Sepsi, Enikő

Sepsi, Enikő

Title: Dr/ PhD / Associate Professor
Gender: Female
Year of Birth: 1969
Place of Birth (Country): Hungary
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Office Phone Number: +36-1-483-2860/110

Doctoral Studies
Year of Doctoral Defence (PhD / CSc): 2003
Discipline: Comparative Literary Science
Title of Thesis: Le "théâtre" de János Pilinszky (points de rencontres)
Issuing Institution: Paris-Sorbonne (PARIV 3461109)
ELTE (P-1329/2004)


Further Studies and Qualifications

Institution Qualification Year of Obtaining the Qualification
Eötvös Loránd University Secondary school teacher of Hungarian language and literature- French language and literature 1993
     
     

Employment
Current Employer: Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities
Position: Dean (from 1st October, 2010)
Institute: Institute of Arts Studies and General Humanities
Position: Head of the Institute (from 1st January 2012)
Institute: Institute of Social and Communication Sciences
Position: Teacher, Associate Professor (from September 2009)

Previous Employer: Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary
Previous Position Held: Secretary General (1st December 2009 – 1st October 2010)

Other Previous Employers: Budapest College of Communication and Business (2008-2009)
Other Previous Positions Held: Associate Professor, participant of the accreditation process of European Studies program

Other Previous Employers: University of Omniscience Scientific Public Company –Hungarian Telekom Training and Knowledge-management Board of Directors (2005-2007)
Other Previous Positions Held: Head of the international, scientific, media and marketing relationships of the University of Omniscience

Other Previous Employers: Balassi Institute
Other Previous Positions Held: - January of 2002: ministerial delegate in charge of executing the duties in relation with foundation of the Balassi Institute
- 1st February 2002- 31st May 2003: deputy director general of Balassi Institute

Other Previous Employers: Eötvös József Collegium
Other Previous Positions Held: 2001: managing director
1999-2009: deputy manager
1995-2009: full-time teacher, head of the French workshop and French relations


Areas of Research and Teaching

Subjects of Teaching:
Presentation techniques, artistic communication, organizational communication, comparative cultural science, intercultural communication, modern and contemporary French poetry, the genre of the essay, pro- seminar in literary science in foreign languages, literary theory, literary translation, translation theory/ translation science, theatrical semiology, the relationship of literature and visual arts, visuality and representation in literature, interdisciplinary courses (European reception of Hungarian literature; outlining the scientific and artistic tendencies and schools of particular periods), writing and editing techniques in foreign languages, courses on Hungarian literature in English

Areas of Research:
Arts communication, modern and contemporary French and Hungarian poetry, theatre studies, translational science, artistic communication

Membership in Research Groups and Projects

Founding member of Mystical Traditions Research Group (2011)

Founding member and head of Intercultural Research Group and Translation Workshop (2010)

Founder and member of the Editing Committee of Károli Books; member of the Editing Committee of Studia Caroliensia

Forming the image of the of the University of Omniscience in foreign language; creating its reference material; managing the application until the prize distribution, The Descartes Prize for excellence in science communication (innovative science communication category, 2006-2007, European Commission

French expert of the András Dubith – publication, edited by the cooperation of the Institute for Literary Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii
PAN of Warsaw

2011: OTKA "K 101503": “The concepts and traditions of mysticism in European thinking”(“A misztika fogalmai és hagyományai az európai gondolkodásban”) fellow researcher

2011: TÁMOP 4.2.2/B-10/1: (Social Renewal Operational Programme- Supporting the workshops of scientific trainings), project manager of the “Improvement of the conditions of talent care services at the Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary” programme (“A tehetséggondozás feltételeinek javítása a Károli Gáspár Református Egyetemen”)(2011)

2008: ELTE TÁMOP 4.2.3.: Elaborator of and responsible for the subprogram in relation with the national centres of prominence and international prominence networks

2008-2009: NKA; Establishing and operating the prominence network between Eötvös Collegium, ENS of Paris and Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa

2006: Researchers’ Night in Hungary- FP6-Programme of the European Commission; Manager of the execution and the communication of the project of the University of Omniscience

2003-2004: COCOP programme of the French Ministry for Foreign Affairs; developing the relationships between Eötvös József Collegium and the École Normale Supérieure of Paris as project manager

Educational Functions, Curriculum Development and Other Teaching-Related Activities

