Shanghai International Studies University delegation visited SZTE

At the annual board meeting of the Confucius Institute of the University of Szeged, representatives of SZTE met with the representatives of the Shanghai International Studies University (SISU) on October 30, 2023. 

At the board meeting, the members evaluated the previous year and defined future goals. In addition, the two new members of the board, Dr. Judit Fendler, Chancellor of the University of Szeged, and Dr. Tamás Bene, Director of International and Public Relations of the University of Szeged, introduced themselves.

SZTE and SISU have been cooperating successfully since 2012, the biggest result of which was the creation of the SZTE Confucius Institute. The leaders of the University of Szeged expressed their hope for further successful cooperation, emphasizing that they are open to strengthening and broadening Chinese relations and welcoming Chinese students.

The Chinese delegation also met with the dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of SZTE and held a professional discussion. 

In the afternoon, leaders of the Shanghai International Studies University and the leaders of the University of Szeged participated in the opening of the exhibition "Connected Hearts: Celebrating Ten Years of the New Silk Roads" in the Móra Ferenc Museum. 

Ottó Fogas, director of Móra Museum, emphasized that in the museum and its exhibition space at Fekete ház (Black House), this year, the focus is on China. The Móra Museum hosts an exhibition about terracotta warriors and another one with world-famous material from Shanghai, which presents the world of ancient China, while at Fekete ház (Black House) the relics of the Hungarian Franciscan mission in China are on display. 

The Connected Hearts exhibition is about the current relations between Hungary and China. At the exhibition opening, Mr. Yi Yonggang, vice chancellor of SISU, highlighted the importance of political, infrastructural, commercial, and civil relations between Shanghai and Szeged.

Photo gallery by Szilvia Molnár

Prof. Dr. Márta Széll, strategic vice-chancellor of SZTE, talked about the great responsibility the University of Szeged has in bringing the cultures of geographically distant people closer to each other. SZTE, in close cooperation with the Confucius Institute, has undertaken Chinese language education and the dissemination of Chinese culture in the Southern Great Plain Region of Hungary. The vice-rector expressed her hope that in 10 years, at the opening of a similar photo exhibition, three or four rooms will no longer be enough to document the colorful programs of the ten years ahead.

Source: University of Szeged

Featured image: The Chinese delegation met with the dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of SZTE. Photo: István Sahin-Tóth