UPCOMING EVENTS

Native American Adventure Day - Children's Day
May 31, Friday, 10 am - 2 pm
Venue: DMK Homokkerti Közösségi Ház

For all ages and level of English. If you would like to improve your speaking skills and meet new people, join the club on Tuesday afternoons.

May 27, Monday, 2 pm

Please register at debrecen@americancorner.hu

Arts & Crafts Workshop for Kids
May 23, Thursday, 1.30 pm
Venue: DMK, Újkerti Közösségi Ház

Native American Adventure Day - Children's Day
May 22, Wednesday, 2 - 5 pm
Venue: Ötholdas Pagony, Nagyerdő

May 21, Tuesday, 5 pm

For all ages and level of English. If you would like to improve your speaking skills and meet new people, join the club on Tuesday afternoons.

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Igen lehetséges: Hogyan nyertem 4 éves ösztöndíjat egy amerikai egyetemre? - How Did I Win a Four-year Full Scholarship to a US University?

May 21, Tuesday, 3 pm

Turcsán Virág, a debreceni Ady Endre Gimnázium végzős diákja számol be arról, hogyan sikerült elnyernie egy 4 éves ösztöndíjat a Tennessee állambeli Sewannee Egyetemre.

     Az Institute of International Education végzős magyar diákok számára hirdeti meg a Klein Family Scholarship-et minden éveben.

        Igen, Te is tanulhatsz az USA-ban! Gyere és tudd meg, hogyan érdemes  nekiindulnod!
  Nyelve magyar, a részvétel ingyenes. Mindenkit szeretettel várunk!

Virág Turcsán will graduate from Ady Endre Secondary School in Debrecen, Hungary this year. An outstanding student, she is enrolled in the school's bilingual program. She has participated in numerous extracurricular activities, and has traveled extensively. Virág worked at the London Olympics and Paralympics in 2012. She participated in the Youth Leadership Program with Central Europe and the European Youth Parliament. She has also been an active member of the Model United Nations Club, the Debate Club, and served on the board of the Student Union. She is mainly interested in political science and international relations, and looks forward to beginning her studies in the U.S. this fall.

 

The Klein Family Scholarship is available to Hungarian high school students to receive a Bachelor's Degree at Sewanee: The University of the South, located in the state of Tennessee in the United States.

             A részvételi szándékot, kérjük a e-mail következő címre  május 20-ig előre jelezni:  debrecen@americancorner.hu

May 16, Thursday, 6 pm

If you are interested, please send an e-mail to DebrecenAC@gmail.com, since the starting time or venue changes sometimes.

May 16, Thursday, 3 pm

Registration is required at debrecen@americancorner.hu

English Conversation Club
May 14, Tuesday, 5 pm


For all ages and level of English. If you would like to improve your speaking skills and meet new people, join the club on Tuesday afternoons.

May 13, Monday, 4 pm


Do you like reading, but don’t have much time?
Would you like to improve your language skills (especially reading and speaking)?
Are you interested in the latest technological discoveries, social issues and their impact on society and the environment?

We welcome everyone who would like to R.E.A.D. their way into a broader knowledge of today’s hot topics. We’ll choose an article and e-mail the link to those who sign up. You may also pick up a photo copy in the American Corner if that is what you prefer. Once a month we’ll come together and discuss the contents of the articles and related topics. 

The only requirement of participation is reading the given article BEFORE the meeting.
Please, let us know if you would like to participate by sending an email to debrecen@americancorner.hu.

We encourage our R.E.A.D.-ers to follow our Facebook page and recommend other articles/books/videos that they might have read/seen to other participants to spice up discussion. 

Access to the articles:
www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2013/04/22/brazilian-maids-get-a-leg-up.html
www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/05/report-illegal-immigrants_n_890201.html

Job and University Application Interview Tips from Abbey McDaniel
April 24, Wednesday, 3 pm

Registration is required at debrecenac@gmail.com

English Conversation Club
April 23, Tuesday, 5 pm

EARTH DAY AT THE AMERICAN CORNER 2013
APRIL 22, MONDAY, 9 am -8 pm


The American Corner Debrecen is pleased to invite You to it's Earth Day Programs in cooperation with Debreceni Művelődési Központ, Zöld Kör - a Föld Barátai Magyarország, HuMuSz és BOCS Alapítvány

April 22 - 26, Zero Waste Interactive Exhibition (Nulla Hulladék Kiállítás) with games and quizzes.
Venue: American Corner Debrecen, Kossuth utca 1.


