Hungarian Fulbright Visiting Professorship
The award is covered jointly by the University of Pittsburgh’s University Center for International Studies, the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, the European Studies Center, and the Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs as well as the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, the Less Commonly Taught Languages Center and the Honors College, in partnership with Fulbright Hungary. Fellows will be required to teach an interdisciplinary undergraduate seminar in Hungarian Studies, will be expected to conduct research in their field of expertise, and will be encouraged to develop strong relationships with students and faculty across a range of Pitt centers, departments, and programs, as appropriate for Fellow’s field of expertise. Interested academics should apply for next academy year via Fulbright Hungary's website.
HUN 1915: Fulbright Seminar in Hungarian Studies | 3 credits
Courses taught by Fulbright Visiting Professors in this program have a broad temporal frame and a transregional OR global span and must appeal to Pitt undergraduate students across all four years of study, from multiple humanities and social science disciplines, and without background in Hungarian or Central European history, culture, or society. Applicants are advised to consult previously approved course topics from previous years when preparing their course proposals.
HUN 1915 Course Topics, 2022-2025
Fall 2021, Fake News and Media Manipulation in Central Europe
Fall 2022, Rule of Law and Democracy in Europe
Fall 2024-Spring 2025, Russia's War Against Ukraine - Solidarity and Protest in Eastern Europe
Meet our Fulbright Visiting Professors
Zoltan Kelemen was a Fulbright Visiting Professor at Pitt in Hungarian Studies in Fall 2022. He is an Assistant Professor of International Relations at Corvinus University in Budapest, Hungary.
Attila Kenyeres is a Fulbright Visiting Professor at Pitt in Hungarian Studies in Fall 2021. He is an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Cultural Management at the University of Debrecen, a journalist, and freelance writer. His research examines manipulation techniques in news media, “fake news,” and the role of educational science television programs in adult informal learning of adults.
Eva Lovra was a Fulbright Visiting Professor at Pitt in Hungarian Studies in Spring 2023. She holds a Ph.D. in Architectural Sciences and has conducted postdoctoral research at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, and at the University of Novi Sad. She is a senior lecturer/adjunct professor at the University of Debrecen's Department of Civil Engineering.
Daniel Mikecz is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Political Science at the HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences and an Associate Lecturer at the Institute of Political Science of the Faculty of Law and Political Science of ELTE. In the academic year 2024-2025, he is a Fulbright Visiting Professor at the University of Pittsburgh. He’s the author of Civil Movements in an Illiberal Regime: Political Activism in Hungary published by Central European University Press.