News, events

Comics as Narrative. The 9th Art and its Icons in Hungary – opening ceremony

2018/05/07

The Hungarian Comics Association and National Széchényi Library will open a joint exhibition on May 14, 2018, in order to present some major chapters in the history of Hungarian comics.

Comics as Narrative. The 9th Art and its Icons in Hungary – exhibition

The Hungarian Comics Association and NSZL will open a joint exhibition on May 14, 2018, in order to present some major chapters in the history of Hungarian comics. The exhibition focuses not only on comics as an independent art form and a possible way of self-expression, but also on comic adaptations and the Hungarian literary works that have inspired them.

Posters on the Day of Hungarian Film

2018/04/25

Posters lent from the stock of National Széchényi Library will be on display at the event to be held in Uránia National Film Theater on April 30, 2018.

Body As Text – book presentation

2018/04/05

On the occasion of the International Dance Day, you are cordially invited to the presentation ceremony of a book by Katalin Lőrinc, entitled Body As Text.

Library Spaces of the Future – K2 further training series

2018/04/18

From 10 a.m. on Friday April 20, 2018, the Hungarian Library Institute will hold a professional workshop day entitled Library Spaces of the Future as part of the Modern Library, Advanced Services – K2 further training series.

Lecture by Professor István Vásáry in the Orientalists in NSZL series

2018/04/16

At 5 p.m. on April 25, 2018, Professor István Vásáry will deliver a lecture entitled Survival of the Turkish-Mongolian tradition in the Persian and Turkish chancelleries of Timur and the Timurids (1370–1506) in National Széchényi Library.

Guests from Bulgaria

2018/04/17

Based on a cooperation agreement signed previously by the two institutions, Professor Krasimira Aleksandrova, Directress of the St. St. Cyril and Methodius National Library of Bulgaria and some of her colleagues paid a visit to National Széchényi Library. The main aim of the meeting was to identify relics of early Bulgarian book printing kept in NSZL.

Soldier Album – book presentation

2018/04/11

At 4 p.m. on April 17, 2018, the facsimile edition of a beautifully decorated memorial album, published jointly with Kossuth Publishing House, will be presented in National Széchényi Library.

The Concordantiae Caritatis in Budapest – conference

2018/04/13

Under the subtitle Devotion and Visual Information Flow in Late Medieval Europe, a German-language conference will be held in the Library on April 18, 2018. The conference will focus on a typological picture book by Cistercian author Ulrich von Lilienfeld, dating back circa 1350.

NSZL Publishing House at the Book Festival

2018/04/10

Between April 19 and 22, 2018, we are looking forward to seeing you at the NSZL stand (46/B), at the 25th International Book Festival Budapest to be held at Millenáris. You can buy our publications and albums, and we will also offer you book presentations and dedication.