Dr. Zsolt Virágos - CV | Institute of English and American Studies

PERSONAL DATA, EDUCATION, AND EMPLOYMENT:

Name: Dr. Zsolt Virágos
Time and place of birth: June 16, 1942, Debrecen, Hungary
Current employer: North American Department
Institute of English and American Studies
University of Debrecen
Workplace address: 1 Egyetem tér
4032 Debrecen, Hungary
Postal address of workplace: P.O. Box 73
4010 Debrecen, Hungary
Telephone:
- office (36) (52) 533–694
(36) (52) 512–900 (extension: 22069)
- home (36) (52) 532–213
Fax: (36) (52) 431–147 (office)
E–mail address: zk72viragos@yahoo.com
Position: Professor of English
Academic qualification: English and Russian major
School of Arts and Social Sciences
L. Kossuth University, Debrecen, Hungary
Diploma number: 734/1965. B. (an honours diploma)
Professional qualification: Teacher of Russian and English
Scholarly degrees:

• university doctorate (doctor universitatis; level of qualification: magna cum laude; [1972]; disciplinary area: American Studies; number of doctoral certificate: 1114–IV–56/1972. etsz.)
• candidate of academic scholarship (C.Sc. 'Candidatus Scientiorum'; candidate of literary scholarship; disciplinary area: American Studies; serial number of C.Sc. certificate: 1114–IV–56/1972. etsz.)
• habilitation (1995; disciplinary area: American Studies; registration number of Decretum Habilitationis: 1/1995. Hab.)
• Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Arts and Sciences (D.Sc. = Doctor Scientiorum; disciplinary area: American Studies; number of certificate: 3.983)

Knowledge of foreign languages: advanced level in English and Russian as certified by a university graduation document; number of honours diploma: 734/1965. B.
Previous employment:

• 1965–1966: Ilona Zrínyi Secondary School, Miskolc, Hungary; teacher of English and Russian.
• 1965–1967: Department of Uralic and Altaic Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A.; Teaching Associate
• 1966–1970: The Teacher-Training Secondary Grammar School of Kossuth University of Arts and Sciences, Debrecen, Hungary; demonstration teacher of English
• 1970–1974: Department of English, Kossuth University, Debrecen, Hungary;
  Instructor
• 1974–1982: Department of English, Kossuth University, Debrecen, Hungary;
  Assistant Professor of English
• 1982–1995: Department of English, Kossuth University, Debrecen, Hungary;
  Associate Professor of English
• 1995– : Department of English, Kossuth University, Debrecen, Hungary;
  Full Professor of English

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

TEACHING EXPERIENCE AT UNIVERSITIES ABROAD:

 
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• 1965–1967: Employed as Teaching Associate for four semesters at the Department of Uralic and Altaic Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A. Subjects taught pertained to Hungarian Studies: descriptive grammar of the Hungarian language, Hungarian culture, Hungarian
   
• 1991–1992: Fulbright Visiting Professor at the Department of English, University of Minnesota, Minnesota, U.S.A. for one academic year. The courses taught pertained to American Studies: literatures of American minorities, myth and the American social consciousness, myth-and-literature studies pertinent to American literary expressiveness.
   
• September, 1993: Visiting Professor at the Department of English, Joensuu University, Joensuu, Finland. An intensive seminar in 20th-century African–American literature.
   
• 2002–2006: teaching, as Visiting Professor, American Studies courses for over eight semesters at the English Department of Partium Christian University, Oradea, Romania. Courses taught included the history of U.S. literature (19th-century American literature, the literature of American modernism, contemporary U.S. literature), the American short story, African–American literature, American social consciousness, essay writing, overseeing student research.

III.RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP:

IV.SCHOLARSHIPS, STUDY AND RESEARCH ABROAD, APPLICATIONS:

AWARDS AND PRIZES:

• Higher Education Medal of Merit (1966)
   
• Nivo–Prize (for authoring textbooks of English, 1973)
   
• For Outstanding Work (1987)
   
• Széchenyi Professorial Scholarship (1997–2000)
   
• László Országh Award (1998)
   
• Memorial Medal of the School of Arts and Social Sciences ("For Activities Rendered in Behalf of the School"; 2004)
   
• János Apáczai Csere Award (2008)
   

MEMBERSHIP:

• Editorial board:
  1995–2000: representing American Studies on the editorial board of Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies (HJEAS).
   
• Scholarly societies:

SERVICE IN DEPARTMENTAL/SCHOOL/FACULTY MANAGEMENT:

Head of Department:

• 1989–1990: Department of English, Kossuth University
• 1988–1989: Department of German, Kossuth University
• 1992–1997: North American Department, Kossuth University
• 2000–2003: North American Department, University of Debrecen

Director of Institute:

• 1984–1987: Institute of Western Languages and Literature, Kossuth University (Deputy Director)
• 1987–1990: Institute of Western Languages and Literature, Kossuth University
• 1992–1993: Institute of English and American Studies, Kossuth University

Deputy Dean:

• 1993–1995: The School of Arts and Social Sciences (responsible for research, scholarship, budget and international relations)
• Other:
  
  
  • elected representative of the School of Arts and Social Sciences
    in the University Council (1984-1988)
  • elected representative of the Faculty Council of the School of Arts and Social Sciences (1988-1990)
  • Co-Chair of the Doctoral Council of the Arts Faculty (1993–1995)
  • Member of the Faculty Board of the University Trade Union (1978–1986)

NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL/ACADEMIC MANDATES:

• 1999–2001: President of the Hungarian Society for the Study of English (HUSSE)
• 1996–1998: Member of the Board of Trustees for the László Országh Award
• 2002– : Chair of the Board of Trustees for the László Országh Award

INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL/ACADEMIC MANDATES:

• 1999–2001: the representative of Hungary (HUSSE) in the Board of the European Society for the Study of English (ESSE)