The Hungarian Heritage Expo is an ONLINE celebration of
Hungarian heritage and culture! 

August 25-29th, 2025

We have 40+ new presentations on Hungarian food, language, history, genealogy, folk art, folk music, and more!  

And it is free!

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It isn’t always easy to learn about Hungarian heritage and culture in English. Even if your family was intentional about sharing their heritage, information can get lost over time. 

Our Hungarian Heritage Expo will help fill some of those gaps and encourage you to see all the ways you can make a deeper connection with your heritage! So you can pass it on!

At the Hungarian Heritage Expo you’ll …

  • Learn a variety of perspectives on topics relating to Hungarian heritage!
  • Discover creative ways to pass on the rich Hungarian culture to the next generation!
  • Meet others who are passionate about their Hungarian heritage, hear their stories, and share yours!
  • Learn more about Hungarian history!
  • Discover ways you can connect with your heritage and family story!

Come join the fun!

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Let’s learn together!

People all around the world are cooking heritage foods, learning about folk art and folk music, studying the Hungarian language, planning trips to see their ancestral villages, and learning all they can about Hungarian history.

The sessions in the Hungarian Heritage Expo are designed to help you learn more about those things that interest you most and introduce you to some things you might not be aware of!

Meet Your Host

Hi, I’m Liz (Szabó) Vos!

All of my great grandparents emigrated from Hungary 100 years ago or more. Between 1880-1924 my ancestors came to the United States and spent time building their lives and families in Cleveland and Youngstown, Ohio and McAdoo and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

From generation to generation the love for our Hungarian heritage has been passed down in a variety of ways and it continues to be. Little by little, things add up. I am sure my great grandparents would be tickled to know that even their great, great, great grandchildren know a few Hungarian words.

Sharing our heritage is something that is best done in community! So let’s work together!

Grab your ticket and join me and 20+ other speakers for a one-of-a-kind event that will help you take a deep dive into your Hungarian heritage. All presentations are in English!

I can’t wait to see you there!

What to Expect

This event is FREE and entirely ONLINE so you’ll be able to attend from anywhere in the world with internet access, even in your jammies from home!

The HUNGARIAN HERITAGE EXPO has over 25 pre-recorded presentations to choose from. Each day there will be 5 or more presentations available to you for a 24 hour period.

Want longer access to the presentations? Check out the All Access Pass!

Enjoy access to 25+ pre-recorded presentations covering topics about Hungarian history, culture, foods, folk music, genealogy, and more! 

You can also choose the All Access Pass to have access to all pre-recorded presentations as well as extra bonuses until March 1, 2026!

There are several Heritage Connection LIVE sessions where we will gather together on Zoom and have conversations around the topics of Food, Language, Genealogy, Travel Tips, and Ways to Connecting with Others. These sessions are free to everyone who has signed up for their free ticket.

Our All Access Pass includes six months of additional access to the pre-recorded presentations!

The All Access Pass also offersour two bonus videos:

Sharing your Story — a quick start guide with 30 prompts (with digital download)

12 Hungarian Recipes Video – A guide to 12 Hungarian dishes to incorporate into your home if you don’t know where to start (with digital download)

and the following bonus resources:

Hungarian Citizenship Resource Guide (pdf)
Hungarian Folk Art Coloring Pages (pdf)
Travel Tips and Packing List for Hungary (pdf)
Cultural Connections Worksheet (pdf and fillable)
Embroidery by Regions (pdf)

This year all LIVE workshops open to anyone who has their free ticket! Come join the fun and be a part of the conversation!

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Meet the Presenters

Check out the incredible lineup of presenters you’ll learn from at the Hungarian Heritage Expo!

Renata Forgacs

GenealogyThe Most Rewarding Way to Get Hungarian Citizenship: Simplified Naturalization
As the director of Hungarian Language Solutions, Renata Forgacs (AKA the Hungarian Citizenship Lady) has been preparing learners for their Simplified Naturalization interviews for 15 years, since the law was first discussed in Parliament. Passionate about teaching Hungarian, Renata gets up and goes to bed thinking and talking about Hungarian citizenship!
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Emese Latkóczy

HistoryIntroduction to Ethnic Hungarian Minorities
Emese Latkóczy is a second generation Canadian-American Hungarian. An expert in ethnic Hungarian minorities, she is the executive director of the New York-based Hungarian Human Rights Foundation (HHRF) and a founder of its Reconnect Hungary Birthright Program. [She also serves on the boards of the American Hungarian Library and Historical Society in New York, and the Kossuth Foundation in Washington, D.C.]
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Anna Fenyvesi

LanguageThe linguistic landscape of American Hungarian cemeteries: Who is Hungarian in the cemetery?
Anna Fenyvesi is Associate Professor and Director of the Institute of English and American Studies, University of Szeged, Hungary. She lived in Pittsburgh from 1991 to 1996, working towards her PhD in linguistics at Pitt (which she received in 1998). She is a sociolinguist with an interest in the Hungarian language use of American Hungarians, bilingualism, and digital language use. She is co-author of Hungarian (Descriptive Grammars series, Routledge, 1998), editor of Hungarian Language Contact Outside Hungary: Studies on Hungarian as a Minority Language (Benjamins, 2005), and co-editor of Hungarian Roots and American Dreams: Tracing Personal History (Americana eBooks, 2024). She has recently completed a 5-month stint as a Fulbright Scholar at the Department of History, West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV, doing research into the linguistic heritage of American Hungarians in Appalachia. As of January 1, 2025, she has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of “Hungarian Cultural Studies”, the e-journal of the American Hungarian Educators Association.
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Réka Bakos

