Europa Centrală şi Lumea Anglo-Saxonă

Scopul acestei conferinţe este de a oferi posibilitatea de a prezenta rezultatele cercetărilor în domeniul relaţiilor între Europa Centrală şi lumea anglo-saxonă. La prima ediţie a conferinţei au participat cadre didactice din învăţământul suprior şi cercetători din SUA, Canada, Polonia, Slovacia, Ukraina, Ungaria şi România.

Evenimentul a fost patronat de Episcopul László Tőkés. Deasemnea sponsori al evenimentului au fost Ambasada Irlandeză din România, Institutul Cultural Român, Institutul de Studii Engleze şi Americane din cadrul Universităţii Debreţin precum şi Peter Posta, student anul II.

Program

Friday, 13 April
14:30 – 15:15 Opening Address by Professor Donald E. Morse,
University of Debrecen, Institute of English and American Studies, Hungary
“Expelled from Paradise to a Parking Lot or Building Bridges Between Cultures”

A1. Theatre/Drama

Chair: Dr. Péter Szaffkó (Debrecen)

Dr. Lenke Németh
University of Debrecen, Institute of English and American Studies, Hungary
“Critical Response to David Mamet's Plays in Hungary: A Reflection on
Hungarian Sentiments”

Dr. Michael Devine
Acadia University, Department of English, Theatre Studies Programme, Canada
“Aeneas in Kosovo: Inter-cultural Perspectives on Theatrical Creation in a Canadian-Albanian Context”

Dr. Péter Szaffkó
University of Debrecen, Institute of English and American Studies, Hungary
Partium Christian University, Department of English, Oradea, Romania
“English and American Plays in the Theatre of Oradea (Romania) in the First Half of the 20th Century”

A2. Language/Linguistics

Chair: Laura Kerekes (Oradea)

Katarina Bellinck
University of Leuven, Belgium
“The March of English: A Study on the Pervasion of English in Dutch Usage”

Laura Kerekes
Partium Christian University, Department of English, Oradea, Romania
“Translating Humor Across Cultures: Verbal Humor in Animated Films”

Giulia Suciu
Department of English, University of Oradea, Romania
“Talk-shows—a reflection of gender inequalities?”

B1. Miscellaneous Topics

Chair: Titus Pop (Oradea)

Ottilia Veres
Partium Christian University, Department of English, Oradea, Romania
“The Trope of Looking Backwards in J. M. Coetzee’s The Master of Petersburg”

Borbála Bökös
Partium Christian University, Department of English, Oradea, Romania
“On the Uncanny Double in Paul Auster’s New York Trilogy”

Attila Kiss
Partium Christian University, Department of English, Oradea, Romania
"The Representational Ethics and Self Culture of the Thoreauvian Pilgrimage in Walden"

B2. English Language Teaching and Learning

Chair: Dr. Irén Kollár (Debrecen)

Zsuzsa Hoffmann
University of Debrecen, Linguistics Doctoral Program, Hungary
“Can English be Regarded as a Lingua Franca in Central Europe?”

Dr. Irén Kollár
Secondary Model School of the University of Debrecen, Hungary
“British Culture Reflected in EFL Coursebooks”

Mrs. Erzsébet Ábrahám
Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church, Budapest, Hungary
“Multicultural Content of English Coursebooks with Religious Topics”

20:00 – 21:00 THEATRE PRODUCTION
Conor McPherson: St. Nicholas
Performed by Professor Dick St. George, SUNY Brockport
University of Debrecen, Institute of English and American Studies, Hungary

D1. Culture

Chair: Dr. Péter Szaffkó (Debrecen)

Julianna Borbély
Partium Christian University, Department of English, Oradea, Romania
“Anglo-Saxon Culture in Dilema Veche”

Orsolya Bogdány
Partium Christian University, Department of English, Oradea, Romania
“A Small Wizard’s Great Wizardries-The Harry Potter Phenomenon in Romania”

Attila Szabó
Partium Christian University, Department of English, Oradea, Romania
“The American Response to István Szabó’s Interpretations of the 20th Century European History”

D2. Literature

Chair: Dr. Zsolt Virágos (Debrecen)

Dr. Csilla Bertha
University of Debrecen, Institute of English and American Studies, Hungary
“Brian Friel’s Drama in Hungarian”

Oxana Blashkiv
Ivan Franko Drohobych State Pedagogical University, Ukraine
“Slavic Culture in Dmytro Čyževśkyj’s Publications in English”

Natalia Vid
University of Maribor, Slovenia
“Political - Ideological Translations of Robert Burns` Poems in the Soviet Union”

E1. Economics

Chair: Dr. Róbert Balogh (Debrecen)

Dr. Róbert Balogh
University of Debrecen, Institute of English and American Studies, Hungary
“Press Reactions and Analysis in Britain on the Hungarian Accession into the
European Union (1989-2002)”

Dr. Ioan Gheorghe Ţara
University of Oradea, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Romania
“The Financial Audit—A New Problem for East-European Countries”

Dr. Peter Odrakiewicz
Poznan University College of Business and Foreign Languages, Poland
“Extrapolation on Management Methods and E-Learning of Business English Education of Global Citizens in an Interconnected Multicultural Intertwined World”

E2. Literature

Chair: Titus Pop (Oradea)

Dr. Andrew Singer
Auden Project Manager, Budapest
“W. H. Auden and the Re-integration of Central Europe”

Titus Pop
Partium Christian University, Department of English, Oradea, Romania
“From Eurocentrism to Hybridity or from Singularity to Plurality”

Dr. Vitaliy Makar
Canadian Studies Centre, Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine
“The Development of Canadian-Ukrainian Interstate Relations”

18:00-19:00 Panel Discussion on American and Canadian Scholars’ Personal Experiences in Central Europe
Moderator: Dr. Péter Szaffkó
Panelists: Professors Donald E. Morse and Dick St. George (US), Dr. Michael Devine (Canada), Dr. Zsolt Virágos (Hungary), Dr. Peter Odrakiewicz (Poland)

20:00- Closing Banquet with a Theatre Production by Students of PCU

forrás: deptenglish.partium.ro