The Mathias Corvinus Collegium's scientific and educational programs include lectures by several internationally renowned foreign and Transylvanian academics and researchers. International visibility, building diplomatic relations and cooperation is a fundamental requirement for a 21st century science and education institution. At MCC, we strive to ensure that our students and the wider public in Transylvanian cities have access to the best professionals in our educational programs, training courses and public lectures.
Guest speakers in 2024:
dr. Graham Barnfield
author and senior lecturer in journalism
dr. Ashley Frawley
sociologist and Visiting Research Fellow at MCC Brussels
dr. Michael Bonner
historian and government-relations consultant, author
dr. Philippe Van Parijs
Political Philosopher, Professor of Economic, Social and Political Sciences
Taylor Kay
Operations Director of Seasonal Exchanges at the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE), the worldwide leader in exchange programs
dr. Farhad Dalal
psychotherapist and group analyst
Dr. Emmanuel Maggiori
computer scientist, author
Dr. Geoffrey West
theoretical physicist, Santa Fe Institute
Agnieszka Kolek
Artist, Curator Head of Cultural Engagement in Brussels
dr. Patrick Shoaf Gray
Professor of Literature and Dean of the Center for Arts and Letters at the University of Austin (UATX)
dr. Adrian Papahagi
Professor of English Literature at Babeș–Bolyai University, and director of the Centre for the History of the Book and Texts (CODEX)
dr. Máté Botos
Historian, Professor at Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Director of MCC Press
dr. Dina Zielinski
computational biologist
Csilla Beke-Szabó
Country Director at Student Travel Romania
Yann Caspar
lawyer, journalist, author, and researcher at the MCC Centre for European Studies
Dr. Ralph Schoellhammer
assistant professor in economics and political science at Webster University, Vienna
Dr. Andrei Țăranu
political scientist, researcher and lecturer at the Department of Political Studies, University of Bucharest
dr. Máthé Réka Zsuzsánna
senior researcher at MCC, research fellow at National University of Public Service, Assistant Professor at Sapientia University
Lorenzo Bernasconi
research fellow at the Machiavelli Center for Political and Strategic Studies
Dr. Toma Burean
political scientist, lecturer at Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Political, Administrative, and Communication Sciences
Dr. Béla-Gergely Rácz
economist, assistant professor at Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
Márk Vargha
senior analyst at MCC Migration Research Institute
dr. Jean Yarbrough
Professor of Government and Gary M. Pendy, Sr. Professor of Social Sciences. She is the author of numerous articles and essays in American politic
David Timiș
Global Communications & Public Affairs Manager at Generation, Global Shaper at WEF, AI & Future of Work Speaker, Career Coach
Dr. Andrew Taylor
Managing Director of Transylvania Executive Education (TEE)
Dr. Nóra Dobre
Senior HR and Communications Expert
Ioana Corujan
International Affairs Specialist at Transilvania IT Association
Ana-Maria Stancu
Founder of RoboHub, CEO of Bucharest Robots
Prof. Dr. Thomas Bewick
Visiting Professor of Skills and Workforce Policy at Staffordshire University
Prof. Dr. Zoltán Cséfalvay
Head of the Center for Next Technological Futures at MCC
Prof. Dr. Gábor Halász
Senior Researcher at the Learning Institute at MCC
Katalin Orosz
Business Consultant, Organizational Management, Growth Programmes and Process Improvement Specialist
Prof. Dr. Anca Simionca
Dean of the Sociology Department at Babeș-Bolyai University
Zsolt Sallai
Finance, Risk and Regulatory Reporting, Wolters Kluwer
S-P O’Mahony
Honorary Consul of Ireland, Cluj-Napoca
Prof. Dr Simon Cottee
an honorary senior lecturer in criminology at the University of Kent, a contributing writer at The Atlantic and a contributing editor at Studies in Conflict & Terrorism
Andrei Zincă
director
Prof. Dr Giacomo Pace Gravina
Professor of Legal History at the Department of Law, University of Messina
Bogdan Bob Rădulescu
actor, entrepreneur
Cristian-Andrei Ciornea
lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Babeș-Bolyai University
Geanina Simion
creative director, brand strategist, president of the "Niște Oameni" Association
Dr. Ioan Hosu
sociologist and Director of the Department of Communication, Public Relations and Advertising, Babeș-Bolyai University
Dr. Liviu-Marius Harosa
lawyer, lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Babeș-Bolyai University
