The Catholic Universities Partnership 2019
The Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Budapest (Hungary) hosted on May, 10-12, 2019, conference entitled “Sustainability: on a social, legal, political and environmental basis”.
The Catholic University in Ružomberok was represented by M. Kozová, vice-rector for science, art and foreign relations, M. Babic, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Letters and the Institutional Erasmus+ Coordinator M. Moldová Chovancová.
A Course on Instagram
During the summer semester of 2018/2019, our Department of English Language and Literature opens a course on visual culture focusing on Instagram.
Students experienced in taking pictures or using Instagram habitually will be able to enhance their skills to utilize this social media platform. The instructor of the course, David Palatinus, designed a course that exploresthe ways in which Instagram has become a global visual cultural phenomenon in its own right, redefining ways of image production and consumption alike. By the end of the course, students will be able to identify the underlying debates about images and forms of visualization.
Visit from the Yarmouk University
Within the framework of Erasmus+ program, our University is establishing cooperation with new partners from the countries outside of the European Union.
We are excited to have started this cooperation also with Yarmouk University from Jordan. During this week, we are hosting the first visiting scholars from this institution. Mrs. Raidah Al-Ramadan and Mr. Bilal Sayaheen come from the program of translation studies and are giving talks about various aspects of translation and language use mainly for English students.
International students are invited to discover Slovakia
The teaching period at the Catholic University in Ružomberok has just started and the students from abroad, mainly Erasmus+ students, have a chance to attend a new course named Discover Slovakia.
During the summer semester teachers from the Faculty of Arts and Letters and Faculty of Education will give their talks on various topics such as the contemporary Slovak art, history of Slovakia in the 20th century, unique natural sights of Slovakia, Slovak folk tales or its stand-up comedy. Moreover, students are offered to visit Ludovit Fulla Gallery, the National Council of the Slovak Republic and to take part in a field trip covering natural sights in the Liptov region.
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