Department Profiles
The following profiles contain short descrptions about Hungarian departments in Europe
Aarhus, Denmark. Eastern European Studies
Groningen, Netherlands. Department of Finno-Ugrian Languages
Hamburg, Germany. Institute of Finno-Ugrian and Uralic Languages
Helsinki, Finland. Department of Finno-Ugrian Studies
Jyväskylä, Finland. Hungarian Studies
Munich, Germany. Institute of Finno-Ugrian Studies
Nitra, Slovakia. Faculty of Central European Studies
Padua, Italy. Institute of Finno-Ugrian Philology
Tartu, Estonia. Department of Finno-Ugrian Languages
Uzhhorod, Ukraine. Department of Hungarian Philology
Vienna, Austria. Department of Finno-Ugrian Languages
Warsaw, Poland. Department of Hungarian Studies
Contact:
Uniwersytet Warszawski
Wydział Neofilologii
Katedra Hungarystyki
University of Warsaw
Faculty of Modern Languages
Department of Hungarian Studies
KATEDRA HUNGARYSTYKI
Uniwersytet Warszawski.
Wydział Neofilologii
ul. Browarna 8/10, 00-311 Warszawa
Website
Program Description:
Our BA program comprises eight semesters, and requires 240 credits from the students, whilst the Masters Studies goes on for three semesters and 90 credits are required. The graduates receive a diploma of Finnish and Hungarian Studies. The BA education foregrounds language teaching (the acquisition of two Finno-Ugrian languages are expected), Hungarian or Finnish literature and culture, and translatology. The Masters Program focuses on language teaching on the advanced level, including business-related or judicial terminology, and a thoroughgoing education on Finnish or Hungarian culture and society. We also offer education in the format of "night school" for part-time students.
Research Fields:
- Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian and other Finno-Ugrian Languages
- History of Hungarian Literature
- Comparative Studies of Hungarian and Polish Literary Journals
- Gender studies
- Contemporary Hungarian linguistics
- Comparative linguistics
- Translatology
- Cultural and political interactions between Hungary and Poland
- Finno-Ugrian linguistics
Publications, Partnerships and Ongoing Projects:
Our faculty cooperates with other members of the University of Warsaw. We also work in cooperation with ELTE University in Budapest, the Balassi-Institute in Budapest, the University of Jyväskylä, and the University of Groningen. Students can accomplish a part of their studies at ELTE University in Budapest, and they can also receive scholarships from the Balassi-Institute in Hungary or CIMO in Finland. Our students have established a Student Association for self-education.
Faculty and Staff:
dr habil. Elżbieta Artowicz
e.artowicz@uw.edu.pl
Department Head
Expertise: Hungarian and Finno-Ugrian linguistics
prof. dr habil. Bożenna Bojar
b.bojar@uw.edu.pl
Expertise: Linguistics
prof. dr habil. Adrienne Körmendy
Expertise: Hungarian history
prof. dr habil. Andrzej Sieroszewski
Expertise: Literary History, translation.
prof. dr Elżbieta Cygielska
e.cygielska@uw.edu.pl
Expertise: Literary History.
dr Csilla Gizińska
csilla.gizinska@uw.edu.pl
Expertise: Literary History
dr Elżbieta Szawerdo
eszawerdo@uw.edu.pl
Expertise: Literary History, Hungarian Studies
mgr Marta Gedeon
martagedeon@interia.pl
Hungarian lector
mgr Ildikó Kozak
Hungarian lector
mgr Halina Grzymska
h.grzymska@uw.edu.pl
main librarian
Grażyna Kwiatkowska
hungarystyka@uw.edu.pl
secretary
Contact:
Tartu ülikool
Eesti ja üldkeeleteaduse instituut
soome-ugri osakond
University of Tartu
Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics
Department of Finno-Ugric Studies
University of Tartu
Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics
Department of Finno-Ugric Studies
ülikooli 18
50090, Tartu
Estonia
Telephone: +372 737 5222, +372 737 5220
Fax: +372 737 5222
Website (in English)
Website (in Estonian)
Program Description:
Students can choose one of the three specializations in our department: Finnish Language and Culture, Finno-Ugrian Linguistics, and Hungarian Language and Culture.
