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The Department of English Linguistics's traditional walk, for the spring semester of 2026, will take place on 16 May.

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The UD Faculty of Humanities (Debreceni Egyetem Bölcsészettudományi Kar) is organizing a student researcher conference (the local round of OTDK - Országos Tudományos Diákköri Konferencia) between 4-8 May 2026.

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Join DEL for a Linguistic Fun Night on March 26th at 6 p.m. in room 58.

An international academic conference was hosted on March 6 and 7 in the Sándor Karácsony Hall of our Main Building by Memoria Hungariae Research Group and Hungarian-Dutch Relations Research Group of the University of Debrecen (UD) under the title “Relations of the Low Countries from the Middle Ages to the Present.” Apart from representatives of Hungarian institutions of higher education and public collections, there were also participants attending the conference from the Czech Republic and the Netherlands.

Andrea Nagy has become the recipient of a prestigious award in recognition of her exceptional commitment to promoting French language and culture. The head of the French Department within the Institute of Mediterranean Languages and Cultures at the Faculty of Humanities (BTK) of the University of Debrecen (UD) has received the Knight’s Cross of the French Order of Academic Palms (Ordre des Palmes académiques) from Ambassador Jonathan Lacôte at a ceremony held in the French Ambassador’s Residence in Budapest.

The Confucius Institute (CI) affiliated with the Faculty of Humanities (BTK) at the University of Debrecen (UD) marked the end of the Chinese lunar year, the passing of winter and the beginning of the Year of the Fire Horse with music, dance and singing performances in collaboration with OTT-Home International Meeting Point. Their joint Chinese Lantern Festival, held for the second time in 2026, attracted a record number of visitors on February 28 in the pedestrian street Batthyány utca, located in downtown Debrecen and festooned with red lanterns for the occasion.

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We are pleased to let you know of the DokLing talk series, which provides an online discussion forum for PhD students of theoretical linguistics, taken broadly to encompass the description and explanation of linguistic phenomena.

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With the support of the Pannónia Scholarship Program, lecturers and students from the Institute of English and American Studies of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Debrecen took part in a one-week study trip to Poland.

The Chinese director of our Confucius Institute (CI) at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Debrecen has become the recipient of a highly prestigious recognition. In 2025, the leadership of Tianjin Foreign Studies University honored Professor Cui Xianjun by awarding him the title of Best Chinese Director of the Year in the pool of directors from as many as seven CIs that they operate as partner institutions.

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The Linguistics Section of UD Doctoral School of Linguistics, Literary and Cultural Studies and UD-IEAS Department of English Linguistics cordially invite everyone to Sólyom Csilla's preliminary PhD-defense.