A three-day international conference on "Transnational Americas: Home(s), Borders and Transgressions" was inaugurated on 16th, November, 2017, in the Center of Hungarian Academy of Sciences of Szeged. The conference was organized by the Inter-American Research Center of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Szeged. The foundation of the multidisciplinary research center by the joint effort of the Department of American Studies and the Department of Hispanic Studies in 2015, as well as the organization of its first international conference was the idea of Ádám Anderle, Professor Emeritus of the Department of Hispanic Studies who passed away on 19th, November, 2016.

With the participation of some 120 researchers from more than 15 countries, the event was attended by the Rector of the University of Szeged and the Vice Rector of International Affairs, the Ambassador of Spain and Mexico in Budapest, and the Consul of the Argentine Embassy.

On the first day of the conference, the presentation of a Spanish/French volume devoted to the memory of Ádám Anderle took place in the Somogyi Library. The book was presented by Manuel José de Lara Ródenas, associate professor of the University of Huelva and Director of the Center for Hungarian Studies at the same university. The Department of Hispanic Studies in collaboration with the colleagues of the Somogyi Library and the Exhibition Coordinator, Ágnes Kaczúr, librarian of Klebelsberg Library organized a commemorative exhibition as a tribute to Ádám Anderle. The exhibition was opened by Zsuzsanna Csikós, Director of the Department of Hispanic Studies and Eszter Katona, senior lecturer of the Department of Hispanic Studies, colleagues and friends of the professor who presented Ádám Anderle's professional and scientific work of half a century. As an internationally recognized historian, he did research on various subjects, being his main interests the history of Spain and the history of Spanish-Hungarian relations as well as the history of Latin America, the formation of Latin American identity and nationalism and the presence of Hungarian immigrants in Latin America.

The exhibition was open to the public until 6th, December, 2017.