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Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Aesthetics, University of Eötvös Loránd, Budapest, 2011-
• Az őrület bolond-hajója [The Fool Ship of Madness],
supervisor: Dr. Bálint Somlyó, PhD

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Doctor of Literary Studies, Comparative Literary Studies, University of Eötvös Loránd, Budapest, 2011-
• The Clown Play,
supervisor: Dr. Mihály Szegedy-Maszák, Member of Hung. Acad. of Sci.

Master (not divided) of Historical Studies, University of Eötvös Loránd, Budapest, 2003-2011
• A japán diplomácia kapuja a Tokugawa-shogunátus időszaka alatt. Dejima szigete, és jelentős lakói: követségben a nyugati civilizáció (1775 – 1829) [The Gate of Japanese Diplomacy During the Tokugawa Shogunate. The Island of Dejima and its Significant Residents: The Western Civilization in Embassage],
supervisor: Dr. István Majoros, DSc

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Master (not divided) of Aesthetics, University of Eötvös Loránd, Budapest, 2005-2011
• A Bohóc. A figura dekonstrukciója az archaikus máguskirályoktól a Bűn Bohóc Hercegéig [The Clown. Deconstruction of the Figure from the archaic magician kings to the Clown Prince of Crime],
supervisor: Dr. Ákos Szilágyi, PhD
 

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Research Interests / Research Profile

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• My research deals with the definition, a more exact meaning of the clown-figure (also foolishness, buffoonery) and tries to follow its alterations and history through the major paradigmatic fluctuations that have shaped human thought, and find some key elements and significant features the predecessors leave to their descendants. Using the ideas of especially Mikhail Bakthin, Michel Foucault, Maurice Lever, Enid Welsford (whose books are beyond reach in Hungary), Bouissac and Jean Starobinski, it is not impossible to constitute the clown-character. It appears mostly in ritual performances, in apophatic system criticism, in the lonely role of homo sacer status, always falling down and getting up again, causing laughter in the past, and at times provoking inexplicable fear nowadays. The utmost changes, the most important junctures – the emergence of new Christian thought, the reign of Classicism, the 19th century with the birth of the circus and the 20th century when the whole world came off the hinges – need to be studied to get a relatively broad picture. My research is highly interdisciplinary, still focuses heavily on analyzing art philosophy and works of art."

 

 

 

Publications, Presentations

• “„Isten Bohóca” és a „halál halála” – Az archaikus bolond-rituálék húsvéti örökség.” in: Vidimus enim stellam eius... (edited by László Szávay), Budapest: L-Harmattan, 2011, pp. 25-32
 

• “Bohóc-jel, kötéltáncos-sipka, artista-orr, hegedűs-cipő.” in: HOLMI, Vol. 24. No. 12. (2012, December) pp. 1554-1559

• (2010, October) Prométheusz és Lucifer. Paper presented at Fiatal Kutatók és Doktoranduszok Nemzetközi Teológuskonferenciája [International Theology Conference of Young Researchers and PhD Students], Károli Gáspár University
of the Reformed Church, Budapest, Hungary
 

• (2011, May) Gloster bukfence – Shakespeare és a bohóc-rituálé. Paper presented at Esztétika - Mi végre? konferencia [Aesthetics – To What End? Conference], Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
 

• (2011, October) „Isten Bohóca” és a „halál halála” - Az archaikus bolond-rituálék húsvéti öröksége. Paper presented at Fiatal Kutatók és Doktoranduszok II. Nemzetközi Teológuskonferenciája [Second International Theology Conference of Young Researchers and PhD Students], Károli Gáspár University
of the Reformed Church, Budapest, Hungary
 

• (2012, May) Fordulópont(ok) a bohóc jelentésének történetében(?) Paper presented at Porondon: a cirkusz – Cirkuszkutatás 2012-ben [The Circus On Stage, Circus Research in 2012], Eötvös Loránd University-Trafó House of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary
 

