You are kindly invited to the
Canadian Studies Conference
Multiculturalism in Canada 2
within the framework of
KÁROLI NORTH AMERICA DAYS 2015
to be held at the Faculty of Humanities of KároliGáspárUniversity
(address: 1146 Budapest, DózsaGyörgy út 25-27, 2nd floor, room 237)
on November 20th from 10:00 am to 8:30 pm
featuring
Canadian playwright and screenwriter Jason Shermanand Dr. Judit Molnár (University of Debrecen)
as keynote speakers.
The keynote lectures will be followed by sessions with the participation of Hungarian and Central European Canadianists, a teacher training event delivered by the Canada in the English Classroom Research Group of Károli University, and a film screening with introduction related to the theme of the conference.
EnvisagedProgram
10:00-10:10 Opening remarks – room 237
Prof. Dr. Péter Balla (Rector, KároliGáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary), Michael Horler (Counsellor, Embassy of Canada)
10:10-10:30 Michael Horler (Counsellor, Embassy of Canada): Canada’s Approach to Multiculturalism and Diversity
10:30-11:15 Keynote lecture 1: - room 237
Jason Sherman (Canadian playwright and filmmaker) They’llShootUsIfWeDoYour Play: Lessonsinthe Art of PoliticalTheatreinCanada
11:15-11:30 Introducing HUNCS (Hungarian Network of Canadian Studies) – room 237
11:30-12:15Keynote lecture 2 – room 237
Judit Molnár (University of Debrecen): The Multifaceted Character of Multiculturalism in Canada: for and against
12:15-13:40Lunch break
13:40 – 15.00Session 1 (to be followed by discussion)room 237
Chair: Katalin G. Kállay (KároliGáspár University)
Irena Prybilova (Masaryk University, Czech Republic): Irish and ScottishRootsinCanadianTraditional Music (with a specialfocusonNewfoundland and Nova Scotia)
Mária Palla (Eötvös Loránd University):ʽCanada, Canada, and where is that place? In the North Pole, that’s where’: Perceptions of Canada in South-Asian Immigrant Writing
Judit Kádár (Eszterházy Károly University of Applied Sciences): The Pattern of CounterPassageinFiction of Biracial Marital Relations – fromColonialtoContemporaryNorth-AmericanLiterature
13:40 – 15.00 Session 2 (to be followed by discussion)room 236
Chair: NóraNádasdi (KároliGáspár University, MA student)
KatalinLukács (KároliGáspár University, MA student): Atom Egoyan’sExotica–The Hour of Lead
MalomvölgyiTamás (KároliGáspárUinversity, MA student): Cultural Encounters in Sabah
Attila Takács (University of Debrecen, PhD student, EszterházyKároly University of Applied Sciences): The Lone Ranger is not Lonely
15:00 – 15:20 Coffee break
15:20 – 16:40Session 3 (to be followed by discussion)room 237
Chair: Dóra Bernhardt (KároliGáspár University)
KrisztinaKodó (Kodolányi University of Applied Sciences): Emily Carr’s Indian Oeuvre
ÉvaZsizsmann (KároliGáspár University): Story and History in TamásDobozy’s Short Fiction
Andrea Szabó F. (University of Pannonnia): Munro’s Evolving Vision and the Brontë Connection
Judit Nagy (KároliGáspár University) Innovative Methods in Teaching Canadian Literary Multiculturalism
15:20 – 16:40 Session 4 (to be followed by discussion)room 236
Chair: ÁronBakos (Babes-Bolyai University, PhD student, KároliGáspár University)
LakatosRéka (BA student, KároliGáspár University): The ’56 Exodus: Canadian Connections
HangyálAdrienn (BA student, KároliGáspár University): Canadian Multiculturalism – A Research Project
Baráthné Nagy Sarolta (MA student, KároliGáspár University): Classroom Activities on Canadian Natives
16:40 – 17:00 Coffee break
17:00 - 18:15 Teacher training event -- room 237
17:00 -17:30ViktóriaSipos(KároliGáspár University) Back to the Roots”: Teachers’ workshop on Irish Canadian heritage with special emphasis on Newfoundland, “the most Irish place in the world outside of Ireland”
17:30-18:15Canada in the English Classroom Research Group: Canadian Multiculturalism in the English Classroom 2– workshop
18:15 – 18:30 Coffee break
18:30- 20:30 Film screening (We Were Children) with introduction and discussion
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