Biography:

I graduated at ELTE in 1993 (MA degrees: Hungarian and English Language and Literature and teacher’s degree). I continued my studies as a PhD student of the Modern English Literature program, and defended my PhD dissertation (Victorian Approaches to Religion as Reflected in the Art of the Pre-Raphaelites) in 2000. Between 2000 and 2002 I worked as a research fellow (OTKA scholarship) at the Department of English Studies, then as an assistant lecturer, and from 2006 as a senior lecturer.

Research:

The Pre-Raphaelites. I am interested in the sister arts in general, and explore the connections between the different fields of art (literature, painting, music), contemporary mentality and cultural memory. I also study the Pre-Raphaelites’ Hungarian connections: the references to Hungarian culture in Pre-Raphaelite art as well as the Pre-Raphaelites’ influence in Hungary.

Selected publications:

• Victorian Approaches to Religion as Reflected in the Art of the Pre-Raphaelites. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003.
• "Pre-Raphaelitism in Hungary". Worldwide Pre-Raphaelitism. Edited by Thomas J. Tobin. Philadelphia: SUNY Press, 2004. 215-244.
• "William Morris's 'A King's Lesson': A Hungarian Perspective". The Journal of William Morris Studies. XVIII:3:2009. 48-55.
• "Revisiting James Collinson's Representation of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary". The Journal of Pre-Raphaelite Studies. 27:2018. 56-63.
• "Female Roles, Female Destinies: Aspects of Femininity in Pre-Raphaelite Art". Desired Beauty: Pre-Raphaelite Masterpieces from the Tate Collection. Budapest: Magyar Nemzeti Galéria, 2021. 30-45.

Selected conferences

Teaching

Supervision

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