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the fifth American Corner in Hungary, opened on February 18th, 2009, at Corvinus University, Budapest.
AMERICAN CORNER BUDAPEST
U P C O M I N G E V E N T S
2013 MAY | WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY
May 7, 2013 | Tuesday
5:30 - 6:30 PM
TALC | Tuesday American Language Club #38 Free Discussion with Native Speakers
Presenter | DMITRI TARAKHOVSKY | US Embassy, Cultural Attache
Topic | Immigration and Multiculturalism in the United States
Location | AC Budapest | Corvinus University |Salt House Building | Fővám tér 13-15.
The upcoming TALC session will cover interesting details on certain areas of U.S. demographics. Cultural Attache Dmitri Tarakhovsky will talk about the history of immigration in the United States, as well as public perceptions and attitudes toward it. He will also touch upon the policies regarding immigration.
TALCTuesday American Language Club
The American Corner Budapest has launched a regular program. For those who would like to practice their English. From April, Two Thousand and Nine. On the first (or second) Tuesday of each month. An English Conversation Club. With native speaker guests. All are welcome.
Don't be shy. TALC to us.
INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY IN FOUCUS HIGH SCHOOL OUTREACH PROGRAM
Apáczai High School
May 15, 2013
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Presenter | RYAN SMITH, Fulbright Grantee
Topic | Great Gatsby and the Jazz Era
The approaching release of Baz Luhrmann's much talked-about film The Great Gatsby, has renewed public interest in the novel by F Scott Fitzgerald. Many consider this novel the best, or at least one of the best works of American literature. It is set in New York City in the summer of 1922, a time of unprecedented American prosperity and power, a time commonly called The Roaring Twenties or The Jazz Age, the later a term Fitzgerald coined himself. Jazz represents the age because of its rebellion against social norms, unpredictability, and because it was wildly fun. Fitzgerald's masterpiece has connected with readers since it's publication in 1925 because of its themes of love, striving, marriage, wealth, honesty, and regret. To increase interest in the most American of stories and excitement for the film, American Corner Budapest will host a after school discussion group of local high school students.
EARTH DAY IN FOUCUS HIGH SCHOOL OUTREACH PROGRAM
Austrian High School in Budapest
May 17, 2013
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Presenter | JAMIE HOVERSEN, Fulbright Grantee
Topic | U.S. National Parks
The concept of the national park was first created and implemented in the United States in 1872 and evolved into an entire system which rests on the mission of making parks accessible to the public while at the same time preserving the parks for future generations. The United State's National Parks are considered to be one of the country's most adorned and respected attractions. In addition to speaking about the history of the parks, this presentation will highlight the vastness of landscapes included in the national parks by focusing on some of the most visited parks, such as Yellowstone, Yosemite, the Grand Canyon, Death Valley and more.
HIGH SCHOOL OUTREACH PROGRAM
Movie Fieldtrip for High School Students
:: The Great Gatsby ::
May 17, 2013
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
As a winning prize for participation in the Gatsby series, a group of local high school students Ryan Smith -- Fulbright Grantee and leader of Gatsby Discussion Clubs -- participated in a fieldtrip and watched the newly released Great Gatsby movie.
Imagine the world :: Képzeld el a világot
May 17-21, 2013
HAY FESTIVAL BUDAPEST
When it is MAY – it is HAY!Do not miss the upcoming Hay Festival Budapest to be held between May 17-21. Hungarian and international writers, thinkers and musicians gather in Hungary for Hay Festival Budapest, 17–21 May.
Hungarian and international writers, thinkers and musicians gather at this exciting event. The 2013 Festival brings a new series of conversations with some of the best innovators, poets, architects, mathematicians, novelists and musicians of our time.
The events will take place in Petofi Literature Museum (Petőfi Irodalmi Múzeum) and Central European University, with the evening music events being held at Akvárium.
The 2013 Festival brings a new series of conversations with some of the best innovators, poets, architects, mathematicians, novelists and musicians of our time. The programme includes Péter Esterházy, one of the most widely-known contemporary Hungarian writers, Nicole Krauss, author of Great House, The History of Love and Man Walks into a Room, Spanish philosopher Fernando Savater, the Anglo/Hungarian poet and translator George Szirtes, Dutch novelist Jaap Scholten, the great French architect Odile Decq, Marcus du Sautoy, Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University, Germaine Greer bringing fresh views on Shakespeare, and the legendary American journalist and Watergate hero Carl Bernstein.
