[CEU Opening Ceremony 2001-2002, 10th Anniversary - Full Ceremony (Primary Camera)]

Call Number
203-13-1:143/1

General information

Call No.:
203-13-1:143/1
Part of series
HU OSA 203-13-1 Records of Central European University: External Relations Office: Audio-visual Recordings
Located at
VHS PAL #143 / No. 1
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00007280
Date of production
2001-10-13
Date
2001
Level
Item
Primary Type
Moving image
Language
English
Duration
1 hour 30 min.

Content

Form/Genre
Raw material
Contents Summary
Recording of the CEU Opening Ceremony for the class of 2001/2002 held at Pesti Vigadó, Concert Hall on October 13, 2001. On this occasion the 10th Anniversary of CEU was also celebrated. The welcome and Opening Remarks are delivered by Stefan Messmann, the Academic Pro-Rector of CEU. Andrej F. Kovaljev who graduated in 1992 is the Alumnus Speaker of the Ceremony and he is followed shortly by Daniela Raiman, an Incoming Student Representative at Legal Studies. Short remarks are then given by the representative of the Faculty, Petr Lom, Associate Professor and PhD Director at Nationalism Studies Program. George Soros, the founder of CEU and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees is introduced by Academic Pro-Rector of CEU to deliver a special announcement – to declare the University financially independent and self-supporting. Next to speak is Prof. István Rév (Director of OSA Archivum) who recounts briefly the history of CEU and its developments. Prof. István Rév is followed by President and Rector of CEU, Yehuda Elkana who delivers a short address to the audience. After a brief musical interlude played on violin by Ausra Railaite from Political Science Department, the ceremony continues with a lecture on “Terrorism and Human Rights” by Lord Russell-Johnston, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Next, Pro-Rector of CEU, Stefan Messmann offers the closing remarks of the ceremony. After the ceremony there is a Press Conference chaired by István Teplán (Executive Vice President of CEU) in which the participants are George Soros (Founder of CEU and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees), Yehuda Elkana (Rector and President of CEU) and Zuzana Jalcova (PhD Student).