April 22, Monday, 5 pm Documentary Screening: David Attenborough - How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth? (2009) (David Attenborough filmje: Hány embert bír el a Föld?)
Venue: DMK, Pódiumterem, Kossuth utca 1.

Followed by a discussion on overpopulation and global challenges with Gyula Simonyi -ecologist, economist, Head of BOCS Civilizációtervezés Alapítvány (the discussion will be in Hungarian)

(A filmvetítést követően beszélgetés a túlnépesedésről és globális kihívásokról, vezeti: Simonyi Gyula ökológus – közgazdász, a BOCS Civilizációtervezés Alapítvány elnöke)

Trailer:

http://indavideo.hu/video/Hany_ember_elhet_a_Foldon_-_David_Attenborough_filmje_a_nepesedesrol_Magyar_felirat_Hivd_meg_a_BOCSeu-t_vetiteni_eloadni



Please register for the event either at debrecenac@gmail.com or info@zoldkor.net

(Részvételi díj nincs, viszont kérjük előzetesen jelezzék részvételi szándékukat: telefon: 06 (52) 280-038, e-mail: info@zoldkor.net)


Free admission!

We look forward to meet you at the program!

April 18, Thursday, 6 pm

April 18, Thursday, 4:30 pm

Learn how to write a proper CV or Resume with Abbey McDaniel. Please register for the event at debrecenac@gmail.com by April 17, 2013.

April 17, Wednesday, 3 pm

The American Corner organizes it's first spring board game afternoon. You can try out Scrabble and Bang! Bring your friends along. Please register for the event with your group no later than April 16, 2013 at debrecenac@gmail.com

Georgia on My Mind!
April 16, Tuesday, 6 pm


Presenter: Abbey McDaniel, ISEP Exchange Student at the University of Debrecen from Kennesaw State University, Georgia

English Conversation Club
April 16, Tuesday, 5 pm - 6 pm

The Obamas: A Love Story across Five Generations of American History
April 12, Friday, 10 am
Venue: DMK, Pódiumterem, Kossuth u. 1
Presenter: James Oberly, László Országh Chair in American Studies, Fulbright Lecturer

The American president is both head of government and head of state.  As such, his spouse is the „First Lady” and his family the „First Family.”  Such terms are not known in parliamentary systems such as Hungary.  The American „First Family” is a blend of the modern African-American family.  On the president’s side, he descends from modern African migrants who experienced British colonialism, not American slavery.  On the First Lady’s side, her family is the story of  „up from slavery” in the American South, and later, the Great Migration to Chicago.  Over five generations, the love story that is Barack and Michelle Obama, is part of American history from South Carolina to Hawaii, and meeting  in Chicago.

"The New Buffalo or the Old Swindle? Oil & Gas & Mineral Revenues under today's American Indian Lands and Waters"
April 11, Thursday, 6 pm
Presenter: James Oberly, László Országh Chair in American Studies, Fulbright Lecturer

Economic development represents one of the main challenges for American Indian tribal governments. A few tribes struck it rich in the 1990s with casino projects, but for most tribes, casino revenues have fallen during the prolonged economic downturn. Rising commodity prices, especially for oil, gas, and minerals have led some US tribes to welcome drilling and mining as a means of economic development. Others have decided to fight new drilling and mining endeavors as a perceived environmental threat to the quality of tribal land and water. This presentation considers the mix of economics, law, history, and culture from the viewpoint of tribes practicing limited sovereignty within a federal political system.

April 10, Wednesday, 4 pm

English Conversation Club
April 9, Tuesday, 5 pm

The New Woman of the 1920s
March 28, Thursday, 6 pm

The presentation will discuss the changing role of women in American society and will focus on the new "flapper" phenomenon emerging in the 1920s.

Presenter: Éva Mathey, University of Debrecen, Institute of English and American Studies North American Department

 "Men's Fight Only? Women in the American Civil War"
March 21, Thursday, 6 pm

In the decades prior to the Civil War, the lives of American women were shaped by what historians call “the Cult of True Womanhood”: devoting their lives’ full attention to their husbands and children in the private, feminized domestic households. The coming of the Civil War, however, forced women out of the artificial safety of this sphere, into public life in ways unimaginable even a few years before. Thousands of women in the North and South joined volunteer brigades to work as nurses, many were hired as spies or secret agents, some even served in the military disguised as men, not to mention the hundreds of thousands who performed all the men’s duties on the home front. This was the first war in American history in which women contributed to the war effort in a significant way. This talk commemorates them as part of the women’s history month as well as the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War.

