Personal Data:
Name: Hudácskó Brigitta Ilona
Place of birth: Debrecen, Hungary
E-mail: brigitta.hudacsko@gmail.com
Education:
2011–2015: University of Debrecen – Doctoral School of Literature
2009–2011: University of Debrecen, MA in English Studies
2006–2009: University of Debrecen, BA in English Studies
2002–2006: Ady Endre Secondary Grammar School, Debrecen
Language Competence:
Hungarian: native
English: fluent
Italian: intermediate proficiency exam (649328)
German: intermediate proficiency exam (1595936)
Membership in Scholarly Organizations:
2009–2011: Hatvani István Szakkollégium
2013- : HUSSE (Hungarian Society for the Study of English)
2013 - : Crime Studies Network
Scholarships:
August 2021: Valéria Dienes Grant for Specialized Translators, Petőfi Literary Fund.
August/December, 2019: Research Grant, The Library of the John F. Kennedy Institut, Freie Universität. Berlin, Germany.
13-14 April, 2015: Campus Hungary short term research grant. „Agatha Christie – Hidden Horizons” Conference, University of Exeter, United Kingdom.
1-28 February, 2015: Campus Hungary short term research grant. University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom.
14–18 September, 2009. Connecting Cultures. 8th Summer School on the New Literatures in English. Leibniz University, Hanover, Germany
Publications:
1. “Mark Darcy 3D: Intertextuális kirakó vélt és valós Darcykból” (Mark Darcy 3D: Intertextual Puzzle with Assumed and Actual Darcys). Mediárium (2008. nyár-ősz): 93-103.
2. “CSI: Princeton – Doktor House nyomoz” (CSI: Princeton – Dr House Investigates). Szkholion (2011/1): 57–63.
„A geek evolúciója, avagy hogyan lettek a Kockafejekből nAgymenők.” Szkholion (2012/2): 79-85.
4. #SherlockÉl: Paranoia, bűnüldözés és a privát szféra halála a Sherlock című sorozatban. (#SherlockLives: Paranoia, Crime and the Death of Privacy in Sherlock.) Korunk. (2014. March): 53-64.
5. "#OpSherlock: Privacy, Surveillance, and Anonymous in Elementary." Eger Journal of English Studies Vol. XIV (2014): 47-58.
6. "Ruritania by the Sea—Detection by the Seaside in Dorothy L. Sayers’s Have His Carcase." HUNGARIAN JOURNAL OF ENGLISH AND AMERICAN STUDIES 27:1 pp. 49-64., 16 p. (2021)
Book chapters:
1. "And Then There Were Many: Agatha Christie in Hungarian Translation." The Ageless Agatha Christie. Essays on the Mysteries and the Legacy. Ed. J. C. Bernthal. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2016.
2. "The Case of the Two Gregsons: From A Study in Scarlet to Elementary." Victorian Detectives in Contemporary Culture: Beyond Sherlock Holmes. Ed. Lucyna Krawczyk-Żywko. Basingstoke; London; New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. pp. 57-76.
3. "Inventing History: Katalin Baráth’s Hungarian Middlebrow Detective Series." Geographies of Affect in Contemporary Literature and Visual Culture: Central Europe and the West. Eds. Ágnes Györke; Imola Bülgözdi. Leiden: Brill Rodopi (2021) pp. 220-234.
Reviews:
1. Delia Chiaro. Translation, Humour and Literature. Translation and Humour Vol. 1. London, New York: Continuum, 2012. Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies. 20:2 (Fall 2014): 215-218.
Conferences:
1. 2010 April: The Conference of Hatvani István Szakkollégium (Debrecen): “Everybody Lies / Every Body Lies: Doktor House nyomoz” (Everybody Lies / Every Body Lies: Dr House Investigates).
