Exhibition
Life at the museum
Professional work
Rosti 160
Memorial Conference at the Hungarian National Museum
Monday, 25 February 2019, 1 p.m.— 4.30. p.m.
Ceremonial Hall, Hungarian National Museum
1.00 p.m. -1.10. p.m.
Welcome speech by Benedek Varga general director (HNM, Budapest)
1.10.p.m. -1.30. p.m.
Beatrix Lengyel (HNM, Historical Photo Department, Budapest): Paul de Rosti. Photography. National Museum. Starting points
1.30 p.m.-2.30 p.m.
Zsófia Bán (Eötvös University, Budapest): The photo album as narrative
Balázs Venkovits (University of Debrecen, Debrecen): Travel literature and photography: the voyages of Paul de Rosti in South America in an international perspective
Emőke Tomsics (HNM, Historical Photo Department, Budapest): Passages. Travelogue and photography before turism in Hungary in the 1850s
2.40.p.m.-3.00 p.m.
Coffee break
3.00 p.m.-4.00 p.m.
Ildikó Sz. Kristóf (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Ethnography, Budapest): Alexander von Humboldt and Hungary: universal ethnography in the long 19th century
Miriam Halwani (Ludwig Museum, Köln): ( Re)discovering Paul de Rosti’s Album for Alexander von Humboldt / video presentation
Éva Fisli (HNM, Historical Photo Department, Budapest, Budapest): Rosti vs. Humboldt
Closing remarks
ROSTI 160 / ABSTRACTS:
