CONTACT:
Institute of British and American Studies, University of Debrecen, 4010 Debrecen, Egyetem Tér 1. Tel: +36 52 512 900 / 22495. Email: gykalmar@yahoo.com
HIGHER EDUCATION:
March 2009 - June 2009. Visiting scholar at ITAS, the research institute of the University of Canterbury (UK) and the Universidad de Málaga (Spain) in Velez Malaga.
2007. University of Debrecen. PhD in English.
Title of the dissertation: “The Truth of Woman.” Case Studies From the History of a Metaphor From Chaucer to Derrida.
2003. University of Debrecen. PhD in philosophy.
Title of the dissertation: Text and Desire: Psychoanalysis / Literature / Deconstruction.
Sept. 1999.- Jan. 2000. Visiting scholar at the University of Indiana Bloomington, USA.
1997-1998. Post-graduate researcher with an OSI/ FCO Chevening scholarship at the University of Oxford Lady Margaret Hall. Researched topic: post-structuralist critical theory Tutor: Dr. Rosalind Ballaster, Mansfield College.
1992-1997 University of Debrecen MA in English and Hungarian.
Thesis title: "The Pleasures of Orlando: The Voice of Desire and the Pleasures of the Text."
1994-1995 Exchange student at the University of Central England Birmingham.
CONFERENCES WHERE PAPERS GIVEN:
1996 TEMPUS-Jen International Conference in English, Debrecen.
1997 XXIII. OTDK, Miskolc, Hungary.
1997 British and American Studies. International Conference, Timisoara, Rumania.
1997 ESSE 4, Debrecen.
1998 Alternative Approaches to English-Languare Cultures in the Nineteenth Century. International Conference, Debrecen.
1998 Psychoanalysis and Gender Studies. International Conference, Pécs, Hungary.
1999 HUSSE 4, Budapest, Hungary.
1999 British and American Studies. International Conference, Timisoara, Rumania.
2000 Dícsérni és/vagy temetni Freudot. [A conference on Freud and his legacy.] University of Debrecen
2001 A conference celebrating the tenth anniversary of the institute of Psychiatry in Debrecen.
2001 British and American Studies. International Conference, Timisoara, Rumania.
2002 British and American Sudies. International Conference, Timisoara, Rumania.
2002 HUSSE 5, Debrecen, Hungary.
2003 British and American Studies. International Conference, Timisoara, Rumania.
2004 British and American Sudies. International Conference, Timisoara, Rumania.
2005 HUSSE 6, Veszprém, Hungary.
2005 The Chances of Film Art in the Age of Multimedia. 8th. Transylvanian Conference on Film Studies., Kolozsvár, Rumania.
2006 A nő mint szubjektum, a női szubjektum. [A conference on gender studies], Debrecen.
2006 Imagination and Interaction. 9th Transylvanian Conference on Film Studies. , Kolozsvár, Rumania.
AWARDS WON:
1997 First price at the 23rd National Conference for Young Scholars.
1997 Award of the Universitas Foundation of the University of Debrecen for outstanding undergraduate academic achievements.
1997 Special award of the Foundation for Hungarian Higher Education and Research.
1999 Award of the Universitas Foundation of the University of Debrecen for outstanding academic achievements.
1999Award of the Foundation for the Talented Young People of Debrecen.
2003 Deák Ferenc Scholarship for the 2003/2004 academic year. [Given to the ten most outstanding scholars under 40 of all academic fields.]
WORK:
1996-1997 Undergraduate teaching assistant at the Institute of British and American Studies, University of Debrecen.
1998-2007 Assistant lecturer at at the Institute of British and American Studies, University of Debrecen.
2003/2004 Visiting lecturer at Mathias Corvinus Collegium in Budapest, teaching cultural theory.