Since 2002, we have been conforming to the Bologna-process, so our department now offers degrees at Bachelor and Master Level. The intermediate level knowledge of Hungarian as a foreign language, the basics of Hungarian linguistics and culture can be acquired on the BA level, within the Estonian and Finno-Ugrian Linguistics program. Thus, 16 credits can be acquired in relation to Hungarian studies. (The overall requirement comprises 120 credits). Following the BA program, students can continue their studies in a Masters Program, which provides comprehensive theoretical research on Hungarian linguistics, literature, society, and translations from Estonian into Hungarian. The MA studies also form a part of the Estonian and Finno-Ugrian Linguistics program (offering up to 56 credits of the overall requirement of 80 credits).
It is also possible to participate in our postgraduate (PhD) research programs.
Research Fields:
- Finno-Ugrian Linguistic
- Finno-Ugrian Dialectology
- Baltic-Finn Dialectology
- Hungarian “ Estonian Lexicology
Publications, Partnerships and Ongoing Projects:
- We participate in the Erasmus Network, partnering with six European universities: Vienna, Debrecen, Hamburg, Jyväskylä, Paris (Sorbonne Nouvelle) and Padova.
- Guest lecturers from Hungary (Budapest, Miskolc Szeged, Veszprém) teach at our institute regularly.
- Our department edits and publishes the periodical Bibliotheca Studiorum Hungaricorum in Estonia (which includes a Hungarian “ Estonian dictionary of verb constructions)
- We also publish Tartu Hungaroloogia Vihikud and FENNO-UGRISTICA.
- Our department is working in close cooperation with the other branches of the Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics.
- Currently two research groups work actively in our Institute, focusing on written Estonian language and computational linguistics. More information about them is available here and here.
Faculty:
Tõnu Seilenthal PhD, dr. h. c
tonu.seilenthal@ut.ee
Department Head.
Expertise: Hungarian and Uralian diachronic linguistics.
Anu Nurk MA
anu.nurk@ut.ee
Hungarian lector
Expertise: comparative linguistics, lexicography, translation.
Tóth Viktória MA
viktoria.toth@ut.ee
Hungarian lector
Contact:
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Fakultät für Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften
Institut für Finnougristik/Uralistik
Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich
Faculty of Languages and Literatures
Institute of Finno-Ugrian Studies
Ludwig Maximilian Egyetem München
Nyelv- és Irodalomtudományi Kar
Finnugor és Uralisztikai Intézet
Ludwigstraße 31/III.
80539 München
Germany
Email
Website
Program Description:
Our MA program focuses on diachronic linguistics, Finno-Ugrian Linguistics, and Estonian, Finnish and Hungarian as a foreign language. From the school year 2009/2010, our BA program will commence in addition. It is possible to study in our institute a major or a minor undergraduate degree. In most courses, the language of instruction is German, but the modules of visiting lecturers and advanced level language courses are taught in Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian or English. During the "Winter School," Estonian, Finnish and Hungarian lectors are employed in our institute, in order that students could learn these languages from the beginners to the advanced level. During "Summer School," language teaching and basic cultural studies are in focus. Our programs have no entrance exam. Graduates can continue their studies in a three-year-long doctoral education program.
Research Fields:
- Diachronic linguistics
- Finno-Ugrian linguistics,
- Comparative linguistics,
- Finno-Ugrian literature, ethnology and history
Publications, Partnerships and Ongoing Projects:
- The department participates in the Socrates-Erasmus Network, cooperating with Hungarian, Finnish and Estonian universities to arrange student and teacher exchange programs.
- In 2005, a Hungarian Poetry Association (Magyar Lírakör “ Ungarischer Lyrikkreis) was established by the students, which focuses on reading, analyzing and translating Hungarian poetry. More information about the association is available here.
- Our institute publishes two periodicals: Jahrbuch für finnisch“deutsche Literaturbeziehungen. Mitteilungen aus der deutschen Bibliothek; and Veröffentlichungen des Finnisch-Ugrischen Seminars an der Universität München
Faculty and Visiting Lecturers:
Prof. Dr. Elena Skribnik
Department Head
Prof. Emer. Ingrid Schellbach-Kopra
Deputy Department Head
Dr. Gerson Klumpp (tanársegéd)
Assistant Professor
Mária Kelemen, M.A.
Instructor, Hungarian Lector
Katri Annika Wessel, M.A.
Instructor, Finnish Lector
Dr. Rita Fejér
Expertise: Hungarian linguistics, translation
Gwen Janda
Expertise: Finno-Ugrian studies
Dr. Kristel Kaljund
Expertise: Estonian literature
Anikó Kelemen
Expertise: Hungarian language and literature
Dr. Gabriella Maráz
Expertise: Hungarian linguistics, socio-linguistics, translation.
