Kiricsi, Ágnes
Title: Dr. PhD
Gender: F
Year of Birth: 1974
Place of Birth (Country): Hungary
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Office Phone Number: +3614832885
Doctoral Studies
Year of Doctoral Defence (PhD / CSc): 2006
Discipline: Medieval English Literature
Title of Thesis: Semantic Rivalry of Mod/Mood and Gemynd/Mynde in Old and Middle English Literature
Issuing Institution: Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
MA Studies
Year of Obtaining the MA Degree: 1998
Discipline(s): English Language and Literature
Issuing Institution: Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
Further Studies and Qualifications
| Institution | Qualification | Year of Obtaining the Qualification |
Employment
Current Employer: Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities
Institute: Institute of English Studies
Department: Department of Literary and Cultural Studies in English
Current Position(s): Senior Lecturer
Previous Employer: Eötvös Loránd University
Previous Position Held: Visiting Lecturer
Other Previous Employers: Pázmány Péter University
Other Previous Positions Held: Visiting Lecturer
Areas of Research and Teaching
Medieval English Literature and Culture, Early English Literature, Academic Writing, Old English, Middle English
The concept of the mind in medieval English writings
Atmospheric optical phenomena in early texts and drawings
Membership in Research Groups and Projects
Hungarian Co-ordinator of TiFoLa (Teaching English in Foreign Languages)
Educational Functions, Curriculum Development and Other
Teaching-Related Activities
| Period | Function or Activity |
| 2009- | TiFoLa (Teaching English in Foreign Languages) Erasmus IP |
Language Skills
| Language | Level and Kind of Proficiency |
| English | advanced |
| German, Classical Hebrew | basic |
Honours, Distinctions, and Prizes
| Name of Distinction | Issuing Institution | Year of Issuing |
| Lynne Grundy Memorial Trust Award | King’s College London Medieval Studies | 2005 |
Membership in Academic Societies
| Name of Organization | Function (if any) |
| (HUSSE) Hungarian Society for the Study of English | member |
| (ESSE) European Society for the Study of English | member |
Guest Professorships and Research Fellowships in Foreign
Institutions
| Period | Institution | Activities |
| 2001 | University Of Helsinki – Research Unit for Variation and Change | Bilateral Agreement between ELTE and University of Helsinki – PhD Research |
| 2002 summer | Oxford University – St. Edmund’s Hall | ESSE Bursary – PhD Research |
| 2003-2004 | University Of Helsinki – Research Unit for Variation and Change | CIMO Grant – PhD Research |
| 2009 February | Abant İzzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey | CreaTiFoLa (Creativity in Teaching Foreign Languages) – Erasmus IP |
| 2010 February | University College Sjælland, Holbæk, Denmark | EquiTiFoLa (Equity and Sustainability in Teaching Foreign Languages)– Erasmus IP |
| 2011 January | University Of Helsinki – Research Unit for Variation and Change | ESSE Bursary – Halo Phenomena in Medieval English Documents |
| 2011 March | Kirchliche Pädagogische Hochschule, Krems, Austria | CiTiFoLa (Citizenship in Teaching Foreign Languages) – Erasmus IP |
| 2012 March | University of Reading, UK | SoliTiFoLa (Solidarity in Teaching Foreign Languages) – Erasmus IP |
Promotorship in Doctoral Studies
| Name of Doctoral Student, Institution |
Research Topic / Title of Dissertation | Year of Defence (if applicable) |
Opponentship in Doctoral Defences
| Name of Doctoral Student, Institution |
Title of Dissertation | Year of Defence |
List of Publications
Monographs
Edited Books and Journals
Interfaces between Language and Culture in Medieval England: A Festschrift for Matti Kilpiö. Eds. Alaric Hall, Ágnes Kiricsi and Olga Timofeeva with Bethany Fox, The Northern World 48. Leiden, Brill, 2010.
Norwegian – Hungarian Cultural Reader. Eds. Mária Pákozdi, Ágnes Kiricsi, Judit Nagy. K-P Arborétum, Karád, 2009
Chapters in Books
Articles in Academic Reviews (Printed and Electronic)
(R)égi csodajelek: 17-18. századi halójelenségek a Magyar Nemzeti Múzeumból. Farkas Alexandra, Kiricsi Ágnes and Klemm László. Fizikai Szemle LXI/12. 2011. december (407-413)
“The Lexicon of the Mind and Memory: Mood and Mind in Old and Middle English.” In Interfaces between Language and Culture in Medieval England: A Festschrift for Matti Kilpiö, eds. Alaric Hall, Ágnes Kiricsi and Olga Timofeeva with Bethany Fox, The Northern World 48. Leiden, Brill, 2010. (267-288)
Materials for Sustainable Development through CLIL.: Ágnes Kiricsi and Judit Nagy. Hiba! A hiperhivatkozás érvénytelen. 2010.