Presenter: István Kornél Vida, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
University of Debrecen, Institute of English and American Studies
North American Department

St. Patrick's Day Creative Workshop
March 21, Thursday, 2 pm
Venue: DMK Újkerti Közösségi Ház


 

Erin Brockovich - Movie Night
Movie Screening & Discussion
March 19, Tuesday, 5:30 pm

An unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply.

Source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0195685/

Movie screening with Hungarian subtitles

Spanish Conversation Club
March 7, Thursday, 6 pm

R.E.A.D. Read, Enjoy and Discover "Women's Rights are Human Rights" by Hillary Clinton
March 7, Thursday, 4 pm

March is Women's History Month so our topic is related to famous and outstanding women in US history.

Hillary Clinton and Rosa Parks are going to be in the focus of our attention this time.

We’ll come together and discuss the contents of the articles and related topics.
The only requirement of participation is reading the given article BEFORE the meeting.
Please, let us know if you would like to participate by sending an email to debrecenac@gmail.com no later than March 6, 2013

ACCESS TO THE ARTICLES:
www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1697.html
www.famousquotes.me.uk/speeches/Hillary-Clinton/

Radiocarbon Dating of Artworks and Artifacts - Meet the Scientist Program
March 6, Wednesday, 12:30 pm
Venue: Ady Endre Gimnázium

Presenter: Professor Timothy Jull
The Meet the Scientist program was launched by the Hungarian Association for Innovation, the Hungarian Fulbright Association and the Embassy of the United States of America in Budapest. The program was announced at the First Hungarian Fulbright Day on September 24th, 2010 at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The goal of the program is to promote engineering and natural sciences along with education in the United States among high school students. In the first semester, four schools in Budapest and six in the country were visited by former Fulbrighters who work in science.

Amuseic & Scattered Concert - GROW Club
March 5, Tuesday, 6 pm
Venue: DMK Pódiumterem


Meet the GROW Camp girls for a concert...and discussion

You can reach your goals! They could do it...
The participants of GROW Summer Leadership Camp 2012 (Kitti Komoróczy and Krisztina Lévai) give a concert. The girls worked on various projects during the camp and their project was to set up a band.
Amuseic (Lévai Krisztina, Pöstényi Balázs, Sinka Andor Dénes)
Scattered (Komoróczy Kitti, Mázló Attila, Pöstényi Balázs)

The concert is free of charge!!

Wish it! - Dream it! - Do it!

What is Girls Rock Our World Summer Camp?
Sharpen your communication and leadership skills and build your confidence in the GROW Camp where you learn from American diplomats, university staff and Hungarian professionals and alumni.
Would you like to become a leader in your community? Do you have big plans for the future? Are you interested in international realtions?

Discussion time:

After the concert you can ask former participants about the camp, their projects and application processes...GROW Camp II. is coming up this year!

See you at the concert.

English Converstion Club
March 5, Tuesday, 5-6 pm

 

AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH
FEBRUARY 2013

The Help - Movie Night: movie screening and presentation
February 28, Thursday, 5 pm
Presenter: Dr. Zoltán Simon, assistant professor, North American Department, University of Debrecen

A Trip to the Blind Pig: The Civil Rights Movement in Detroit Revisited
(1967, Detroit - The 12th Street Riot)
February 26, Tuesday, 6 pm
Presenter: Dr. Tibor Glant, Head of the North American Department, University of Debrecen

BOLL WEEVIL FOLK BLUES GANG -concert & discussion
February 21, Thursday, 6 pm
Venue: DMK, Pódiumterem

Started around year 2000, the Boll Weevil Folk Blues Gang is intent on displaying the diversity of early American black folk music with a repertoire including ballads, rags, gospels and spirituals besides blues songs. Our music is led by acoustic dobro guitar and vocal (Dávid Ongjerth), escorted by double bass (Gergő Szabó), violin (Milán Bajovics) and harmonica (Mátyás Sain). One of the aims of the group is to show that blues – and black folk music in general – is not only the music of sorrow and depression, but just as well the music of joy and happiness.
www.bollweevil.hu/english.htm

The concert is FREE OF CHARGE!

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"Let Me Convert Your Soul" - The Story of American Blues
February 19, Tuesday, 6 pm
Presenter: Abbey McDaniel, ISEP Exchange Student at the University of Debrecen from Kennesaw State University, Georgia

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R.E.A.D.
Read, Enjoy and Discover -
"The Michelle Obama Effect"
February 14, Thursday, 4 pm

We’ll come together and discuss the contents of the articles and related topics.
The only requirement of participation is reading the given article BEFORE the meeting.
Please, let us know if you would like to participate by sending an email to debrecenac@gmail.com no later than February 13, 2013
There are three articles to read for the event.

