New academicians were elected and announced at the 199th General Assembly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA). Five professors of the University of Debrecen (UD) were elected to act as corresponding members, while four of the hitherto corresponding members became full members of the Academy.
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Paul Fox visited the University of Debrecen to learn more about the educational and scientific programmes and to visit the Institute of English and American Studies, Faculty of Humanities. The diplomat also gave a lecture for the faculty and students of the institute on relations between the two countries.

The Institute of History of the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Debrecen (UD) and the Department of Military History of the Nicolaus Copernicus University of Toruń recently hosted a joint conference for the first time under the title Modern History Symposium. The symposium provided an opportunity for specialists in modern history to present and share the latest findings of their research efforts.

The University of Pattimura, Indonesia, and Debreceni Egyetem (DE) [University of Debrecen (UD)] have signed a framework agreement on cooperation that will facilitate student exchanges, faculty mobility and academic collaboration in the future, primarily in the fields of teacher training, ethnography and cultural anthropology, as well as psychological sciences.

Students of the University of Debrecen can also travel now to Southern Utah University in the USA within the framework of what is called Pannónia Ösztöndíjprogram [Pannonia Scholarship Programme]. The agreement on student mobility opportunities was reached as part of the expansion of the partnership between UD and the US university signed a year ago, and students of the Faculty of Humanities can apply first to participate in it.

This year, Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions organized its national German language competition for secondary school students for the sixth time. One of the venues for the finals was the Institute of German Studies of the Faculty of Humanities (FH) of the University of Debrecen (UD).

In the framework of a full-day program, any interested party could learn about Poland, Polish history, culture, folklore and gastronomy, as well as study, scholarship and job opportunities in Poland on Lengyel Nap [Polish Day], hosted by the Institute of Slavic Studies of the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Debrecen (UD) in cooperation with Budapest-based Instytut Polski [Polish Institute] and the Polish Tourism Organization office in our capital. The event, which was held on April 2 was connected to the Day of Polish-Hungarian Friendship (March 23).

The Confucius Institute of the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Debrecen arranged a commemorative ceremony on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of its foundation. The special event was attended by the instructors and the heads of the institute and of the faculty as well as the representatives of the management of Tianjin Foreign Studies University and the Education Counsellor of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Budapest.

The research group Hungary in Medieval Europe of the Institute of History of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Debrecen has recently hosted an international historians' conference titled “Political, cultural, religious, and economic transformations in the 15th and 16th centuries.” There were two honorary doctors of the institute giving talks at the conference.

The latest publications were presented at the book launch of the Educational Research Workshop in Debrecen on Wednesday.