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Prof. Dr. Eszter Bánffy DSc, guest professor

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Place of work: Archaeological Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1014, Budapest I. Uri u. 49., Hungary
Telephone: +36/1/224-6700/167
Email: banffy[at]archeo.mta.hu

 

PROFESSIONAL CV

Assignment

  • 2009 -  t. professor
  • 2008 - deputy director
  • 2005 - scientific advisor
  • 2001 - head of the scientific department at the Archaeological Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
  • 1988 - 2001 - principal contributor
  • 1986 - 1988 - assistant contributor

Postgradual:

  • 2005 - Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
  • 2001 - visiting professor at the Karl Ruprecht University of Heidelberg
  • 1983 - 1986 - Cand.Sc. (PhD) scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, at the Archaeological Institute (PhD dissertation presented in 1987, official defence in 1988)
  • 1983 - 10 months (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst scholarship) at the Karl Ruprecht University of Heidelberg, Germany - leading Professor: H. Hauptmann

University:

  • Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
  • 1977 - 1982 - Indology and comparative Indoeuropean linguistics - leading professor: J. Harmatta. (M.A. 1982)
  • 1975 - 1980 - prehistoric and medieval archaeology - leading professor: I. Bóna. (M.A. 1980)
  • 1975 - 77 - English philology (B.A. 1977)

Schools:

  • 1975 - graduate, specialized on English and German

Languages:

  • English - fluent, German - fluent, Italian - fair, Russian - fair, French - reading.
    Reading ancient languages: Latin, Greek, Sanskrit, Prakrit, Old Persian, Avestan

Excavations:

  • contribution: Herpály (E-Hungary, neolithic); Öcsöd (E-Hungary, neolithic), Hídvégpuszta (SW-Hungary, chalcolithic), Lugo/Romagna (N-Italy, neolithic)
  • leader: Hahót (SW-Hungary, neolithic, chalcolithic), Zalaszentbalázs (SW-Hungary, chalcolithic), Szentgyörgyvölgy (SW-Hungary, early neolithic)
  • 1995 - 1998 - Slovenian-Austrian-Hungarian common project for SW-Hungary. Leader of the Hungarian team, including 7 archaeologists and several colleagues from the field of hard science.
  • 2000 - 2001 - German-Hungarian common project at the neolithic site Fajsz. Project leader
  • 2006 - „The beginnings and early stages of food production in southern Transdanubia, between Lake Balaton and the Danube Valley” 4-year-project, HSF and DFG (Germany), project leader

Field of research:

neolithic and copper age archaeology, neolithic transition, archaeological sources of early religions (cult objects within their archaeological contexts), archaeological theory

1. The beginnings of food production in the Carpathian Basin and adjacent regions

2. The beginnings and early phases of food production in the Southern Transdanubia, between the Danube Valley and Lake Balaton. OTKA K 61935, 2006-2009, Program leader

3. Excavations in the Fajsz area. International research program with the Tübingen University. German program leader: J. Petrasch. (DFG) 2007-2008

4. Alsónyék-Bátaszék: neolithic settlement and cemetery. Project leader. The proceeding of the early neolithic site (with Anet Osztás, Tibor Marton)

5. Issues of cultural heritage in Hungary

6. Alsónyék: from the beginnings of food production to the end of the Neolithic. OTKA K 81230, 2010-2013, project leader.

7. Bevölkerungsgeschichte des Karpartenbeckens in der Jungsteinzeit und ihr Einfluss auf die Besiedlung Mitteleuropas. Hungarian project leader of the DFG-Project, 2010-2012

Lecturing:

  • one-term lecturing at the Eötvös Loránd University, 1988 ("Early non-written sources of the history of religions"); lecturing since 1992 at the Miskolc Private University of Art (Neolithic and Chalcolithic Archaeology; History of religions)
  • special lectures at the Centro Camuno di Studi Preistorici/Italy (1986), the universities of Ljubljana (1994, 2000), Vienna (1994), Prague (1996), Frankfurt/Main (1999), Heidelberg (1989, 1994, 2007), Harvard University Cambridge, Massachussetts (2008), Madison, Wisconsin (2008)
  • founding member of the ELTE PhD school, Budapest
  • 2006 - lecturing at the Szeged University, (Geoarchaeological studies, postgradual)

International congresses with papers presented (selection):

  • 2009. Zagreb (Hr), Genova-Finale (I), Riva/Garda (I), Budapest, Durham (UK)
  • 2008. Dublin (Irl), Ljubljana (Sl)
  • 2007. Herxheim (D), Lisbon (Pt), Zadar (Hr)
  • 2006. Kraków (Pl), San Juan/Puerto Rico (USA)
  • 2005. London (UK), Mainz (D), Cork (Irl), Ljubljana (Sl)
  • 2004. Lyon (Fr), Ljubljana (Sl)
  • 2003. Cardiff (UK), St. Petersbourg (Ru)
  • 2002. Budapest, Thessaloniki (Gr)
  • 2000. Ljubljana (Sl); Lisbon (Pt)
  • 1999. Heidelberg (D); Bournemouth (UK)
  • 1998. Nagybecskerek-Zrenjanin (Yu-Srb), Göteborg (S)
  • 1997. Vienna (A), Karanovo (Bg)
  • 1996. Muraszombat-Murska Sobota (Sl), Temesvár-Timisoara (Ro), Riga (Lv)
  • 1995. Santiago/Compostela (E), Vienna (A)
  • 1993. Siegen (D); Veszprém; Nyíregyháza
  • 1989. Keszthely, Dublin (Irl)
  • 1989. La Spezia/Pontremoli (I); Tolbuhin (BG)
  • 1985. La Valletta (Malta)