Dr. Ágnes Mátrai
Expertise: Hungarian historical linguistics.
Merike Steinert, M.A.
Estonian lector
Contact:
Helsingin yliopisto
Suomalais-ugrilainen laitos
FIN-00014 University of Helsinki
P.O. Box 25, Finland
University of Helsinki
Department of Finno-Ugrian Studies
FIN-00014 University of Helsinki
P.O. Box 25, Finland
Website
Program Description:
Our BA program offers five different tracks to choose from:
1. Hungarian language and culture (administratively subsumed under "Finno-Ugrian language studies" from 1999 on, but with independently planned instruction). Our Hungarian Studies program provides theoretical and practical knowledge, including intensive language teaching in the first year, after which students can apply for language courses in Hungary. The instructions of the courses are in Finnish.
2. Finnic languages with a special emphasis on the closest relatives of the Finnish language (Karelian, Vepsian, Ingrian, Votian, Estonian, Livonian). This track constitutes a fruitful comparative research that is also essential for a better knowledge of the history of the Finnish language.
3. Estonian language and culture. This alternative to general Finnic studies, officially created in 1994, has enjoyed an increasing popularity. A basic course in Estonian language is obligatory for all students of Finnish.
4. Finno-Ugrian language studies: comprises both traditional comparative Finno-Ugristics and other research of the Uralic languages (more distantly related to Finnish).
5. Sámi Studies (an interdisciplinary unit, coordinated by the Lecturer of Sámi).
All these tracks can be pursued further by students in the Masters Program, and they can also form the basis of a PhD research. More information about our current PhD researchers is available (in Finnish)
here. More information about PhD application process is available
here.
Research Fields:
- Hungarian Studies
- Sociolinguistics, bilingual communities, Hungarian Diaspora
- Contemporary Hungarian literature
- Translatology
- Cognitive linguistics
- Interactions between Estonian and Finnish Culture
- Minor Finno-Ugrian languages
- Extinct Uralic languages
- Finnish etymology
Partnerships:
- The department is a member of the Erasmus-Network, cooperating with several European universities (Budapest, Szeged, Bratislava, Nitra, Tallinn, Tartu, Munich, and Mainz). We cooperate with these institutes to arrange teacher and student exchange programs.
- Our department is also a member of the CIMO program, which makes it possible for us to receive visiting students, scholars and researchers from Russia.
- We cooperate with the Hungarian Cultural and Scientific Centre Helsinki and the Finnish-Hungarian Society.
Ongoing Projects:
- A new Finnish-Hungarian dictionary is a project that aims at creating a modern medium-sized dictionary with approximately 40 000 entries. The general editors of the dictionary are Ulla-Maija Kulonen and Magdolna Kovács. Two Hungarian-Finnish working teams, Ildikó Vecsernyés and Kaija Markus, and Ottilia Kovács and Sanna Manner, are engaged in the project, supported by the Finnish Cultural Foundation for two years and the Alfred Kordelin Foundation for one year. At the moment, approximately 30 000 entries have been compiled.
- Literary reception and translations in Hungary, Finland and Slovakia is an inter-university programme that has developed from Éva Gerevich-Kopteff's doctoral thesis. The aim of the project is to study the literary contexts of the two countries outside the Indo-European group of languages and to develop a profile for the teaching of literary studies, as well as for the supervision of basic and further research.
- Ildikó Vecsernyés participates in an EU-Grundtvig project, which focuses on courses for Hungarian language teachers of adult education. Our partners are the University of Hamburg and the Hungarian Balassi Institute.
- For more information on further, non-Hungarian related projects, click here.
Faculty and Staff:
Riho Grünthal
Department Head
Professor of Baltic-Finnic Languages
Gerevich-Kopteff Éva
Hungarian lector/lecturer
Kovács Magdolna
Hungarian language and culture
Vecsernyés Ildikó
Hungarian lector/lecturer
More information about our faculty is available
here.
