The Hungarian Acadmy of Sciences cordially invites you to a public roundtable discussion entitled On the Usefulness of the Humanities, to be held on the 21st January, 2015, at 1051 Budapest, Széchenyi István square 9.

The discussion is based primarily on Ferenc Hörcher's (the director of the Institute of Philosophy) recently published bilingual (Hungarian and English) book of the same title.

Participants of the discussion: László Lovász, president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, József Hámori, member of the Academy, Csaba Pléh, member of the Academy, Lajos Vékás, member and vice-president of the Academy, Pál Fodor, director of the Research Centre for the Humanities of the Academy, and Ferenc Hörcher, director of the Institue of Philosophy. More details are available here.