Halóvadászat Finnországban. National Geographic Magyarország. Online. 2009. december 28.
"Forks and Knives", In Norwegian Hungarian Cultural Reader, eds. Kiricsi Á., Nagy J, Pakozdi M, Comenius Kft, Karád, 2009 (48)
"Fata Morgana", In Norwegian Hungarian Cultural Reader, eds. Kiricsi Á., Nagy J, Pakozdi M, Comenius Kft, Karád, 2009 (29-30)
Ritka halóségek Magyarország felett. National Geographic Magyarország. Online. 2009. június 29.
“Antisolar Halospot” Gunther P. Können, Mónika Bodó és Ágnes Kiricsi. Applied Optics, Vol. 47, Issue 34. December 2008. (167-170)
The Passionate Mind and the Rational Heart: The Location of the Old English Mental Faculty in: Change in Meaning and the Meaning of Change. (eds.: Rissanen et. al.) Mémoires de la Société Néophilologique de Helsinki LXXII. Helsinki, 2007. (1-34)
From Mod to Minde : A Pilot Study of the Semantic Field of ‘Mind’ in Old and Middle English on the Basis of the Helsinki Corpus. What Does It Mean? Pázmány Papers in English and American Studies, (ed.: Kathleen E. Dubs), Volume III., Piliscsaba, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, 2004. (217-239)
“Nolite tantis patribus degeneres esse filii” — “Be not Degenerate Sons of Such Great Fathers!” : The Sins of the English and the Viking Raids. Section Proceedings, Humanities: 2nd International Conference of PhD Students. Miskolc, University of Miskolc, Innovation and Technology Transfer Centre, 1999. (115-122)
Conference Proceedings (Printed and Electronic)
Book Reviews
A Review of Antonina Harbus. The Life of the Mind in Old English Poetry. Amsterdam and New York: Rodopi. 2002. In: Neuphilologische Mitteilungen, Helsinki, 2005. (504-507)
Translations
Creative Writing
Films and Multimedia (Digital Textbooks, Multimedia Creations etc.)
Discography
Organisation of Conferences
Academic and public Appearances (Live and Electronic)
Mysterious Circles in the Sky: The Hereford Display
HUSSE 11; 2013, ELTE, Budapest
The Sun with Walking Sticks: Halos in the Inuit Sky
Indigenous Perspectives; 2012, Károli Gáspár Református Egyetem, Budapest
Mood and Minde and Some Socio-Cultural Changes of the Middle English Period
ESSE 8; 2006, London, UK
Internetes adatbázisok használata az angol középkor-kutatásban – egy esettanulmány
Az irodalomtörténet mint elbeszélés / Az irodalomtörténet elbeszélhetősége; 2006, Károli Gáspár Református Egyetem, Budapest
’I know it with my Mind but I Can’t Control my Heart’: Investigating Medieval Cognition with the Help of Corpus Linguistics
International Medieval Congress; 2005, Leeds, UK
The Semantic Changes of “Mind-Words” in Middle English and the Extra-Linguistic Factors Contributing to It
HUSSE 7; 2005, Veszprém
The Passionate Mind and the Rational Heart; The Location of the Old English Mental Faculty
HUSSE 6; 2003, Debrecen
Nomen est Omen: Chaucer’s Prologue to The Second Nun’s Tale and the Significance of the Interpretation of Saint Cecilia’s Name
PhD konferencia; 2000, Szeged
Time Patterns in Beowulf — The Relationship between the Minor Digressions and the Composition of the Poem
International Medieval Congress; 2000, Leeds, UK
The Unreliability of Medieval Chronicles
HAAS, PhD, HUSSDE; 2000, Debrecen
„Nolite tantis patribus degeneres esse filii” — „Be not Degenerate Sons of Such Great Fathers!” : The Sins of the English and the Viking Raids
PhD hallgatók második nemzetközi konferenciája (2nd International Conference of PhD Students); 1999, Miskolc
Doomsday, 793 AD: The Viking Attack on Lindisfarne as Seen by Contemporaries
HUSSE 4; 1999, Budapest
