ReCall Project Conference in Veszprém – Join Us and Spread the Word! – Bolesław the Brave and the Birth of Central Europe

Dates: 25–26 September 2025
Venues: Archbishop’s Palace & St. Michael’s Cathedral, Veszprém (HU)
Languages: English & Hungarian (simultaneous interpretation provided)

Why come?

The ReCall Project invites scholars, students, and everyone interested in the shared past of Hungary, Poland, and Czechia to a two-day international conference exploring how Bolesław the Brave and his era helped shape Central Europe. Across keynote lectures, focused panels, an exhibition opening, and a cathedral organ recital, the event connects medieval history with modern memory politics—showing how royal power, Church networks, and cross-border ties forged a region that still matters today.

What to expect

• Top speakers from leading universities and institutions, including Józef Górzyński, Márta Font, Dániel Bagi, Martin Wihoda, Zbigniew Dalewski, Andrzej Pleszczyński, Marcin Pauk, and others.
• Panel I & II (Day 1): Medieval Central Europe—coronations, dynastic alliances, Church foundations, and Piast–Rus’ relations.
• Special features (Day 1):
  • 🖼️ Poland–Hungary, the First Kings – exhibition opening (Polish Institute in Budapest)
  • 🎶 Organ concert at St. Michael’s Cathedral
• Memory Politics (Day 2): Polish–Hungarian sites of memory, anniversaries, and 19th–20th-century interpretations.
• ReCall Session (Day 2): A compact overview of the project’s intellectual outputs and digital resources from Polish, Czech, and Hungarian perspectives.

Programme at a glance

Thursday, 25 Sept

• 10:00–11:00 Mass (St. Michael’s Cathedral)
• 11:15–13:00 Opening & First Session (Archbishop’s Palace)
  • Opening by György Udvardy, Archbishop of Veszprém
  • Plenary by Józef Górzyński, Archbishop of Warmia
  • Key lecture by Martin Wihoda (Masaryk University): Central Europe around the Millennium
  • Dániel Bagi (ELTE): Bolesław the Brave in Hungarian Medieval Research
• 14:30–17:00 Second Session: Central Europe in the Middle Ages
  • Zbigniew Dalewski (UW): The Coronation of Bolesław the Brave
  • Andrzej Pleszczyński (UMCS): Why 1025? A note to Johannes Fried
  • Márta Font (U. of Pécs): Piasts & Kievan Rus’
  • Marcin Pauk (UW): Beginnings of the Polish Church
  • Closing remarks by Dániel Bagi
• 17:30 Exhibition opening; 18:00 Organ recital

Friday, 26 Sept

• 10:00–11:30 Session: Polish–Hungarian Relations in Memory Politics
  • Balázs Zágorhidi-Czigány, Andor Mészáros, Pál Attila Illés, Imre Molnár
• 11:45–13:15 ReCall Session (Chair: István Kovács)
  • Péter Kovács – Project overview & results
  • Jakub Węglorz, Jiří Němec, Dániel Bagi – national perspectives & outputs

(The full illustrated programme is available below as images.)

Practical info

• Access: Archbishop’s Palace (Vár utca 16) & St. Michael’s Cathedral (Vár utca 27), 8200 Veszprém
• Working languages: English & Hungarian; interpretation provided
• Audience: Open to scholars, students, teachers, and the interested public

Join us!

Be part of a unique conversation about how medieval power, faith, and culture shaped today’s Central Europe—and how that legacy is remembered. Come to Veszprém, meet the team, discover the ReCall resources, and help us share them further.

See you in Veszprém on 25–26 September!

Organizers: Archdiocese of Veszprém • ReCall Project • Saint Adalbert Foundation
Partners: Wacław Felczak Foundation • Polish Institute in Budapest • and collaborating universities

RECALL Project
“RECALL: A Study of Central European Places of Memory for Collective Remembrance”
Grant No.: 2023-1-HU01-KA220-HED-000154286

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
Co-funded by the European Union – Erasmus+ Programme.