On Monday 7 October 2019, the Department of British and American Studies, Faculty of Arts was honoured by the visit of the newly appointed Ambassador of the USA to Slovakia, Her Excellency Bridget A. Brink. During her first visit to Košice and her first visit to a Slovak university, she was accompanied by Mr. Ralan Hill, the Chief of Political and Economic Section, and Ms Mária Chudíková, the Social Media Coordinator of the Embassy. The Ambassador met with the staff and PhD students of the Department and afterwards she presented a short lecture on the topic of Freedom. She said:
“Freedom is the basis for democracy. If you stop taking care of it and stop fighting for it, you may lose it.” After the interesting lecture the students of the Department had a chance to ask the Ambassador Brink interesting questions and take a group photo.
We want to thank Her Excellency for the inspiring discussion and we look forward to the next visits and topics she and her team will bring to our Department.
Dr. Zuzana Buráková
Deputy-Head of BAS FF UPJŠ