Period Function or Activity
2012- Responsible for the postgraduate training in technical and literary translation in the fields of humanities, theology, law, economy, technology, European Union studies and social sciences in English, French, Dutch, Japanese, Chinese and German languages
2011- 2012 Managing the digital curriculum modules of Art as visual communication (writing the chapter about the relations of literature, film and theatre), International communication (devising the International institutions curricula); writing topics in the Organizational communication module);
(in the frame of TÁMOP-4.1.2.A/1-11/1-2011-0091 “Information-Knowledge-Success” Informatical and digital communication competence development in the service of complex innovation project)
2010 Elaborator of and responsible for the international communication specialization of Communication and Media Science BA; taking part in the verification of Communication and Media Science BA and in the elaboration of disciplinary MA
1995-2009 Extending the curriculum of the University by teaching and translating contemporary French poetry (Cours de poésie française moderne et contemporaine, Typotex, 2008)
   

Language Skills

Language Level and Kind of Proficiency
Hungarian Mother tongue
French Advanced level (Secondary school teacher of
French language and literature, MA degree)
English Advanced level (Cambridge Proficiency, London, 1994)
Russian Intermediate level (State Language Exam, 1987)
   

Honours, Distinctions, and Prizes

Name of Distinction Issuing Institution Year of Issuing
Knight of the Order of Academic Palms (“Chevalier des Palmes Académiques”) Prize for outstanding achievements in science, education and in developing the French relations The President of France 2010
     
     

Membership in Academic Societies

Name of Organization  
From 2012: member of the College of Doctors of the Reformed Church in Hungary in the section of religious science  
From 2012: member of the Hungarian National Commission for UNESCO (Social Science)  
2012: expert in the Hungarian Accreditation Committee  
2002-2010: member of the board of trustees of the Knowledge Society Foundation  
From 2002: Board member of the Circle of Friends of the Eötvös József Collegium  
2003- 2005: member of the Scientific Council of the Inter-University French Centre  
2004- 2009: member of the board of trustees of the Eötvös József Collegium, then alternate member  
From 2004: member of the Public Body of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2001-2003: Bolyai Janos Research Scholarship)  
2006-2013: President of the “Association des Anciens Boursiers du Gouvernement Français”  
   
   

Guest Professorships and Research Fellowships in Foreign Institutions

Period Institution Activities
14th October 2011 Illyefalva, KIDA Centre A remedial theatrical practice: Theatre of Valère Novarina; Lecture of the Mental Health postgraduate training of the Faculty of Humanities of the Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary
28th July 2010 Universitatii de Vest, Timisoara „Transparency, democracy in science communication: the Hungarian PUS model (Encyclopaedic Knowledge Made a Popular Asset)”, lecture at the summer course organized by five European Universities (Babes Bolyai University, CHE, Istanbul University, a Károli Gáspár University, a University of Padua and the Universitatii de Vest, Timisoara)
20-21st May 2010 Christelijke Hogeschool, Ede,
Hollandia (Erasmus)
Transcultural aspects of scientific knowledge transmission: the Hungarian Model
(ENCOMPASS); Translation as an intercultural phenomenon
16-17th October 2009 Paris, Ecole Normale Supérieure “La politesse. Alain, entre Jules Lagneau et Simone Weil” lectures at the joint conference of Paris-Sorbonne and ENS on “Alain: littérature et philosophie melées”
http://www.ens.fr/spip.php?article260&lang=fr (audio version on the website of
Diffusion des savoirs: http://www.mefeedia.com/watch/25073415 )
15th October 2009 Paris, Ecole Normale Supérieure (Erasmus) Lecture: Dire 'amour' dans la poésie hongroise du XXe siècle,
http://www.ens.fr/spip.php?article260&lang=fr
19-24th January 2009 Paris, Ecole Normale Supérieure, The EC French Workshop–ENS LILA Erasmus-relationship Lectures on the relationship of theatre and poetry (Novarina-Pilinszky) and on the relation of Yves Bonnefoy’s writings to the image, international mini- conference and seminars with the participation of Michel Murat, Dominique Combe and Daniel Lancon
2005, 19-21st October 2006 Paris 12 University (postdoctoral scholarship) Lectures on Hungarian and French poetry, comparative literary and cultural science;
Organizing the “Simone Weil et le poétique” international conference in cooperation with the Paris 12 and Lyon 3 Universities (Jérôme Thélot), and the Ecole Normale Supérieure of Paris (Frédéric Worms, Michel Murat)
     
     

Promotorship in Doctoral Studies

Name of
Doctoral Student,
Institution
Research Topic / Title of Dissertation Year of Defence
(if applicable)
Krisztina Kovács,
ELTE
La poésie de la présence et la pésie de Paul Celan  
     
     
     

Opponentship in Doctoral Defences

Name of
Doctoral Student,
Institution
Title of Dissertation Year of Defence
     
     
     
     

 

Organized conferences

31st May 2002- Language and culture in the 21st century – Scientific symposium of the Balassi Institute and its associate institutes

