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

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University of Tartu, Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics, Department of Finno-Ugric Studies

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:

Tonu 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

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Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Institute of Finno-Ugrian Studies

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 LĂrakör “ 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

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University of Helsinki, Department of Finno-Ugrian Studies

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.

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University of Aarhus, Institute of Eastern-European Studies

Contact:

Institut for Historie og OmrĂĽdestudier Afdeling for Osteuropastudier 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 MagnĂşsdótir Christian Axboe Nielsen Katerina Hausildova

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Department of Finno-Ugric Languages at the University of Vienna

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.

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Department of Finno-Ugric Languages at the University of Groningen

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 Jastrzebska j.d.jastrzebska at rug.nl Expertise: Hungarian émigré poetry, 20th century Hungarian novels.

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Institute of Finno-Ugric and Uralic Languages at the University of Hamburg

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.

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Hungarian Studies at the University of Jyväskylä

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 Doctorâ??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.

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Faculty of Central European Studies at Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra

Contact:

Faculty of Central European Studies Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra DraĹžovská 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.

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Institute of Finno-Ugrian Philology at the University of Padua

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.

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Department of Hungarian Philology at the Uzhhorod National University

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.