February’s program features romance and literature!

Please join us on Saturday, February 8th, at 2 p, at the Hungarian Museum for the first of our 2025 Spring programs!

Our presenter will be Dr. Márta Perszlényi Pintér, Professor in the Classical and Modern Languages Department of John Carroll University.

Love! From blissful heights of joy to the depths of longing, melancholy, heartache, and despair, love can consume and torment the soul! Romantic love themes in literature cross all borders, cultures, and genres, painting a myriad tableau of human emotion that everyone experiences in some form, at some time or another. Love in Hungarian literature beautifully conveys this intensity of universal emotions. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, come and delve into the world of Hungarian love literature. In the context of universal themes, explore its unique qualities while showcasing some notable examples. This lively and interesting talk will be given in English. Bring your sweetheart and enjoy it together or come alone and catch up on some delightful phrases to share with those you love!

Mártha Pereszlényi-Pintér is the former Chairperson of the Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Cultures and Associate Professor of French at John Carroll University in Cleveland, OH. She earned her Ph.D. in Romance Languages from The Ohio State University, and studied at the Institut de Touraine (Tours) and the Bryn Mawr Program (Avignon) in France.  While at OSU, she wrote or co-wrote 16 manuals for individualized instruction in both French and Hungarian with group grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Annenberg Foundation. She was born in Austria and emigrated to the USA with her Hungarian parents. She is also a past President of AHEA (American Hungarian Educators Assn.), and chaired or co-chaired four past AHEA Annual Conferences.

Refreshments will be served after the program, giving our the audience a chance to further discuss the topic with our presenter.

Donation for adults is $10, students are free.

Parking is available in the Galleria parking garage.

Hope to see you there! A viszont látásra!

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