FOR THIS EVENT YOU CAN PICK UP THE COPY OF THE  FIRST ARTICLE FROM THE AMERICAN CORNER.

www.nytimes.com/2012/09/04/us/politics/michelle-obamas-role-in-presidents-re-election-bid.html

www.nbcnews.com/id/29031333/site/todayshow/ns/today-today_news/t/michelle-obama-redefining-first-lady-role/#.UREesKMuMcs

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FARGO - Movie Night
January 31, 5 pm

Movie screening and Discussion with Péter Szurdoki and Sándor Marton

Fargo is a 1996 American crime film produced, directed and written by brothers Joel and Ethan Coen. It stars Frances McDormand as a pregnant police chief who investigates a series of homicides and William H. Macy as a car salesman who hires two criminals to kidnap his wife. Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare play the criminals and Harve Presnell plays the salesman's father-in-law.

Watch the trailer here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB4PmbfG4bw

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R.E.A.D.
Read, Enjoy and Discover
January 31, Thursday, 4 pm


 The American Corner resumes its popular event R.E.A.D. 

Parent Alert - The Dangerous New High an article from Reader's Digest
Teenagers are stealing pills from your medicine cabinet and sharing them with friends - sometimes with deadly consequence...
We invite everyone who would like to R.E.A.D. their way into a broader knowledge of today’s hot topics. We’ll choose an article and e-mail the link to those who sign up. You may also pick up a photo copy in the American Corner if that is what you prefer.
The second R.E.A.D. in 2013 takes place on Thursday, JANUARY 31.

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English Conversation Club
January 29, Tuesday, 5 pm

For all ages and level of English. If you would like to improve your speaking skills and meet new people, join the club on Tuesday afternoons.

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EducationUSA Events at the American Corner Debrecen

Tanulj az Egyesült Államokban! 

If You Want to Study in the USA...
January 22-23, Tuesday, Wednesday
If you are interested in studying in the United States or you are in the the middle of your application process to a US university join our Study in the USA sessions on January 22 -23.

                             R.E.A.D.    
                       Read, Enjoy and Discover
                          January 17, Thursday, 5 pm  

  The American Corner resumes its popular event R.E.A.D.

Read, Enjoy and Discover

We welcome everyone who would like to R.E.A.D. their way into a broader knowledge of today’s hot topics. We’ll choose an article and e-mail the link to those who sign up. You may also pick up a photo copy in the American Corner if that is what you prefer. The first R.E.A.D. in 2013 takes place on Thursday JANUARY 17. We’ll come together and discuss the contents of the articles and related topics.

The only requirement of participation is reading the given article BEFORE the meeting.

Please, let us know if you would like to participate by sending an email to debrecenac@gmail.com no later than January 16, 2013

links to the articles:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/burke-e-strunsky/the-gun-control-controver_1_b_2103877.html

http://clashdaily.com/2012/12/the-u-s-already-had-a-conversation-about-guns-and-the-pro-side-won/

 English Conversation Club
January 15, Tuesday, 5 pm

For all ages and level of English. If you would like to improve your speaking skills and meet new people, join the club on Tuesday afternoons.

Christmas Tea Party - Mug Beauty Contest
December 17, Monday, 5 pm

Come join us for the last event of the year, at the American Corner Debrecen! There will be tea, there will be cookies, and there will be Mug Beauty Contest as part of the American Corner tradition!

Bring your mug that is the most special to your heart, which holds the sweetest and greatest memories! Tell us the story of your mug and you'll be rewarded. 

Please contribute to the Christmas Tea Party with some cakes, cookies or tea. Home-made cookies are the most appreciated. Register no later than the 15th of December at: debrecenac@gmail.com

Winter Reading and Discussion with Péter Szurdoki -
Ana Castillo: My Mother's Mexico
December 13, Thursday, 3:45 pm 

Ana Castillo is a Chicana poet, essayist, editor, and novelist who explores the tribulations of womanhood and offers pungent socio-political comment. Castillo's work is based on established oral and literary traditions, yet at the same time it is highly innovative. Born and raised in Chicago, Castillo credits the rich storytelling tradition of her Mexican heritage as the foundation for her writing. When she was nine years old, she wrote her first poems following the death of her grandmother.
Please register for the event at debrecenac@gmail.com no later than December 12, 2012.

G'Day from Australia
December 11, Tuesday, 5 pm

George Deak is going to give a presentation on his heritage. The young man is spending a semester in Debrecen as a teaching assistant at a local high school. He grew up in Australia as a son of a Hungarian father and a Japanese mother. From his exciting presentation you can get to know what life is like in Australia.