2. 2011 April: The Conference of Hatvani István Szakkollégium (Debrecen): “Egy párját ritkító tigris és az igazság fürdőkáddugója: (Ön)életrajzírás, hibriditás és nyelv Jonas Hassen Khemiri Montecore – Egy párját ritkító tigris című regényében” (A Unique Tiger and the Bath Plug of Truth: (Auto)biography Writing, Hybridity and Language in Jonas Hassen Khemiri’s Montecore).
3. 2013 January. 11. HUSSE11, ELTE, Budapest; “A Study in the City: Narrative Ho(l)mes in BBC’s Sherlock.”
4. 2013 March: The Conference of the Doctoral School of Literature (Debrecen, Hungary): „CSI Baker Street: A bűntett helyszíne Sherlock Holmestól Sherlockig” (CSI Baker Street: The Scene of the Crime from Sherlock Holmes to Sherlock).
5. 2013 September. Retold, Resold, Transformed: Crime Fiction in the Modern Era, Leeds, United Kingdom. Postmodern, Post-human: Rethinking Crime and Privacy in Hannu Rajaniemi’s Jean le Flambeur series.”
6. 2014 April. Agatha Christie: Crime, Culture, Celebrity, Exeter, United Kingdom. “And Then There Were Lots: Agatha Christie in Hungarian Translation.”
7. 2014 September. ESSE12, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Kosice, Slovakia. “Archives of Excess − Surveillance: An Urban Culture of Memory Formation.”
8. 2014 December. Keresd a nőd! [Look for your woman!] ELTE, Budapest. “How to Make a Feminist?”
9. 2015 January. HUSSE12, University of Debrecen, Debrecen. “The Doctor Will See You Now: Surveillance and Medical Diagnostics in Crime Television Series.”
10. 2015 April. Agatha Christie − Hidden Horizons, Exeter, United Kingdom: „Inventing History: Agatha Christie and Katalin Baráth’s Middlebrow Series.”
11. 2015 June. Gendered Identities in Contemporary Literary and Visual Cultures, ELTE, Budapest: „’I’m the new Berlin Wall, baby:’ Separation and Unity in Hedwig and the Angry Inch.”
12. 2016 February. Translocality and the City, University of Debrecen. “Inventing History: Katalin Baráth’s Middlebrow Detective Series.”
13. 2016 June. The Ageless Agatha Christie, Exeter, United Kingdom: "How to Be an Addict: Agatha Christie and the Case of Seriality."
14. September 2017. NYIM12: Úton A tér nemei, a nemek terei, Szegedi Tudományegyetem, Szeged. "Transz/kontinentális punk: Hedwig és a Mérges Csonk." [Trans/continental Punk: Hedwig and the Angry Inch.]
15. July 2017. Captivating Criminality 4: Detection Public and Private, Past and Present. Bath Spa University, United Kingdom. „Policing Everyone: Private Ventures into Public Discipline.”
16. April 2018. Migrant Narratives and the City. Central European University, Budapest. "'I run the city like my name's Sadiq:' Urban Migrant Experience in the Work of Riz MC."
17. January 2019. HUSSE 14 University of Pannonia, Veszprém. "Making a Detective: Detection and Surveillance in Netflix's American Vandal."
18. June 2019. HAAS 13 University of Debrecen. "Crime and Detection in Netflix's American Vandal."
19. June 2021. Conference on Domestic Cats in Literature, Troy University, Troy, AL, United States. "Cats and Golden Age Crime Fiction."
20. January 2022. HUSSE 15 Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church, Budapest. "Sherlock Holmes in Recovery: A Reading of Addiction and Recovery in Elementary."
Other Academic Appearances:
1. 2013 November. “Watching the English: Stereotypes Through Popular Culture.” Esterházy Károly College (Eger, Hungary)
2. 2014 April. T/Edutus, Edutus College (Tatabánya, Hungary): “A lét elviselhetetlen biztonsága: Biztonság és a magánélet halála a krimisorozatokban.” (The Unbearable Safety of Being: Security and the Death of Privacy in Crime Series)
3. 2016 April. Comparative Literature Workshop, University of Debrcen. "Sorozatos élvezetek – Hogyan fogyasszunk krimit?" (Serial Pleasures: How to Consume Crime Stories)
4. 2016 November. Science Café, Debrecen. "Sorozatos élvezetek – A végtelen detektívtörténet." [Serial Pleasure - The Endless Detective Story.]