2010 - The European Information Society for Growth and Employment (20-21st October 2005)- International conference of the University of Omniscience, the Hungarian Telekom, the Deutsche Telekom, the Ministry Informatics and Communications and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

“Szakkollégium, Tehetség, Kiválóság” (“Special College, Talent, Excellence”) National conference on the foundation and legal regulation of special college centers for excellence in Hungary on the occasion of celebrating the Day of Hungarian Science

25th April 2009- International mini- conference of the Eötvös Collegium on the relationship of theatre and the sacred (Le théâtre et le sacré) on the occasion of the Hungarian publication of the essays of Valère Novarina (A cselekvő szó színháza- Le Théâtre des paroles) and the premier of his play L'Opérette imaginaire (Képzeletbeli operett), with the participation of the writer- director himself, in the Csokonai Theatre of Debrecen
Opening lecture: „L’ordre rythmique de la parole, ou le cérémonial novarinien”

17-18th May 2013- “A közvetlen istentapasztalásról szóló reflexiók az európai hagyományban” (“Reflections on the direct experience of the Divine in the European tradition”) international conference in English, German and French languages – by the organization of the Mystical Traditions Research Group

21-22 June 2013- “A spirituális közvetítő” (“The spiritual mediator”) scientific conference – joint organization of the Faculty of Humanities of the Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary and the Hungarian Association for the Academic Study of Religions

List of publications

Volumes (written and edited)

Penser poétique. Etudes et traductions littéraires de la poésie française moderne et contemporaine (Modern and contemporary French poetry; Essays and literary translations of the students of Eötvös College- editing and epilogue), Argumentum, “Eötvös Műhely” series, 2002

Patrice Pavis: Theatrical dictionary (translation) Adrien Gulyás, Zsófia Molnár, Zsófia Rideg, Enikő Sepsi (translation of the entry words of directing, staging, reception, questions of structure and aesthetics) Budapest, L’Harmattan, 2004

Simone Weil et le poétique (joint editorship with Jérôme Thélot and Jean-Michel Le Lannou), Paris, Editions Kimé, 2007

Kép és jelenlét. Yves Bonnefoy válogatott írásai (Image and presence, Selected writings of Yves Bonnefoy) (literary translations, editing, introductory essay and notes), with the prologue of Jérôme Thélot, and with the reproductions of Miklós Bokor and Sándor Hollán, Argumentum Kiadó, 2007

Cours de poésie française moderne et contemporaine; University chrestomathy with introductory notes, Typotex, 2008

Le théâtre » de János Pilinszky (points de rencontres), Paris, L’Harmattan, (before publication)

Jean-Michel Maulpoix: Une histoire de bleu; (Blue poems); literary translations of the translation workshop of Eötvös Collegium (management, introductory essay, editorship), Typotex, 2008

Editing and writing the prologue of the papers of the „Tudós tanárok az Eötvös Collegiumban” (Scholarly Teachers in the Eötvös College) conference (2007) Ráció Kiadó, 2009

Valère Novarina: A cselekvő szó színháza (selection from the essays of V. Novarina)- selecting, editing, prologue and joint translation with Veronika Kovács and Zsófia Rideg, Ráció Kiadó, 2009

Papers of Le théâtre et le sacré (Színház és szakralitás- Theatre and sacrality) international conference; editorship, prologue and the introdoctory essay titled „La parole jetée dans l’espace, ou le cérémonial novarinien”, Ráció Kiadó, 2009

Jean-Michel Maulpoix: Nem léptek a hóban, translation by Veronika Kovács, edited by Enikő Sepsi Budapest, Ráció Kiadó, 2010.

„Simone Weil – filozófia, misztika, esztétika”(Simone Weil – philosophy, mysticism, aesthetics); Lectures at the Hungarian-French-Italian Simone Weil Centenary in Budapest; edited by Gizella Gutbrod, Enikő Sepsi, Miklós Vető; Gondolat, 2011

„Simone Weil - philosophie, mystique, esthétique”; G. Gutbrod, J. Janiaud, E. Sepsi (ed.)
Paris, Archives Karéline, 2012

Európa (Europe). Studia Caroliensia. 2011 Year-book of Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary. (ed. E. Sepsi) Budapest, KRE - L’Harmattan, 2012

Botond Gudor, György Kurucz, Enikő Sepsi (ed.): Egyház, társadalom és művelődés Bod Péter korában, (Church, Society and Culture in Péter Bod’s lifetime) KRE - L’Harmattan, Károli Könyvek, 2012

Tudomány és Etika (Science and Ethics). Studia Caroliensia. 2012 Year-book of Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary. (ed. E. Sepsi) Budapest, KRE - L’Harmattan, 2013

Confessionality and University in the Modern World - 20th Anniversary of ”Károli” University. Studia Caroliensia. 2013 Yearbook of Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary. (ed. E. Sepsi, P. Balla, M. Csanády) Budapest, KRE - L’Harmattan, 2014

E-curriculum:

The chapter about the relations of literature, film and theatre in the digital curriculum module of Art as visual communication; the International institutions curricula in the International communication module; topics in the Organizational communication module (in the frame of TÁMOP-4.1.2.A/1-11/1-2011-0091 “Information-Knowledge-Success” Informatical and digital communication competence development in the service of complex innovation project), KRE, 2013.

