CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Dr. György Borus
Date of birth: 7 December 1965
Place of birth: Debrecen, Hungary
University address: University of Debrecen,
Institute of English and American
Studies, Department of British Studies,
Debrecen, P.O.B.: 400. H-4002, Hungary
Positions:
1996-: Lecturer at the Department of
British Studies, Institute of English
and American Studies, University of
Debrecen
1990-1996: Assistant lecturer at the
Department of British Studies, IEAS,
Kossuth University, Debrecen
Professional qualifications:
2007: dr. habil., postdoctoral degree,
University of Debrecen
2001: Ph. D. in British History,
University of Debrecen
1995: dr. univ., University Doctorate
in British History, Kossuth
University
1990: Undergraduate Degree obtained at
Kossuth University, qualified
as a teacher of English and
History
Studies abroad:
2002 January: University of
Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland
1998 September-November: Royal Holloway
College, Egham, England
1993 May-August: University of Hull,
England
Courses taught:
1. British Civilization (Year 1)
2. Seminars in British History (The History
of the British Isles — Year 1)
3. Topics in British History (BA, Year 3)
4. Documents in British History (MA)
5. Topics in Scottish History (MA)
6. Major Figures in British History (BA, Year 3)
7. Britain in the Eighteenth Century (MA)
8. Britain and Europe in the Nineteenth
Century (MA)
9. Early Modern British Political Thought (MA)
10.Reading A. J. P. Taylor's History Essays (MA)
11.Intercultural Topics in Translation (BA Specialization)
12. Britain and the World in the Twentieth Century (MA)
13.Teaching British Literature, Culture and Society (Part-time Teachers' MA)
14. Translating Social Sciences (MA in Translation)
Conference lectures:
1. 1992 May: The Practice and Problems of Australian Studies in Europe and Australia Conference (Debrecen): ’Irish Catholics in Australia: A Brief Survey up to 1945’.
2. 1995 January: HUSSE (Hungarian Society for the Study of English) /2 Conference (Szeged, Hungary): ’Lord Bute, the Royal Favourite’.
3. 1996 April: TEMPUS JEN SYMPOSIUM (University of East Anglia, Norwich, England): ’The Reaction against Namier’.
4. 1996 December: Second TEMPUS JEN Mini Conference (Debrecen): ’The Difficulty of Understanding and Teaching Eighteenth-Century British History’.
5. 1997 January: HUSSE/3 (Pécs, Hungary): ’The Political Instability of the 1760s and Edmund Burke’s Thoughts’.
6. 1998 May: British Studies Conference (Temesvár/Timisoara, Romania): ’Whigs and Tories after the Glorious Revolution’.
7. 1999 January: HUSSE/4 (Budapest): ’Political Parties in the Reigns of William III and Queen Anne’.
8. 1999 May: Youth Subcultures and National Identities—A British Studies University Seminar (Fantanele, Romania): ’British and Hungarian Youth Cultures: A Comparison’.
9. 2001 May: ALBION Conference (Debrecen): „Sir Lewis Namier hozzájárulása a 18. századi brit történelem kutatásához”. [’Sir Lewis Namier’s Contribution to the Study of 18th-Century British History’]
10. 2002 January: Winter School (Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland): ‘Aspects of Celtic Connections’.
11. 2003 January: HUSSE/6 (Debrecen): ‘Scottish National Identity in the Eighteenth Century’.
12. 2005 January: HUSSE/7 (Veszprém, Hungary): ‘The Warming-Pan Legend and Propaganda in the Revolution of 1688-89’.
13. 2007 May: (Debrecen): „A dicsőséges forradalom változó történetírói megítélése”. [‘The Glorious Revolution and the Historians’] Habilitation scholarly lecture.
14. 2008 March: Central Europe and the English-Speaking World (Nagyvárad/Oradea, Romania): ‘The War of the Spanish Succession and the Rákóczi War of Independence’.
15. 2008 May: Brit társadalom és külpolitika, 1600-1900 [British Society and Foreign Policy, 1600-1900 Conference (Debrecen): „Az angol-holland háborúk valódi okai“. [’The Real Causes of the Anglo-Dutch Wars’]
16. 2009 January: HUSSE/9 (Pécs): 'The International Reformation Monument in Geneva and the Causes of the Anglo-Dutch Revolution'.
17. 2011 January: HUSSE/10 (Piliscsaba):
'The Causes of the Anglo-Dutch Wars Reconsidered'.
18. 2013 January: HUSSE/11 (Budapest): 'The Revocation of the Edict of Nantes and the Glorious Revolution'.
19. 2015 January: HUSSE/12 (Debrecen): 'Coffeehouses, the Change in English Popular Sentiment in 1673 and the Glorious Revolution'.
20. 2015 September: The 5th ELLE International Conference on English Language and Literatures in English (Oradea): 'The Historical Aspects of the International Monument to the Reformation in Geneva.'
21. 2016 April: The 6th ELLE International Conference on English Language and Literatures in English (Oradea): "Fear of Catholicism in England during the 1670s."
22. 2016 September: Irish Easter Rising Conference (Budapest): "James II, William III and Ireland."
23. 2017 January: HUSSE/13 (Eger): 'The Conquest of Ireland, 1689-91'
24. 2018 April: The 8th ELLE International Conference on English Language and Literatures in English (Oradea): "George III 'The Mad Tyrant' and the Political Instability of the 1760s."
25. January 2019: HUSSE/14 (Veszprém): „The Failure of the Association League, the Thököly Uprising and the Glorious Revolution.”
26. June 2019: ICSSH (Lisbon): "The Thököly Uprising in Hungary and the Timing of the Nine Years' War and the Glorious Revolution." 27. January 2022: HUSSE/15 (Online Conference): "The Diary of Constantijn Huygens."
28. October 2022: Migrations Studies (Debrecen): "England's First Refugees: the Huguenots."
29. January 2023: HUSSE/16 (Miskolc): '"Bought and sold for English gold"? Patriotism and Principle in the Making of the Anglo-Scottish Union."'
Memberships:
1993-: HUSSE (Hungarian Society for the Study of English)
2007-: The Williamite Universe (https://www.thewilliamiteuniverse.eu/)
2019-: Social Science and Humanities Research Association (SSHRA)
Administrative experience:
2004-2007: member of the Institute Council
2011-2013: member of the Faculty Council
2014-: Institute Erasmus coordinator
2023: Deputy Head of IEAS and member of the Faculty Council