Contact:
Institut for Historie og Områdestudier
Afdeling for Østeuropastudier
Aarhus Universitet
Nordre Ringgade
8000 Aarhus C
Institute of History and Area Studies
Section of East-European Studies
Aarhus Universitet
Nordre Ringgade
8000 Aarhus C Denmark
Website
Program Description:
Our institution has undergone a major change in 2004: the program has been detached from the Linguistic Department, and joined the Institute of History and Regional Studies. The shift has brought about a new program: before 2004, the curriculum mainly comprised courses of Hungarian Language and Literature; recently, however, we cooperate with the faculty of Slavic Languages. Our Institute of Eastern-European Studies offers interdisciplinary studies to teach Russian, Czech, Serbo-Croatian, Bosnian or Hungarian language, and to give an introduction to the history, society, culture and literature of those countries. We provide education on a BA level; we are currently working on the Masters Studies program. It is also possible to pursue postgraduate studies in the Institute.
Research Fields:
- Russian, Czech, Serbo-Croatian, Bosnian and Hungarian Literature
- History and Culture of the Soviet Union
- Hungarian as a foreign language
- Language interactions in Central Europe
Publications, Partnerships and Ongoing Projects:
Our institute publishes the e-journal KONTUR: Tidskrift for Kulturstudier. We participate in joint projects with Hungarian and other European institutes of Hungarian Studies, including exchange programs for the instructors and the students.
Faculty:
Jan Ifversen (department head)
Judit Horváth
Peter Bugge
Galina Starikova
Rósa Magnúsdótir
Christian Axboe Nielsen
Katerina Hausildova
Contact:
Universität Wien
Institut für Europäische und Vergleichende Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft (EVSL)
Abteilung Finno-Ugristik
Universitätscampus Altes AKH (Spitalgasse 2-4), Hof 7
A-1090 Wien
University of Vienna
Institute of European and Comparative Linguistic and Literary Studies
Department of Finno-Ugrian Studies
Universitätscampus Altes AKH (Spitalgasse 2-4), Hof 7
A-1090 Wien
Website (in German)
General information about the university in English is available
here
Program Description:
Our BA program offers two specializations: Hungarian Language and Culture (Bakkalaureat Hungarologie), and Finnish Language and Culture (Bakkalaureat Fennistik). The MA program also has two specializations: Hungarian Literature (Magisterstudium Ungarische Literaturwissenschaft) and Finno-Ugric Linguistics (Magisterstudium Finnisch-Ugrische Sprachwissenschaft). The teacher training program requires another major in addition to Hungarian. In most courses, the language of instruction is German, but visiting lecturers frequently teach in Hungarian or English.
The postgraduate (PhD) study program is in the accreditation process.
Research Fields:
- History of Literature and Education in Hungary
- Multilingual Environments
- Gender Studies
- Historical and Comparative Linguistics
- Teaching Hungarian as a Second Language
Publications, Partnerships and Ongoing Projects:
Our institute coordinates the publication of Finno-Ugrian Studies (edited by LIT-Verlag), and the e-journal WEB-FU.
We participate in special student exchange programs with five Hungarian universities, and organize yearly an intensive three-week summer course in Hungary (Sommerkolleg) to teach Hungarian as a second language. The department is a member of the Erasmus-Network, cooperating with eight European universities (Berlin, Humboldt, Debrecen, Hamburg, Jyväskylä, Padova, Paris III, Tartu) to arrange student and teacher exchange programs, and intensive courses. We cooperate with several other universities to arrange teacher and student exchange programs, and also participate in the Central European Exchange Program for University Studies (CEEPUS), partnering with the University of Vienna, the University of Szeged, University of Novi Sad, and Comenius University in Bratislava. The Austrian-Hungarian Foundation (Stiftung Aktion -sterreich-Ungarn) also offers teacher and student exchange programs.
Currently we coordinate two projects funded by FWF (Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung):
- The typology of Ugric and Samoyedic languages
- The re-edition of German-language sources portraying collective identity in the Hungarian Kingdom between 1740 and 1918 (Der deutschsprachige Diskurs über Sprache und kollektive Identität im habsburgischen Königreich Ungarn von 1740 bis 1918).
A minor research project examines the dialectology of Burgenland.
Faculty and Visiting Lecturers:
Prof. Johanna Laakso
johanna.laakso at univie.ac.at
Expertise: Finno-Ugric Linguistics
Associate Prof. Pál Deréky
pal.dereky at univie.ac.at
Expertise: Hungarian Literature
Associate Prof. Timothy Riese
timothy.riese at univie.ac.at
Expertise: Finno-Ugric Linguistics
Associate Prof. Andrea Seidler
andrea.seidler at univie.ac.at
Expertise: Hungarian Literature
Senior Lecturer, Mag. Márta Csire
marta.csire at univie.ac.at
Expertise: Hungarian Language
Senior Lecturer, Mag. Mikko Kajander
mikko.kajander at univie.ac.at
Expertise: Finnish Language and culture
Mag. Edina Brenner
edina.brenner at univie.ac.at
Expertise: Teacher training, didactics.
