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Open lectures by Jean-Michel Rabaté and Patricia Gherovici
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Together with The Centre for the Study of the Modern Anglophone Novel, we invite you to the open lectures of Jean-Michel Rabaté and Patricia Gherovici, on the 18th and 19th of May. Jean-Michel Rabaté of the University of Pennsylvania will talk about Joyce and the making of Modernism on Monday, 18.05.2026, from 16:00, and…
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Language, Mind, and Culture: A series with Jean Costa-Silva
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This week, we had the pleasure of hosting Jean Costa-Silva of the State University of New York at Cortland, who talked to us about how language shapes thought and culture. Interactive, thought-provoking, and very fun.
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Guest lecture by Attila Takács
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On Wednesday, April 29, we had a visit from Attila Takács, assistant lecturer at the University of Miskolc. With the support of Professor Octavian More, he delivered a lecture alongside first-year master’s students from the British Cultural Studies program. Starting from the film Qallunajatut (Urban Inuk), the students explored Inuit culture in Canada and, at…
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If It’s April, It’s Shakespeare – Second event
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The second event of the series If It’s April, It’s Shakespeare took place on the 23rd of April, in the reading room of the Romanian-Hungarian Library, and we had a lot of fun! Between debunking myths about the great bard and translating Hamlet for Gen Z, listening to prof. Adrian Papahagi recite the famous…
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If It’s April, It’s Shakespeare – The first edition
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The first event took place on April 2, at 5:00 p.m., in the reading room of the Romanian-Hungarian Library. We prepared a short skit (because Shakespeare must first and foremost be seen), the National Theater lent us a few costumes from their archives for a small exhibition, we listened to a few sonnets, and…
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Erasmus Lecture by Moreno Bonda, PhD
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Our department hosted professor Moreno Bonda of the Vytautas Magnus University Kaunas, Lithuania, who delivered an insightful presentation on the topic Geometry, Probability, and Storytelling: Mathematical Approaches in Early Modern English Literature. We discussed mathematical language as it appears in Milton, the connection between János Bolyai and Alice in Wonderland, and the overall generative…