PERSONAL INFORMATION
Family name: Dr. Németh
Christian names: Lenke Mária
associate professor (PhD, habil.)
E-mail: nemeth.lenke@arts.unideb.hu
ADDRESS Debrecen P.O.B. 73
Hungary 4010
tel.: ++ 36 52 512 900/22069
fax: ++36 (52) 431147
EDUCATION
1996-1993: Ph.D. in Modern Philology, Lajos Kossuth University, Debrecen
1995-1994: MA in English Language in Literary Studies, University of Nottingham, The United Kingdom
1979-1974: English and Russian languages and literatures, Faculty of Humanities, Lajos Kossuth University, Debrecen
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
2017 Habilitation in Literature and Cultural Studies, Debrecen, University of Debrecen
2002 Ph.D. in Modern Philology, Debrecen, UD
1995 MA in English Language in English Literature, Nottingham University, UK
1979 MA degree - qualified as a secondary school teacher of English linguistics and literature and Russian linguistics and literature, KLTE Debrecen
WORK EXPERIENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION
1996- North American Department, Institute of English and American Studies, University of Debrecen
2008-2002: Partium Christian University, Oradea (Nagyvárad), Romania (part time)
1997-1995 Applied Linguistics MA, postgraduate training, KLTE (part time)
1996-1991: Centre For English Teacher Training, Lajos Kossuth University, Debrecen
1991-1981: Institute of Modern Languages, Lajos Kossuth University, Debrecen
WORK EXPERIENCE IN SECONDARY EDUCATION
1981-1979: Mihály Fazekas Secondary Grammar School, Debrecen
COURSES TAUGHT
BA in English and American Studies (full time and part time)
Nineteenth c. American Literary History
American Literary History from 1900-1945
A Search for Identity in Post-war American Literature
From Multiculturalism to Transnationalism: A Literary Survey
Postmodernism in Recent American Drama
Skills Development: Reading and Speaking
American Culture and Civilization
American Literary History in the 20. And 21.c. lecture
Vocabulary Building
MA in American Studies
Postmodernism in American Drama
A Crescendo of Voices: Twentieth Century Women Dramatists
A History of American Arts
Males Articulating Women: Images of Women in post-1945 American Drama
Literature of the American South (Partium Christian University, Oradea)
PhD Amerikanisztika
Film, Literature and Adaptation
Postmodern Theories and American Drama
Race and Gender in Modern American Drama
Chicano/a Culture and Art (team taught)
MA in Teacher Training (full time and part time)
Teaching American Literature
Teaching Contemporary American Culture and Society
Undivided Teacher Training Program (former five-year track), Specialization in American Studies
Images of Women in American Drama
Post-war American Prose Writing
Post-1945 American Poetry
The Art of T. S. Eliot
MA in Applied Linguistics, Lajos Kossuth University (postgraduate training, 1995-1997)
Literary Stylistics
The Methodology of Teaching American Literature
The Methodology of Teaching American Culture and Society
Centre for English Teacher Training, KLTE
Introduction to Literary Theory
American Culture and the American South
ELT Methodology
American Literary History (lecture)
Translational skills
Introduction to Literary terms and Theory
Curriculum Design for pre-service and in-service teacher training
Construction of New Testing Methods
Modern Languages Institute, KLTE
Translational Skills
English for Specific Purposes (biology, chemistry, mathematics)
Russian for Specific Purposes (biology, chemistry)
Professional Language Conversation
Secondary School, Debrecen
English and Russian languages
TEACHING EXPERIENCE IN FURTHER EDUCATION
2000-1997: Re-training Russian language teachers, Lajos Kossuth University
1996: Literary stylistics for secondary school teachers' ("Culture and literature in English Language Teaching") Balatonalmádi, sponsored by the British Council
1994-1993: methodology of English language teaching for in-service teachers, sponsored by the British Council, Centre For English Teacher Training, Debrecen
1994-1993: Workshops on integrating literature and language teaching in secondary schools for in-service teachers, sponsored by the British Council and the Society for the Dissemination of Arts and Sciences, Szolnok, Hungary
1990-1989: ELT to Russian language teacher re-trainees, sponsored by the British Council and the Society for the Dissemination of Arts and Sciences, Szolnok, Hungary.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- American literature and culture
- Contemporary American drama
- Postmodernism in American drama
- American female dramatists
- Ethnic voices in American drama
- Drama theory
- Literary stylistics
- Teaching language through literature
ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES
2017 – 2019 member of the Institute Education Committee
2014 – 2016 deputy director of the Institute of English and American Studies
