Recent developments in ancient Greek and Roman epigraphy and papyrology were in the focus of a two-day international conference on epigraphy, held on May 7 and 8, 2026, by the Department of Classical Philology and Ancient History at the Institute of History, Faculty of Humanities (BTK) of the University of Debrecen (UD). After the delivery of a welcome address in honor of founder György Németh in Sándor Karácsony Hall of the Main Building, the most distinguished Hungarian and international scholars in this field presented their latest research findings.
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The Institute of History of the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Debrecen and the Department of Military History of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń held their second joint Polish-Hungarian international historian symposium in Poland. The English-language conference served as a venue for experts in modern and contemporary history to disseminate their recent research.
The journal of the Institute of English and American Studies at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Debrecen has advanced significantly in the SCImago Journal & Country Rank. The biannual Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies received a Q2 rating in two categories and a Q3 rating in two other areas, further strengthening its international reputation and prestige.
Students at the University of Debrecen (DE) will soon be able to learn about U.S. history through a new hybrid course. The program is being developed through a collaboration between faculty members of the English-American Institute at the Faculty of Humanities. UD, (BTK) and Earl Mulderink, a professor of history at Southern Utah University (SUU), under a cooperation agreement signed last year to promote educational and research projects.
The Faculty of Humanities at the University of Debrecen has been ranked among the world’s top 550 institutions. For the first time in its history, the faculty has been included in the Quacquarelli Symonds 2026 subject rankings among the world’s top 550 institutions.
A cooperation agreement was signed on Thursday, March 26, by the leaders of the University of Debrecen and those of the Education University of Hong Kong in order to launch faculty and student exchanges as well as joint research projects in the future. The significance of this agreement is also indicated by the fact that UD is the first Hungarian university with which the institution located in the Far East has signed such an agreement on the basis of successful preliminary negotiations.
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.
Consumers’ perception of sports statistics, blockchain as a strategic resource in the European marketplace, the psychological and decision-making mechanisms of sustainable fashion consumption, and work addiction as a new form of deviant organizational behavior were but a few of the topics discussed at an international conference of the Doctoral School of Management and Business at the University of Debrecen. Nearly a hundred presentations were given in as many as nine different sections at the event held on Wednesday at our Böszörményi úti campus.