Constitutional Democracy: Challenges and Roads to Recovery

15/05 - 16/05

15. May 2025. 09:30 - 16. May 2025. 16:30

ELTE TTK, Faculty Council Room (1117 Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A, Rooms 7.18–7.21)

05/15 - 05/16

2025. May 15. 09:30 - 2025. May 16. 16:30

ELTE TTK, Faculty Council Room (1117 Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A, Rooms 7.18–7.21)

In honour of the inauguration of Professor Andrew Arato (The New School for Social Research, New York) as Honorary Doctor at Eötvös Loránd University, the Doctoral School of Sociology and the Institute of Political and International Studies, ELTE Faculty of Social Sciences organises an international conference titled “Constitutional Democracy: Challenges and Roads to Recovery – Andrew Arato Doctor et Professor Honoris Causa 80”.

The conference, taking place on 15–16 May 2025, will be bilingual. On the first day of the event, there will be presentations and round-table discussions in Hungarian, while on the second day, the program's language will be English.

On 15 May, at 13:15, Andrew Arato will give an honorary doctoral lecture in Hungarian, titled “A demokrácia kalandjai: parabola vagy ciklus?”.

PROGRAM

15 MAY 2025 | PROGAM IN HUNGARIAN – DOWNLOAD FLYER HERE

09:30–10:00	Megnyitó \| beszédet mond: Szabari Vera és Örkény Antal
10:00–11:30	Civil társadalom \|moderál: Gerő Márton
		A kerekasztal résztvevői: Arapovics Mária, Greskovits Béla, Nizák Péter, Vajda Róza
11:30–11:45	Reflexiók \| Arató András
	Ebéd
12:45–13:15	Köszöntők \| köszöntőt mond: Radnóti Sándor és Bruszt László
13:15–15:30	A demokrácia kísérletei \| moderál: Majtényi Balázs
	13:15–14:00	Arató András: A demokrácia kalandjai: parabola vagy ciklus?
	14:00–15:00	Wessely Anna: Corsi e recorsi Tóth Gábor Attila: A törvénytelenség szelleme Szijártó Imre: Politikai ciklusok szovjet típusú társadalmakban
	15:00–15:30	Kérdések és válaszok
	Kávészünet
15:45–17:15	Alkotmányos helyreállítás \| moderál: Kovács Kriszta
		A kerekasztal résztvevői: Halmai Gábor, Kovács Ágnes, Miklósi Zoltán, Szűcs-Zágoni Zoltán Gábor
17:15–17:30	Reflexiók \| Arató András

16 MAY 2025 | PROGAM IN ENGLISH – DOWNLOAD FLYER HERE

09:00–12:15	Populist Challenges (in English) \| Chair: Gábor Halmai
	09:00–10:15	Ertug Tombus: When is a Populist No Longer a Populist? From Laclau to Arato and the Lifecycle of Populist Politics Paul Blokker: Populism, Protest and (Un-)Civil Society Anna Ujlaki: AI Governance and Populism
	10:15–10:30	Reflections by Andrew Arato
		Coffee break
	10:45–12:00	Daniele Stasi: Against the West.Historical Populism and Modernity Katalin Turai: Democratic Realism and Militant Democracy Fabio Gentile: From Vargas to Bolsonaro. Brazil as an Ideological-political “Laboratory” for a Global History of Populism
	12:00–12:15	Reflections by Andrew Arato
		Lunch
13:15–16:30	The European Response to Populist Challenges (in English) \| Chair: Orsolya Salát & Eugenio Zaniboni
	13:15–14:30	András Bozóki: Populism, Personalism, and Authoritarianism. Political Styles and Regimes Andrew Ryder: Rekindling the European Dream: A New Social Europe Andrzej Schultz: European Courts’ Response to Populism
	14:30–14:45	Reflections by Andrew Arato
		Coffee break
	15:00–16:15	Şebnem Dogandemir: Populism and the Crisis of Political Representation Giuseppe Foglio: Populism and Authoritarian Liberalism. Notes on a Controversial Relationship Rusudan Margiani: ‘So, Do You Want War?’ Politics of Fear of the Georgian Dream Party
	16:15–16:30	Reflections by Andrew Arato

Event page in Hungarian.