The Transylvania Lectures series was launched in February 2022, bringing foreign speakers to the MCC Center in Kolozsvár/Cluj every month. The aim of the event is to organize round-table discussions where prominent opinion-formers discuss current issues of international public discourse. The aim is not to provide a quick analysis of everyday events of short-term interest, but rather to address the broader, strategic issues of concern to the modern thinker.
Our previous Transylvania Lectures:
philosopher, writer, lecturer and public speaker
a Data Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA
Professor and Head of Chair of Production and Operations Management at ETH (Federal Institute of Technology) Zurich
digital advisor, diversity and gender equality activist
professional dancer and an international ballet master
Lecturer and Tutor Blackfriars Studium, Oxford
Dean of the Faculty of Education of the Free University of Bolzano/Bozen and editor-in-chief of the European Journal on Minority Issues
economist, university professor, investment and policy adviser
writer, broadcaster and historian of gender in modern Britain
CBE, Phd, Oxford University
Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame
British-Canadian anthropologist
former war correspondent
director of the Chair for Diplomacy and Cyberspace at the European Institute of International Studies, former British diplomat
diplomat, former UK Ambassador to Sarajevo, Belgrade and Warsaw
associate professor of politics, University of Dallas, MCC visiting senior fellow
Assistant Professor of Philosophy of Religion, Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge
director of the Culture, Prosperity & Civil Society program, adjunct associate professor in the School of Law, University of Notre Dame Australia
author and senior lecturer in journalism
sociologist and Visiting Research Fellow at MCC Brussels
historian and government-relations consultant, author
Professor of Political Science at the Faculty of European Studies, Babeș-Bolyai University
Political Philosopher, Professor of Economic, Social and Political Sciences
Operations Director of Seasonal Exchanges at the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE), the worldwide leader in exchange programs
psychotherapist and group analyst
computer scientist, author
theoretical physicist, Santa Fe Institute
Artist, Curator Head of Cultural Engagement in Brussels
Professor of Literature and Dean of the Center for Arts and Letters at the University of Austin (UATX)
Professor of English Literature at Babeș–Bolyai University, and director of the Centre for the History of the Book and Texts (CODEX)
computational biologist
sociologist and professor at Babeș-Bolyai University
Historian, Professor at Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Director of MCC Press
Creative Director, Brand Strategist and Communicator
actor, entrepreneur
Country Director at Student Travel Romania
lawyer, journalist, author, and researcher at the MCC Centre for European Studies
assistant professor in economics and political science at Webster University, Vienna
political scientist, researcher and lecturer at the Department of Political Studies, University of Bucharest
senior researcher at MCC, research fellow at National University of Public Service, Assistant Professor at Sapientia University
research fellow at the Machiavelli Center for Political and Strategic Studies
political scientist, lecturer at Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Political, Administrative, and Communication Sciences
economist, assistant professor at Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
senior analyst at MCC Migration Research Institute
Professor of Government and Gary M. Pendy, Sr. Professor of Social Sciences. She is the author of numerous articles and essays in American politic
Global Communications & Public Affairs Manager at Generation, Global Shaper at WEF, AI & Future of Work Speaker, Career Coach
Managing Director of Transylvania Executive Education (TEE)
Senior HR and Communications Expert
International Affairs Specialist at Transilvania IT Association
Founder of RoboHub, CEO of Bucharest Robots
Visiting Professor of Skills and Workforce Policy at Staffordshire University
Head of the Center for Next Technological Futures at MCC
Senior Researcher at the Learning Institute at MCC
Dean of the Sociology Department at Babeș-Bolyai University
Finance, Risk and Regulatory Reporting, Wolters Kluwer
Honorary Consul of Ireland, Cluj-Napoca
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
Professor of Legal History at the Department of Law, University of Messina
director of the UK-based NGO Cultura Trust and the Hungarian Renaissance Foundation
lecturer at the Faculty of European Studies, Babeș-Bolyai University
President and founder of the Danube Institute
University Professor at the University of Toronto
lecturer at Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
a senior fellow and director of constitutional studies at the Manhattan Institute
assistant professor at Sapientia University
writer, speaker and consultant on innovation and technology
attorney, Teaching Assistant at the University of Bucharest’s Faculty of Law
independent filmmaker, lecturer, film programmer, and festival organizer
Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the Lusófona University
Professor of Philosophy at The University of Buckingham
policy analyst at the Manhattan Institute’s Centers for Legal Affairs and Constitutional Studies
cultural diplomat and head of the Liszt Institute – Hungarian Cultural Center in Sepsiszentgyörgy/Sfântu Gheorghe
researcher
a British-Romanian artist and curator
head of the School of International Relations at MCC
co-founder and researcher at the Romanian Institute for the Study of the Asia-Pacific (RISAP)
complexity scientist
Senior Lecturer at the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV) at the University of St. Andrews
sociologist and professor of the Hungarian Sociology and Social Work Institute at Babeş-Bolyai University
Vice-President of the United Religions Initiative (URI) in Europe
bishop of the Hungarian Unitarian Church
musicologist and researcher affiliated with the University of Southampton
composer, professor of composition at the Gheorghe Dima Music Academy
musicologist, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Reformed Theology and Music of Babeș–Bolyai University
Research Director at C.N.R.S., CETOBAC, Paris
historian and high school teacher at the Bolyai Farkas Theoretical High School
Visiting Fellow at MCC, Director of Library Services at the American Community Schools of Athens
director of the Bolyai Farkas High School in Marosvásárhely/Târgu Mureș
Founder and Director of the Téka Cultural Foundation
Investment Director for Construction at MCC
Full Professor of Legal History, Department of Law, University of Milano-Bicocca
gastro tourism expert
owner of Kálnoky’s Guesthouses
hospitality professional
Executive Director of Visit Covasna
visual designer
professor at the Mathematics and Computer Science Faculty of Babeș-Bolyai University
Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy in the Humanities Research Institute
Senior Researcher at INCDTIM
Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade