American Studies Doctoral Program (AMER)

Head of Ph.D. Program: Pál Hegyi, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of American Studies, SEAS, Eötvös Loránd University

E-mail: hegyi.pal@btk.elte.hu

This program is part of the Doctoral School of Literary Studies, accredited at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary. Over the past several decades, American Studies came to be internationally recognized as a multidisciplinary field focusing on the complex issues of U.S. culture and civilization. Considering the international influence of the U.S. as a political power and the influence of American culture worldwide, it is especially important to study the almost four hundred years of American literature, language, history, and culture. We place special emphasis on the perspective of gender especially in the study of literature and culture; here gender is understood as a meta-paradigm framing our discussions, whether we explore American poetry, fiction, and drama, conduct literary and cultural critique, or study representations of sexuality in literature.

Furthermore, recent developments in, and the growing intellectual influence of, American literary and cultural theories demand scholars to be able to understand and reflect on this field. These developments are partly the result of the clashes between traditional literary theory and multi- or interdisciplinary American Studies. The doctoral program provides suitable background information and study opportunities to acquire a complex model of U.S. culture and society. Our main aim is to equip our doctoral students with the required skills to be able to do independent, creative academic work on an international level in the various disciplines of American Studies, as well as become the pool for the future of college-level American Studies.

Instructors and thesis directors

Vera Benczik, PhD, Senior Assistant Professor, Department of American Studies, SEAS, Eötvös Loránd University
Enikő Bollobás, PhD, DLitt, Corr. Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Professor Emeritus, Department of American Studies, SEAS, Eötvös Loránd University
Éva Federmayer, PhD, Retired Associate Professor, Department of American Studies, SEAS, Eötvös Loránd University
Pál Hegyi, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of American Studies, SEAS, Eötvös Loránd University
Zoltán Kövecses, PhD, DLitt, Professor Emeritus, Department of American Studies, SEAS, Eötvös Loránd University
Tamás Magyarics, PhD, Professor, Department of American Studies, SEAS, Eötvös Loránd University
Éva Eszter Szabó, PhD, Senior Assistant Professor, Department of American Studies, SEAS, Eötvös Loránd University
Veronika Jávor-Szelid, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of American Studies, SEAS, Eötvös Loránd University
Orsolya Putz, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of American Studies, SEAS, Eötvös Loránd University
 

Study unit list

https://itdi.elte.hu/dstore/document/4199/IDTI_szab%C3%A1lyzat%20magy-ang.pdf (Annex 1, page 21-28)

Application and Admission

https://www.btk.elte.hu/en/phd/application