AHEA 49th Annual Conference in Pécs

Written by Fulbright on 06/26/2025. Posted in News

20 Hungarian & U.S. Fulbright alumni gave papers at the AHEA – American Hungarian Educators Association 49th Conference at University of Pécs. Established in 1974, AHEA is a vibrant organization promoting academic and cultural exchange between Hungary and the U.S. As a network of professors and researchers from both sides of the Atlantic, AHEA is dedicated to advancing educational partnerships and research on all aspects of Hungarian society, history, culture as well as American-Hungarian connections.

  • Enikő Bollobás (’86 ’95 University of Oregon / ’04 UC San Diego): The Evolution of American Studies in Hungary, 1970s to the Present (KEYNOTE)
  • István Tarrósy (’12 University of Florida): The Internationalization of Higher Education in a Changing Geopolitical Context: The Case of the University of Pécs (PLENARY)
  • Éva Mathey (’02 Rutgers University): Hungarian Ministers in the US during the Interwar Period – Count László Széchenyi and János Pelényi
  • Kinga Szálkai (’24 Oregon State University): Hungarian Perceptions of the American ‘Indian’
  • Sabrina Pasztor (’23 Corvinus University of Budapest): Contemporary communicative practices of American-Hungarians
  • Anna Fenyvesi (’24 West Virginia University): American Hungarian cemeteries: A linguistic landscape
    “Hungarian Roots & American Dreams”: Preserving Heritage and Forging Transatlantic Connections
  • Agnes Zsofia Kovacs (’04 SUSI): Detecting Borders in Contemporary Hungarian Crime Fiction
  • Tibor Glant (’00 The George Washington University / ’15 TCU – Texas Christian University): Setting the Rules for “Business as Usual”: Establishing Bilateral US-Hungarian Relations, 1919–1925
  • Zita Tóth-Shawgo (’11 Pittsburgh Allderdice High School): Pittsburgh-based Global Learning: Local Communities as Resources and Partners
  • Mónika Fodor (’17 Cleveland State University): Moral stance in intergenerational trauma memory narratives
  • Mihály Fülöp (’03 The George Washington University): “Transylvania (Or The Greater Part Thereof)” : How the Hungarian‒Romanian border was debated by the Great Powers (1940‒1945)
  • Tamás Stark (’13 Nazareth University): The Memory of “Malenkij Robot”. Historiography and Memory Politics about the fate of Hungarian POWs and Internees in Soviet Labor Camps
  • Éva Petrás (’16 Marquette University): The Power of Words – The emigrant activity of István Barankovics, 1949-1974
  • Lynn Hooker (’11 Hungarian Academy of Sciences): Hungary’s Rajkó Ensemble at home abroad: Socialist Cultural Diplomacy or Capitalist Commodity?
  • Ghislaine Mayer (’21 University of Pécs): Exploring the Pros and Cons of Student Peer Mentoring
  • Sarah Lucas (’16 Hungarian Academy of Sciences): The Writings of Conductor Fritz Reiner
  • Enikő Maior (’17 Central Connecticut State University): Talent development at Partium University
  • Li-Lee Tunceren (’23 Eszterházy Károly Catholic University): Teaching Freedom in a Hungarian High School
  • Dénes Mátyás (’15 Cleveland State University): A Common Platform for Sustainable Education: A Joint Online Course by Fourteen Hungarian Universities
  • Ashton Bliss (’24 HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences): Overcoming Transatlantic Isolationism through Feminism

Concert at the Pécs Cathedral by Sándor Balatoni (’14 University of Rochester, organ) and Jennyfer Schultz (soprano) followed by a reception was sponsored by the Fulbright Commission.

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