Mag. Viktória Eichinger
viktoria.eichinger at univie.ac.at
Expertise: Hungarian language.
Dr. Ibolya Murber
Expertise: Hungarian history and culture.
Dr. Wolfram Seidler
wolfram.seidler at univie.ac.at
Expertise: The research methods of philology, media.
Anna Sickl
anna.sickl at univie.ac.at
Expertise. Finnish Language.
Mag. Imbi Sooman
imbi.sooman at univie.ac.at
Expertise: Comparative language and literature, Scandinavian culture.
Triinu Viilukas
triinu.viilukas at univie.ac.at
Expertise: Estonian language.
Dr. Beáta Wagner-Nagy
beata.wagner-nagy at univie.ac.at
Expertise: Finno-Ugric Linguistics.
Prof. Dr. István Dobos
Expertise: Hungarian Literature.
Doz. Dr. Pertti Lassila
Expertise: Finnish literature.
Further information on faculty is available
here.
Contact:
Finoegrische Talen en Culturen
Faculteit der Letteren
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Oude Kijk in 't Jatstraat 26
9712 EK Groningen
Hollandia
Fenno-ugric Languages and Cultures
Faculty of Art
University of Groningen
Oude Kijk in 't Jatstraat 26
9713 EK Groningen
The Netherlands
Website
Program Description:
Our BA and MA program has three specializations: Finnish Language and Culture, Hungarian Language and Culture, and Finno-Ugric Linguistics. In most courses, the language of instruction is Dutch. Some lectures, however, will be given in the Finnish or the Hungarian language and can be attended by foreign students who master these languages.
The postgraduate (PhD) studies of Finno-Ugric Languages and Cultures are coordinated by the Research Institutes of Linguistics and Literature at the University of Groningen.
Research Fields:
- Baroque in Hungarian Culture and Literature
- The Reception of Hungarian Literature in Holland
- Hungarian as a Second Language
- Cognitive Linguistics
- Comparative Sociolinguistics
- Finnish Literature in the 20th Century
- Estonian Literature
Publications, Partnerships and Ongoing Projects:
A conference on Hungarian Studies is organized by the Finno-Ugric Department at the University of Groningen every five years. We have joint projects with Hungarian and other European institutes of Hungarian Studies, including exchange programs for the instructors and the students.
Our faculty cooperates with the Research Institutes of Linguistics (CLGG) and Literature (ICOG) at the University of Groningen.
Faculty:
prof. dr. C.T. (Cornelius) Hasselblatt
c.t.hasselblatt at rug.nl
Post: Professor of Finno-Ugric Languages and Cultures (Department Head).
Expertise: Finno-Ugric languages and cultures, especially Estonian language and literature
dr. A.M. de Bie-Kerekjarto
a.m.de.bie at rug.nl
Expertise: The reception of Hungarian literature in Holland.
Dr. Mária Czibere
m.czibere at rug.nl
Expertise: Language as an essential factor to the forming of identity, the institutional aspects of teaching a first language.
Dr. Jolanta Jastrzębska
j.d.jastrzebska at rug.nl
Expertise: Hungarian émigré poetry, 20th century Hungarian novels.
Contact:
Institut für Finnougristik/Uralistik
Universität Hamburg
Johnsallee 35
20148 Hamburg
Tel.: +49-40-42838 4836
Fax: +49-40-42838 6117
e-mail: fs1a003@uni-hamburg.de
Website (in German)
General information about the university is available in English
here
Program Description:
Our BA program (BA-Studiengang Finnougristik/Uralistik) started in 2005, replacing the traditional five-year Diplom. The MA program is in the accreditation process. In most courses, the language of instruction is German, but visiting lecturers frequently teach in Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian and English.
