German experts help MCC students with their professional development

Over the past quarter of a century, MCC has grown into a significant interdisciplinary knowledge center both at national and European level, with the aim of contributing to the enhancement of public discourse through its diverse events, publications and research activities. This mission is also shared by the Hungarian-German Institute for European Cooperation, founded in December 2020, which aims to create a forum for academic, scientific and political dialogue between the two countries. Through their lectures and courses, our visiting lecturers from Germany help students develop professionally, and their research works and publications strengthen the foundation's training system. The involvement of foreign experts contribute to the foundation’s aim to educate a patriotic generation with international experience, and a good command of foreign languages. It is of great importance to us that students graduating from MCC have a broad horizon and are able to participate confidently in the national and international debates and decisions that will determine the future of Hungary, even in the midst of global competition.

Prof. Dr. Werner J. Patzelt, Professor at the Technical University of Dresden came to the Hungarian-German Institute in the framework of the Visiting Fellowship Program (VFP) and will help MCC students to achieve the above mentioned goals. His teaching and research interests include comparative analysis of political systems, parliamentary system, political communication, comparative history of political institutions and theoretical models in political science. Professor Patzelt gives two courses in English entitled The German System of Government and German Politics.

Prof. Dr. Holm Putzke is also involved in MCC's talent development program. As part of his teaching activities, he offers students an exciting course on academic freedom. Professor Putzke is a German jurist, university lecturer and politician (CSU). In 2010 he was appointed Professor of Criminal Law at the University of Passau and since 2016 he has been Assistant Professor of Criminal Law at the EBS Business and Law School in Oestrich-Winkel. He is also a member of the Network for Academic Freedom (Netzwerk Wissenschaftsfreiheit), which sees itself as an initiative against "cancel-culture".

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schlie is a German historian, security policy expert and political official. He also contributes to the teaching activities of the Foundation. Professor Schlie was the head of the Political Department of the Federal Ministry of Defence, where he served as ministerial director.  He has been visiting professor at Cambridge University, Harvard University and the Institute for Political Studies (Sciences Po) in Paris. Professor Schlie is Henry Kissinger Professor for Security and Strategic Studies at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Bonn.  As a guest lecturer at MCC, he will give a course in English entitled Germany's Choice - The Foreign and Security Policy Agenda of The Federal Republic in Historical Perspective.

Prof. Dr. Zsolt K. Lengyel, is a Hungarian-German historian and political scientist. He also carries out teaching activities and does research work and publications at MCC in the framework of the VFP. Since 2015 he has been Director of the Hungarian Institute at the University of Regensburg. Since 1998 he has been Managing Director then, since 2002, Director President of the Ungarisches Institut München. In addition, he is a member of professional organizations such as the Südosteuropa-Gesellschaft, the Bayerisch-Ungarisches Forum, the Verband der Osteuropahistorikerinnen und -historiker, and the Deutsch-Ungarische Gesellschaft in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. His research interests include the history of Hungary, Romania, Transylvania and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, with a special focus on the 19^th and 20^th centuries. He teaches a course for students of Mathias Corvinus Collegium on The image of Hungary in the German media in the last three decades.