{"id":12495,"date":"2021-12-01T09:52:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T14:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/?p=12495"},"modified":"2021-12-08T16:35:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T21:35:30","slug":"marymount-professor-spends-fall-semester-in-hungary-with-fulbright-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/marymount-professor-spends-fall-semester-in-hungary-with-fulbright-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Marymount professor spends fall semester in Hungary with Fulbright grant"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When he was less than one year old, Dr. Adam Kovach<\/a>\u2018s family arrived in the U.S. as political refugees from his parents\u2019 native country of Hungary. Decades later, with the help of a prestigious Fulbright grant, he has returned on an academic and personal mission.<\/p>\n A Professor of Philosophy<\/a> at Marymount University, Dr. Kovach was awarded a Fulbright grant in Spring 2020 to become a visiting professor at Sz\u00e9chenyi Istv\u00e1n University (SZE)<\/a> in Gy\u0151r, a city in northwest Hungary that lies about halfway between Budapest and Vienna. After the COVID-19 pandemic delayed his travel, he began his long-awaited experience this fall, and has taught Introduction to Philosophy and Philosophy of Art courses to SZE students.<\/p>\n Although SZE is a large university with an enrollment of about 13,000 and an emphasis on engineering and other STEM fields, philosophy courses are required of most students at the institution. Dr. Kovach\u2019s current research through his Fulbright grant is focused on drawing connections between aesthetic philosophy and Hungarian architecture.<\/p>\n \u201cI have immersed myself in new topics that include the history of local architecture and the aesthetics of architecture, and it\u2019s been a wonderful experience so far,\u201d said Dr. Kovach, whose time in Hungary will conclude on December 20. \u201cI will especially remember trips I have taken to smaller towns, abbeys and fortresses across the country, where you can see historical sites spanning 2,000 years up close and in person. There\u2019s so much architecture, art and museums in Hungary that you can only take in a small part of it!\u201d<\/p>\n