We pay special attention to our students who show academic interest from early on. The well-functioning traditional forms of talent management are colleges for advanced studies (e.g. the István Hatvani College for Advanced Studies), the demonstrator system, and the tutoring/consultation for the home and national rounds ot the National Conference for Student Research (OTDK). Works by talented students about various fields and questions of American studies have long enjoyed great success at the events of the National Conference for Student Research and international student conferences.
(Former) students of our department have been applying successfully for such prestigious scholarships as the Fulbright Scholarship, ISEP Scholarship, scholarship of the Indiana University, etc. In addition, several of our former students have successfully completed and earned doctorates at American universities (SUNY, Buffalo; University of Colorado, Texas Christian University).
National Conference for Student Research )OTDKÖ participants and results:
| Name | Project Title | Supervisor | Year | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iván Balogh | The Representation Of American Indians In Country Music | Judit Szathmári | 2019 | III. |
| Flóra Juhász | "American People First? - Recurring Patterns of Immigration Discourse in the United States of America. | Balázs Venkovits | 2019 | |
| Fruzsina Papp | “I am as God”: Gender-Based Oppression and Silencing in Koolhoven’s Brimstone, a Contemporary Revisionist Western | Imola Bülgözdi | 2019 | |
| Bianka Szendrei | “I’m not America’s Nightmare / I'm the A merican Dream”: The Spiritual and Emotional Journey from Anger to Love in Janelle Monáe’s Dirty Computer. | Dorottya Mózes | 2019 | |
| Petra Visnyei | T"Girls Vs Systemic Abuse in Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang by Joyce Carol Oates" | Imola Bülgözdi | 2017 Pécs | |
| Babett Rubóczki | Queering the Uncanny: Sexual and Textual Doubles in Ernest Hemingway’s “Mr. and Mrs. Elliot” and “The Sea Change” | Lenke Németh | 2015 Budapest | honorable mention |
| Orsi Erdei | Beauty and Black Womanhood in Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, Tar Baby and Alice Walker's The Color Purple | Lenke Németh | 2015 Budapest | III. |
| Barnabás Baranyi | Epistemology, Truth and Interpretation in Christopher Nolan's Memento | Péter Csató | 2013 | II. |
| Babett Rubóczki | Deflation of American Values: Automobile Symbolism in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby | Attila Kárai | 2013 Debrecen | |
| Viktória Seprenyi | The Pilgrim, the Tourist, and the Mestiza: Transitions in the Representation of Women in Sandra Cisneros’s The House on Mango Street and Caramelo | Lenke Németh | 2013 Debrecen | |
| Réka Enyedi | Toni Morrison’s Beloved As A Neo-Slave Narrative | Zsolt Virágos | 2009 Szeged |