2014 – 2016 member of the Education Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, UD
2014 – 2016 IEAS elected member of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities Council
2012 – 2003: elected departmental representative in the IEAS Council
2011 – 2003: Director of Distance Language Teaching Program, IEAS
EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES
2020 – associate editor, Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies New Books Series
2013 – associate editor, HJEAS (https://ojs.lib.unideb)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2016 IEAS Bulletin: English language booklet with BA, MA and PhD level programs offered at the Institute of English and American Studies
2010 Conference organization of the 8th international conference of the Hungarian Association for American Studies, Debrecen
Actively involved in designing new curricula and developing new courses in the re-structuring of the English major teaching programs in higher education:
Institute level
2012 – 2013 coordinator for the Department of North American Studies in the curriculum design of the new undivided teacher training program –
2007 – 2008 material and course design for distance learning program
Departmental level
2008 – 2009 MA in American Studies curriculum design
2007 – 2008 devising a new curriculum for BA in English and American Studies program
Centre for English Teacher Training
Devising and introducing new courses in curriculum design, ELT methodology, testing methods
Modern Languages Institute
1984 – 1985 Devising a new program and curriculum for training specialized translators in biology and chemistry, developing specialized conversation practice
RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIPS
2016 Kennedy Institute, Berlin, Germany
2009 Bloomington, Indiana University, USA
2005 Kennedy Institute, Berlin, Germany
1998 Bloomington, Indiana University, USA
1995 MA, Nottingham, UK
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS
2015 David Bruce Centre for American Studies, Keele University, UK
2012: Salzburg Global Seminar, American Studies Alumni Association
2010: Salzburg Global Seminar, ASAA
2008: Salzburg Global Seminar, ASAA
1993: Plymouth, UK (trainer training)
1992: Edinburgh, UK (trainer training)
1990: International Teacher Training Institute, three-month teacher training course, International House Language School, Budapest (self-financed)
1978: Lincoln, UK (sponsored by the National Grant Awarding Committee)
GUEST LECTURER
2018: Jagellonian University, Cracow, Poland
2011: Sligo, Institiuid Teicneolaiochta, Sligeach, Ireland
2007: Karl Franzens Universität Graz, Austria,
2004: University of Portsmouth, The United Kingdom
AWARDS
1979 Medal for Outstanding Achievements at University
2016 Certificate of Merit by the Rector of the University of Debrecen
2019 Certificate of Merit by the Dean of Faculty of Humanities, University of Debrecen
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
"Interaction between Memory, History, and Art in Postmodern American Drama." HUSSE Biennial conference, Veszprém, 2019.
"Resurrecting Tragedy and Postmodern American Drama." "Tragedy in American Drama and Theater: Genre, Mediality, Ethics" international Conference, Augsburg, June, 1-3, 2017.
"Artists and Art Works on Stage in American Drama." HUSSE biennial conference, Eger, 2017.
"Haunted Borders, Nostalgia, and Narration: Cherri Moraga’s Giving Up the Ghost and Helena Maria Viramontes’ 'The Cariboo Cafe.' Gender, Translocality and the City in post-1945 Literary and Visual Culture Interdisciplinary Conference, University of Debrecen, February, 2016
"Haunted Borders, Nostalgia, and Narration: Cherri Moraga’s Giving Up the Ghost and Helena Maria Viramontes’ 'The Cariboo Cafe.' Biennial conference od HAAS, Pécs, 2016
"Spectators Viewing and Acting:Tina Howe’s Museum and Chantel Aimee Langlinais’s The Exhibit." HUSSE, 2015, Debrecen, Hungary
"A Redeeming Journey: The Case of Adrienne Kennedy." ESSE conference, Kosice, 2014.
"The Woman Traveler and Creativity: The Case of Adrienne Kennedy." Biennial conference of HAAS, Budapest, 2014.
"On the Margins of American Culture: Suzan-Lori Parks's Topdog/Underdog and Sam Shepard's True West." ELLE International Conference on English Language and Literatures in English. Partium Christian University, Oradea, Romania, Sept 13-14,2013.
“Women Artists, Creativity and Feminism in Post-socialist Hungary.” 8th European Feminist Research Conference, Budapest, Hungary, May 17-20, 2012.
“Ethnic Dilemmas versus Ethical Coonsiderations: David Henry Hwang’s Yellow Face.” Hungarian Association for American Studies (HAAS 9) Conference, Eger, Hungary, May 11-12, 2012.
“Woman Artist: Female Creativity in Post-socialist Hungary.” 7th annual conference of the Gender Studies Research Group, University of Szeged,2011. The title of the conference: Relations of Gender After the System Change in 1989: Post-Socialism (?) and feminism.
