ELTE Faculty of Humanities

Eötvös Loránd University – Faculty of Humanities
ELTE Bölcsészettudományi Kar
The main building of the Faculty of Humanities.
Established1635
DeanDávid Bartus
Academic staff
589
Students6960
Address
4 Múzeum körút
,
Budapest
,
1088
,
Hungary
CampusUrban
Sporting affiliations
Budapesti EAC
Websitebtk.elte.hu

The Faculty of Humanities is the oldest faculty of Eötvös Loránd University in Józsefváros, Budapest, Hungary.[1] It was founded by the Cardinal Archbishop of Esztergom Prince Primate of Hungary, Péter Pázmány, in 1635.

History

The School of English and American Studies is located at the Hotel Pannónia

The Faculty of Humanities of the Eötvös Loránd University was founded by Péter Pázmány, Archbishop of Esztergom, on May 12, 1635. The university was operated by the Society of Jesus and it consisted of two faculties: The Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Theology. At that time, students could obtain three academic titles: Bachelor's degree, Master's degree, and Doctor of Philosophy.

In 1770, the Faculty of Humanities adopted the reforms introduced at the University of Vienna. The university then became state-owned, and a dean and a director of the Faculty were appointed to monitor its functioning. In 1777, the Faculty of Humanities was moved to Buda, the western part of today's Budapest, along with the faculty of Theology and the Faculty of Law. However, the faculties were moved back seven years later.

The late 18th century also saw changes in the university. The changes closely followed the pattern employed at the University of Vienna, but the language of teaching remained Latin until 1844. The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 leading to a university reform program designed by József Eötvös in 1850, being implemented.

The Faculty of Primary and Pre-school Education was established in 2000. The Faculty of Psychology and Education and the Faculty of Sociology were created in 2003.[2]

In 2018, Viktor Orbán's chief of staff announced that government would no longer finance any university programmes on gender studies.[3]

In 2018, many institutes of the Faculty expressed their solidarity with the George Soros-founded Central European University.[4]

On August 12, 2019, the Faculty's former student and professor, Agnes Heller, died.[5]

On September 5, 2022, the Dean of the Faculty announced that the autumn break would be postponed to December and the exams would be held online due to the energy crisis caused by the Russo-Ukrainian war.[6]

Institutes

The Faculty of Humanities consists of 16 institutes:[7]

Institute of Ancient and Classical Studies[8] Institute of Archaeological Sciences[9]
Institute of Arts Communication and Music[10] Institute of Art History[11]
Institute of East Asian Studies[12] Institute of Ethnography and Folklore[13]
Institute of Germanic Studies[14] Institute of Hungarian Linguistics and Finno-Ugric Studies[15]
Institute of Hungarian Literature and Cultural Studies[16] Institute of Historical Studies[17]
Institute of Language Mediation[18] Institute of Library and Information Science[19]
Institute of Oriental Studies[20] Institute of Philosophy[21]
Institute of Romance Studies[22] Institute of Slavonic and Baltic Philology[23]
Institute for The Theory of Art and Media Studies[24] School of English and American Studies[25]

Organisation

The current leadership consists of 1 dean and 4 vice-deans.[26]

Faculty leadership

Title Name
Dean Dávid Bartus[27]
Sub-dean Ildikó Horn
Krisztina Horváth
Judit Bóna
Ildikó Horváth

Former Deans

Honorary doctors

The following people were awarded with Honorary titles by the Faculty of Humanities.[28]

Research

Currently, there are twenty-four research centres at the department level, institution level, and faculty level.[29]

Notable researchers

Institute Researcher
Institute of Ancient and Classical Studies László Kákosy
Institute of Art History Katalin Keserü
Institute of East Asian Studies Mózes Csoma, Imre Hamar, Gábor Kósa, András Róna-Tas, Judit Vihar
Institute of Germanic Studies Koloman Brenner
Institute of Historical Studies Géza Alföldy, Ferenc Glatz, István Hahn, Antal Hekler, Gábor Klaniczay, Károly Marót, Tibor Szamuely, Gábor Vékony
Institute of Hungarian Linguistics and Finno-Ugric Studies Katalin É. Kiss, Kinga Fabó, Géza Fodor
Institute of Library and Information Science Tom Hubbard, György Sebestyén
Institute of Oriental Studies Zsuzsa Kakuk, Gyula Németh, Edit Tasnádi
Institute of Philosophy Bernhard Alexander, Géza Fodor, Ágnes Heller, Gyula Kornis, Ákos Pauler, József de Révay, József Szigeti
Institute of Romance Studies Kálmán Faluba, Béla Köpeczi, Alexandru Roman
Institute of Slavonic and Baltic Philology Mária Bajzek Lukács, Nina Király, Jerzy Snopek
School of English and American Studies Zsófia Bán, Enikő Bollobás, Kata Csizér, Zoltán Dörnyei, Ágnes Gergely, Katalin É. Kiss, Zoltán Kövecses, Tibor Frank, Judit Kormos, Tibor Lutter, Péter Medgyes, Ádám Nádasdy, Miklós Szenczi, Arthur J. Patterson, Arthur B. Yolland

Notable alumni

Prime Minister of Hungary, József Antall
Maria Sarungi Tsehai

Library

The library of the Faculty of Humanities

The Faculty has one main library, located in Trefort Garden,[32] and 13 libraries at institutional levels. The Institute of Romance Studies has libraries at the departmental level.

  • School of English and American Studies Library
  • Institute of Philosophy Library
  • Institute of Germanic Studies Library
  • Institute of Library and Information Science Library
  • Institute of Hungarian Literature and Cultural Studies Toldy Ferenc Library
  • Institute of Hungarian Linguistics and Finno-Ugric Studies Library
  • Institute of Art History Library
  • Institute of Ethnography and Folklore Library
  • Institute of Ancient and Classical Studies Harmatta János Library
  • Institute of Archaeological Sciences Library
  • Institute of Slavonic and Baltic Philology Library
  • Institute of East Asian Studies Library
  • Institute of Historical Studies Szekfű Gyula Library

The library of Medieval Studies of the Central European University was located in the building of ELTE's Faculty of Humanities.[33]

  • Bird view
    Bird view
  • Main building
    Main building

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  10. ^ "Institute of Arts Communication and Music | ELTE Faculty of Humanity". www.btk.elte.hu/en (in Hungarian). Retrieved July 30, 2022.
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  18. ^ "Institute of Language Mediation | ELTE Faculty of Humanity". www.btk.elte.hu/en (in Hungarian). Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  19. ^ "Institute of Library and Information Science | ELTE Faculty of Humanity". www.btk.elte.hu/en (in Hungarian). Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  20. ^ "Institute of Oriental Studies | ELTE Faculty of Humanity". www.btk.elte.hu/en (in Hungarian). Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  21. ^ "Institute of Philosophy | ELTE Faculty of Humanity". www.btk.elte.hu/en (in Hungarian). Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  22. ^ "Institute of Romance Studies | ELTE Faculty of Humanity". www.btk.elte.hu/en (in Hungarian). Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  23. ^ "Institute of Slavonic and Baltic Philology | ELTE Faculty of Humanity". www.btk.elte.hu/en (in Hungarian). Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  24. ^ "Institute for The Theory of Art and Media Studies | ELTE Faculty of Humanity". www.btk.elte.hu/en (in Hungarian). Retrieved July 30, 2022.
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