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István Ormos is an Arabist and Semitist. His interests include Arabic philology, the history of medicine among the Arabs, Ethiopian studies, Arabic sources on the early history of the Hungarians, and the history of Oriental Studies. In recent years he has been involved in researching the life of Max Herz Pasha (1856–1919) and his work on the conservation of Arab-Islamic and Coptic monuments in Egypt. His monograph on Herz was published by IFAO in 2009.
Construite en tant que structure temporaire et fabriquée à partir de matériaux éphémères, la « Rue du Caire » avait une double fonction. C’était d’une part une installation purement scientifique, une œuvre anthropologique. D’autre part, elle est devenue le lieu de divertissement le plus fréquenté de l’Exposition universelle de Chicago en 1893 (officiellement ’) : un endroit où « les gens sont devenus fous d’excitation ».
Max Herz Pasha (1856-1919), chief architect to the Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l’Art Arabe for a quarter of a century (1890-1914), was in charge of the conservation of monuments of Islamic and Coptic architecture in Egypt at a period of crucial importance. We are indebted to him for the survival of many important monuments in Cairo, while in the case of those which he restored he determined their present-day shape to a considerable degree. Herz was the first director of the Arab Museum (now Museum of Islamic Art) and also an accomplished scholar.
