‘Courting the Abyss’: Book Launch and Workshop on the Freedom of Speech and Press Freedom

Date and time: Thursday, 7 April 2016

Venue: Faculty of Law and Political Science, Pázmány Péter Catholic University,

Pope John Paul II Room (1088 Budapest, Szentkirályi utca 28-30.)

Preliminary registration is required for participating. If you wish to attend, please contact us by e-mail at kapcsolat@mtmi.hu by 5 April 2016.

The planned conference programme:

9.30 – 10.00 a.m. Registration

10.00 – 10.20 a.m. András Koltay (associate professor, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences): Courting the Abyss: Peters and the Ideal of Freedom of Speech

(John Durham Peters, Courting the Abyss: Free Speech and the Liberal Tradition)

10.20 – 10.40 a.m. Levente Nyakas (Head of NMHH Institute for Media Studies): The Correspondences between Fundamental Rights and the Principle of Media Pluralism in the Practice of the European Court

(András Koltay – Bernát Török (eds.): Press Freedom and Media Law in the Beginning of the 21st Century No. 2)

10.40 – 11.00 a.m. Klára Gellén (associate professor, University of Szeged, Faculty of Law): Unlawful Commercial Communications and Regulatory Competences

(András Koltay – Bernát Török (eds.): Press Freedom and Media Law in the Beginning of the 21st Century No. 2)

11.00 – 11.20 a.m. Péter Smuk (assistant professor, Széchenyi István University, Deák Ferenc Faculty of Law): Disclosure Laws in Eastern Europe

(András Koltay (ed.): Comparative Perspectives on the Fundamental Freedom of Expression)

11.20 – 11.35 a.m. Coffee break

11.35 – 11.55 a.m. Róbert Takács (researcher, Institute of Political History): Press Freedom in the Kádár Era

(Vince Paál (ed.): The History of Press Freedom in Hungary, 1914-1989)

11.55 a.m. – 12.15 p.m. Mihály Gálik (professor emeritus, Corvinus University of Budapest, Faculty of Social Sciences): McQuail and Communication Theory

(Denis McQuail, Mass Communication Theory)

12.15 – 12.35 p.m. Dr. Tamás Klein (assistant lecturer, Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, Faculty of Law): The Development of Press Freedom in England

(James Curran and Jean Seaton, Power without Responsibility: Press, Broadcasting and the Internet in Britain)

Lunch from 12.35 p.m.

Moderator: Petra Lea Láncos
(associate professor, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences)