Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht in Budapest

Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht in Budapest
28/11 - 30/11

28. November 2022. 18:00 - 30. November 2022.

ISBN Könyv+Galéria (1084 Budapest, Víg u. 2.) and ELTE BTK Gombocz Zoltán lecture hall (1088 Budapest, Múzeum krt. 4/A, fszt. 47.)

11/28 - 11/30

2022. November 28. 18:00 - 2022. November 30.

ISBN Könyv+Galéria (1084 Budapest, Víg u. 2.) and ELTE BTK Gombocz Zoltán lecture hall (1088 Budapest, Múzeum krt. 4/A, fszt. 47.)


Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, the renowned philosopher, aesthetician, and cultural critic is visiting Budapest.

Prof. Gumbrecht is an honorary professor of ELTE, Albert Guérard emeritus professor at Stanford University, and the professor of romance languages and literatures at the Univertsity of Jerusalem. 

He will be introducing his latest book, “Beauty in Sport / Crowds in Stadia,” for the Hungarian translation of which he wrote a separate foreword. This event will take place on 28 November 2022, 6 pm at the ISBN Könyvtár+Galéria (1084 Budapest, Víg u. 2). The event on Facebook.

Prof. Gumbrecht will also give a public lecture at the Faculty of Humanities at ELTE (1088 Bp., Múzeum krt. 4., Building A, room 047) on 30 November 2022, 6 pm entitled „Crowds as Rituals of Intensity: In the Stadium and Otherwise”. The event on Facebook.

The language of both events is English.

The events are strongly related to the A tömeg. Kulturális jelentéstulajdonítások 1920/2020 OTKA project, carried out at the Department of Aesthetics at ELTE. Read more about the project here.

Cover image: welt.de