Movie Afternoon for Everyone - Snow Dogs
December 10, Monday, 3 pm

Winter afternoon family movie at the American Corner.
When a Miami dentist inherits a team of sled dogs, he's got to learn the trade or lose his pack to a crusty mountain man.

Winter Reading and Discussion with Peter Szurdoki
December 5, Wednesday, 4 pm

"You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club."
– Jack London

Journalist, author. Born John Griffith Chaney on January 12, 1876, in San Francisco, California. He carved out his own hardscrabble life as a teen. He rode trains, pirated oysters, shoveled coal, worked on a sealing ship on the Pacific and found employment in a cannery. In his free time he hunkered down at libraries, soaking up novels and travel books.

 American Astronaut in Debrecen - Human Spaceflight, Past, Present, and Uncertain Future - Open Discussion with Marsha S. Ivins at the American Corner Debrecen
December 7, Friday, 3 pm
American Corner Debrecen, Kossuth u. 1.

Ha szeretnél résztvenni egy űrutazáson gyere el és hallgasd meg Marsha S. Ivins amerikai űrhajósnő képekkel és videókkal illusztrált előadását és tedd fel az űrutazással kapcsolatos, eddig meg nem válaszolt kérdéseidet!! 

Személyes élményein keresztül és gyönyörű NASA képek által bepillanthattok egy női űrhajós életébe! 

Helyszín: Debreceni Amerikai Kuckó, Kossuth utca 1. (Debreceni Művelődési Központ I. emelet)

Human Spaceflight, Past, Present, and Uncertain Future
December 7, Friday, 11am
University of Debrecen, Main Bldg. Lecture hall XI.

Marsha S. Ivins a Lyndon B. Johnson Űrközpont mérnökeként 5 űrutazáson vett részt, összesen több mint 55 napot töltött a világűrben. A Mir űrállomáson és a Nemzetközi Űrállomáson egyaránt járt.

Az eredetileg mérnök foglalkozású űrhajósnő előadásában az emberes űrrepülés múltjáról, jelenéről és bizonytalan jövőjéről mesél.

Személyes élményein keresztül és gyönyörű NASA képek által bepillanthattok egy női űrhajós életébe!

Az űrhajósnő karrierjéről itt tudhattok meg többet: http://ow.ly/fEjvW

Az előadás a Debreceni Egyetem Angol-Amerikai Intézetének Észak-amerikai Tanszéke, a debreceni Amerikai Kuckó és az Amerikai Nagykövetség közös szervezésében valósul meg. A rendezvény nyilvános, igény esetén tolmácsolást biztosítunk.

Helyszín: Debreceni Egyetem, Main Bldg. Lecture hall XI.

Pre-Thanksgiving Arts & Crafts Workshop
                November 19, Monday, 2-5 pm

Join us on Monday afternoon and show your creativity! We are gathering together at the American Corner to prepare Thanksgiving decoration and turkey badges made of felt. 

Thanksgiving Potluck Dinner
November 22, Thursday, 5 pm

Thanksgiving is the most important family holiday in the United States. Let's celebrate together at the American Corner! As part of our tradition please contribute to the dinner with your favorite dishes. If you would like to join us, please sign up via e-mail no later than November 19.

Survival by Accident - Secrets of the Cuban Missile Crisis
November 29, Thursday, 6 pm

Remembering the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis. A presentation by Dr. Tibor Glant, Head of the North American Department, University of Debrecen

INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK 2012
NOVEMBER 12 -16 
 

Study in the USA – general info session
November 12, Monday, 3pm

General info session in Hungarian about the application process.
Speaker: Viktória Tóth, educational adviser.

Magyar nyelvű általános tájékoztató az amerikai ösztöndíj lehetőségekről, illetve arról, hogyan is lehet jelentkezni amerikai egyetemekre, milyen vizsgákat kell letenni, és milyen maga a felvételi folyamat.
Regisztráció: e-mailen keresztül a debrecenac@gmail.com e-mail címre.

Please register for the event at debrecenac@gmail.com

The Trail of My Study Abroad Experiences – choices and have to dos
November 13, Tuesday, 3:30pm

Presenter: Lovas Flóra
Flóra has been accepted for the University of Texas at San Antonio, Master of Arts in Teaching English as a Second Language, is going to give a session on the US education system and application process based on her personal experience

Camp Rising Sun – The Best Summer of My Life
November 14, Wednesday 3pm

Presenter: Andor Sinka
Seven weeks in the United States to learn about leadership skills in outdoor environment and meet interesting people from all over the world. Do you mind sleeping in tens for weeks? Do you know what SST is? You can explore the fantastic summer with Andor.

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