Research Fields:
- Diachronic and Comparative Linguistics of Finno-Ugric Languages
- The Influence of Hungarian-German Academic Relations on Politics and Economy
- The Significance of Mother Tongue in Forming a National Identity
- Mari and Other Finno-Volgaic Languages
- Finno-Ugric Literature after the 1980s
- History of Hungary and Finland
Publications, Partnerships and Ongoing Projects:
The department participates in the Erasmus-Network, cooperating with eight European universities (Berlin, Humboldt, Debrecen, Vienna, Jyväskylä, Padova, Paris III, Tartu) to arrange student and teacher exchange programs, and intensive courses. Our department also collaborates with the University of Tartu and the Saint-Petersburg State University to organize special teacher exchange programs.
Faculty and Visiting Lecturers:
Prof. Dr. Holger Fischer
hfischer at uni-hamburg.de
Post: Administrative Assistant of the Centre of Hungarian Studies
Dr. Paula Jääsalmi-Krüger
jaeaesal at uni-hamburg.de
Post: Language Lector and Lecturer of Finnish Language and Culture
Dr. Tiborc Fazekas
fs6a006 at uni-hamburg.de
Post: Language Lector and Lecturer of Hungarian Language and Culture
PD Dr. habil. Anna Widmer
Anna.Widmer at uni-hamburg.de
Expertise: Finno-Ugric Linguistics
Dr. Ildikó Fazekas
ildiko.fazekas at uni-hamburg.de
Expertise: Hungarian Literature and Culture
Dr. phil. des. Ulrike Kahrs
ulrike.kahrs at uni-hamburg.de
Expertise: Finno-Volgaic Cultures
Dr. phil. des. Monika Schötschel
Monika.Schoetschel at nospam.uni-hamburg.de
Expertise: sociolinguistic survey of Mari language
Kaja Telschow
Kaja.telschow at web.de
Expertise: Estonian language
Dr. phil. des. Réka Zayzon
Reka_Zayzon at public.uni-hamburg.de
Expertise: Hungarian Grammar, Hungarian Literature in Transylvania
Further information on faculty is available
here and
here.
Contact:
Hungarologia
Jyväskylän Yliopisto
Seminaarinmäki 15 (Kampusalue)
Athenaeum, 3. kerros (318)
PL 35, A
40014 Jyväskylän yliopisto
Suomi
Hungarian Studies
University of Jyväskylä
Seminaarinmäki 15 (Kampusalue)
Athenaeum, 3. kerros (318)
PL 35, A
40014 University of Jyväskylä
Finland
Website
Program Description:
Our MA program focuses on teaching Hungarian as a second language for beginners, intermediate and advanced learners, and on introducing Finnish students into Hungarian Literature, History, Art History and Culture. The curriculum consists of two phases: Basic Language Studies, and Advanced Studies, which require Hungarian language skills. Besides Hungarian language courses and conversation classes, instructors of Advanced Studies and visiting lecturers frequently teach courses in Finnish or English.
The discipline of Hungarian Studies has an effective and high quality doctoral education program, which regularly hosts visiting lecturers from Hungarian universities. Admission gives the student the right to complete both a Licentiate (optional) and a Doctor’s Degree.
The list of current doctoral students and their thesis topics can be read
here.
Research Fields:
- Contrastive Linguistics
- Cultic Studies
- Film Studies
- Cultural Interactions between Finland and Hungary
- European Identity and Cultural Capitals of Europe
- Various disciplines in the doctoral program
Publications, Partnerships and Ongoing Projects:
- 1991. Kulttuurin Unkari. [Cultural Hungary]. Ed.: Jaana Janhila, (Studia Hungarologica 1.)
- 1993- Hungarologische Beiträge “ multidisciplinary papers in various languages. 17 volumes are available in PDF format here.
- The publications of doctoral theses in Hungarian or English (Jyväskylä Studies in Humanities)
- 2008- Spectrum Hungarologicum: an e-book series coordinated by the University of Jyväskylä and the University of Pécs, edited by Tuomo Lahdelma and Beáta Thomka.
- We develop the project "Cult, Community, Identity," which was funded by the Academy of Finland (Suomen Akatemia) between 2005-2007.
- Lexicography, bilingual dictionaries
- We cooperate with the Hungarian Research Institute of the Academy of Finland, which was founded by the University of Jyväskylä in 1994.
- Our department organized the 5th Congress of the International Association of Hungarian Studies in 2001.
Faculty:
prof. Tuomo Lahdelma, Dr.
lahdelma at cc.jyu.fi
Post: professor of Hungarian Studies “ person in charge of Hungarian Studies
Tuuli Lähdesmäki, Dr.
tklahdes at campus.jyu.fi,
Post: Researcher of art history “ person in charge of art history in Hungarian Studies.
