[George Soros Official Opening of the 1994-1995 Academic Year at CEU]

Call Number
203-13-1:63/1

General information

Call No.:
203-13-1:63/1
Part of series
HU OSA 203-13-1 Records of Central European University: External Relations Office: Audio-visual Recordings
Located at
Audio cassette #63 / No. 1
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00007199
Date of production
1994-09-30
Date
1994
Level
Item
Primary Type
Moving image
Language
English
Notes
Length of the tape 60 min - recording on both sides

Content

Form/Genre
Raw material
Contents Summary
Recording of the Official Opening of the 1994-1995 Academic Year of the CEU at the Budapest City Hall with the participation of the mayor of Budapest, Gábor Demszky and the founder of CEU, George Soros. The audio-cassette contains Demszky’s speech in which he mentions the new campus of the CEU on Nador street, as well as moving the Archives Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty and the Samizdat collection under the roof of the OSA Archive. It also contains George Soros’ Commencement Speech in which he mentions Sir Karl Popper’s death, passes his regrets for Popper not being present at CEU and elaborates on Popper’s philosophical and political ideas. Further remarks on Sir Karl Popper are delivered by CEU University Professor Jirí Musil and President and Rector of CEU Alfred Stepan.

Context

Associated Names
Central European University (CEU) (Copyright holder, Creator/Author, Producer)