Colloquium Programme Cover
view from Room 23 of the Peregrinus Hotel in Pest (east side of the Danube)
cw from left, Zsolt Zachar, Doug Emery, Will Noel, Roger Easton, in the Photo Lab of the Hungarian National Library, 17 September 2007 (photo by Mike Toth)
Many hands make lights work -- Doug Emery gets Bill Christens-Barry's "Eureka Lights" LED panel running
Doug, Roger, and Aignis (head of photo lab at Hungarian National Library), with Eureka Light
Doug programs the LED sequence as I keep my hands in my pockets so I won't break anything.
Will places the diploma for imaging
From the top of Buda hill, during the walk back to the Peregrinus Hotel on Monday, 17 September 2007.
Royal Palace on Buda Hill
Royal Palace on Buda Hill.
Garden on the west side of the Royal Palace
Royal Palace on Buda Hill, Hungary
Hungarian Parliament seen from Buda Hill, Hungary
The Danube from Buda Hill
The "Liberation" Monument seen from the garden on the east side of the Royal Palace, Buda Hill, Monday 17 September 2007.
Chain Bridge over the Danube
The Fab Four: Roger Easton, Michael B. Toth, William Noel, Doug Emery) after taking images of the diploma at the Hungarian National Library
Hungarian Parliament Building across the Danube from Buda Hill
Pest from Buda Hill with Chain Bridge
from the pedestrian bridge over the Funicular Railway on Buda Hill
Chain Bridge
Funicular railway
photo from bridge over the funicular railway
Crossing Chain Bridge
Excavated ruins in Pest
Mutt and Jeff in matching outfits, headed to dinner on Monday night, 17 September 2007
Walking to the Collegium across Szabadság híd (Liberty Bridge, sometimes called Freedom Bridge) over the Danube
Gellert Hotel and Spa at the base of Gellert Hill, at the west end of Liberty Bridge over the Danube
Doug, Mike, Abigail, on the road to Eotvos Collegium
Eotvos Collegium, Buda Hungary
Mike Toth, Zoltan Horvath, Doug Emery, and Gyula Mayer in the Eotvos Collegium before the Press Conference, Tuesday 18 September 2007
Will Noel keynote, with terrific translator (he created a Hungarian name for Doug Emery's alter ego, the Lord of Minutia)
Laszlo Horvath
Sophia Kapetanaki (University of Peloponnese) transcribing Greek of the unidentified text from the computer image
Budapest from Citadella on top of Gellert Hill
Chain Bridge over the Danube at night from the Citadella
Szent Istvan Basilica, from the Citadella
Danube night panorama from Citadella on Gellert Hill in Buda, Hungary
Buda Castle on Buda Hill from the Citadella on Gellert Hill
Lazslo and Will toast Mr. B, the provider of the feast
Traditional Hungarian entertainment -- that's the biggest hammer dulcimer I've EVER seen!
Mike Edwards (left, facing camera) of the Institute of Classical Studies in London, is preoccupied -- what is happening to Chelsea in the Premier League? Are they losing AGAIN tonight? (They tied and fired their manager)
Abigail Quandt converses (in Italian!) with Dr. Ferenc Fodor, Curator of Manuscripts in the Hungarian National Library
Tokaj goose liver slices with whipped potatoes
More traditional Hungarian entertainment
Doug Emery's new favorite, Unicom
Long Day is Over, Abigail and Will
Will and Mike on the way out on the town, Abigail and Sophia are looking to crash, just as ...
Chris Carey of University College arrives from London, ready to head out on the town with Will, Mike, Doug, and Jud Herrman
On the way to the Hungarian National Library, Wednesday September 19
Mike with a thank-you gift for the Photo Lab at the Hungarian National Library
unless Doug gets it away from him!
proof that I was here too.
