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The present volume brings to North American Native Studies – with its rich tradition and accumulated expertise in the Central European region – the new complexities and challenges of contemporary Native reality. The umbrella theme 'Indigenous perspectives' brings together researchers from a great variety of disciplines, focusing on issues such as democracy and human rights, international law, multiculturalism, peace and security, economic and scientific development, sustainability, literature, and arts and culture, as well as religion.The thirty-five topical and thought-provoking articles written in English, French and Spanish offer a solid platform for further critical investigations and a useful tool for classroom discussions in a wide variety of academic fields.

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[T]here is much to praise about this volume. Its interdisciplinary approach, and its cosmopolitan, multilingual character, are genuinely valuable. Susan Castillo King's College, London Transmotion 1:2 (2015)

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Enikő Sepsi is Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Head of the Institute of Arts Studies and General Humanities and Associate Professor at the Department of Communication and Media Studies of Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary. Her fields of research are modern and contemporary French and Hungarian poetry, modern French philosophy of religion, theatre studies, translation theory, and artistic and intercultural communication.Judit Nagy is Associate Professor at the Institute of English Studies and Coordinator of the Canada Center of Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary. Her research focuses on Canadian culture and literature and on metaphors in an interdisciplinary approach. Miklós Vassányi is Vice-Dean for Research and Erasmus Affairs of the Faculty of Humanities and Head of Department and Associate Professor at the Department of General Humanities of Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary. The main subjects of his research are Inuit and Inca religion, metaphysics, philosophy of religion and Byzantine theology.János Kenyeres is Director of Research and Associate Professor in the School of English and American Studies at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. His fields of research include English and Canadian literature and Canadian cinema.

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