Essays and articles

„Louis Aragon nyílt levele André Bretonhoz. A süket pillantásáról, a művészetről és a szabadságról” (Louis Aragon’s open letter to André Breton. About the deaf glances, the art and liberty)- translation and introductory note- Vigilia, 1996/9, 700-706

“Pilinszky János költészete a hatvanas-hetvenes években és Robert Wilson színháza”(The poetry of János Pilinszky in the ’60s and ’70s and Robert Wilson’s theatre), in: Merre, hogyan? Tanulmányok Pilinszky Jánosról, Petőfi Museum of Literature, 1997, 139-153

“Poème en prose ou récit en rêve? (De la poésie tardive d’Yves Bonnefoy)”, in: Hommage à Kulin Katalin, ed. Katalin Halász, Palimpszeszt Könyvek Nr. 1, 1997, 214-230. In revised form:“Yves Bonnefoy et le poème en prose”, in: Penser poétique. Études et traductions littéraires de la poésie française moderne et contemporaine, edited by Sepsi Enikő, Argumentum Kiadó – Eötvös József Collegium, 2002, 189-214

„Robert Wilson monológja (Hamlet: a monologue)” (The monologue of Robert Wilson, Hamlet: a monologue), in: Világszínház ’97 (Hamlet issue), 6-9

„Bálint Aladár, egy elfeledett nyugatos” (Aladár Bálint, a forgotten member of Nyugat) in: Változatok a modernségre. Tanulmányok a Nyugatról, (Nyugat Könyvtár Books 4; series editor: Zoltán Kenyeres), Anonymus, 2001, 84-98

„Csend-élet a színházban. Pilinszky János színházának liturgikus begyökerezettsége.” (Still-life in the theatre. The theatre of János Pilinszky ingrained in liturgy) in: Vigilia, 2001/11. (Pilinszky-recollection), 856-863

„Arte et marte. A Balassi Bálint Intézet rövid távú programja”, („Arte et marte. The short time programme of Balassi Institute”)in: Szépirodalmi Figyelő, 2002/1, 90-96

„Nyelv és kultúra a XXI. században. A Balassi Bálint Intézet és társintézményeinek tudományos szimpóziuma” (Language and culture in the 21st century – Scientific symposium of the Balassi Institute and its associate institutes), in: Szépirodalmi Figyelő, 2002/3, 114-118

„A Mindentudás Egyeteme idegen nyelvi megjelenítéséről”, (About the representation of the University of Omniscience in foreign languages) Szépirodalmi Figyelő, 2002/5, 124-125

“Yves (Youakim) Moubarac abbé böjti prédikációja. Hallgatás—magány—humor”, publication and introductory (Homilien aus Saint-Séverin, II Folge. Homilie-Zyklen, Verlag Bonifacius, Paderborn, 1967. 121-129., ford. Krász Lilla); Pannonhalmi Szemle, 2003/1, 62-67

„Aurélien Sauvageot és a korabeli francia stúdiumok Magyarországon, avagy a hungarológia kezdete Franciaországban” Lecture at the Scholarly Teachers in the Eötvös College conference (On the occasion of celebrating the Day of Hungarian Science, 9th November 2007); published: „Szín-Közösségi művelődés”, December 2007, 12/6, 37-40; in: Papers of the „Tudós tanárok az Eötvös Collegiumban” (Scholarly Teachers in the Eötvös College) conference, edited by Enikő Sepsi and Károly Tóth), Ráció Kiadó, 2009

„Valère Novarina, avagy az én nélküli költészet színháza”, in: V. Novarina: A test fényei (translated by Zsófia Rideg), L’Harmattan, 2008, 5-9

„Yves Bonnefoy Magyarországon. Matematikus hallgatóból költő és irodalmár”, in: Élet és Tudomány, 2008/4, 116-117

„Patrice Pavis Magyarországon, magyarul”, Színház, 2008/4

„Poésie sans « je » dans l’espace : le théâtre de Valère Novarina et de János Pilinszky” in Le Nouveau Recueil online periodical, autumn issue of 2009

