DIP! Discussion with the Ambassador of Egypt

DIP! Discussion with the Ambassador of Egypt Wednesday, February 8, 2012 Time: 19.00 Venue: Gerbeaud Café (Vörösmarty tér 7-8) Details: Our guest for 2012′s first DIP will be His Excellency Aly Houssam El-Din El-Hefny, Ambassador of Egypt. He will talk about questions related to Egypt’s international and regional role in Africa and the Middle East, Egyptian-Hungarian relations, the [...]

Should the Hungarian State Support Churches…at all? (event archive)

At our Liberty Forum, three distinguished Hungarian academics Péter Hack (ELTE – School of Law), Renáta Uitz (Central European University), Orsolya Salát (ELTE – School of Law) shared their views about the role of the state in religious affairs at our public panel, moderated by CSS president Marion Smith. (Scroll down for event summary!) When [...]

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Is Discrimination Immoral? (event archive)

The last event of the summer was a discussion with Roger Pilon, Founder and Director of Cato Institute’s Center for Constitutional Studies about why progressive and Western governments aim to champion “equal rights for everyone” by built-in guarantees against discrimination.  We explored whether the state have a responsibility to outlaw prejudice and discrimination in the private sector. [...]

Book Launch – The Constitution of Liberty (event archive)

Márton Baranyi (mandiner.hu) moderated a discussion with our featured speakers András Lánczi (president, Századvég Foundation) and Marion Smith (president, Common Sense Society). They addressed the arguments of our first publication, the Hungarian translation of a book by Matthew Spalding, Az Amerikai Függetlenségi Nyilatkozat és Alkotmány Alapelvei. Click here to read the foreword of the book [...]

CSS Christmas Party and Charity Event

CSS’ second annual Christmas Party  featured a Live Holiday Concert by the international renown concert pianist Keren Hanan (www.keren-hanan.com). Her exhibition, the Music in Colours can be visited from 10.12.2010 until 22.12.2010 between 3.00pm and 6.00pm by appointment at the Brody House. You can meet the artist on the 14th and 21st December between 4.00pm [...]

Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt

A book discussion about the relationship between the government and the economy. Moderated by Dániel Nagy. Reading Group discussions are held monthly in English and last approximately 1.5 hours.

The Abolition of Man by C. S. Lewis

CSS held the first monthly Reading Group discussion. The discussion led by Marion Smith focused on the conflict between logical positivism and natural law as well as the consequences of debunking traditional morality.

CSS Christmas Party

CSS’ first annual Christmas Party was a success. Attendees brought winter clothes to donate to families in need through our partner Nagycsaládosok Országos Egyesülete (NOE). The evening included a Christmas concert featuring Fanny Szabó-Szende and plenty of mulled wine. View our Christmas video here.