Gergely Dusnoki, M.A.,
dusnokig at yahoo.com
Post: Hungarian lector, instructor.
More information on the faculty and staff is available
here.
Contact:
Faculty of Central European Studies
Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra
Dražovská cesta 4
949 74 Nitra
Slovakia
Tel.: +421 37 6408 853
Fax: +421 37 6408 853
E-mail: dfss at ukf.sk
Website
Program Description:
Our BA program offers two specializations: Hungarian Language and Literature Teacher Training, and Translation between Hungarian and Slovakian Languages. The MA program has one specialization: Hungarian Language and Literature Teacher Training. The teacher training program requires another major in addition to Hungarian. In most courses, the language of instruction is Hungarian.
The postgraduate (PhD) study program is expected to commence in 2009.
Research Fields:
- Etymology of Geographical Names
- Dialectology
- Stylistics
- Psycholinguistics
- Structuralism in Slavic Literary Theory
- Semiotics
Publications, Partnerships and Ongoing Projects:
The department participates in the Erasmus-Network, cooperating with ELTE (Budapest) and Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai (Cluj-Napoca) to organize student and teacher exchange programs. Our department also collaborates with the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA).
Faculty:
János Bauko, PhD.
jbauko at ukf.sk
Post: Associate Professor
Expertise: etymology of geographical and personal names, greetings in a bilingual environment.
Doc. István Kozmács, PhD.
ikozmacs at ukf.sk
Post: Visiting Associate Professor
Expertise: Finno-Ugric Linguistics, Udmurt Language.
József Menyhárt, PhD
nyhart at ukf.sk
Post: Assistant Professor
Expertise: Sociolinguistics, bilingual environments, dialectology.
Presinszky Károly, PhD
kpresinszky at ukf.sk
Post: Assistant Professor
Expertise: Hungarian-Slovak bilingual environments, dialectology.
Doc. Anna Sándor, PhD
asandorova at ukf.sk
Post: Docent.
Expertise: Sociolinguistics, bilingual environments, dialectology.
Ildikó Kremmer, PhD.
ivancova at ukf.sk
Expertise: bilingual environments, sociolinguistics, lexicology, auditory phonetics, speech perception, methodology.
Zsófia Bárczi, PhD
zbarcziova at ukf.sk
Expertise: contemporary Hungarian Literature
Krisztián Benyovszky, PhD
kbenyovszky at ukf.sk
Expertise: detective fiction, Central-European literature, semiotics, neo-structuralism, translation.
Anikó N. Tóth, PhD
atoth at ukf.sk
Expertise: 20th century Hungarian literature.
Anikó Polgár, PhD.
apolgar at ukf.sk
Expertise: History of Hungarian literary translations, the reception of ancient literature in Hungary.
Contact:
Cattedra di Filologia Ugrofinnica
Dipartimento di Discipline linguistiche, comunicative e dello spettacolo
Facolta di Lettere e Filosofia
Universita degli studi di Padova
Via Beato Pellegrino 1
35137 Padova
Italia
Chair of Finno-Ugrian Philology
Department of Linguistics and Communication studies
Faculty of Arts and Philosophy
University of Padua
Via Beato Pellegrino 1
35137 Padova
Italy
Department website (in Italian).
General information about the university is available in English
here.
Program Description:
Our BA and MA program consists of two independent, partly combined majors: Hungarian Language and Literature, and Finno-Ugrian Philology. In most courses, the language of instruction is Italian. The first year mainly comprises language teaching, which is followed by Finno-Ugrian Studies in the next two years. After the BA studies, the two years of the Masters Program provide comprehensive, theoretical and independent research on linguistics and literature.
The postgraduate (PhD) research programs of Finno-Ugric languages and cultures are coordinated by the Research Institutes of Linguistics and Literature at the University of Padua.
Research Fields:
- The Linguistic Influence of Italian on Hungarian
- Hungarian Grammar, Syntax
- Speaking Hungarian in Italy
- History of Hungarian Linguistics
- The Reception of Finnish and Hungarian Literature in Italy
- Medieval Finnish and Hungarian Literature.
