PERSONAL DATA
Name: Koós Zsuzsanna
Place of Birth: Kazincbarcika
Email: zskoos@yahoo.com
WORK EXPERIENCE
1993-2020: Secondary school teacher of Hungarian and English, Head of the Hungarian Department (2002-2004 and 2014-2020) – Berzeviczy Gergely Secondary School, Miskolc
2012-: Language examiner – DExam
2000-: Free-lance translator
1996-2002: Teacher of English – Globus Language School, Miskolc
QUALIFICATIONS
2007: University of Debrecen, Faculty of Humanities, Doctoral School of Literature, English and North American Studies Program – achieved All-But-Dissertation status
1998: Kossuth University – M.A. in English Language and Literature
1993: Kossuth University – M.A. in Hungarian Language and Literature and Russian Language and Literature
1992: University of Agriculture of Debrecen – Advanced course in foreign trade
1991: Kossuth University – Advanced course in tourism in English and Russian
LANGUAGE COMPETENCE
English: proficiency level (M.A. in English language and literature)
Russian: proficiency level (M.A. in Russian language and literature)
SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS
Aug 2007 – Jan 2008 Visiting scholar, scholarship for PhD students – Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
2007 – 2008 Fellowship for research and internship, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada – won but declined
CONFERENCE PARTICIPATIONS
“Genealogy and the Genre of the Postmodern Family Saga.” Conference of the International Journal of Arts and Sciences, Prague, June 2014.
“The Workings of Memory, Remembrance and Oblivion in Kate Atkinson’s Behind the Scenes at the Museum.” 6th Conference for Ph.D. Students, Miskolc, Aug. 2007.
”A nagyi meséi – a szubjektum eltolódásai André Brink Homokba írt történet című regényében.” [“The Granny’s Tales: The Displacement of Female Subjectivity in André Brink’s Imaginings of Sand.”] A női szubjektum, a nő mint szubjektum. [Female Subjectivity, the Female as Subject.] Conference. Debrecen, April 2006.
“Immigrant Identities and Generation Gap in F. G. Paci’s Black Madonna.” 16th British and American Studies Conference. Timisoara, May 2006.
“The Construction of Female Subjectivity in William Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom.” 15th British and American Studies Conference. Timisoara, May 2005.
“Narration, Storytelling and Genealogy in André Brink’s Imaginings of Sand.” HUSSE Conference. Veszprém, January 2005.
PUBLICATIONS
“Genealogy and the Genre of the Postmodern Family Saga.” Conference Proceedings of the International Journal of Arts and Sciences, Prague, June 2014. Vol. 7. No. 2. CD-ROM. ISSN: 1943-6114. 07(02): 363–366.
“The Workings of Memory, Remembrance and Oblivion in Kate Atkinson’s Behind the Scenes at the Museum.” Proceedings for the 6th Conference for Ph.D. Students. Miskolc: U of Miskolc P, 2007. 145-153.
”A nagyi meséi – a szubjektum eltolódásai André Brink Homokba írt történet című regényében.” [“The Granny’s Tales: The Displacement of Female Subjectivity in André Brink’s Imaginings of Sand.”] A női szubjektum, a nő mint szubjektum. [Female Subjectivity, the Female as Subject.] Ed. Nóra Séllei. Orbis Litterarum. Debrecen: U of Debrecen P, 2007. 90-99.
“Narration, Storytelling and Genealogy in André Brink’s Imaginings of Sand.” HUSSE Papers. Veszprém: U of Veszprém P, 2005. Vol. 1. 67-74.
Examination Topics in English for Post-Secondary “Technician” Students of Commerce. Budapest: KIT Képzőművészeti Kiadó, 2000.
BOOK REVIEWS
“John Thieme’s Postcolonial Con-texts: Writing Back to the Canon.” HJEAS 11.1 (2005): 244-246.