Katherine Mansfield: Inspirations and Influences
During the first weekend of July, an annual international conference of the Katherine Mansfield society, this time entitled Katherine Mansfield: Inspirations and Influences, was held at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. Catholic University in Ružomberok, Slovakia was one of the main organizers of the event that welcomed a large variety of scholars from all over the world, including such remote places as New Zealand, Thailand or China.
Apart from cutting edge scholarship offering new insights into the life and works of the New Zealand modernist short story writer, the conference was also enriched by a cello and piano concert featuring music known to or played by Katherine Mansfield and a pre-premiere of “Vera”, a film adaptation of Mansfield’s short story “A Dill Pickle” using up-and-coming volumetric film technology which enables the viewers to walk inside the film, watching it from any perspective. The conference was a resounding success, once again demonstrating the dedication and brilliance of this very vibrant community of scholars.
A Conference to Honor Professor Milan Ligos
One of the founding figures of the Catholic University in Ruzomberok and its Department of Slovak Language and Literature, professor Milan Ligos, celebrates his 70th birthday this year. To honor his outstanding work and achievement the department organized an international conference with participants from Slovakia, Czech Republic and Poland.
The event took place on June 19, 2019 at the Faculty of Arts and Letters. The keynote talks were delivered by Jozef Mlacek and Ludmila Liptakova and consequently, there were several talks presented by his colleagues both from the department in Ruzomberok and from the universities in Bratislava, Banska Bystrica, Presov, Zilina, Ostrava, Bielsko-Biala etc.
Research Supported by the Visegrad Fund
During the academic year 2018/2019 two teachers from the Uzhhorod National University in Uzhhorod had opportunity to realize their research visits at the Faculty of Arts and Letters, Catholic University in Ruzomberok.
Over the last ten months, a historian Iurii Danylets and a political scientist Nadiia Kitchera carried out intensive examinations of their research topics which are related to the Visegrad area.
Visit from the Pontifical University in Krakow
During the last week of May, the Department of Journalism of our Faculty of Arts and Letters welcomed visitors from the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow.
The dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences Michal Drozdz and the director of the Institute of Journalism Katarzyna Drag visited our institution within the framework of the Central European Exchange Program for University Studies (CEEPUS). The visitors were hosted by the dean Marek Babic and the chair of the department of journalism Pavel Izrael. Besides the talks and consultations, the goal of their visit was to deepen the cooperation between the two institutions in the area of journalism.