Source :: https://www.hayfestival.com/portal/budapest.aspx?skinid=1&localesetting=en-GB
The American Corner Budapest is one of the collaborators of the May 21st program with legendary American investigative journalist Carl Bernstein who broke the Watergate scandal in The Washington Post. Carl Bernstein is the co-author of All The President’s Men as well as the biographer of Hillary Rodham Clinton. The event will be chaired by Edit Inotai. Simultaneous translation from English into Hungarian is provided. Special student discount is available on site. The conversation with the author will take place at 6.30 PM on Tuesday, May 21st in the Petofi Literature Museum (PIM), located at Károlyi Mihály utca 16. http://www.pim.hu/object.a00d241a-1b8f-424f-be5e-e911f57615d6.ivy
When it is May, it is indeed Hay!
May 23, 2013 | Thursday 5:30 - 6:30 PM
:: KINDLE CLUB :: session three ::
Presenter ZSÓFIA SUBA| AC Budapest, Assistant Topic | The Jazz Age and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (TBC, subject to change)
Registration required | amcorner@uni-corvinus.hu
Location | American Corner Budapest | Corvinus University | Salt House | Fovam ter 13-15.
►►► ► SPECIAL GIFT FOR REGULAR PARTICIPANTS IS A SPECIAL KINDLE SERIES T-SHIRT ►► ►►
“Real reading is a lonely activity.” – said Harold Bloom. On one Thursday evening each month, we would like to prove that reading can, indeed, be a social event as well. Whether you are often startled after reading a story and have a lot of questions or you tend to understand everything and have a lot of answers, join us! Let’s connect this “lonely activity” with creative and engaging exercises, let’s exchange viewpoints, and twist stories around; let’s Kindle new ideas! The approaching release of Baz Luhrmann's much talked-about film The Great Gatsby, has renewed public interest in the novel by F Scott Fitzgerald. Many consider this novel the best, or at least one of the best works of American literature. It is set in New York City in the summer of 1922, a time of unprecedented American prosperity and power, a time commonly called The Roaring Twenties or The Jazz Age, the later a term Fitzgerald coined himself. Jazz represents the age because of its rebellion against social norms, unpredictability, and because it was wildly fun. Fitzgerald's masterpiece has connected with readers since it's publication in 1925 because of its themes of love, striving, marriage, wealth, honesty, and regret. To increase interest in the most American of stories and excitement for the film, American Corner Budapest will host a Kindle Club.
2013 JUNE | SUMMER FESTIVALS
June 4, 2013 | Tuesday
5:30 - 6:30 PM
TALC | Tuesday American Language Club #39 Free Discussion with Native Speakers
Presenter | RYAN SMITH | Fulbright Grantee
Topic | The Great Gatsby as the Great American Novel
Location | AC Budapest | Corvinus University |Salt House Building | Fővám tér 13-15.
On the final typed draft of his novel, F. Scott Fitzgerald crossed out the original title Under the Red, White, and Blue and hand wrote The Great Gatsby. His aim, as had been so many before and after him, was to write The Great American Novel, the quintessential American novel, the book that captured the nation and its people like none had before. Has Fitzgerald done this? What does Gatsby celebrate and critique about American society and American people? How does the novel capture both the 1920s and modern day America?
At the American Corner Budapest`s present TALC session, we will learn a little about the wild celebrity writer Fitzgerald, look closely at passages and themes in the novel, and talk briefly about the recent film. After hoping it would sell 10,000, it has sold over 25 million copies. Let's add our voices to this vast conversation about the book and the nation it tries to capture.
TALCTuesday American Language Club
The American Corner Budapest has launched a regular program. For those who would like to practice their English. From April, Two Thousand and Nine. On the first (or second) Tuesday of each month. An English Conversation Club. With native speaker guests. All are welcome.
Don't be shy. TALC to us.
A korábbi éveknek megfelelően 2014-15-ben is lehetőség lesz a Georgia Rotary Student Program által szponzorált, “Georgia-ösztöndíjnak” nevezett programra való jelentkezésre.