“American Female Künstlerdrama.” Hungarian Society for the Study of English (HUSSE), Piliscsaba, Hungary, 2011.
"Redefinition of Cultural Identity in Post-ethnic American Drama." HAAS 8, Debrecen, Nov, 2010.
"Blackface, Yellowface, and Whiteface: Fluidity of Race and Identity in Post Ethnic American Drama." Travel, Trade and Transformations. Seventh Biennial MESEA Conference, Pécs, June, 2010.
“The Cultural Mulatto in the Drama of Adrienne Kennedy and Suzan-Lori Parks.” CDE (German Society for Contemporary Theatre and Drama in English) konferencia, “Staging Interculturality.” Bécs, Ausztria, 2009.
"Absurdism and American Women Dramatists.” HUSSE 9. konferencia, 2009. január 22-24.
“’This is a Man’s World’: The Woman Artist as Portrayed by Rachel Crothers and Tina Howe.” Hungarian Association for American Studies (HAAS), Szeged, October, 2008.
“’Spatial Poetry’: A Semiotic Reading of David Henry Hwang’s M. Butterfly.” Central Europe and the English-Speaking World. International Conference, Department of English, Patium Christian University, Oradea, Romania. April, 2008.
“Critical Responses to David Mamet’s Plays in Hungary: A Reflection on Hungarian Sentiements.” Central Europe and the English-Speaking World. International Conference, Department of English, Patium Christian University, Oradea, Romania, April, 2007.
“From Geographical to Inner Space: Adrienne Kennedy’s One-Act Plays.” Hungarian Association of American Studies Conference, Pécs, January, 2006.
“Character Portrayal Techniques in Postmoden American Drama.” HUSSDE 3 (Hungarian Association for the Study of Drama in English), Piliscsaba, May, 2006.
“The Family-Play Tradition in American Drama.” HUSSE, Biennial conference of the Hungarian Association for English and American Studies, (HUSSE) Veszprém, May, 2005.
“Personal and Collective Traumas in Identity Formation: Re-visiting Adrienne Kennedy’s One-Act Plays.” Conference of HUSSDE 2, Piliscsaba, Hungary, May 2004.
“A Subjectivity Formation Model for Dialogue Analysis in Drama.” Theoretical Approaches to Dialogue Analysis conference, IADA (International Association for Dialogue Analysis), Chicago, USA, April 2004.
“(Un)dialogized Polyphony: Dialogic Patterns in Recent American Drama.“ IADA Conference on Dialogue in Literature and the Media.” Salzburg, Austria, May, 2003.
“The Degradation of Human Values in David Mamet’s Plays.” Conference of HAAS-HUSSDE Pécs, 2002.
“Observations on David Mamet’s Women Characters.” Biennial conference of the Hungarian Association for English and American Studies, HUSSE 5. Eger, 2001.
“David Mamet’s Women Characters: Impulses of Carnivalization.” Seminar on Gender Aspect in Drama, St.Petersburg, Russia, 2001.
“Posztmodernizmus az amerikai drámában.” Discourse on Drama. Veszprém, 2001.
“Subject – Body – Image: A Study of the Carnivalization of Sexuality in David Mamet’s Plays.” HAAS-HUSSDE, Debrecen, 2000.
“Border Crossings or ‘Life Turned Inside Out’ in Three Plays by David Mamet.” HUSSE 4. Budapest, 1999.
“Border Crossings or ‘Life Turned Inside Out’ in Three Plays by David Mamet.” Borders Crossings, Tampere, Finland, 1999.
"Learning Through Literature." IATEFL 31. International Conference. Brighton, The United Kingdom, 1997.
"The American Dream Genderized: A Study of Women Characters in David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow and Oleanna." HUSSE 3. Pécs, 1997.
"An Alternative Way to Literature Study." English Language, Culture and Society. Tempus-Jen Mini-conference. Debrecen, 1996.
"Miscommunication in David Mamet's Oleanna," University of Timisoara, Romania, 1996.
“Dialogue Analysis in David Mamet's Oleanna." IADA 6. Dialogue in the Heart of Europe. Prague, The Czech Republic, 1996.
"Conversational Dissonance in David Mamet's American Buffalo." HUSSE 2. Szeged, 1995
LANGUAGE COMPETENCE
English: fluent
Russian: fluent
German: basic
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Hungarian Society for the Study of English (HUSSE); Hungarian Society for the Study of Drama in English (HUSSDE); Hungarian Association for American Studies (HAAS); European Society for American Studies (ESSE); German Society for Contemporary Theatre and Drama in English (GCDE); International Association for Dialogue Analysis, (IADA).