HUSSE 2025
An International, On-Site Academic Event
Formed in 1993, the Hungarian Society for the Study of English (HUSSE) is the most significant scholarly society in Hungary devoted to the promotion and cultivation of English studies, in its versatile interdisciplinarity, ranging from literature through history to linguistics, from film studies through cultural studies to drama studies, and from British Studies through Irish, Canadian and Australian Studies to American Studies. The Society aims at disseminating the most recent developments in scholarship by providing a space for its members to present their research results at conferences and in publications, while it also forms a scholarly body of more than two hundred members, thus creating a supportive community both for its upcoming junior and established senior members to launch stimulating and invigorating dialogues in the best spirit of intellectual exchange which all parties can only profit from. HUSSE is a member association of the European Society for the Study of English (ESSE). HUSSE is generously supported by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Mathias Clasen, PhD
Associate Professor of Media Studies
School of Communication and Culture, University of Aarhus (Denmark)
Director of Recreational Fear Lab
Prof. Dr. Attila Kiss, D.Sc.
Full Professor of English Literature,
English Department Head, University of Szeged (Hungary)
Winner of the Országh Award of the Hungarian Society for the Study of English in 2023
Prof. Dr. Biljana Mišić Ilić, D.Sc.
Full Professor of Linguistics,
English Department, University of Nis (Serbia)
Secretary of ESSE the European Society for the Study of English
Prof. Dr. Ágnes Péter, D.Sc.
Professor Emerita,
Institute of English American Studies, Eötvös Loránd University (Hungary)
Winner of the Országh Award of the Hungarian Society for the Study of English in 2002
Submit a paper proposal to the conference through our online registration system
HUSSE 2025
call
for papers
HUSSE and the English Department of the University of Szeged invite participants from Hungary and abroad to this international academic event. We encourage the submission of 250-word proposals for 20-minute presentations in all areas of English Studies. Abstracts for individual presentations and proposals for pre-arranged panels (preferably with 4 papers in a two-hour-long slot) are both welcome. In the latter case, panel members should include the title of their panel in addition to the title of their paper in the online registration form. Please note that the conference is to be an exclusively on-site event.
Language: The working language of the conference is English.
Special academic events: Plenary lectures, Országh Award, Book Awards, Book Presentations.
Social events include an opening reception and the conference dinner. Suggestions for leisure activities can be found on the Practical Information page of the conference website.
Conference proceedings shall be published on multiple platforms.
Schedule:
25 October 2024: submission of a 250-word abstract with keywords and a short bio of 80 words, or in the case of pre-organised panels, submission of brief panel descriptions along with 250-words abstracts for panelists’ presentations and bios of 80 words for each presenter
1 November 2024: notification of acceptance
13 December 2024: early bird registration closes
6 January 2025: registration closes
30 January – 1 February 2025: the 17th Biennial HUSSE Conference
Registration fees are payable to the account of HUSSE.
Bank account data
For domestic transfers
Beneficiary: Magyar Anglisztikai Társaság
Bank: ERSTE BANK HUNGARY ZRT.
Bank account number: 11625009-07951800-25000001
For international transfers
Beneficiary: Magyar Anglisztikai Társaság
Bank: ERSTE BANK HUNGARY ZRT.
Address: Népfürdő u. 24-26.
City: Budapest
Postcode: 1138
IBAN number: HU06116250090795180025000001
SWIFT/BIC number: GIBAHUHB
In all transactions, you are kindly requested to indicate your name and the purpose of the transfer „HUSSE2025Conference” in the “subject/comment/message” box.
Please indicate in the registration form your request for an invoice addressed to an institution.
HUSSE-member: Early bird: HUF 18,000; Regular: HUF 23,000
PhD student/ Retired: Early bird: HUF 15,000; Regular: HUF 18,000 HUF
Non-HUSSE member: Early bird: HUF 23,000; Regular: HUF 26,000
HUSSE will provide partial registration fee waivers to some HUSSE members.
Conditions:
The HUSSE member is eligible for the partial fee waiver if they get
To apply for the partial fee waiver, the HUSSE member (whether a full fee-paying member, a PhD student or a retired colleague) has to comply with both of the conditions above.
The maximum sum of the partial fee waiver amounts to the sum of the membership fee the HUSSE member is obliged to pay (full fee: HUF 8000; PhD fee: HUF 6000; retired fee: HUF 4000).
You will be able to apply for the partial fee waiver on the online registration site of the conference. You will be guided through a set of questions to make sure your eligibility and the sum of the fee waiver. Your membership – and the mode of fee payment (whether institutional or individual) – will be checked by the HUSSE administrator. The fee waiver will not be automatic even if an applicant meets both conditions above, as the financial sources for this support are not unlimited: HUSSE can provide HUF 200.000 for these purposes
Registration fees include: access to the conference sessions, conference material, daily coffee breaks and the Welcome Reception (30 January). Conference dinner fees are not covered by the registration fee and are to be specified later. The conference dinner will take place on 31 January (Friday) evening.
We will continue to update the conference page, however, you can also follow us on Twitter and Facebook, using the hashtag #HUSSE2025.
For all enquiries, please e-mail us at: husse2025
We look forward to seeing you in Szeged between 30 January and 1 February 2025.
On behalf of the HUSSE Board Members and the Organising Team,
The Organising Team:
Anna Kérchy
and
Zoltán Dragon, Attila Kiss, Ágnes Zsófia Kovács, Larisa Kocic-Zámbó, Márta Lesznyák, Ágnes Sávai-Matuska, György Endre Szőnyi, Thomas Williams
The 17th Biennial HUSSE Conference
30 January – 1 February, 2025
Szeged, Hungary