„Yves Bonnefoy magyarul” Yves Bonnefoy in Hungarian in: Kép és jelenlét: Yves Bonnefoy válogatott írásai (Image and presence, Selected writings of Yves Bonnefoy), edited by Enikő Sepsi, Budapest, Argumentum Kiadó, 2007, 11-18

„Az új líraiság” (The new lyricism) in: Jean-Michel Maulpoix: Une histoire de bleu; (Blue poems); literary translations of the translation workshop of Eötvös Collegium (management, introductory essay, editorship), Typotex, 2008, 7-16

„A kortárs francia költészet fordíthatóságáról” in: Jean-Michel Maulpoix: Nem léptek a hóban Veronika Kovács (transl.), Enikő Sepsi (ed.) Budapest, Ráció Kiadó, 2010, 5-13

„Theatrum philosophicum az én meghaladása” essay „Simone Weil a szükségszerűségről” (translation from „Kereszténység előtti sejtelmek” in: Simone Weil – filozófia, misztika, esztétika. (Simone Weil – philosophy, mysticism, aesthetics); Lectures at the Hungarian-French-Italian Simone Weil Centenary in Budapest; edited by Gizella Gutbrod, Enikő Sepsi, Miklós Vető; Gondolat, 2011, 57-76

„A Szentháromság, Krisztus és a Passió képei/előképei Simone Weil gondolatrendszerében”. Lecture at the religious semiotics confrence in: Vallástudományi Szemle 2012/4, 40-48

„Theatrum philosophicum du dépassement du moi”, in Simone Weil - philosophie, mystique, esthétique. G. Gutbrod, J. Janiaud, E. Sepsi (ed.), Paris, Archives Karéline, 2012, 35-53

“L’ordre rythmique de la parole jetée dans l’espace”, in Dire le désordre (ed. Fabienne Boissiéras), Classiques Garnier, 2012, 103-115

“Poésie sans « je » dans l’espace: le théâtre de Valère Novarina et de János Pilinszky”, in: Kapcsolatban – Istennel és emberrel ed. T.Fabiny, Zs. Mirnics, M. Vassányi, L’Harmattan-KRE, Budapest, 2012, 259-268

Enikő Sepsi: „Francia-magyar kapcsolatok a 18. századi Erdélyben. Az erdélyi – nagyenyedi – kartezianizmustól a század végéig” in: ed. Botond Gudor, György Kurucz, Enikő Sepsi (szerk.): Egyház, társadalom és művelődés Bod Péter korában, KRE - L’Harmattan, Károli Könyvek, 2012, 25-34

„Notes sur la politesse et quelques autres sujets”, in Michel Murat, Frédéric Worms, Littérature et philosophie mêlées; Editions Rue d’Ulm/Presses de l’Ecole normale supérieure, 2012. 119-128

„A megváltás mint művészetfilozófiai és egzisztenciális kérdés (avagy megváltódhat-e annak metanyelve, a tudomány is?)”, in: Collegium Doctorum. Magyar Református Teológia, periodical of the a College of Doctors of the Reformed Church in Hungary, Vol. 9, 2013, 142-149

„Zeuxis et l'incarnation: Yves Bonnefoy lu et traduit dans une optique franco-hongroise”, in: Revue d'Etudes Françaises: Mélanges littéraires offerts à Judit Karafiáth pour ses 70 ans, No. hors série 2013, 213-222

„Faculty of Humanities of KRE 1993-2013 – Curriculum Development and Human Resources” in 2013 Yearbook of Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary (ed. Enikő Sepsi, Péter Balla, Márton Csanády). Budapest, KRE - L’Harmattan, 2014, 170-188

Alice Zeniter: Szomorú vasárnap, avagy a semmi ágán. Prolouge. Budapest, KRE - L’Harmattan, 2014, 5-8

 „A művészet mint vizuális kommunikáció (irodalom, színház, film)” (Art as visual communication (literature, theatre, film)), in: Ki látott engem? Buda Béla 75. (ed. MarcellinaSpannraft, Enikő Sepsi, Emőke Bagdy, Piroska Komlósi, Ferenc Grezsa), L’Harmattan-KRE, Budapest, 2014, 304-322
 

Reviews, programme reports, conference- introductories

„Molière (és mások) halála, avagy az elmélet agóniája”, in: Világszínház '99 spring-summer (iconography issue), 130-135

Sydney Lévy: “Francis Ponge. De la connaissance en poésie, Saint-Denis, Presses Universitaires de Vincennes” 1999, review in Helikon, 2001/1, 139-140

„Józan Ildikó két könyvéről (Mű, fordítás, történet. Elmélkedések; Baudelaire traduit par les poètes hongrois)”, in Irodalomtörténet, 2010/1, 145-148

