The Commission organized a Roma Cultural Evening at KuglerArt Szalon Gallery for U.S. Fulbright grantees hosted by József Rostás (’13 Summer Institutes for European Student Leaders – Institute on Social Entrepreneurship) on March 18, 2014.

Group show of 5 US Fulbright visual artists in Europe exploring the notion of international exchange: EXCHANGE Berlin Fulbright Exhibition curated by Galen Gibson-Cornell (’13 Hungarian University of Fine Arts) and Nannette Vinson (’11 Intercultural Dialogue Foundation) opens on March 25 at the Staycation Museum in Berlin, following a similar show, BORDERS last year.

HOME Exhibition at Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin by Damian Stamer (’07 Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest) between March 1-April 5, 2014.

Gibson-Cornell, Galen (’13 Hungarian University of Fine Arts) gave a talk at Euroacademia Re-Inventing Eastern Europe Conference, Berlin entitled Budapest (Re)imagined: Creatively Examining Urban Street-Poster Aesthetics in Hungary’s Capital.

Dawn’s Glow, The Resurgence of Zsolnay Eosin Glaze: the show Julia Kunin (’12 University of Pécs) co-curated at Iliad Gallery, NY is now being shown at International Ceramics Studio in Kecskemét until April 15, 2014.

International Education Fair 2014 at Szent István University, Gödöllő on March 26, 2014.

Concert by Rita Hoffmann & Mária Flamich (’11 University of California, Berkeley) on March 21, 2014 at the Institute for Visually Impaired Children.

The Commission organized a guided tour to explore the Art Nouveau in Budapest for U.S. Fulbright grantees on March 7, 2014. The group visited the Geological and Geophysical Institute of Hungary and the Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace Budapest.

Budapest/Washington, March 14, 2014

The Boards of Directors of the Fulbright Commission, Hungary and of The Hungary Initiatives Foundation (HIF), Washington, are pleased to announce the signing of a multi-year cooperative agreement, in which the parties agree to jointly promote mutual understanding, educational exchange, scientific and cultural contacts between the people of Hungary and the United States of America. HIF’s grant to the Institute of International Education’s Fulbright Assistance Fund will enable Fulbright Hungary to support Hungarian and American scholars and students in the 2013-14 and the 2014-15 academic years for research and study in both the United States and Hungary.

The Fulbright Program, established in 1946, is the flagship worldwide international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government. Hungary joined the Program in 1978. Based on a bilateral agreement between the governments of the U.S. and Hungary signed in 1990, the Hungarian-American Fulbright Program is administered by the Fulbright Commission in Hungary and by worldwide cooperating agencies such as the Institute of International Education in New York. The Hungary Initiatives Foundation is a U.S.-based, non-profit organization committed to strengthening the understanding and cooperation between Hungary and the United States of America. In line with its mission, the Foundation wishes to take an active part in the educational, academic, personal, and professional exchange between Hungary and the United States.

In the 2013-14 academic year, two additional students and one additional scholar from Hungary will carry out projects in the US. Also during this academic year, three more scholars from the US will be able to study and teach in Hungary.

HIF’s generous support continues in the 2014-15 academic year, when Fulbright Hungary is able to nominate a constant number of grantees. In the 2014-15 academic year, three scholars and four students from Hungary will be supported from these funds, and one additional US scholar can be nominated to work in Hungary. A broad range of academic subjects will covered during these two years, including, for example, US constitutional law, business studies, engineering, mathematics, architecture, communications, US studies, economics as well as theater and film arts.

Press contacts:
HIF Washington: Dr. Tamás Fellegi, President and CEO, hif@hungaryfoundation.org
Fulbright Commission, Hungary: Dr. Károly Jókay, Executive Director, jokay@fulbright.hu

5 Fulbright alumni will deliver lectures at Florida Gulf Coast University, The Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Genocide Studies, from March 16-18, 2014:

• Tamás Stark (’13 Nazareth College of Rochester)
• György Csepeli (’89 UCLA)
• András Gerő (’93 University of Pennsylvania)
• David Frey (’12 Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of History)
• Richard Esbenshade (’98 Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of History)

The conference is free and open to the public.

Paul Hanebrink (’97 Hungarian Academy of Sciences) participated in The Holocaust in Hungary: 70 Years Later conference on March 19, 2014 at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Tamás Stark (’13 Nazareth College of Rochester) gave a talk on The Hungarian Holocaust in Historical Memory at Nazareth College on April 1, 2014.

László Borhi (’96 Dartmouth College & ’12 Indiana University – Bloomington) and Tibor Frank (’87 University of California, Santa Barbara; UCLA; University of Nevada-Reno) presented at an international conference on Crime, Responsibility – Memory, The Hungarian Holocaust after 70 Years organized by the Research Centre for the Humanities of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Holocaust Memorial Centre, Budapest

The 2014 Fulbright Film Festival is a day long event designed to share and celebrate the motion picture work of U.S Fulbright Program grantees and alumni. The event will feature a series of screening programs, filmmaker Q&As, a panel discussion with industry experts and a networking lunch, all structured to facilitate opportunities for networking and exchange with Fulbright filmmakers from around the world.

Submission Guidelines: Project total run time must less than 20 minutes. Preference will be given to filmmakers who can attend the festival event on May 3, 2014.

Dr. Peter Szende is an associate professor of the practice at Boston University School of Hospitality Administration, Boston, MA. He is currently completing a Fulbright Grant in Hungary and he is a visiting faculty member in the Department of Economic Geography and Tourism Competence Center at Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary.

Between February 21-22, Peter offered a two-day workshop on contemporary business practices and supervisory challenges in the hospitality industry to students at the Mathias Corvinus Collegium in Budapest.

On March 4th, 2014, Peter visited the Department of Tourism at the University of Pannonia in Veszprém. First, he delivered a lecture to students majoring in Tourism and Catering. After the lecture, Peter participated in the faculty meeting and provided with an overview of his new educational concept, the ‘Hospitality Management Learning Modules’.

On March 31, 2014, Peter visited the College of Commerce, Catering and Tourism at the Budapest Business School. He delivered a lecture to students specializing in Catering and Hotel Management about current challenges US food service managers face.