5. February 2017. LGBT History Month, Debrecen. "Kortalan zsenik: Oscar Wilde és Stephen Fry." [Timeless Genii: Oscar Wilde and Stephen Fry.]
Translation:
A. FICTION
1. Maryrose Wood: Méregnaplók (The Poison Diaries). Debrecen: Lybrum Kiadó, 2010.
2. Pat Walsh: Crowfield átka (The Crowfield Curse). Debrecen: Lybrum Kiadó, 2010.
3. Andrew Lane: Az ifjú Sherlock Holmes – Halálfelhő (Young Sherlock Holmes – Death Cloud). Debrecen: Lybrum Kiadó, 2010. (Co-translantor: László Bajkán).
4. Pat Walsh: Crowfield démona (The Crowfield Demon). Debrecen: Lybrum Kiadó, 2011.
5. Maryrose Wood: Éjmély (The Posion Diaries II – Nightshade, regény). Debrecen: Lybrum Kiadó, 2011.
6. David Jones: Szerzetesek az űrben (Monks in Space, regény). Debrecen: Főnix Könyvműhely, 2012.
7. George Mann: Mechanikus London (The Affinity Bridge, regény). Debrecen: Főnix Könyvműhely, 2012.
8. Stephen Chambers: Jane és a Hollókirály (Jane and the Raven King, regény). Debrecen: Főnix Könyvműhely, 2012.
9. Nick James: Éghajó Akadémia – Gyöngyháború. (Skyship Academy – Pearl Wars). Debrecen: Főnix Könyvműhely, 2012.
10. Victoria Schwab: Az Archívum. (The Archived.) Debrecen: Főnix Könyvműhely, 2013.
11. Nick James: Éghajó Akadémia – Az invázió. (Skyship Academy – Crimson Rising.) Debrecen: Főnix Könyvműhely, 2013.
12. Kristen Kittscher: Paróka az ablakban (The Wig in the Window). Hajdúböszörmény: Főnix Könyvműhely, 2014.
13. Victoria Schwab: Felszabadulás (The Unbound – The Archived 2) Hajdúböszörmény: Főnix Könyvműhely, 2014.
B. SCHOLARLY ESSAYS
1. Rebecca L. Walkowitz: "Felmérhetetlenül súlyos következmények: Kazuo Ishiguro, fordítás és az új világirodalom." Helikon 25.2, 2015. pp. 175-200.
2. Alexander Beecroft: "Világirodalom kötőjel nélkül: Az irodalmi rendszerek tipológiája felé." LITERATURA: A MAGYAR TUDOMÁNYOS AKADÉMIA IRODALOMTUDOMÁNYI INTÉZETÉNEK FOLYÓIRATA 47 : 3 pp. 306-318. , 13 p. (2021)
Teaching
1st year BA
1. Translation
2. Essay Writing and Research
3. British Civilization
4. History of the British Isles
2nd year BA
1. Introduction to Literature and Visual Culture
3rd year BA
1. Elementary Holmes - The Great Detective in Fiction and Film
MA in Translation and Interpretation
1. Introduction to Literary Translation (in Hungarian)
2. Translation Techniques I.
Tertiary Education, 1st year
1. Elementary Translation
2. Language Class I.
3. Language Class II
Tertiary Education, 2nd year
1. Practical Word Formation
2. Language Class III.
Part time specialization programme
1. Translating Literary Texts
Supervision
BA/MA/OMA Thesis: 42
For the list of potential topics along with the actual titles of the supervised theses click on the hyperlink.
Specialization Thesis: 5
Research Interests:
Crime fiction, popular culture, translation
Last update:
2023. 06. 08. 11:03