- Comparative linguistics
- The Grammar of Finno-Ugric Languages
- Mordvinian Language and Culture
Publications, Partnerships and Ongoing Projects:
Our instructors regularly write papers for the linguistic journal of the University of Padua (Quaderni Patavini di Linguistica) and for the e-journal Padua Working Papers:
We regularly organize symposia for the cooperation of Italian and Hungarian specialists of Hungarian Studies. We participate in the Erasmus Network, partnering with ten European universities: Budapest, Debrecen, Pécs, Piliscsaba, Szeged, Bécs, Hamburg, Jyväskylä, Párizs (Sorbonne Nouvelle) and Tartu. Guest lecturers from Hungary teach at our institute regularly.
Faculty:
Prof. Dr. Danilo Gheno
danilo.gheno at unipd.it
Post: Department Head
Expertise: Finno-Ugrian Studies, Mordvinian Language
Further information is available
here.
Dr. Edit Rózsavölgyi, C.E.L. [Collaboratore ed esperto linguistico]
edit.r at unipd.it
Post: Hungarian Lector.
Expertise: The significance of language in forming national identity.
Contact:
Department of Hungarian Philology
Faculty of Philology of the Uzhhorod National University
University Street 14.
Uzhhorod 88 000
Ukraine
General information about the department and the university is available
here.
Program Description:
Our university trains teachers of Hungarian Language, Philology and Literature, in the form of a four year BA program and one year teacher training. The teacher training program may be substituted or supplemented by scientific research, and so selected students can obtain a Masters Diploma. The language of instruction is mostly Hungarian, but courses of cultural policy are taught in Ukrainian.
Our postgraduate research program ("aspirantura") was established in 1969. The Department of Hungarian Philology has supervised 14 defenses since then. Several of our former undergraduate students pursue PhD studies in Hungary.
Research Fields:
- Contemporary phenomena in the Hungarian Language
- Hungarian Literature
- Comparative Literature
- Subcarpathian Literature
- Dialectology
- Sociolinguistics
- Historical Linguistics
- Finno-Ugric Languages and Cultures
- Theoretical Linguistics
- Interactions between Hungarian and Ukrainian Literary Texts
Publications, Partnerships and Ongoing Projects:
- The Centre of Hungarian Studies was founded in 1988 within Uzhhorod University, nowadays known as the Hungarological Institute of Uzhhorod. The Transcarpathian Hungarian Scientific Society (THSS) was formed in 1994 within the Hungarological Institute. Both have their journals: "Acta Hungarica" is the journal of the Hungarological Institute, while "Proceedings of the Transcarpathian Hungarian Scientific Society" ("A KMTT Közleményei") is that of the THSS. Both journals are only partly Hungarian. Most of the articles issued in "Acta Hungarica" are written in Russian or Ukrainian.
- We contribute to the collection and edition of folk tales and folk poetry, to projects of lexicology (Hungarian-Ukrainian bilingual dictionaries) and dialectology (dialect mapping), and to the reestablishment of Hungarian geographical names in Subcarpathia.
- Our department organizes international conferences regularly, in cooperation with Hungarian and other European institutes of Hungarian Studies.
- Our first year students can participate in field work of folk poetry, and second year students contribute to field work projects of dialectology.
- Third year students register and study at the University of Debrecen for a limited period.
- Students in their final year can research in the Hungarian national library (Országos Széchényi Könyvtár) in Budapest for one month.
Faculty:
Prof. Dr. Peter Lizanec
lizanec at univ.uzhgorod.ua
Post: Department Head.
Expertise: Dialectology; Hungarian dialects in Subcarpathia.
Katalin Horváth
kati at vpapp.com
Post: Docent.
Expertise: Lexicology, dialectology.
Magdolna Györke
m.gyorke at freemail.hu
Post: Docent.
Expertise: dialectology, syntax, the dialectological implications of garment names.
Krisztina Zékány
kamot at email.uz.ual
Post: Docent.
Expertise: the etymological and historical implications of geographical names.
Lajos šr
urlajos at freemail.hu
Post: Docent.
Expertise: the etymological and historical implications of geographical names.
Natalia Kodobocz
Post: Assistant professor.
Expertise: Subcarpathian geographical names.
Edit Borbély
Post: Assistant professor.
Expertise: dialects and sociolects of the Hungarian language in Subcarpathia.
Miklos Antonenko
Post: Assistant professor.
Expertise: the literature of Arvo Valton.
Diana Hulpa
Post: Assistant professor.
Expertise: greetings in Hungarian and Ukrainian informal language.
Emőke Csuka
Post: Instructor.
Expertise: 20th century Hungarian poetry and the fiction of Lászlo Balla.