Hungary is an important country along the "Belt and Road" initiative and a key participant in the China-Central and Eastern Europe cooperation mechanism. As part of the "Mingde Lectures" at RUC Mingde Academy and the series of events on "The Overseas Dissemination of Chinese Civilization and In-depth Dialogue of World Civilizations," this series of lectures focuses on the evolution of Hungarian civilization.

We have invited three professors from our partner institution Eötvös Loránd University, the highest institution in Hungary, to give special academic lectures on topics such as Hungary and the classical world, the historical periodization of medieval Hungarian history, and Hungary in the context of global history, with the hope of contributing to the exchange, mutual learning, and cooperation between Chinese and Hungarian civilizations.

"The Historical Periodization of Medieval Hungarian History" is the second lecture in the Hungarian session of the Mingde Academy's "Mingde Lectures" series and the "Overseas Dissemination of Chinese Civilization and In-depth Dialogue of World Civilizations" series. We have specially invited Balazs Nagy, the head and tenured associate professor of the Department of Medieval and Early Modern History at Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary, to be the keynote speaker. The lecture will be moderated by Ning Ya, a lecturer at the School of History at Renmin University of China and a Ph.D. in world history from Eötvös Loránd University.

About the speaker

Professor Balazs Nagy graduated from Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary. His main research areas are the economic and social history of medieval Central Europe and urban history, with a recent focus on the impact of the Mongol invasion in the mid-13th century on the Central European region. He has successively edited and co-edited various English academic works, including "Diversity of Beliefs and Ethnic Groups in Medieval Central and Eastern European Towns," "Economic History of Medieval Hungary," "Medieval Buda," "Networks in Medieval Central and Eastern Europe," and "The Mongols in Central Europe."