ACROSS BORDERS V
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
CULTURE LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SÁROSPATAK, HUNGARY, 12-14 OCTOBER 2012
ORGANISED BY
KROSNO STATE COLLEGE
AND
COMENIUS COLLEGE OF MISKOLC UNIVERSITY
ORGANISERS ARRANGE
BUS TRANPORTATION
FROM POLAND
BOARD OF ORGANISERS
Dr. László Hegedus, Comenius College, Miskolc University
Prof. Władysław Witalisz, Krosno State College and Jagiellonian University
Prof. Fritz König, Krosno State College and University of Northern Iowa
Dr. Władysław Chłopicki, Krosno State College and Jagiellonian University
ACADEMIC COORDINATOR
Dr. Alicja Witalisz, Krosno State College and Pedagogical University of Kraków
CONFERENCE SECRETARY
Dorota Rygiel
The conference aims at investigating aspects of culture, language and literature in the context of
a world made more mobile than ever before. Intercultural encounters accompanying the movement of
individuals and groups receive a variety of expressions and call for a debate in an interdisciplinary
context. The organizers of the conference wish to invite scholars to a discussion on subjects related to:
- intertextuality/interculturality,
- creativity and tradition in cultural
- migration and narration,
communication
- autobiography and identity,
- humour in culture and society,
- the other in literature,
- dialectology,
- minority cultures and literatures,
- language contacts,
- cross-cultural aspects of translation,
- cultural and linguistic globalization,
- pragmatics of intercultural communication,
- culture and the teaching of languages.
- teaching intercultural communication,
Conference language: English
Positively reviewed papers will be published in the series Papers on Language, Culture and Literature,
Zeszyty Naukowe PWSZ w Krośnie.
Paper proposals with 300-word abstracts and registration forms should be sent to Dr. Alicja Witalisz
(alicjawitalisz@gmail.com) and Dorota Rygiel (dorota.rygiel@poczta.fm) not later than 31 May 2012.
TRANSPORTATION:
Organisers will arrange return bus transportation for participants travelling from Krosno (200 km)
and Kraków (350 km). The buses will leave on Friday 12th October at 6 am from Kraków and at 7 am
from Krosno. Return arrival in Krosno and Kraków is planned for Sunday late evening.
CONFERENCE FEES:
290 PLN without transportation
440 PLN with return transportation between Krosno and Sárospatak
490 PLN with return transportation between Kraków and Sárospatak
Doctoral students will be granted a reduction of 100 PLN on the applicable fee.
The conference fee covers: Conference materials, refreshments during sessions, conference banquet in
a Hungarian wine cellar on Saturday night, a bus tour of the Tokay region on Saturday afternoon, a
visit to a hot springs pool in Sárospatak on Friday evening, publication of selected papers.
All fees must be transferred to the bank account of Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa in Krosno
(Krosno State College) by 15 September 2012.
ACCOMMODATION:
Participants are advised to make their own hotel booking. All hotels below are within walking
distance from the conference venue, Comenius Főiskola, 3950 Sárospatak, Eötvös utca 7.
RECOMMENDED HOTELS IN SÁROSPATAK
BODROG HOTEL ****
Sárospatak, Rákóczi út 58,
http://www.hotelbodrog.hu
Also available at www.booking.com
email: info@hotelbodrog.hu
Tel. +36-47/311-744, 47/311-506
Fax. +36-47/311-527
PRICES:
Single room from 15950 HUF = ca €54 to 17950 HUF = ca €60
Double room from 19400 HUF = ca €65to 21500 HUF = ca €73
RÁKÓCZI PANZIÓ
Sárospatak, Rákóczi út 30.
http://www.rakoczipanzio.hu/hu/magunkrol.html
Email: rakoczipanzio@pr.hu
Tel. : 47 / 312-111, 47 / 511-423
PRICES:
Single room 6500 HUF = ca €25
Double room 12000 HUF = ca €42
VAR PANZIO
Sárospatak, 35 Árpád ut.
http://www.varvendeglo.hu/
info@varvendeglo.hu
PRICES:
Single room from 7700 HUF to 10200 HUF (from ca 26€ to €35
Double room from 11700 HUF to 14300 HUF (from ca €40 to €49)
HUSZAR PANZIO
Sárospatak, Kazinczy Ferenc ut. 3
http://www.huszarpanzio.hu/fooldal
PRICES:
Single room: 6.000 HUF = ca €22
Double room: 10.000 HUF = ca €38