Partium Christian University

The research investigates the travelogues of English women written about Hungary and Transylvania in the nineteenth century. The research is funded by the Sapientia foundation.

Research Team

Research coordinator:

Borbála Bökös PhD

Dean, Associate Professor

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Researchers::

• Dr. Péter Gaál-Szabó -University of Debrecen Reformed Theological University, Department of Foreign Languages, Institute for Intercultural Studies
• Izabella Pál - 3^rd year English Major
• Alexandra Kádár - 3^rd year English Major
• Dóra Nagy - 3^rd year English Major
• Beatrix Nagy -3^rd year English Major

Database

Julia Clara Byrne: Picture of Hungarian Life

Nina E. Mazuchelli: "Magyarland"

Emily Gerard: The Land Beyond the Forest

Materials for download

Borbála BÖKÖS

• "The City of the Magyar": On Julia Pardoe's Travel Writing
  Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Philologica, 14, 1 (2022) 1−13  Full text in PDF
• Hungary and Transylvania in Women's Travel Writing in the 19th Century
  Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Philologica, 14, 3 (2022) 107−126  Full text in PDF

Students’ Conference Papers:

• Alexandra KÁDÁR: Between Novel and Travelogue: Nina Elizabeth Mazuchelli’s Magyarland 
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• Dóra-Kata NAGY: Transylvanian Lands in Emily Gerard’s The Land Beyond the Forest 
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• Izabella BOROS: Auto- and Hetero Stereotypes in Julia Clara Byrne’s Pictures of Hungarian Life 
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