St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in Budapest

written by Alicia Soede (Engish studies BA student, Kodolányi University) Recently, we had the opportunity to volunteer for this year’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in Budapest, proudly representing Kodolányi János University. The celebrations took place in Liberty Square, offering a great selection of traditional Irish food and drink, such as Guinness and Kilkenny. We were …

Call for Papers – Freeside Europe Online Academic Journal 2023 Issue

Call for Papers Freeside Europe Online Academic Journal 2023 Issue Kodolányi János University Freeside Europe Online Academic Journal is an interdisciplinary journal that was first established in 2005. Since the beginning of 2009, the journal has been given a new profile with the aim of connecting the different fields of academic studies (literature, arts, media, intercultural …

Irish Cultural Event 18 April 2023

The event was organized by The Fifth Province blog, the Embassy of Ireland in Budapest and the Foundation for Inter-Culture Multicultural and Intercultural Connections. The event was hosted by Kodolányi János University, Budapest. The event was officially opened by H.E. Ronan Gargan, Ambassador to Ireland in Hungary and was followed by two very interesting and …

Emerald Film Club podcast – 18th October 2022

We are pleased to share this podcast which was recorded at the first Emerald Film Club event in October at KJU. We would like to thank His Excellency Ronan Gargan, the Ambassador of Ireland to Hungary for his support. The podcast features the opening speech of His Excellency Ronan Gargan, a presentation on The Banshee …

CORKONIANS IN A MULTICULTURAL IRELAND – AN INTERVIEW WITH LISA MCINERNEY INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY KRISZTINA KODÓ

INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY KRISZTINA KODÓ The interview is published in Freeside Europe Online Academic Journal 2022 Issue 13 link: http://www.freesideeurope.com/articles/-corkonians-in-a-multicultural-ireland-an-interview-with-lisa-mcinerney-110 Abstract. The theme of the interview is “Global English(es)”, which presupposes that English is no longer the exclusive terrain of the English people, as it has transcended its original role and has come to be …

‘Global Englishes’ conference at Kodolányi University

“Seizing the day”: Current Research in Global Englishes International Conference 28th-29th March, 2022 The conference is organised by Kodolányi János University and it will take place at the campus of the university (Budapest, Frangepán u. 50-56, 1139) between 28th and 29th March, 2022. The theme of the conference is ‘Global English(es)’, which presupposes that English …