Report of the progress of Social Renewal Operational Programme at Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary; In Enikő Sepsi (ed.): Studia Caroliensia. 2011 Year-book of Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, Europe, Budapest, KRE - L’Harmattan, 2012, 297-301 and Orpheus Noster, Vol. 3, 2011/3-4, 212-216

Dean’s Welcome: Orpheus Noster, Vol. 3, 2011/3-4, 7-9

„Elképzelhető-e a laicizálódott tudomány visszatérése a gyökerekhez?” Dean’s Welcome in: Kendeffy G.-Kopeczky R.: Vallásfogalmak sokfélesége, KRE-L’Harmattan, 2012, 11-14

„A tehetséggondozás feltételeinek javítása a Károli Gáspár Református Egyetemen” Károli TÁMOP-4.2.2/B-10/1-2010-0006 (“Improvement of the conditions of talent care services at the Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary” Social Renewal Operational Programme)- About closing the project, in: Enikő Sepsi (ed.): Studia Caroliensia, 2012 Year-book of Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, Science and Ethics, Budapest, KRE - L’Harmattan, 2013, 309
 

Conference publications

“L’Acte et le suspens. Sur la poésie mallarméenne à la lumière des textes d’Yves Bonnefoy”, Lecture at Marrarmé-conference in Budapest (April 1998), Revue d’Études Françaises, ELTE, Budapest, n° 5, 2000, 201-205 In revised form: Penser poétique periodical 189-214

“Fonction de l’image dans le théâtre poétique et dans la poésie”, (“Questions comparées de critique littéraire” conference of Institute for Literary Studies of Hungarian Academy of Sciences- Université de Paris III, Institut hongrois Collegium Hungaricum, Paris, 12-13th June 1998), Cahiers d’Etudes Hongroises, n° 10, 2002, 27-33

„Kapcsolattörténeti impromptu. A párizsi ENS és az Eötvös József Collegium együttműködése 1995-2002”, in: Az Eötvös Collegium és a magyar irodalomtörténet, Essays, Budapest, Argumentum, „Eötvös Műhely”, 2003, 129-136

„Décréation artistique selon Simone Weil”, lecture at “Renouveau spirituel dans la première partie du XXe siècle” international conference organized by the Institute for Literary Studies of Hungarian Academy of Sciences on 16th October 2000; published Revue d’Etudes Françaises, n° 9, 2004, 123-135

„Zeuxis szőlői”, lecture at the conference in remembrance of Bollók János, at Eötvös Collegium, 2003, published in: Tanulmányok Bollók János emlékére, ed. László Horváth, Krisztina Laczkó, Gyula Mayer, László Takács, Budapest, Typotex, 2004, 541-548

Intervention sur le rapport „Un enjeu pour la société: peut-on éduquer dans la diversité?” in: Intégration sociale et autonomie des établissements scolaires (the paper of the international conference of Collège Supérieure, Institut Montaigne and OIDEL, Lyon, 13-14th June 2003), Lyon, Le Collège Supérieur, 2004, 114-118

“A propos d'Alain, « La n.r.F. et Nyugat : deux projets culturels à revisiter”, conference of the Inter-University French Centre  and the Institute for Literary Studies of Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 8-9th November 2004, Budapest, in: Revue d'Etudes françaises, no. 10, 2005, 95-105

“Décréation et poétique immobile (Alain, Mallarmé, Simone Weil et Pilinszky)”, in Simone Weil et le poétique (joint editorship with Jérôme Thélot and Jean-Michel Le Lannou), papers of the international conference (19-21st October 2006 Paris, ENS) Paris, Editions Kimé, 2007

„Poésie sans « je » dans l’espace : le théâtre de Valère Novarina et de János Pilinszky” in: Le Nouveau Recueil online periodical, 2009

„Présence ou trahison des clercs? Corporalité contre intégrité intellectuelle dans les années 1920 et 30 en France et la réception du débat en Hongrie”, in Intégrité et corruption, ed. Laurence Richer és Fabienne Boissiéras, Centre Jean Prévost (groupe CEDIC), Université Jean-Moulin Lyon 3, actes du colloque international (27-28th October 2008), 2009, 273-280

„L’ordre rythmique de la parole, ou le cérémonial novarinien”, opening lecture at International mini- conference of the Eötvös Collegium on the relationship of theatre and the sacred (Le théâtre et le sacré) on the occasion of the Hungarian publication of the essays of Valère Novarina (A cselekvő szó színháza- Le Théâtre des paroles) and the premier of his play L'Opérette imaginaire (Képzeletbeli operett), with the participation of the writer- director himself, 25th April 2009 in: Le théatre et le sacré – autour de l’oeuvre de Valère Novarina, Ráció Kiadó – Eötvös Collegium, 2009, 9-18

