Pécs 2010

Seventh Biennial MESEA Conference 2010
Pécs, Hungary
16-20 June 2010
”Travel, Trade, and Ethnic Transformations”

MESEA held its 2010 conference at The University of Pécs, Hungary. The University of Pécs, oldest and largest in Hungary, has eleven faculties representing the widest variety of academic choices. The 2000-year-old city of Pécs has historic sites that are part of the UNESCO world heritage. With its scenic, mountainous setting and submediterranean climate, Pécs is a Cultural Capital of Europe in 2010.

Submissions

• MESEA 2010 Publications: Submissions

Image Gallery

• Image Gallery: MESEA Conference 2010 in Pécs, Hungary

Plenary speakers

• Miklós Kontra
  Department of English Applied Linguistics, University of Szeged, Hungary
• Minoo Moallem
  Gender and Women's Studies Department, University of California, Berkeley, USA
• Richard Sharpley
  School of Sport, Tourism and the Outdoors, University of Central Lancashire, UK
• Aritha van Herk
  Writer, Department of English, University of Calgary, Canada

Conference preliminaries

• MESEA 2010 Pécs Conference Program (June 1, 2010)
• Online Payment: Membership Fees
  • Information about the MESEA membership and membership fees
• Online Payment: Conference Fees and Events
  • Information about prices and registration fees
• Tour and Banquet on Friday, 18 June 2010.   (payment)
• Travel Information
• Hotel Information
• Call for Papers, Pécs 2010

Information about Pécs

• Images of Pécs
  Pécs 2010: Cultural Capital of Europe

  Pécs can be easily reached by train from Budapest or Vienna.

  Plan to come a bit earlier to enjoy the city and to attend our traditional “Get-to-Know You Dinner,” which is scheduled for the evening of 15 June 2010.

Sponsors
The following institutions and professors have agreed to act as hosts and sponsors:

• Dr. Monika Fodor, local organizer.
• Department of English Literatures and Cultures at the Institute of English Studies and the Irish Studies Research Centre: Prof. Dr. Maria Kurdi
• Department of English Linguistics at the Institute of English Studies: Dr. Sándor Martsa, acting head of the Institute
• Regional Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Professional Committee Nr. 1. of literature, linguistics and arts: Prof. Dr. László Komlósi
• Department of Modern Literature and Literary Theory: Prof. Dr. Péter P. Müller
• Institute of Historical Sciences and the Latin-American Studies Research Centre, Prof. Dr. Ferenc Fischer, dean of the Faculty of Humanities