[JMCE at Keio/Japan] Special Lecture #14 (09062018) > Special Lectures

Title

On the Scenery of Kossuth Lajos Square:

Square of "politics", or of "people"?

Speaker

Hiroshi TOYA, Meiji Gakuin University,

Faculty of International Studies

Dates

9 June 2018

Venue

4F Conference room, South bldg., Mita Campus, Keio University

Number of

Direct Participants

(researchers and students from your institution)

7

Number of

Indirect Participants

(other audiences like media or residents in your region)

2

Outlines

(up to 5 points)

-Sceneries of Kossuth Plaza tells us a lot about aspects of Hungary,

which is often quite controversial a Member State in the EU.

-Statutes in Kossuth Plaza were reshaped based of the policy of Orban government, which expresses the will of Orban government.

-The original melancholic Kossuth statute, which was built in 1920s,

was reshaped in 1952 to symbolize the bravery of communists.

-Orban recently reshaped the 1952 Kossuth statute back in the

original form.

-When we walk around towns, which is being like a fashion these

days in Japan, we should be conscious of the messages hidden in the sceneries of towns.

Photographs

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