First Hungarian Festival in the DC area
HUNGARIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE CLASSES
Study Hungarian in a unique, challenging, diverse and nurturing environment. The Kossuth Foundation is dedicated to offering rigorous language education for adults at all levels tailored to the needs of the students. We offer instruction at all levels.
Könyvbemutató és fotókiállítás a Kossuth Házban
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Helping Ukraine
Kossuth Foundation community, there are a member organization of the larger Hungarian-American community doing fundraising drives, the Kossuth Foundation wants to do its part.
One of our board members just returned from Hungary where he visited the help centers along the Ukrainian border, and established contacts with people on the ground, and experienced how generously the Hungarian people offered help to all refugees and those affected by the war - it truly made us proud.
With the agreement of the Executive Committee, we are kicking off our own unique initiative accompanied by a small fundrasing campaign to support the refugees from Ukraine and the Hungarian minorities who remained in Kárpátalja.
Through reliable contacts affiliated with local churches and charities who are regularly delivering aid to the border and into Western Ukraine, we will sponsor a few shipments of donations for those in need. It is unique because we will see exactly how we help and whom we help. It is unique because we will be able to provide exactly what is needed at that moment. If we raise more, we will also contribute to the centralized program that already works very effectively on a large scale to distribute aid across the border and beyond.
Additionally, the Board will match donations for the first $1000 collected. Please use this link to do your own contribution: https://www.paypal.com/donate/
1848 Celebration at the Kossuth House and around DC
On the 10th of March, Hungary’s Ambassador to the United States, Szabolcs Takács, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Derek Hogan, the leadership of the Kossuth Foundation, and honored guests met at the Kossuth House to lay wreaths in remembrance of Hungary’s fight for Freedom and Democracy which started on March 15, 1848. Our Board Chair Atilla Kocsis, Vice Chair Gábor Rózsa, Treasurer Sándor Vegh, Secretary Zsolt Szekeres, and Controller Zsuzsánna Seres, attended the event. During the ceremony, which is highlighted in the attached video, Ambassador Takacs awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit to Jesuit Priest and Georgetown University Professor Emeritus, László Őrsi.
Hungarian Language Program Continues to Grow
Our Hungarian Language Program continues to expand and is off and running for the winter/spring semester with nine classes, five teachers and 55 students. Class for the semester include a total of 35 hours of class time –2.5 hours per week for 14 weeks. Eight of the classes meet on weeknight evenings and one on Saturday morning. Classes are small – between 4 and 8 students per class. Due to the pandemic, we have transitioned to a remote learning platform which allows students from all over the country to join. This approach has been widely accepted by all of our students, including those in the DC area as it allows for personal engagement without requiring any commute to attend class and can be access even while traveling away from home. All of our teachers are native Hungarian speakers with experience teaching a foreign language. Classes range from beginners who are learning the language for the first time and those who speak well but need practice or help with grammar and vocabulary. We use the award winning MagyarOK platform of text books and workbooks which is supplemented by grammar texts, as well as audio and video materials directly tied to the books and supplemental materials provided by the teachers. Our emphasis is on providing a challenging and rewarding class that also provides enrichment in the culture and history of Hungary. Are you interested in joining our program? Please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. us for more information!
MAGYAR / HUNGARIAN FESTIVAL
MAGYAR / HUNGARIAN FESTIVAL
The Celebration of Hungarian Culture and Heritage
April 30th, 2022 from 12:00PM TO 7:00PM
6801 Georgetown Pike, McLean, VA 22101
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LOST PRESTIGE - Hungary's Changing Image In Britain
LOST PRESTIGE
HUNGARY’S CHANGING IMAGE IN BRITAIN, 1894–1918
by GÉZA JESZENSZKY
Please note the new venue for the event:
German-American Heritage Museum of the USA™, 719 Sixth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001
Thursday, November 18, 2021 | 1:00 p.m.
Author: Géza Jeszenszky
Diplomat, Ambassador to the United States and later to Norway and Iceland (2011-2014), Minister of Foreign Affairs in the first freely elected Hungarian government (1990-1994) after the fall of communism. A historian by education, he is a retired Professor of Modern History at Corvinus University of Budapest and was a Fulbright Visiting Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Moderator: Jon Greenwald
Served 30 years as a senior U.S. diplomat, focusing on East-West matters, the Middle East, counter-terrorism, the European Union and international law. Upon leaving government, he coordinated foreign policy issues for the 2000 U.S. presidential campaign of Senator Bill Bradley and from 2001 to May 2017 was Vice President in charge of research for the Brussels based International Crisis Group, widely regarded as the world’s leading conflict prevention and conflict resolution non-governmental organization.
The book talk will be followed by a reception and book signing.
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