Crossing the Chain Bridge, Royal Palace across the Danube
Up the funicular railroad
with Lajos Karasz in the photo lab of the Hungarian National Library -- the book is "Edison in Hungary, 1911"
Back at the Collegium, the meeting of the Hyperides scholars
(facing camera) Jud Herrman (Allegheny University), David Whitehead (Queen's University, Belfast), Steve Todd (Univ. of Manchester), Mike Edwards (Institute of Classical Studies), and Colin Austin (Cambridge)
from left in back: Chris Carey (University College London), Eric Handley (Cambridge University), Pat Easterling (Cambridge University), Will Noel (Walters Art Museum) and Nigel Wilson (Lincoln College, Oxford)
Nigel Wilson transcribing Hyperides' text from the computer projection
Sophia Kapetanaki transcribing in the background
Planning meeting
Conference Attendees, Wednesday 19 September 2007
Chain Bridge and the Buda Palace
Chain Bridge at night, with the Royal Palace on Buda Hill across the Danube
Ernő Marosi, Vice President of the Hungarian Academy of Science (Social Sciences) welcomes the scholars to the reception at the Academy Club, MTA Budapest, Roosevelt tér 9
Eric Handley (Cambridge University) acknowledges the welcome for the British Academy
Doug Emery (doing his impression of Rocky the Flying Squirrel), Sophia Kapetanaki (University of Peloponnese), Roger Easton (Rochester Institute of Technology), 19 September 2007 at the Reception at the Hungarian Academy (photo by Mike Toth)
walking back to the Peregrinus Hotel from the Hungarian Academy: Jud Herrman, Doug Emery, Abigail Quandt, Roger Easton, Sophia Kapetanaki with the Royal Palace in the background, Wednesday 19 September 2007 (photo by Mike Toth)
Getting a nightcap along the Danube: Sophia Kapetanaki and Abigail Quandt, 19 September 2007 (photo by Mike Toth)
Sophia Kapetanaki and Abigail Quandt look for a nightcap
Mike and Doug looking satisfied, and the beer has yet to arrive!
Doug Emery, Mike Toth, and Zsolt Zachar, headed to lunch on Thursday, 20 September 2007.
Lunch to thank Zsolt Zachar, in Buda: Doug Emery, Mike Toth, Roger Easton, Will Noel, Zsolt Zachar, 20 September 2007
Doug says, "Why do the fish look so small? But at least I have the bigger lens!" (on Fishers' Bastion, photo by Mike Toth)
Hungarian Parliament Building
Budapest panorama from Fishers' Bastion, with Mike and Doug
Budapest panorama from Fishers' Bastion
Szent Istvan
Fishers' Bastion
Old Church destroyed in WWII and modern hotel built around it (or should I say, new monstrosity?)
Interior of St. Matthias Church on Buda Hill
Inside St. Matthias Church
Stained-glass window from within St. Matthias Church
Stained-glass window in St. Matthias Church
Sculpture of Queen Elizabeth of Hungary, inside St. Matthias Church
Sophia Kapetanaki with the Collegium Kitty, Friday 21 September 2007
Now Pat Easterling (Regius Professor of Greek, Cambridge University) greets the Collegium Kitty
Collegium Kitty receives attention from Brenda Griffith-Williams
Natalie Tchneretska and Abigail Quandt outside the Eotvos Collegium, 21 September 2007
At the dock before boarding the boat for Dinner on the Danube
At the dock for the Danube Boat dinner, Sophia Kapetanaki and Doug Emery, Friday 21 September 2007
Dinner buffet on the boat
from left facing camera: Csaba Lada, Natalie Koble, and Monique Trede
The table of the Greek Greek scholars; Diotima Papadi and Maria Kanellou from UCL on right
Gabor Bolonyai, Mike Toth, Will Noel, Nigel Wilson
from left: Peter John Rhodes, Natalie Tchernetska, Chris Carey, Eric Handley, David Whitehead, Brenda Griffith-Williams, Steve Todd, and Pat Easterling
The Hungarian Students; Erika Juhasz second from left
Grazing on the buffet
Dinner on the Boat, Sophia Kapetanaki, Doug Emery, John North, Mrs. North
The “LIberation” Monument erected by the Soviets post-WWII
Hungarian Royal Palace
Hungarian Parliament
Collegium Kitty, Saturday 22 September 2007
Liberation Monument on Gellert Hill
With Sophia Kapetanaki, after a long walk and funicular ride to the top of Buda Hill, Saturday 22 September 2007
This must be an “after” photo; in the lobby of the Peregrinus Hotel, Pest, Hungary, Will, Mike, Jud, Doug, Sophia, before going to dinner, Saturday 22 September 2007
Will and Mike, definitely an "after" picture
Before celebratory dinner on our last night, Saturday 22 September 2007; cw from left: Will Noel, Doug Emery, Mike Toth, Roger Easton, Sophia Kapetanaki, Jud Herrman, Abigail Quandt
Sophia Kapetanaki at dinner in the restaurant in the Ybl Club, in Pest Hungary, Saturday 22 September 2007
Mike Toth, Jud Herrman, Doug Emery at the Last Night's Dinner
