Archive for June, 2014

Ministry of Human Resources visit

Written by Fulbright on 06/27/2014. Posted in News

Ministry of Human Resources visit

On June 3, 2014 Mr. Kolos Gálffy, Head of Department for International Relations in Education from the Ministry of Human Resources and Fulbright Board member met American Fulbright exchange teachers Alaina Kinney and Brittany Carlino Marburger as well as their Hungarian mentor teachers, Nóra D. Nagyné Kecskeméti and Gabriella Kiss to discuss the American teachers’ experiences of teaching in Hungary. The exchange teachers talked about how important this year has been for their personal and professional development, and how they plan to continue collaboration between their American school and their Hungarian host school. Through their own enriching experience of living and teaching abroad, they wish to expand their students’ world view in the future to help them become knowledgeable, global citizens. Mr. Gálffy expressed his appreciation for the excellent job the Fulbright exchange teachers did all through the past school year in Hungary. He hopes that exchanges of US and Hungarian educators at the high school level will continue even if in a different format in the future too.

Fulbright-University of Pannonia Joint Lecturing Grant

Written by Fulbright on 06/23/2014. Posted in News

The Fulbright Commission, Hungary, and the University of Pannonia (formerly know as University of Veszprém) signed a memorandum of understanding on June 20, 2014, to establish a joint lecturing grant for US scholars starting in AY 2015-16. The agreement was presented at a graduation ceremony held for the Faculty of Information Science, by Prof. Dr. Ferenc Friedler, the University’s Rector, and Dr. Károly Jókay, Executive Director of the Fulbright Commission.

US scholars in all fields taught by the University of Pannonia are encouraged to apply by the August 1, 2014 deadline. Information Science, a particularly strong specialty at Pannonia, is one of the priority fields being sought during the three year duration of this agreement through the 2017-18 academic year.

Hungarian Archaeological Research Circle

Written by Fulbright on 06/20/2014. Posted in News

Hungarian Archaeological Research Circle

On June 20th, The Hungarian American Fulbright Commission sponsored the first meeting of the Hungarian Archaeological Research Circle (HARC). The meeting brought together an international group of renowned researchers – among them 3 Fulbrighters: Roderick Salisbury (’07 Mihály Munkácsy Museum), Danielle Riebe (’13 Hungarian National Museum) and Györgyi Parditka (’14 University of Michigan) – dedicated to advancing the field of archaeology and developing methods for ensuring regional comparability in Hungary: BAKOTA: The Bronze Age Körös Off-Tell Archaeology Project

Cookbook Roma Style!

Written by Fulbright on 06/19/2014. Posted in News

Cookbook Roma Style!

Andrew Gatti (’13 Jesuit Roma College & EducationUSA Hungary ETA) and his students just published Cook Roma Style! Please contact us or the Roma College for a hard copy!

The following is a translation of an article in Hungarian from the website of the Jesuit Roma Residential College:

The Jesuit Roma College (JRC) was cordially invited to a Fulbright Cultural Evening on May 24th, 2014 held at the Brody House. JRC was the host institution of Mr. Andrew Gatti, an American Fulbrighter, and teacher of the advanced English class at the College.

For our end-term project we decided to create a cookbook together. Though, this cookbook is not like any other. It is special because it contains traditional Hungarian-Roma recipes, titled Cook Roma Style.

As the end product of our joint efforts, the Hungarian-American Fulbright Commission along with the Jesuit Roma College published our work through 600 copies. Its purpose is to present traditional gypsy specialties to the general public, especially foreigners. The contents are in English. First, we collected the recipes in Hungarian then we translated them into English together. Students who contributed to the work were Krisztina Balogh, Alexandra Bangó, Réka Szénási, Ágnes Zubor, and Kitti Zsigmond.

We would like to thank the Fulbright Commission for making this project possible.

We may read the following in the Introduction of the book:

“We are six university students from Hungary who are not just Hungarian, but Roma people as well. We were thinking about how we could introduce our Roma culture in different settlements and countries. We all come from different places but we all have the same goal, besides graduating, to put an end to hatred, which has been formed because of stereotypes. We want to show and also prove to others who we actually are.

As a first step, we believe that this cookbook is a way to achieve our goal. We have learned from our parents and grandparents that we could influence men through their stomach and also that the biggest decisions in life were made at a great lunch or next to a fantastic dinner. Both lessons, revolve around cooking.

The Roma or gypsies’ situation is a serious problem nowadays in Hungary. Many people don’t know our culture or where we come from, not to mention the fact that we are actually colorful characters. According to history, Roma people come from India. The Roma culture is rich with its own language, music, traditions, and of course, cuisine. As students of the Jesuit Roma Szakkollégium (dormitory), we have been provided an opportunity to learn more about ourselves and our culture. We are surrounded in a community that fosters a healthy self-image and helps form out the ‘double identity’ that many Hungarian-Roma students deal with here.

We would like to thank Andrew Gatti for the possibility to establish and edit this cookbook. We have tried to convey all of the practices and skills that we have learned from our relatives and also from that specific prowess, which is the Roma people’s possession. Enjoy cooking, eating, and discovering the Roma culture. Jó étvágyat!”

To view the booklet, see issuu.com/fulbrighthungary/docs/cook_roma_style

To download the booklet, see www.fulbright.hu/doc/Cook_Roma_Style.pdf

Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation

Written by Fulbright on 06/18/2014. Posted in News

The Fulbright Program for educational and cultural exchange has been bestowed with the 2014 Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation.

Fulbright-Antall József Fellowship

Written by Fulbright on 06/16/2014. Posted in News

Antall József Knowledge Centre

Dr. Károly Jókay, the executive director of the Hungarian Fulbright Commission and Mr. Péter Antall, the director of Antall József Knowledge Centre of Political and Social Sciences signed a cooperation agreement on starting the Fulbright- Antall József Fellowship program for U.S. students.

The Fulbright-Antall Jozsef Fellowship is available to US students interested in Economics, International Relations, Security Policy and other social sciences. Mr. Jan Alexander Wessel, Fulbright student in Hungary AY 2013-14 has been selected as the first Antall Fellow for the Fall Semester, 2014. The Fellow will be based at the Antall Jozsef Knowledge Centre’s office at Corvinus University, and will take part in organizing conferences, publications and other activities. US students are encouraged to apply for this fellowship for AY 2015-16 by the October 15, 2014 deadline.

Jazz Workshop

Written by Fulbright on 06/12/2014. Posted in News

Jazz Workshop

Dániel Szabó (’03 New England Conservatory) – Péter Erskine – Edwin Livingston Trio Jazz Workshop at the MÜPA Palace of Arts, Budapest on June 24.

Art Quarter Budapest

Written by Fulbright on 06/02/2014. Posted in News

Art Quarter Budapest