Following the signing of a frame agreement for in 2022 between the 91视频网 (UD) and Sunway University (SU) in Malaysia, one of the leading private universities of the former Fedration of Malaya, Singapore, Sabah and Sarawak, a number of teaching and research projects have been launched between SU鈥檚 Centre for English Language Studies (CELS) and the Institute of English and American Studies of the Faculty of Humanities at UD.
鈥淐oordinated by Nicholas Lee and Tam谩s Kiss (CELS) from Sunway University and Bal谩zs Venkovits and Fruzsina Szab贸 (Institute of English and American Studies) from FoH, UD, several joint teaching, learning and research projects and have been introduced in order to develop and improve intercultural communication, while mutual visits and scholarly publications by the have also been implemented,鈥 said P茅ter Csat谩r to the portal hirek.unideb.hu.
The Vice Dean for Strategy and Economic Affairs of the Faculty of Humanities at UD highlighted that the elaborate system of relations with Sunway University and Malaysia would also strengthen the international reputation of our university.
As the latest step of the cooperation, the two universities, coordinated by Tam谩s Kiss and Bal谩zs Venkovits, will work on the 1870 Borneo journey of J谩nos X谩ntus, a famous Hungarian traveller, naturalist and ethnographic collector.
The Hungarian readers can get to know this unique journey and work from both a Hungarian and Malaysian point of view through X谩ntus' writings published in 1880.
- This report will be published in a bilingual volume by Sunway University Press, through the work of researchers from both universities. In addition to the original Hungarian, the publication will also include an English translation of the hitherto little-known account, along with other letters from Borneo, in-depth explanations, additions, introductory scholarly studies and special illustrations.
In addition to the two universities, experts from the Budapest Museum of Ethnography and the Borneo Cultures Museum will also be involved in the work, extending the existing cooperation, so that an exhibition is planned to open in 2025, the 200th anniversary of the birth of J谩nos X谩ntus, in Sarawak through the international university-museum cooperation.
The latter news was recently mentioned by the Sarawak Minister for Tourism, Creative Industries and Performing Arts, who underlined the importance of the jointly organised exhibition.
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