„L’ordre rythmique de la parole jetée dans l’espace”, in the Dire le désordre conference publication Centre Jean Prévost, Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3: centres CEDIC, GADGES, MARGE, 2009

“La politesse. Alain, entre Jules Lagneau et Simone Weil” lecture at the joint conference of Paris Sorbonne and ENS on “Alain: littérature et philosophie melées”, ENS, 2009

“La figure d’Orphée dans la poésie française contemporaine.” („Orpheusz alakja a kortárs francia költészetben”), lecture at the conference in remembrance of István Borzsák, Eötvös Collegium, 22nd April 2009, in: Pietas non sola Romana. Studia memoriae Stephani Borzsák dedicata, ed. Anita Czeglédy, Krisztina Laczkó et alii. Typotex Kiadó-Eötvös Collegium, 2010, 729-735

„Transparency, democracy in science communication: the Hungarian PUS model (Encyclopaedic Knowledge Made a Popular Asset)”, in: Transparency, democracy and Global Governance. A European Perspective, edited by Delia Virga, Editura Universitatii de Vest, Timisoara, 2010, 53-69

http://mefeedia.com/watch/25073415, accepted for publication, Editions de l’ENS, 2012
 

Literary- and theatre theory translations, literary translations in periodicals

Laurent JENNY : A forma stratégiája (“La stratégie de la forme”), in: Helikon, 1996/1, 23-50

Michael RIFFATERRE : Az intertextus nyoma (“La trace de l’intertexte”), in: Helikon, 1996/1-2, 67-81

Patrice PAVIS: Színházi szótár (Dictionnaire du Théâtre, Paris, Dunod, 1996; részletek), in: Világszínház '99 spring-summer (iconography issue), 61-76

“Jeržy GROTOWSKI három levele Eugenio Barbához”, in: Színház (Grotowski issue), spring special issue, 2000, (translated from English), 34-35

Yves Bonnefoy, “A francia költészet és azonosság princípiuma” (Yves Bonnefoy,  “La poésie française et le principe d’identité”, in : L’Improbable et autres essais, Gallimard, 1992 [Mercure de France, 1980], 245-273), Nagyvilág, 2003/12, 995-1011

“Igazság a művészetben? Valère Novarina: Hamvazás” (translation and introductory note) Debreceni Disputa, 2008/4, 56-60
 

Edited special issues

Világosság periodical 2005/2-3; special issue at the Eötvös Collegium from collected works about the Collegium; “Szabadon szolgál a szellem” (Gy. Fábri’s conversation with Enikő Sepsi), “A Collegium története”- The history of the Collegium (overview), Világosság, n° 2, 2005, 25-30; 31-38

Lectures, conversations in Hungary and abroad

“Pilinszky János költészete a hatvanas-hetvenes években és Robert Wilson színháza”(The poetry of János Pilinszky in the ’60s and ’70s and Robert Wilson’s theatre), Lecture in the Pilinszky Association, April 1997

Moderator of “Versek és nemzetek”(Poems and Nations) French-Hungarian Poetry Evening with the participation of Michel Deguy, Lorand Gaspar and György Somlyó, French Institute in Budapest, 8th June 2001

Conversation with Sándor Püski, József Sárbogárdi Madarász, in Városi Könyvtár, 5th October 2001

“A Mindentudás Egyeteme, a magyar tudománykommunikációs know-how (ENCOMPASS: a compass to scientific infotainment)”, lecture and introductory to the backstage secrets of the University of Omniscience at the international conference and workshop on “Tudománykommunikáció - kívül az elefántcsonttornyon és túl a tudományos újságíráson”, Budapest, 26-27th November 2006

“The reception of Hungarian literature in English, German, French and Russian and Scandinavian speech areas, as well as in the Central-European region”, Participants: Wilhelm Droste, Gy. Csaba Kiss, István Nagy, Enikő Sepsi, Adrienne Szöllősi, Ferenc Takács and Zsolt Varga, Hungarian Writers' Association, 21st May 2007.

Lecture with Laurence Frabolot (head of the foreign relations of ENS) on the common development plan of EC-ENS ( for University directors and collegues) Eötvös Collegium, 19th June 2007

Lecture on the Francophone University Day about the EC-ENS cooperation and the orientations of the development, French Institute in Budapest, 25th June 2007

Literary Evening with Yves Bonnefoy and Jérôme Thélot, Eötvös Collegium, French Institute in Budapest, 1-2nd November 2007

Seminar and conversation with Valère Novarina about his essay titled “Les cendres” (“Hamvazás”) (introductory), Eötvös Collegium, 25th February 2008,

“Atelier Européen de la Traduction” (European Translation Workshop) Scène Nationale d'Orléans, 28-30th March 2008, introductory lecture at the translation round table discussion on Valère Novarina’ writing A test fényei (The lights of the body); reading and introducing the Hungarian translation of his essay “Hamvazás”  in the presence of the writer and Jérôme Alexandre theologian.

