Events at the Visual Learning Lab

2009 – 2010 – 2011 – 2012 – 2013 – 2014 – 2015 – 2016 – 2017

Dec. 7, 2017: Discussing preparations for the April 2018 VLC8. Introduction by András Benedek and Kristóf Nyíri.
Oct. 4, 2017: András Benedek and Ágnes Veszelszki present vol. 7 (Virtual Reality – Real Virtuality) of the series Visual Learning (Frankfurt/M.: Peter Lang Edition, 2017). Subsequently there follows a round-table discussion taking stock of the fundamental ideas, the philosophy, the present and the future of the Visual Learning Lab.
June 8, 2017: Current research on Hungarian Sign Language, presentation by Csilla Bartha et al.
April 6, 2017: N. Carroll’s “Visual Metaphor”. Reading seminar, introduced by Tibor Bárány.
March 2, 2017: “The Creative Power of Handwriting”, talk by Erika W. Barna.
February 16, 2017: John M. Kennedy’s “Metaphor in Pictures”. Reading seminar.

Oct. 6, 2016: “Visual Metaphor and Contemporary Art“, talk by Ágnes Virág
June 9, 2016: “Forgotten Picture Theories“, talk by Kristóf Nyíri
May 5, 2016: “On the Margins of Perception: Toward a Theory of Invisuality“, talk by James Kimble (Seton Hall University)
April 6, 2016: “Picture or Text? New Tendencies in Journalism“, talk by Júlia Sipos
March 3, 2016: “Future Plans of VLL”, group meeting
Feb 4, 2016: “Living Firewalls – Budapest, the city of Firewalls project“, talk by István Ocztos

June 5, 2014: “Visual Aspects of Online Grief and Bereavement “, Talk by Ágnes Veszelszki
May 8, 2014: “System Science for Everybody“, Talk by Tibor Vámos
April 3, 2014: “Poetry and the Visual“, Talk by György Pápay
March 6, 2014: “VLL Retrospective”, group meeting

Oct. 11, 2012: “The Visual and the Motor“, Talk by Kristóf Nyíri
June 14, 2012: Title will be released soon
April 5, 2012: “On Visual Culture. An Architect’s Point of View“, Talk by Balázs Balogh
March 1, 2012: “The Iconic Turn in Art History“, Talk by László Beke
Feb. 2, 2012: “The basic questions of spatial literacy and geospatial technologies“, Talk by György Szabó

Nov. 3, 2011: “How Vision Works“, Talk by Barry Smith (abstract)
Oct. 6, 2011: “Pictorial Meaning vs Meaning Scepticism“, Talk by Ferenc András (abstract)
June 2, 2011: “Hume’s Impressions and Ideas Revisited“, Talk by Tamás Demeter (abstract)
May 5, 2011: “Embodied Knowledge in the Interpretation of Interactive Urban Maps“, Talk by Viktor Bedő (abstract)
April 7, 2011: “Image and Word: Current Dilemmas in the Popularization of Science“, Talk by Gábor Palló (abstract)
March 3, 2011: “The star as an icon“, Talk by Anikó Górácz
Feb. 3, 2011: “Can we make assertions with pictures?“, Talk by Özséb Horányi (abstract)

Nov. 3, 2010: “Seeing and Thinking: Spatial Intuition, Mental Operations“, talk by Péter Tóth (abstarct)
Oct. 6, 2010: “Media Competency and Visual Literacy – Conceptual Considerations“, Talk by Theo Hug (Innsbruck) (abstract)
Sept. 1, 2010: “The Image-Anthropological Approach to Historiography: Gypsies in 19th-Century Hungary“, talk by Gábor Bencsik (abstract) (presentation)
June 2, 2010: “Creating Knowledge on 5+1 Screens: A Science Visualization Project” , talk by György Fábri (abstract)
May 5, 2010: Talk by Petra Aczél on the topic of “Visual Rhetoric” (in Hungarian)
April 7, 2010: “The power of interactivity“, talk by István Maradi
March. 3, 2010: “Pictorial Skills“, by János Horváth Cz; Presentation by László Kollár (Microsoft)
Feb. 3, 2010: “The Role of Images from the Perspective of Natural Theology“, talk by Kristóf Nyíri
Jan. 6, 2010: “Visual Thinking and Neurodiversity“, talk by Anna Győrfi (abstract)

Dec. 2, 2009: How Film Teaches – Viewing and discussing Ari Folman’s film “Waltz with Basir”, moderated by Anikó Gorácz
Nov 4, 2009: Images, Science, and Higher Education. Discussing books by Martin Kemp and James Elkins
Oct. 7, 2009: Debut program