From 16 to 18 April 2018, the University of Nyíregyháza organised a conference entitled Nyíregyháza Thematic University: Universities for the European Cultural Dialogue financed by the EFOP-3.4.3-16-2016-00018 Knowledge Development and Utilization project, which was followed by the event called II. Erasmus+ International Days: Education Without Borders within the Erasmus+ 2016-1-HU01-KA103-022497 project.
The objectives of the international series of programmes were to promote the University of Nyíregyháza, to uphold the level of cooperation with the foreign partner institutes, to prepare international training programmes, and to motivate people to participate in international mobility programmes.
The foreign guest lecturers gave exciting lectures to the interested people in both English and Hungarian. The representatives of the partner institutes imparted their experiences based on the practices of their own institutes.
The following lecturers participated in the series of programmes:
Dr Dariusz Bartkowski representing the Poznan University of Technology, Poland; Dr Andrea Hamburg representing the University of Oradea, Romania; Dr Eugen Ungureanu representing Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Romania; Dr Gabriella Coca representing Babes-Bolyai University, Romania; Dr Ildikó Orosz, Rector of the Ferenc Rákóczi II Transcarpathian Hungarian College of Higher Education.
On behalf of the University of Nyíregyháza, Dr Ferenc Kiss, Erika Nagyné Dr Schmelczer, Dr László Barabás, Dr Magda Ajtay-Horváth, Dr Ferenc Veres, Dr Gábor Páy, and Éva Dudás.
As a worthy completion of the II. Erasmus+ International Days our county was introduced to the guest lecturers invited to the event and to the 32 Erasmus+ foreign students present at our institute. Under the guidance of Dr Kálmán Kiss and the Luby Association, there was an excursion full of experiences comprising a visit to the Márapócs National Shrine, furthermore a presentation of the folk artefacts such as various folk objects, weaving loom, mangle, and many other things, in Bereg Museum. In Túristvándi, on the bank of the River Túr, we turned into a guest house, built according to local characteristics, for a delicious Hungarian lunch. We had real culinary delights in the guest house called MegálmodtaLAK (’The House I Dreamt Of’).
We paid a visit to the Móricz Zsigmond Memorial House in Tiszacsécse, where we learnt a great deal about the writer. We continued our journey to Szatmárcseke, where we visited the Kölcsey Monument. After these stops, we rushed to Nagyar, where we visited the Petőfi Tree, the Petőfi Memorial House, and finally, we turned into the magnificent Luby Castle. We were invited to the castle’s Palm House, which was an extraordinary experience. We were served an amazing dinner in the Luby Castle, which proved to be an unforgettable adventure.
The University of Nyíregyháza has the intention to organise this series of programmes next year.