“Asiatic Invaders: Magyars, Mongols, and Turks, and How They Changed the Kingdom of Hungary”
by
Gregory Ference
Professor of History, Salisbury University, Maryland
Saturday, April 5, 2025
2:00 pm ET
Thomas Jefferson Library, Meeting Room 2
7415 Arlington Blvd.
Falls Church, VA
Email rsvp@dcslovaks.org to reserve your spot.
Three Asiatic invaders–Magyars, Mongols, and Turks–had an enormous impact on the subsequent culture and history of Slovakia and Central Europe, starting in the 9th century and continuing until the siege of Vienna in 1683, after which the Turks slowly receded from Central Europe. The consequences of their actions can be felt to this very day.
Gregory Ference is Professor of History at Salisbury University, Maryland. Prior to coming to Salisbury, he was the Assistant Slavic Bibliographer at Indiana University. He holds a PhD in East European History, with an emphasis on Slovakia and Czechoslovakia, from Indiana University, where he also earned an MLS (Master of Library Science) and an MA in History. His BA in History is from the University of Pittsburgh, with a Certificate in Russian and East European Studies. Ference has given numerous national and international presentations, as well as publishing articles about Slovakia and Czechoslovakia. His books include: Chronology of 20th-Century Eastern European History; Sixteen Months of Indecision: Slovak American Viewpoints toward Compatriots and the Homeland from 1914 to 1915 as Viewed by the Slovak Language Press in Pennsylvania; and The Portrayal of Czechoslovakia in the American Print Media, 1938-1989.
