Education paper by Sherwood, Peter
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Forty Years in the Wilderness: Teaching Hungarian in the UK and the US, 1972-2012

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Abstract (max. 250 words):
The paper draws on my experience of teaching Hungarian in universities in the Anglo-Saxon world, indicating some of the lessons of the past and offering some ideas for the future.


Brief Professional Bio (max. 100 words):
Peter Sherwood taught Hungarian in the University of London before being appointed the first László Birinyi, Sr., Distinguished Professor of Hungarian Language and Culture in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2008.