Dr. Raluca Moldovan
Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations and German Studies, Babeș-Bolyai University
Sorin Dan Clinci
Architect, president of the Urbannect Association
Dr. Sergiu Mișcoiu
Historian and Professor of Political Science at the Faculty of European Studies, Babeș-Bolyai University
Tică Darie
activist, founder of Made is Roșia Montană
Dr. Virgil Adumitroaie
Data Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Guest speakers in 2023:
Dr. Alexander Jürgen Grau
freelance author, publicist, science and culture journalist, visiting fellow at MCC
Andrew Greenwood
professional dancer and an international ballet master
Axel Voss
Member of the European Parliament
Dr. Benoit Mayer
Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Dr. Calum T. M. Nicholson
British-Canadian anthropologist, visiting fellow at MCC and Danube Institute
Dr. Csala Dénes
data scientist, assistant professor at Lancaster University
Dr. Eric Hendriks
Dutch sociologist, visiting fellow at Danube Institute
Dr. Gáspár-Szilágyi Szilárd
Assistant Professor in EU and International Economic Law at Birmingham University
Dr. Gladden Pappin
political scientist, visiting senior fellow at MCC, on leave from the University of Dallas, where he is an associate professor of politics, Director of the Hungarian Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade
Dr. Heinz Theisen
Professor of Political Science at the Catholic University of North Rhine-Westphalia, visiting lecturer at MCC
Dr. Henri de Montety
French historian, lecturer at the Catholic Institute of Higher Studies, Vendée, France
Dr. Jan Bentz
Lecturer and Tutor Blackfriars Studioum, Oxford
Dr. K. Lengyel Zsolt
historian, political scientist, head of the Hungarian Institute at the University of Regensburg
Karen de Sousa Pesse
digital advisor, diversity and gender equality activist
Revd. Prof. Nigel Biggar
Professor of Moral Theology at the University of Oxford
Dr. Patrick Deneen
Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, USA
Dr. Paul Videsott
Dean of the Faculty of Education of the Free University of Bolzano/Bozen (UNIBZ) and editor-in-chief of the European Journal on Minority Issues
Dr. Robert C. Castel
expert on security policy based in Israel
Julius Strauss
journalist, former war correspondent, visiting fellow at MCC
Michael Kurzwelly
German conceptual artist, researching and working in the field of social innovation and community development
Richard Janos Schenk
PhD candidate at the Department of Policy Analysis, TUM School of Governance
Dr. Sebastian Morello
philosopher, writer, lecturer and public speaker
Shaun Riordan
Director of the Chair for Diplomacy and Cyberspace at the European Institute of International Studies and a senior Research Fellow at the Charter Institute (Beijing), former British diplomat
Todd Bensman
investigative author, two-time National Press Club award winner, former war correspondent
Dr. Torbjørn Netland
Full Professor and Head of Chair of Production and Operations Management at ETH (Federal Institute of Technology) Zurich, Switzerland
Dr.William Ruger
President of the American Institute for Economic Research
Zoe Strimpel
writer, broadcaster and historian of gender in modern Britain
Dr. Alexandru Stermin
Biologist, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Biology and Geology, Babeș-Bolyai University
Dr. Gheroghe Chiriță
philosopher, Executive Director of the Romanian Association for Audiovisual Communication
Guest speakers in 2022:
Andrea Keerbs
Director of the International Republican Institute
Charles Crawford
former British diplomat
Ed West
British journalist
Dr. Hubertus Ruël
Dutch theologian, economist, researcher on international trade and diplomacy
Kálnoky Boris
journalist, head of the MCC Media School
Dr. Mark Milosch
historian, lawyer and international relations expert; former Chief of Staff of the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission)
Dr. Patrick Shoaf Gray
Associate Professor of English Studies and Director of Liberal Arts at Durham University
Dr. Peter Gregory Boghossian
American philosopher with an academic focus on atheism, critical thinking, pedagogy, scientific skepticism and the Socratic method
Dr. Peter Kurti
Director of the Culture, Prosperity & Civil Society program, adjunct associate professor in the School of Law, University of Notre Dame Australia
Dr. Sohrab Ahmari
Iranian American journalist and founding editor of Compact online magazine
Stephen Travis Sholl
foreign policy expert on transatlantic relations