GenealogyHow to Make Progress in Family History—No Matter Where You Are in the Journey
Based in Hungary, Réka Bakos is the co-editor of Hungarian Roots & American Dreams: Tracing Personal History, a collection of stories celebrating Hungarian-American heritage. As the leader of the broader Hungarian Roots & American Dreams initiative, she fosters storytelling and community building. Inspired by her great-grandparents, who emigrated to the U.S. in the early 1900s, she also founded rootStories to help individuals explore and document their family histories.
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Andrea Tordai

TravelOur May 2026 Tour to Hungary
Andrea lives in Gödöllő, Hungary with her husband. She has been a tour operator for over 30 years and is passionate to include hidden treasures of Hungary in her tour programs. She loves exploring Hungary and spending time with her five young granddaughters.
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Katalin Solymosi

Cultural ConnectionsWhat do Hungarians eat? What don't they eat?
Katalin was born and raised in Budapest, Hungary. She received a master's degree in teaching biology and ecology in Budapest from the Eötvös Loránd Science University. Since 2016, Kati has lived in California with her husband. She has been teaching Hungarian since 2018. She teaches at the House of Hungary in San Diego, here at The Hungarian Store, and she also teaches private classes. In her free time she loves hiking, cooking, and playing board games and jigsaw puzzles.
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Ádám Fledrich

Food LIVE Cooking Demo: Fermented Cucumbers - Kovászos uborka
Ádám has spent 20 years in tourism all over in Europe. He has run a hotel in Italy and Austria, as well as Hungary. He is a passionate eater and believes the best way to have a superb dish is to make himself.
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Joyce Corbett

Cultural HeritageHungarian Wall Cloths: Art from Household to Museum
Joyce Corbett is an independent scholar and museum curator. Her Hungarian heritage brought her to explore the region. She has curated numerous exhibitions on the folk art and culture of Hungary, Slovakia, and Romania. Her research grants included a Fulbright fellowship. Her current focus is in northern Hungary.
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Liz Szabó Vos

GenealogyTreasures in Boxes: Things discovered in my home and the homes of others...
Liz has created the Hungarian Heritage Expo to help others discover, celebrate, and share their Hungarian heritage and encourages others to do the same, particularly within their family. Her mother, Elizabeth A. Szabo, serves as her inspiration. Liz lives in southern Indiana with her husband, Don. She frequently travels to Hungary and loves when she gets an opportunity to visit with her relatives there.
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Timea Szep

Folk ArtEgg Decorating: Tips and Techniques for Applying Your Pattern
Timea Szep is from Csikszereda in Transylvania, Romania. She moved to the United States in 2005. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and two children and visits her family in Transylvania as often as possible. Both Timea and her husband come from a Hungarian culture and have been keeping the traditions and language alive in their home as well.
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Zsófia Gebel Simó

LanguageWhat Makes Hungarian so…Hungarian? Demystifying the Language
Zsófi is a native Hungarian from beautiful Transylvania, the Hungarian area of Romania. Her mission is to show to the world how rich, descriptive and truly beautifully unique the Hungarian language and culture is. She has lived in 4 different countries, learned 6 different languages but her heart was always pulling her back home where her family is, where she can practice my own traditions and mother tongue and where her roots are. She started learning languages more then 25 years ago and her approach to language teaching is holistic, unique and effective.
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As you can see from these amazing value-packed presentations, this is an event you do not want to miss. Grab your ticket and join us for the Hungarian Heritage Expo!

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Have Questions? We Have Answers

If you’re curious about Hungarian things, this event is for you! We’ll be specifically talking to those with Hungarian heritage (no matter the percentage) and focusing on learning more to be able to pass it on to the next generation, but anyone else who wants to learn more about Hungarian heritage and culture is welcome to join us. All sessions are in English.

The event is online August 25-29, 2025. 

While most of the presentations for the Expo are pre-recorded, there are a few live elements. The pre-recorded presentations are only available for 24 hours with your free ticket. So, we encourage you to attend Live with Liz sessions if you can! Set aside some time during the expo week to attend the live sessions, watch the pre-recorded presentations, and participate with others who are learning more about their heritage.

However, if you’re not able to attend any sessions live and you have limited availability during the Expo week, go ahead and grab your free ticket and watch what you can. You’ll have the opportunity to upgrade to the All Access Pass which will give you 4 additional months of access to the videos.

Your free ticket includes 24 hour access to each of the pre-recorded presentations. If you need more time, you can always upgrade your ticket to the All Access Pass after registering, which will give you four months of access to the presentations and three Live Workshops!!  

To avoid tech glitches, give you the best possible experience, and keep things easy for the speakers, the presentations are pre-recorded. There will be some live opportunities – some available to all Expo attendees. Others are available only to those who have purchased the All Access Pass.

No, we will not share your email address. Each presenter has the option of sharing their social media information or their email address. You can decide who you want to stay in contact with.

You can learn more in our Privacy Policy.

While our presentations have the closed caption option we have several speakers who have accents which sometimes makes it a challenge. 

Yes. All presentations and live events will be held in English.

If you still have questions, we encourage you to go ahead and sign up. We will have a pre-Expo live session on Sunday, August 24th where you can learn about how the Expo works.

However, if you need to ask us a question before registering, feel free to contact us.

An ONLINE event celebrating Hungarian heritage and culture! 

 Get ready to learn all about Hungarian foods, language, folk music, history, travel, genealogy, and more!

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