Gábor Klaniczay
Professor
Medieval Studies
Central European University
Hungary
Biography
Gábor Klaniczay is currently a Professor in the department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Hungary. He Graduated in History, Medieval Studies, and English Philology in 1974 at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, postgraduate studies in Paris with Jacques Le Goff (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales) and Michel Mollat (Sorbonne), Dr. Phil. at ELTE, Cand. Sci. at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Habil., Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Dr. Sci. of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Correspondant étranger de l‘Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres, Paris.
Research Interest
Material Culture and Everyday Life, Medieval Mentalities - Magic, Witchcraft and the Supernatural, Political History and History of Political Thought, Religion - Ecclesiastical history, Saints and their Cult, Monastic Orders, Renaissance and Early Modern Studies.
Publications
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Klaniczay G. The Myth of Scythian Origin and the Cult of Attila in the Nineteenth Century. In: Klaniczay G, Werner M, Gecser O, editors. Multiple Antiquities - Multiple Modernities. Ancient Histories in Nineteenth Century European Cultures. Frankfurt - New York: Campus Verlag; 2011. p. 185-212.
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Multiple Antiquities - Multiple Modernities. Ancient Histories in Nineteenth Century European Cultures. Klaniczay G, Werner M, Gecser O, editors. Frankfurt - New York: Campus Verlag; 2011.
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trans. Cristian GaÅŸpar, trans. Marina Miladinov. Saints of the Christianization Age of Central Europe (Tenth-Eleventh Centuries). Klaniczay G, editor. Budapest: Central European University Press; 2012.
