Europe or The United States? Which one is the most preferable from the two? Pretty hard question, we could make a survey to see what people say about it but it does not matter what others say. Every single person in this world is unique, all of them have different necessities and dreams. However, there is a general statement that Europeans are dreaming about the USA and Americans are dreaming about Europe. Most of the people love to travel, experience new cultures but only a few of them are able to settle down in a different environment and feel home.
This summer was as busy as always at PTE, festivals after festivals, summer schools after summer schools. For one of these summer schools (18th Hungarian Language and Culture Summer School) people came to try their fortune with Hungarian language. In the program we can meet everybody, from youngsters to elders. There are absolute beginners and there are students who were here before but it is not only about the language, they have the opportunity to get a little bit more familiar with the local culture and history.
Qais Yousufi arrived from Afghanistan on a grant in 2012, and obtained a degree at the department of International Studies at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Pécs. He is recalling the past few years and tells us about one of his favourite places, the Zsolnay Cultural Quarter.
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PMS is Pécs Music Society, a group formed by music-loving and music-playing students of the University of Pécs. It’s not a band, or a single event, maybe better described as a ‘world-view’ to promote live music and musicians in Pécs. PMS started in 2010, at a table outside the old Fortuna Cáfé in the medical faculty, by a Swedish student Arvin Lashgarara (now living in Sweden) and Ian O’Sullivan. The Society was born in UP, in the Medical School of UP to be precise, and maintains a close friendship with the university. UP students form the backbone of PMS, and we love to perform for the students and to invite them to participate. The main organizers are Ian O’Sullivan, András Langer and Alan Abada.
We are excited about our music events at the University of Pécs, and we do hope that you will be able to join us at the Liszt Ferenc Concert Hall and the Kodály Centre.
We invite everybody between the age of 14 and 104 who wants to move, dance or watch dance! All programs are ENGLISH FRIENDLY as well.
Have you always wanted to try acting? Have you performed in English before and would want to do it again? If so, come and join us at PTE University Theatre, JESZ's (Janus University Theater) new member casting workshop.
Dr. Sheila Rucki is a political economist and an associate professor at the Metropolitan State University of Denver. Her work is mostly on Gramsci and notions of the relationships between culture and economy. After two conference participations at the University of Pécs she came to teach here as visiting professor to launch a faculty exchange with the Department of Political Science and International Studies.
When moving to another country, either temporarily or permanently, you have to face the several unexpected: new people, new situations, new habits and eventually, you have to meet the new you - at least a yet undiscovered side of yours. How can you handle it? How can you prepare for it? How can you get the most out of your studies abroad and acquire skills that can help you throughout your life both professionally and personally? We asked Dr Sára Bigazzi, lecturer of the Psychology Department at the University of Pécs (Faculty of Humanities).
