On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the establishment of Japanese-Hungarian diplomatic relations, Hungary received 20.000 books in the framework of the Honno Kote Project from Kagoshima county.
The ELTE Department of India Studies has presented the three new volumes for the India Library series at the ELTE Faculty of Humanities, 13th of November, 2019. A goal of the volumes is the translation of several types of Indian literature and the publishing of India-related studies written in Hungarian as tools which can connect the culture of India to the readership of Hungary.
Tivadar Vida, professor of archaeology at Eötvös Loránd University, is one of the principal investigators of the research project exploring the early medieval population of Europe, which won a grant of €10 million.
Alumni Network Hungary launches its second webinar for our registered members!
Environment protection and sustainable development are the focus of the research of Prof. Dr Nguyen Huu Ninh from Vietnam, who has won the Nobel Peace Prize as a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2007 and became an honorary doctor of the University of Pécs in 2009. Upon the invitation of Rector Prof. Dr Attila Miseta, he visited Pécs with a delegation of seven distinguished members on 24 October in the Rector’s Cabinet.
The Alumni Hungary Network launches the Alumni Hungary Webinar Series for registered alumni members!
The Alumni Hungary team organized its 1st alumni meeting in India on 3rd September. The team met wonderful alumni members in Delhi at the Royal Plaza Hotel.
Five Hungarian universities are involved as full partners in the newly established European Universities Initiative, said Lászlo Palkovics, the minister of innovation and technology.
The Hungarian film industry has gone a long way since the very first movie theatre was opened in Budapest in 1896. Back then, brothers Arnold and Zsigmond Sziklai used French machines to project films, produced by the Lumiére brothers, onto the screen. Film screenings became popular in coffee houses, and by 1911 nearly 100 movie theatres were operating.
Graduation ceremonies have come to the end at every university in Hungary for the summer. The new academic year is coming soon. But to take a short look back, we would like to share with you the thoughts of some graduates. The graduation speeches were written for the Stipendium Hungaricum Farewell Party 2019.