please limit paintings such that they do not exceed a size of 30”x40” and be not less than 16”x20” in size.
5. Due Date: All applicants must digitally submit their CV, a photo of the art work to be displayed, as well as one of themselves, and an artist’s statement of their work and their inspiration for this work one week before the competition, that is by the Friday before Thanksgiving at magyar.tarsasag@gmail.com
6. Date of Competition: The competition itself is on the Friday after Thanksgiving.  The participating artist must be present at the exhibit that evening and the following evening, Saturday,  at the formal Hungarian Ball, where the awards will be presented. Participants qualify for discounted student rate ball tickets.
7. Judging: A panel of judges will select the award winning entries, which will be eligible for cash prizes.
8. Awards: $250., $150., $100. cash prizes for First, Second, and Third places, respectively.  All who enter artwork will receive certificates of participation.
9. Agreement: Participants must agree to assume all responsibility for transporting and displaying their artwork.  The Hungarian Association will not be responsible for any loss or damage to art work displayed during the show.
10. Any artwork may be sold at the competition by the artist with the price agreed upon by the artist and the buyer. Neither the Hungarian Association nor the Ladanyi Foundation will receive any monetary benefits from a sale.

HUNGARIAN ASSOCIATION

The 59th Hungarian Congress Magyar Találkozó/Árpád Akadémia/Árpád Rend

November 29-30, 2019

Friday, Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend

Hilton Garden Inn Cleveland Downtown 1100 Carnegie Ave., Cleveland, OH 44115

2019 Magyar Kongresszus témája

“Trianon kihatása: A Magyar nemzet összetartozása”

Legacy of Trianon: Nationality, not Borders

NOTE: Programs in English are indicated by grey background shading.

English translations for Hungarian language sessions are available. The program may change, please check our website for latest updates: www.hungarianassociation.com or visit us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HungarianAssociation

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THE HUNGARIAN ASSOCIATION
 and the ÁRPÁD ACADEMY 
 invite you and your family on the evening of Saturday, November 30, 2019, to attend the 59th
GALA BANQUET and

HUNGARIAN BALL


— THE BANQUET PROGRAM —

6:30 p.m. Ballroom opens, cocktails (cash bar)
7:00 p.m. National Anthems / Prayer
Greeting / Dr. John Nádas, President

— FOLLOWING THE BANQUET —

8:30 p.m.
— Award Presentations —
The Árpád Gold Medal, the Árpád Association Honorary Certificate,
and the Dr. Emery Ladányi Foundation Art Competition

8:45 p.m.
— The MAGYAR BALL —

― Presentation of the 2019 Debutantes and Opening Dancers,
 Dancers’ and Debutantes’ names will be announced at the ball. —
― Dancing to the music of Walt Mahovlich & “Harmonia”
from Cleveland, Ohio —
― Traditional & Ballroom Music ―

― “Palotás” Performance by the “Cleveland Hungarian Scout Folk Ensemble” —

― Black Tie / Evening Gown,
Hungarian formal dress is especially encouraged.
 
―

― By invitation & pre-reservations only; no tickets sold at the door. 
Ball attendance is limited to guests 16 years and older only. ―

GALA BANQUET and HUNGARIAN BALL
Saturday, November 30, 2019
in conjunction with the 59th Hungarian Congress
November 29-30, 2019

Hilton Garden Inn Downtown Cleveland

1100 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, USA 44115
Tel: (216) 658-6400 Fax: (216) 658-6401
Mention Block code: “HUNGCI”
for reduced hotel room rates.

For general questions (Általános felvilágosítások) 
(216) 651-4929 (Vali, after 6 p.m.)

Ticket questions only (Jegyekkel kapcsolatban) 
(440) 331-0391 (Mária)

The full program with all Hungarian Congress events and speakers and also
the Newsletter are sent via US mail to those currently on our mailing list.
(Contact us if you did not receive copies and / or wish to add your name &
address.)

See also our ticket form. Tickets are needed for:

• the Friday evening Musical & Artistic Performances, pre-ordered or at the door
• the Saturday Luncheon with the Keynote Speaker, must be pre-ordered
• the Saturday evening Hungarian Ball (for guests 16yrs. and older), must be pre-ordered
• All other events, including all presentations and all exhibitions are free of charge.
• Everyone is welcome to attend

Hungarian Association


P.O. Box 771066


Cleveland, OH 44107

Email: magyar.tarsasag@gmail.com
Website: www.hungarianassociation.com/