You are kindly invited to the conference entitled Central Europe from an American Perspective within the framework of Károli North America Days 2017 to be held at the Faculty of Humanities of Károli Gáspár University on November 22, 2017. from 4 PM to 7 PM (address: 1146 Budapest, Dózsa György út 25-27, 2nd floor, room 237).
PROGRAM
16:00-16:10 Opening remarks – Dr. Judit Nagy (Deputy Dean for International Affairs, Károli Gáspár University)
16:10-16:30: US-Hungarian Relations: Not So Bad. Really.
Eric Watnik (Public Affairs Counselor, Embassy of the United States, Budapest)
16:30-16:50: Thoughts on the topic in the Framework of the Exchange Program between Károli University and Calvin College
Dr. Peggy Goetz (Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan) and Katie Verhulst, Jason Entingh and Chris Visser (Visiting Calvin Students)
16:50-17:10: The Significance of Perspectives offered by the Hungarian Fulbright Commission
Annamária Sas (Program Officer at the Hungarian-American Fulbright Commission)
Dr. Timothy Dowling (Virginia Military Institute, Fulbright Scholar at the National University of Public Service, Budapest)
17:10-17:30: Views and Observations from CIEE Study Center and Hungarian-American Enterprise Scholarship Fund (HAESF)
Dr. Elizabeth Simon (CIEE: Council on International Educational Exchange) and Alyssa Licquia and Soren Fuchs (Visiting Students)
17:30-17:50: Coffee Break
17:50-18:00: Remarks of a Hungarian Student on the Basis of the Study of American Literature on the Holocaust
Dorina Obrankovics (BA Students at Károli Gáspár University)
18:00-18:20: Reflections from the Perspective of an Alumnus
István Szokonya (PhD Candidate at ELTE University, Budapest, Alumnus of Károli Gáspár University, the Calvin Exchange Program and the Fulbright Exchange Program)
18:20-18:40: The Views of a Scholar of American Literature
Dr. Ivana Duric Paunovic (The University of Novi Sad, Serbia)
18:40-19:00: The Views of a Scholar of American History “The West German Economic Miracle and the Marshall Plan”
Dr. Júlia Fodor (Károli Gáspár University)
19:00: Closing remarks
Dr. Katalin G. Kállay (Károli Gáspár University)
You can download the conference program here.
