Transylvania Lectures

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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:

Dr. Sebastian Morello

philosopher, writer, lecturer and public speaker

Dr. Virgil Adumitroaie

a Data Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA

Todd Bensman

investigative author, former journalist

Axel Voss

Member of the European Parliament

Dr. Torbjørn Netland

Professor and Head of Chair of Production and Operations Management at ETH (Federal Institute of Technology) Zurich

Karen de Sousa Pesse

digital advisor, diversity and gender equality activist

Andrew Greenwood

professional dancer and an international ballet master

Dr. Jan Bentz

Lecturer and Tutor Blackfriars Studium, Oxford

Dr. Paul Videsott

Dean of the Faculty of Education of the Free University of Bolzano/Bozen and editor-in-chief of the European Journal on Minority Issues

Prof. dr. Richard A. Werner

economist, university professor, investment and policy adviser

Zoe Strimpel

writer, broadcaster and historian of gender in modern Britain

Revd Nigel Biggar

CBE, Phd, Oxford University

dr. Patrick J. Deneen

Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame

dr. Calum T. M. Nicholson

British-Canadian anthropologist

Shaun Riordan

director of the Chair for Diplomacy and Cyberspace at the European Institute of International Studies, former British diplomat

dr. Peter Boghossian

an American philosopher and pedagogist

Charles Crawford

diplomat, former UK Ambassador to Sarajevo, Belgrade and Warsaw

dr. Gladden Pappin

associate professor of politics, University of Dallas, MCC visiting senior fellow

dr. James Orr

Assistant Professor of Philosophy of Religion, Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge

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. 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. Sergiu Mișcoiu

Professor of Political Science at the Faculty of European Studies, Babeș-Bolyai University

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. Emmanuel Maggiori

computer scientist, author

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. Ioan Hosu

sociologist and professor at Babeș-Bolyai University

dr. Botos Máté

Historian, Professor at Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Director of MCC Press

Geanina Simion

Creative Director, Brand Strategist and Communicator

Beke-Szabó Csilla

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)

Ioana Corujan

International Affairs Specialist at Transilvania IT Association

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

Prof. Dr. Anca Simionca

Dean of the Sociology Department at Babeș-Bolyai University

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

Prof. dr. Giacomo Pace Gravina

Professor of Legal History at the Department of Law, University of Messina

Graham Bell

director of the UK-based NGO Cultura Trust and the Hungarian Renaissance Foundation

Dr Radu Albu-Comănescu

lecturer at the Faculty of European Studies, Babeș-Bolyai University

John O’Sullivan

President and founder of the Danube Institute

Dr Nick Zangwill

Honorary Research Fellow at University College London

Dr. Dan Breznitz

University Professor at the University of Toronto

Dr. László Seer

lecturer at Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

Dr Ilya Shapiro

a senior fellow and director of constitutional studies at the Manhattan Institute

Dr János Székely

assistant professor at Sapientia University

Norman Lewis

writer, speaker and consultant on innovation and technology

Maria-Ruxandra Bodea

attorney, Teaching Assistant at the University of Bucharest’s Faculty of Law

Mariam Hamdy

independent filmmaker, lecturer, film programmer, and festival organizer

Dr Teresa Nogueira Pinto

Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the Lusófona University

Dr Anthony O'Hear

Professor of Philosophy at The University of Buckingham

Charles Yockey

policy analyst at the Manhattan Institute’s Centers for Legal Affairs and Constitutional Studies

Zsuzsa Szebeni

cultural diplomat and head of the Liszt Institute – Hungarian Cultural Center in Sepsiszentgyörgy/Sfântu Gheorghe

Dr. Csaba Moldicz

head of the School of International Relations at MCC

Dr. Andreea Brînză

co-founder and researcher at the Romanian Institute for the Study of the Asia-Pacific (RISAP)

Dr Diego Muro

Senior Lecturer at the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV) at the University of St. Andrews

Dr István Horváth

sociologist and professor of the Hungarian Sociology and Social Work Institute at Babeş-Bolyai University

Jaume de Marcos

Vice-President of the United Religions Initiative (URI) in Europe

Rev. István Kovács

bishop of the Hungarian Unitarian Church

Dr. Gintarė Stankevičiūtė

musicologist and researcher affiliated with the University of Southampton

Dr. Adrian Pop

composer, professor of composition at the Gheorghe Dima Music Academy

Dr. Emese Sófalvi

musicologist, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Reformed Theology and Music of Babeș–Bolyai University

Yacov Hadas Handelsman

former ambassador

Dr. Catherine Horel

Research Director at C.N.R.S., CETOBAC, Paris

Dr. Attila Kálmán

historian and high school teacher at the Bolyai Farkas Theoretical High School

Dr. Nicholas Tate

historian

Dr. Marco V. Crivellaro

Visiting Fellow at MCC, Director of Library Services at the American Community Schools of Athens

Zoltán Hajdú

director of the Bolyai Farkas High School in Marosvásárhely/Târgu Mureș

Robert Gyarmati

debate trainer at MCC

Simona Baciu

President and founder of the InIm Institute

Attila Balázs-Bécsi

Founder and Director of the Téka Cultural Foundation

Orsolya Jáger-Lőrincz

Investment Director for Construction at MCC

Dr. Bernd Mertens

Director of the Institute for Legal History

Dr. Giovanni Chiodi

Full Professor of Legal History, Department of Law, University of Milano-Bicocca

Dr. Axel Bormann

lawyer

Count Tibor Kálnoky

owner of Kálnoky’s Guesthouses

Gyöngyvér Deák

Executive Director of Visit Covasna

Dr. Lehel Csató

professor at the Mathematics and Computer Science Faculty of Babeș-Bolyai University

Dr Mikołaj Sławkowski-Rode

Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy in the Humanities Research Institute

Dr. Oana Raita

Senior Researcher at INCDTIM

Dr. Strahinja Obrenović

Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade