A continuously updated YouTube playlist with all available videos of Bálint Magyar’s talks in English can be found here.

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2024

• Book talk at Harriman Institute of Columbia University, New York (“Ukraine’s Patronal Democracy and the Russian Invasion”), January 30. With Bálint Madlovics. Video.
• Webinar at Instituto Internacional de Artivismo Hannah Arendt (INSTAR), April 10. With Bálint Madlovics. Video.

2023

• Roundtable talk in the UCL SSEES Politics and Sociology seminar series, London („Rethinking post-communist regimes – a roundtable discussion”). With Bálint Madlovics, Henry Hale, Sherrill Strochein and Alena Ledeneva. Video.
• Webinar at Instituto Internacional de Artivismo Hannah Arendt (INSTAR), March 15. With Bálint Madlovics. Video.

2022

• Keynote lecture at Fulbright International Seminar (Re-Democratization and Anti-Patronal Transformation: Chances and Possibilities), Sofia, 20 October. Video.
• Lecture at Kyiv School of Economics („A Challenge to the Mainstream Comparative Approach to Post-Communist Regimes”), October. Video with slides.
• Webinar at Sorbonne University („Post-Communist Predation: Modelling Reiderstvo Practices in Contemporary Predatory States”). With Bálint Madlovics. Video.

2021

• Webinar at The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW) („The Anatomy of Post-Communist Regimes: A Challenge to the Mainstream Comparative Approach”). Video.
• Seminar at the Einstein Forum in Potsdam („The Anatomy of Post-Communist Regimes: A Challenge to the Mainstream Comparative Approach”). With Bálint Madlovics. Potsdam. Link. Video.
• Webinar at Stanford University’s The Europe Center („The Anatomy of Post-Communist Regimes: A Challenge to the Mainstream Comparative Approach”). Video. PPT.
• CREES Noon Lecture. Poland and Hungary – Two Autocratic Attempts to Overthrow Liberal Democracy. Online lecture at University of Michigan’s Copernicus Center for Polish Studies. Video.

2020

• Book launch of The Anatomy of Post-Communist Regimes (discussants: Masha Gessen, Henry E. Hale, Iván Szelényi; moderator: Inna Melnykovska). Video.

2019

• Cambridge Central European Conference, Cambridge, Great Britain
• Hannah Arendt Institute, Dresden, Germany
• Sakharov Center, Moscow, Russia. Lecture (video), panel discussion (video).
• Freedom Games, Lodz, Poland. Video.
• Jurmala, Riga, Latvia. Lecture (video), Answer to a question (video).
• Einstein House, Potsdam, Germany
• European University, Florance, Italy
• VIIIth Eurasian Anti-Corruption Forum, Moscow, Russia

2018

• Transparency International, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
• Institute for Advanced Study, Budapest, Hungary
• Georgetown University, Washington DC, US
• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington DC, US
• UNTREF, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Universidad Torcuato di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Conference at Gazeta Wyborcza, Warsaw, Poland
• International Memorial, Kostroma, Russia
• International Memorial, Moscow, Russia
• European University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
• UC Irvine, California, US
• State University San Diego, US
• UC San Diego, California, US

2017

• 11th meeting of the Polish-Russian Club of Intellectuals, Warsaw, Poland
• Conference on Academic Freedom, Cologne, Germany
• Rutgers University, New Brunswick, US
• Pennsylvania University, Philadelphia, US
• Berkeley University, San Francisco, US
• Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
• Chapel Hill, North Carolina, US
• Poland and Hungary – Two autocratic attempts to overthrow liberal democracy (Washington DC)
• 24th International Conference of Europeanists (Booklaunch, Glasgow)
• Corruption vs. Criminal State (Prague)
• Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany
• Global Education and Skills Forum, Dubai, UAE. Lecture (video).
• UNC Europe Fall 2017 Friday Lecture Series. Lecture (video).

2017 Presentations about the Post-Communist Mafia State:

• State University (Saint Petersburg)

2016 Book talks about the Post-Communist Mafia State:

• European Parliament (Brussels)
• Columbia University (New York)
• New School (New York)
• Princeton University (Princeton)
• University of Indiana (Bloomington)
• Издательство «НЛО» представляет:«Анатомия посткоммунистического мафиозного государства на примере Венгрии» (Moscow)
• NED (Washington DC). Panel discussion (video).
• Freedom House (New York)
• Sakharov Center (Moscow). Russian-English panel discussion (video).
• Yeltsin Center (Yekatyerinburg). English-language lecture with a Russian interpreter (video).
• East and West Publishing House (Sofia)

2015-2016 Presentations about the Post-Communist Mafia State:

• Higher School of Economics (Moscow). Edited transcript.
• Council of Europe (Hearing at the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy, Paris)
• American University (Washington DC)
• Gazeta Wyborcza (Warsaw)
• Anglo-American University (Prague)
• Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (Beijing)
• OSCE Academy (Kyrgyzstan)
• CEU, OSF, Financial Research Institute (Budapest)

2014

• International Conference on Populist Democracies in Central Europe (Prague, organized by the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

2013

• Club de Madrid and LEND conference about the problems of democratic transition and the new constitution (Tunis)

2012

• OSI Prague conference on inclusive education, Prague
• EEU (Empowering European Universities) Conference, Budapest

2011

• iTEC Conference, Genova (“The uncertanity principle of ICT development”)
• Amnesty International Conference, Bratislava (“Equal Opportunities and Efficiency”, Plenary Speach)

2010

• World Innovation Summit on Education (WISE), Doha, Qatar (“Digital Literacy for Everyone”). PDF (report).
• Education Leaders’ Forum, Microsoft, Warsaw („Digital Literacy and the Last Miles”)
• Empowering European Universities, Maastricht University, Brussels („European Higher Education Reform”)

2008

• Government Leaders’ Forum, Microsoft, Berlin, („Digitally Illiterate Governments for Digital Literacy”)

2007

• Holocaust Task Force Conference, Budapest

2006

• EU Commission Conference on European Qualification Framework, Budapest
• Liberals for Europe Conference, Budapest („Dilemmas and Answers in Liberal Education Policy”)
• The Academic Values of European Universities Conference, Vatican, („Bologna and Main Issues for National Higher Education Reforms”)
• Holocaust Task Force Conference, Budapest

2005

• World Seminar for Education Ministers – ICT in Schools Seminar, London, („Hungary’s ICT experience: Digital Content – the Intellectual Infrastructure of Pedagogic Reforms”) 
• UNESCO Conference, Paris („Establishing the International Digital Archive of the Cultural Heritage Program”, Plenary Speech).
• World Science Forum, Budapest. PDF (transcript and link to video).

2004

• Legal Issues in the Bologna Process Conference, Warsaw. PDF (slides).
• Ministerial Meeting of the OECD Educational Committee, Dublin („Developing Effective Support Systems and Devolving Responsibility to the Frontline”)
• Berkeley, University of California („From Communism to the European Union: Affirmative action & Education in Hungary”)
• Governement Leaders’ Forum, Microsoft, Rome („The eLearner in 2010”). PDF (edited transcript with figures).

1990

• Conference of the Friedrich-Ebert Foundation, Washington DC („After the Wall: Politics in Eastern Europe”). Video (lecture from 2:09:10).