Anita Rákóczy

Anita Rákóczy 

Title: Dr.
Gender: F
Year of Birth: 1980
Place of Birth (Country): Hungary
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Doctoral Studies
Year of Doctoral Defence (PhD / CSc): Expected year of Doctoral Defence: 2015
Discipline: Modern English and American Literature Doctoral Programme
Title of Thesis: Towards The Creation of Endgame
Issuing Institution: ELTE

MA Studies
Year of Obtaining the MA Degree: 2006; 2007; 2009
Discipline(s): Philologist in English and Hungarian Language and Literature; Teacher of English and Hungarian Language and Literature; Theatre Studies, Dramaturgy
Issuing Institution: ELTE, SZFE

Further Studies and Qualifications

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Employment
Current Employer: Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities
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Current Position(s): Teaching Assistant

Previous Employer: Hungarian Theatre Museum and Institute
Previous Position Held: App. Deputy Director

Other Previous Employers: Hungarian Theatre Museum and Institute, International Theatre Institute (ITI) Hungarian Centre
Other Previous Positions Held: Theatre Archive Documentator; Coordinator; Financial Administrator


Areas of Research and Teaching

Samuel Beckett’s plays; Manuscripts, preliminary versions of Endgame; Irish drama; docu-drama and documentary theatre; performance-analysis

Membership in Research Groups and Projects

TACE (Theatre Architecture in Central Europe) – Coordinator, Financial Administrator (2009-2011)
ECLAP (European Collected Library of Artistic Performance) – Coordinator, Financial Administrator (2011)

Educational Functions, Curriculum Development and Other
Teaching-Related Activities

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Language Skills

Language Level and Kind of Proficiency
English Advanced (Cambridge Proficiency Examination, TOEFL IBT)
German Intermediate (Goethe Zertifikat B2)
Turkish Basic
   
   

Honours, Distinctions, and Prizes

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Membership in Academic Societies

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Guest Professorships and Research Fellowships in Foreign
Institutions

Period Institution Activities
2013 University of Reading, Samuel Beckett Collection, UK Hungarian State Eötvös Scholarship –
Extensive research towards exploring the genesis of Fin de partie, close-reading of the unpublished manuscripts of preliminary versions preceding the first publication.
2011-2012 CUNY Graduate Center, Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, NEW YORK Fulbright Scholarship, Visiting Student Researcher – conducting research related to Samuel Beckett’s Endgame-directions; Virág Erdős: Suicide Bomb (staged reading) – dramaturg (director: Gwynn MacDonald, Bohemian National Hall, New York, 2012)
2007 West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, UK Leonardo Scholarship – dramaturg intern at the Literary Department
2003 Norwich School of Arts and Design, UK Erasmus Scholarship – creative writing, installation techniques
     

Promotorship in Doctoral Studies

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Doctoral Student,
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Opponentship in Doctoral Defences

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List of Publications

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Edited Books and Journals




Chapters in Books

Towards the Creation of Endgame. in: „Az ideál mindazonáltal megőrződik”. Tanulmányok Bécsy Ágnes tiszteletére. ed. HORVÁTH Kornélia & OSZTROLUCZKY Sarolta, Gondolat Kiadó, Budapest, 2013. 244-248.

Articles in Academic Reviews (Printed and Electronic)

Közelítések A játszma végéhez. Samuel Beckett drámája, rendezései és színházi jegyzetei. Előhang egy készülő tanulmányhoz. in: HOLMI, ed. RÉZ, Pál, 2013/5, 603-615.   

Word for Word, Verbatim and the Gypsy Superman, in: Slavic and East European Performance, New York, 2012, Vol. 32, No.1. 56-64.

Új apaiszodion, in: Alföld, ed. ACZÉL Géza, 2007/2, 107-111.

Conference Proceedings (Printed and Electronic)




Book Reviews




Translations

Eurialus és Lucretia – Péter Gothár’s screenplay (from Hungarian to English, co-translator: Bernard Adams, 2009)

Beyond Everydayness. Theatre Architecture in Central Europe, ed. KOVAČEVIĆ, Igor, National Theatre Prague, Guild Print, 2010. (co-translator)

Creative Writing

Aluljáró – documentary play about homeless people (Budaörsi Játékszín, under the title Hátamon a házam, 2008)

The Quake, avagy lecke a perspektíváról. Király Anna bábelőadása, in: Színház, ed. KOLTAI, Tamás, 2012/12, 40-43.

Be There. HATE RADIO. Theatertreffen 2012, in:http://www.hotreview.org/articles/bethere.htm 2012-12-12, ed. KALB, Jonathan, CUNY, New York

Hamlet és Zi Dan – Egy pekingi opera Edinburgh-ban és Kínában, in: Színház, ed. KOLTAI Tamás, 2012/1, 45-48.   

Let’s Count, Daddy – Theatertreffen 2011, in:http://www.hotreview.org/articles/letscountdaddy.htm, ed. KALB, Jonathan, Hunter College, CUNY, New York

Négysarkú világ – Spiró Kvartettje három nyelven, öt szólamban, in: Színház, ed. KOLTAI Tamás, 2011/1, 57-60.

Suicide Bomb – Dramas and Traumas in the Plays of Virág Erdős, in Hungarian Theatre Bulletin 2010, ed. LAKOS Anna, Budapest, 2011, International Theatre Institute Hungarian Centre, 12-17.

Számoljunk, papa – Theatertreffen 2011, in: Színház, ed. KOLTAI Tamás, 2011/8, 35-37.         

Bébik és bolhák – Dublini Fesztivál 2010, in: Színház, ed. KOLTAI Tamás, 2011/5, 46-48.

Új világok – Óceánon innen és túl, in: Színház, ed. KOLTAI Tamás, 2010/12, 57-60.

Dört Köşe Dünya, in: Tiyatro, főszerk. GÜLHAN Avşar, Sayi:220, ISSN: 1300-7963, Isztambul, 12/2010, 24-27.

S örökkön él a szerelem” – Don Quijoték, Dulcineák és a gazdasági válság, in: Színház, ed. KOLTAI Tamás, 2010/8, 62-64.

Leforrázva – Vándoristenek, in: Színház, ed. KOLTAI Tamás, 2010/8, 24-25.

Sötét anyag és becketti csönd – Spielart Munich 2009, in: Színház, ed. KOLTAI Tamás, 2010/4, 61-64.

Higher Education for Theatre Artists in Hungary, in: Hungarian Theatre Bulletin 2009, ed. LAKOS Anna, 2010, 11-13.

Három nap, három éj – Fesztivál Edinburgh-ban, in: Színház, ed. KOLTAI Tamás, 2009/12, 61-64.

Films and Multimedia (Digital Textbooks, Multimedia Creations etc.)




Discography




Organisation of Conferences

National Theatre in the 21st Century – International conference organized by ITI Hungarian Centre for the managing and artistic directors of the National Theatres of the Czech Republic, Germany Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia.  (National Theatre Budapest, January 2010)

Academic and public Appearances (Live and Electronic)

Godots That Arrived: Waiting for Godot in Budapest Before and After 1989. Conference paper presented at Staging Beckett: Constructing Performance Histories, 5 April 2014.

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