2007 Lecturer at the Institute of British and American Studies, University of Debrecen
2008 Visiting lecturer at the Asia Center of the University of Pécs, teaching Buddhist philosophy.
Institute of British and American Studies, University of Debrecen, 4010 Debrecen, Egyetem Tér 1. Tel: +36 52 512 900 / 22495. Email: gykalmar@yahoo.com
HIGHER EDUCATION:
March 2009 - June 2009. Visiting scholar at ITAS, the research institute of the University of Canterbury (UK) and the Universidad de Málaga (Spain) in Velez Malaga.
2007. University of Debrecen. PhD in English.
Title of the dissertation: “The Truth of Woman.” Case Studies From the History of a Metaphor From Chaucer to Derrida.
2003. University of Debrecen. PhD in philosophy.
Title of the dissertation: Text and Desire: Psychoanalysis / Literature / Deconstruction.
Sept. 1999.- Jan. 2000. Visiting scholar at the University of Indiana Bloomington, USA.
1997-1998. Post-graduate researcher with an OSI/ FCO Chevening scholarship at the University of Oxford Lady Margaret Hall. Researched topic: post-structuralist critical theory Tutor: Dr. Rosalind Ballaster, Mansfield College.
1992-1997 University of Debrecen MA in English and Hungarian.
Thesis title: "The Pleasures of Orlando: The Voice of Desire and the Pleasures of the Text."
1994-1995 Exchange student at the University of Central England Birmingham.
CONFERENCES WHERE PAPERS GIVEN:
1996 TEMPUS-Jen International Conference in English, Debrecen.
1997 XXIII. OTDK, Miskolc, Hungary.
1997 British and American Studies. International Conference, Timisoara, Rumania.
1997 ESSE 4, Debrecen.
1998 Alternative Approaches to English-Languare Cultures in the Nineteenth Century. International Conference, Debrecen.
1998 Psychoanalysis and Gender Studies. International Conference, Pécs, Hungary.
1999 HUSSE 4, Budapest, Hungary.
1999 British and American Studies. International Conference, Timisoara, Rumania.
2000 Dícsérni és/vagy temetni Freudot. [A conference on Freud and his legacy.] University of Debrecen
2001 A conference celebrating the tenth anniversary of the institute of Psychiatry in Debrecen.
2001 British and American Studies. International Conference, Timisoara, Rumania.
2002 British and American Sudies. International Conference, Timisoara, Rumania.
2002 HUSSE 5, Debrecen, Hungary.
2003 British and American Studies. International Conference, Timisoara, Rumania.
2004 British and American Sudies. International Conference, Timisoara, Rumania.
2005 HUSSE 6, Veszprém, Hungary.
2005 The Chances of Film Art in the Age of Multimedia. 8th. Transylvanian Conference on Film Studies., Kolozsvár, Rumania.
2006 A nő mint szubjektum, a női szubjektum. [A conference on gender studies], Debrecen.
2006 Imagination and Interaction. 9th Transylvanian Conference on Film Studies. , Kolozsvár, Rumania.
AWARDS WON:
1997 First price at the 23rd National Conference for Young Scholars.
1997 Award of the Universitas Foundation of the University of Debrecen for outstanding undergraduate academic achievements.
1997 Special award of the Foundation for Hungarian Higher Education and Research.
1999 Award of the Universitas Foundation of the University of Debrecen for outstanding academic achievements.
1999Award of the Foundation for the Talented Young People of Debrecen.
2003 Deák Ferenc Scholarship for the 2003/2004 academic year. [Given to the ten most outstanding scholars under 40 of all academic fields.]
WORK:
1996-1997 Undergraduate teaching assistant at the Institute of British and American Studies, University of Debrecen.
1998-2007 Assistant lecturer at at the Institute of British and American Studies, University of Debrecen.
2003/2004 Visiting lecturer at Mathias Corvinus Collegium in Budapest, teaching cultural theory.
2007 Lecturer at the Institute of British and American Studies, University of Debrecen
2008 Visiting lecturer at the Asia Center of the University of Pécs, teaching Buddhist philosophy.