Perspectives Episode 9: Gábor Molnár on the Psychological Benefits of Reading

The ninth in a series of interviews conducted by faculty, students, and staff of the McDaniel College Budapest community to explore the experience of living through the global pandemic in the spring of 2020. Originally recorded on May 13, 2020. Edited by Balázs Somogyi.

In this interview, Dr. Matthew Adamson, Director of Academic and Student Affairs, talks to Dr. Gábor Molnár, Professor of Literature about the benefits of reading during times of social isolation. In addition to teaching courses on literature and literary studies at McDaniel College, Dr. Molnár is assistant professor at the Institute of Hungarian Literary and Cultural Studies (Department of Comparative Literature) at Eötvös Loránd University.