Organizing the Hungarian lectures and theatre science round-table discussions on and the book of Patrice Pavis La mise en scène contemporaine (2007) and its translation, in cooperation with the translators of the Theatrical Dictionary, the French Embassy, the University of Debrecen and the Csokonai Theatre of Debrecen 14-17th May 2008, Budapest-Debrecen

13th October 2008: Launching the book of Jean-Michel Maulpoix titled Kékversek and conversation with the writer in the Petőfi Museum of Literature; 14th October 2008: the writer held a lecture on the concept of “lyrisme critique” at the Eötvös Collegium 

3-4th November 2008: joint seminar with Michel Murat (Professor of Sorbonne, Head of Department at Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris) at Eötvös Collegiumban, due to the ENS-EC Erasmus-relationship (on “Claudel: Tête d’or avagy a költői színház; Az irodalomtörténet története és episztemológiája; Versformák a XX. századi költészetben”)

“Poésie en action: les contemporains français sur les pages de La NRF et de Nyugat”. Lecture at the conference on NRF NYUGAT: ENTRE TRADITONALISME ET MODERNITÉ (Institute for Literary Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Science, Inter-University French Centre), Illyés Archives, 8th May 2009

Speaker in the Éber álom documentary film about the tour of the Képzeletbeli operett performance of the Csokonai Theatre of Debrecen in the Odéon Theatre in Paris, Duna Tv, 2010

Round- table discussion about the life of Simone Weil in the Tebenned Bíztunk programme of Magyar Rádió, 24th March 2010

“Transcultural aspects of scientific knowledge transmission: the Hungarian Model (ENCOMPASS); Translation as an intercultural phenomenon”, Christelijke Hogeschool, Ede, Netherlands, (Erasmus) 20-21st May 2010

Lecture on “A remedial theatrical practice: Theatre of Valère Novarina”; at the training place of the Mental Health postgraduate training of the Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, Illyefalva, Romania, 14th October 2011

Opening speech at the conference on “Misztika és antropológia az antik és középkori keresztény hagyományban”, at the Faculty of Humanities of the Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, Budapest, 20-21st May 2011

“L’inconscient historique québécois et hongrois. Droits linguistiques et indigénéité/autochtonie” joint lecture with Csaba Pákozdi on the “Indigenous Perspectives of North America” internationale conference at Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, 8-10th March 2012

Communication management conference, “A Mindentudás Egyeteme (ENCOMPASS), a Magyar Telekom CSR programja”, at Budapest College of Communication and Business, 4th of April 2012 (before publication in the KMG periodical)

“Francia-magyar kapcsolatok a 18. sz. Erdélyben és a Nagyenyedi Református Kollégiumban” (French- Hungarian relationships in Transylvania in the 18th century and in the Reformed College of Nagyenyed), conference for celebrating 300th birthday of Péter Bod, Nagyenyed, Romania, 2-3rd May 2012 (before publication in the Károli Könyvek series), KRE, L’Harmattan, 2012

“Eglise minoritaire et la société civile en Hongrie et dans les diasporas hongrois.” (The relationship of minority Church and civil society in the Hungarian diaspora) Lecture at the Minority Church and Civil Society (“L’Église minoritaire et la société civile”) conference Rabat, Marokkó, 9th May 2012

“Aux sources de la mystique de Simone Weil”. Lecture at the Immediate experience of God conference (before publication in the conference volume, Károli Könyvek series, 2014)

„A Divináció (jóslás) mint spirituális közvetítésés a szinkronicitás összefüggései”. Lecture at the Spirituális közvetítő conference, publication in the Károli Könyvek series, 2014.

“Attention and creative imagination in the work of Simone Weil and János Pilinszky”. Lecture at The Arts of attention international conference, 12-14th Sept 2013, KRE, Budapest (before publication in the Károli Könyvek series, 2014)

„Az én nélküli költészet színháza: Pilinszky János és Valère Novarina”. Lecture at the Theatre at the Verge of the Sacred and the Profane symposium with Valère Novarina, István Jelenits, Attila Vidnyánszky and Zsófia Rideg; Nemzeti Színház, 10th Dec 2013.
 

Films

Presenter in the „Sírjanak a papok”. A bogárdi Szabó család biographical film, 2010 (directed by Imre Lázár)