• (2012, September) God’s Clown. Paper presented at The First International Cracow Study of Religions Symposium. “Religions: fields of research, methods and perspectives”, Jagiellonian University, Cracow
 

• (2012, November) A Bűn Bohóc Hercege - Joker, az antihős. Paper presented at Mítoszok a modernitásban - modern mítoszok konferencia [Myths of Modernity - Modern Myths Conference], KINO Movie Theater, Budapest, Hungary
 

• (2013, January) Hamlet, The Lord of Misrule. Paper presented at HUSSE 11: 11th Conference of the Hungarian Society for the Study of English, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
 

• (2013, May) Das Narrenschiff. Paper presented at III. Esztétika - Mi végre? konferencia. Művészet és történetiség [III. Aesthetics – To What End? Conference. Art and Historicity], Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

• „…egy igazság talánya” – Az archaikus-rituális bohóc Foucault: A bolondság történetében. in: TÁMOP volume of studies kötet, ELTE BTK, Doctoral School of Philosophy, IN PRESS
 

• A Bűn Bohóc Hercege – Joker, az antihős. in: Mítoszok a modernitásban – modern mítoszok. Budapest: Typotex, Saeculum Books: Vol. 2., IN PRESS
 

• Az intellektuális montázs építette identitás Alan Parker Angyalszívében. in: fotopost.hu, UNDER REVIEW
 

• Hamlet: The Lord of Misrule. in: The AnaChronisT, UNDER REVIEW

• Catherine Belsey: A nemi különbségek összezavarása – Jelentés és nemiség a komédiákban. translation of Disrupting sexual difference: meaning and gender in the comedies. in: Alternative Shakespeares I. (edited by John Drakakis), London: Methuen, 1985. pp. 166-190 in: Volume of Shakespeare readings, Eötvös Loránd University, School of English and American Studies, UNDER REVIEW
 

• Clement Greenberg: Az absztrakt művészet ügye. translation of The Case for Abstract Art (1959). in: The Collected Essays and Criticism,(edited by John O’Brian) v. IV. London, pp. 1986–1993b. in: TÁMOP volume of Greenberg studies (edited by Tamás Seregi), Budapest Business School, IN PRESS
 

• Clement Greenberg: Modern és posztmodern. translation of Modern and postmodern. William Dobell Memorial Lecture, Sydney, Australia, Oct 31, 1979. Arts 54, No.6 (February 1980) in: TÁMOP volume of Greenberg studies (edited by Tamás Seregi), Budapest Business School, IN PRESS
 

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Teaching Experience
 

​Lecturer: Cirkuszesztétika, bohócesztétika [Circus Aesthetics and Clown Aesthetics Seminar] – BBN-ESZ-402.44, Liberal Arts BA, Aesthetics Department, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Autumn 2012
• Among well known theorists (Bakhtin, Foucault, Bouissac, Shusterman) we presented the basic literature on the field. We were dealing with issues, like: if there is any aesthetic value in the “art of the circus”, when did it start and where did it come from? What is the role of a clown on its stage and what is his role in the history of human culture?
 
Teaching Expertise
• General Theory of Drama
• The “Artwork” of William Shakespeare
• Michel Foucault
• Maddness and Foolness Studies
• Mikhail Bakhtin
• Carnival Theory
• Renaissance Literature
• Commedia Dell’arte and Burlesque
 

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Community Involvement / Administrative Activity

• 2012- PhD Student Representative, Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös Loránd University
 

• 2010-2011: member, Student Legal Remedy Comission, Eötvös Loránd University
 

• 2009-2011: chairman, Student’s General Assembly, Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of Humanities
 

• 2009-2010: vice-President for Foreign Affairs, Student Union, Eötvös Loránd University
 

• 2009-2010: member, International Education and Mobility Committee, Eötvös Loránd University
 

• 2006-2010: chairman, Student Representation, Aesthetics Department, Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös Loránd University
 

• 2006-2008: vice-President, Student Representation, Institute of Art Theory and Media Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös Loránd University
 

• 2005-2009: president, Foreign Affairs, Student Union, Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös Loránd University