Founders of the Institute

Published on Tuesday, 15 May 2018 10:00

Former directors of the institute

 

Dr. Anna Gyivicsán

honorary science advisor and first director to the research institute (1990 – 2002)
professor, Baltic and Slavic Philological Institute, Faculty of Arts, ELTE University (1974 – 2010)

Year of birth: 1940

 

 

Scientific Degrees:
PhD
Candidate of Ethnography
Habilitated Doctor of Linguistics

Research area:
The relationship between folk, church and high culture in the Slovakian and the Slovakian culture in Hungary.
Interaction between majority and minority cultures.
Relationship between language and culture; multiculturalism.

 

Mrs. Dr. Erzsébet Hornok, née Uhrin

college associate professor
honorary college professor
senior research fellow 2010 – 2018
former director of MSZKI (Research Institute of Slovaks in Hungary) 2002 – 2010

Year of birth: 1954

 

Scientific degree:
Doctor of Linguistics

Research area:
The language use of the Slovaks in Hungary, sociolinguistic researches.
Slovakian education in Hungary, ethnic minority institutions, publications.
Linguistic Curricula Vitae of Slovaks in Hungary.

 

Dr. Anna Kovács

cultural historian (2006 – 2017)
external research associate
former director of MSZKI (Research Institute of Slovaks in Hungary) (2010 – 2016)

Scientific degree:
Doctor of Literature

 

Research area:
The local history and cultural history examination of Pestbuda/Budapest Slovaks and the Slovakian diaspora around the Hungarian capital.
Distinguished Slovakian personalities of the capital of Hungary.

 

Former co-workers of the institute 

 

† Dr. András Krupa (1934 – 2015)

Honorary Senior Research Fellow
ethnographer-folklorist (1990 – 2000)

Scientific degree:
Candidate of Ethnography

 

Research area:
Beliefs, folk customs, folk tales, folk songs and children's toys of the Slovaks in Hungary
Interethnic relations and interactions between domestic Slovaks and Hungarians as well as other ethnic groups.

 

János Chlebniczki

retired science secretary of the MSZKI (Research Institute of Slovaks in Hungary) (1990 – 2005)

Year of birth: 1937

Research area:
Research on the content aspects of domestic Slovakian minority education, local history researches.

 

  

† Dr. János Gombos (1955 – 2009)

historian of the institute 2001 to 2009

 

 

 

 

Dr. János Sándor Tóth

linguist of the Institute 2003 to 2009

Year of birth: 1978

 

 

 

Dr. József Demmel

historian
editor of perodical and book series entitled Kor/ridor

Year of birth: 1982

Scientific degree:
Doctor of History

Research area:
Social history of the Slovaks in 19th century historic Hungary

Krisztina Eszter Szuda

historian
research assistant

Year of birth: 1990

magister, PhD-student

 

Research area:
The history of the Lowland Slovaks living in Hungary during the interwar period
The activity of the Cultural Association of Slovaks from Hungary based in Bratislava during the interwar period.