College for Advanced Studies in Social Theory

The College for Advanced Studies in Social Theory (Hungarian: Társadalomelméleti Kollégium, TEK) is the second oldest college of its type at the Corvinus University of Budapest as well as in Hungary. TEK is the second oldest, still operating, college in Hungary. It was founded in 1981 by young researchers and students. Its orientation can be divided into two parts: vocational work and community life. The first is well documented, the latter is somewhat more distorted, due to the effects of collective memory. TEK seceded from the first established college in Hungary, the Rajk László College for Advanced Studies. However in the beginning - before the fall of the iron curtain - the College's main topic was the reinterpretation of Marx's...