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Introduction
I graduated in History and English from the Faculty of Humanities of Eötvös Loránd University Budapest in 1995. After graduation I began to teach part-time at the Department of Foreign Languages at the College of Commerce, Catering and Tourism, the predecessor of the university. I was offered a full-time position in 1999. I taught Tourism and Business English and also participated in developing and teaching other subjects including Study Skills, Hungarian History and Culture, Business Etiquette and Protocol and Destination Country Studies. I was in charge of the subject Nation and Identity in Europe at the International Studies MA programme at the Faculty of International Management and Business.
I completed my PhD studies summa cum laude at the Doctoral School of History of Eötvös Loránd University in 2012. My field of research is British-Hungarian diplomatic and economic relations in the 20th century.
I am an accredited examiner at the Language Examination Centre of BUEB. I was a member of the editorial board (2004-2020) and later editor-in-chief (2020-2022) of the periodical NyelvVilág (LanguageWorld). I have been a member of the Hungarian Historical Society since 2008 and a member of the public body of Hungarian Academy of Sciences since 2019.
I was head of the Department of Languages for Business Communication between 2015 and 2024, and Vice Dean for Education of FCHT from February 2024 to August 2025. From 1 August 2024, I worked for the Department of Economics and Business Studies, and on 1 August 2025 I was appointed head of the Department of Social Sciences of the Faculty of International Business. I began my MBA studies at the Faculty of Economics of ELTE in 2024.
Subject(s) taught
- International and Legal Studies
- The EU's Organisation and Policies
- EU Competences and Policies
- International Security Systems
- Business Environment in the European Union
Professional career
- 1995MA in English and History, Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
- 1999assistant lecturer
- 2001accredited examiner at the Language Examination Centre of BBS
- 2004Hungarian-English and English-Hungarian professional translation (social sciences)
- 2004senior lecturer
- 2004-2022member of the editorial board of the periodical NyelvVilág (editor-in-chief, 2020-2022)
- 2008Rector's Praise (for contributing to the Renaissance Year programme series)
- 2010-2012head of the English Section
- 2012-2015deputy head of department
- 2012PhD in History from Eötvös Loránd University Budapest (summa cum laude)
- 2013college associate professor
- 2015-2024head of department
- 2023Outstanding Lecturer of BBU Award
- 2024associate professor
- 2024-2025Vice Dean for Education
- 2024-2025Department of Economics and Business Studies
- 2025-associate professor and head of department of the Department of Social Sciences
Research areas
- British-Hungarian diplomatic relations in the 20th century
- British-Hungarian economic relations in the 20th century
- National politics, national identity and nationalism in the 19th and 20th centuries
- The reception of Hungarian refugees in the United Kingdom after 1956
Featured publications
- The United Kingdom. In: Kecskés D., G. & Scheibner, T. (eds.) 2026. A Handbook on Post-1956 Hungarian Refugee Relief: From Local Crisis to Global Impact, Berlin: De Gruyter, pp. 315-326.
- Doing Business across the Iron Curtain: Trade and Financial Relations between the United Kingdom and Hungary, 1945-1956. East Central Europe, 50: 2-3, pp. 304-327. (2023)
- Hungary in British Foreign Policy, 1941-1945. In: Benke, E. & Dévény, Á. (ed.) 2021. Past és Present Perfect: Cikkek és tanulmányok Loch Ágnes tiszteletére. Budapest: Budapesti Gazdasági Egyetem, Kereskedelmi, Vendéglátóipari és Idegenforgalmi Kar, pp. 57-68.