 

Membership:

  • European Association of Archaeologists, secretary
  • Archaeological Committee, HAS, member
  • „Bolyai”-Committee, HAS, member
  • Scientific Advisory Board to the Field Service for the Cultural Heritage (KÖSZ), member
  • Foundation „Pro Archaeologia Hungariae”, curator
  • Society for American Archaeology, member
  • European Academy of Sciences and Arts, member

Awards:

  • 1986 - ”Révay” prize of the Society for Ancient History, HAS, for the best book review
  • 1998 - 1999: Soros ”Open Society” scholarship
  • 2006 - Fulbright scholarship
  • 2007 - ”Kuzsinszky” plaquette of the Hungarian Archaeological Society

List of publications

Monographies

  • Bánffy, E. 1997: Cult objects of the Lengyel culture. Connections and interpretation. Archaeolingua SM, Budapest (pp. 131)
  • Bánffy, E. 2001: A unique prehistoric idol of the Near East. A case study. Archaeolingua SM, Budapest (pp. 106)
  • Bánffy, E. 2004: The 6th Millennium BC boundary in Western Transdanubia and its role in the Central European transition (The Szentgyörgyvölgy-Pityerdomb settlement). Varia Arch. Hung. 15. Budapest (pp. 451)
  • Bánffy, E. –Bognár-Kutzián, I.† 2007: The Late Neolithic tell settlement at Polgár–Csőszhalom: the 1957 excavation. BAR IS 1730– Archaeolingua Central European Series 4. Oxford 2007 (pp. 243)
  • Bánffy, E. 1996: Archaeology and settlement history in the Hahót Basin SW-Hungary. Antaeus 22 (ed.: B. M. Szőke): Neolithic and copper age settlements at Hahót and Zalaszentbalázs: 35-50; Early Chalcolithic settlement at Zalaszentbalázs-Szőlőhegyi mező: 71-108; South West Transdanubia as a mediating area. On the cultural history of the Early and Middle Chalcolithic: 157-196 (pp. 92, with 78 plates)
  • Vaday, A. – Bánffy, E. – Bartosiewicz, L. – T. Biró K. – Gogaltan, F. – Horváth, F. – Nagy, A. 1999: Kompolt-Kistér: újkőkori telep. Újkőkori, bronzkori, szarmata és avar lelőhely. Leletmentő ásatás az M3 nyomvonalán (A Neolithic, Bronze age, Sarmatian and Avar site. Rescue excavation at the M3 motorway). Eger. pp. 13-170; 351-356; 1-15 és 96-103. tábla (pp. 145 , with 23 plates)
  • Bánffy, E. 2006: Archaeology and settlement history in the Kerka valley–SW Hungary. Antaeus 28 (Ed.: E. Bánffy). E. Bánffy: The natural environment in the Kerka Valley and previous research in the micro-region: 11-17; E. Bánffy-M. Bondár-Zs. Miklós: Investigations in the Kerka Valley: Field surveys, Aerial Photography, Archival data: 18-41; E. Bánffy: The Kerka Valley Micro-regon: Description of the sites and their finds: 42-78; The Kerka Valley in the Neolithic and Copper Ages; E. Bánffy: The Kerka Valley in the Neolithic and Copper Ages: 79-89; E. Bánffy: Early Neolithic settlement at Szentgyörgyvölgy-Pityerdomb (1995-1998). A brief report: 177-219 (pp. 119, with numerous illustrations)

Editing

  • Bánffy E. (ed.) 2002 : Prehistoric studies. In memoriam Ida Bognár-Kutzián. Antaeus 25 (pp. 670)
  • Bánffy E. (ed.) 2006: Archaeology and settlement history in the Kerka valley–SW Hungary. Antaeus 28 (pp. 355)
  • Studies
  • Bánffy, E. 1985: Trois fragments d`idole de la civilisation Vinča (a Vinča-kultúra három idoltöredéke). Bulletin du Musée des Beaux-Arts, Budapest 64: 3-12
  • Bánffy, E. 1985: Kultikus rendeltetésű leletegyüttes a Kis-Balaton középső rézkorából (A Middle Copper Age cult assemblage from the Little Balaton Region) ArchÉrt 112/2: 187-192
  • Bánffy, E. 1985: Cultic finds of the 1983 campaign. In: Raczky-Seleanu-Rózsa et al.: Öcsöd-Kováshalom. The intensive topographical and archaeological investigation of a late neolithic site. Preliminary report. MittArchInst 14: 268-270, 368-370
  • Bánffy, E. 1986: Bemerkungen zur Methodologie der Erforschung vorgeschichtlicher figuraler Plastik. Prähistorische Zeitschrift 61: 152-157
  • Bánffy, E. 1986: House models from neolithic Hungary - Attempt at a general interpretation. In: Archaeological "objectivity" in interpretation, Prel.Vol. to World Archaeological Congress, Southampton-London, Vol. 2: 58-65
  • Bánffy, E. 1986: A Balaton-Lasinja-kultúra kultikus gödre Balatonmagyaródról. Zalai Gyűjtemény 25: 5-12
  • Bánffy, E. 1986: Cultic finds from the Middle Copper Age of Hungary - connections to South East Europe. In: A. Bonanno (ed.): Archaeology and fertility cult in the Ancient Mediterranean. Papers presented at the first international conference on "Archaeology of the Ancient Mediterranean", Malta, 2-5 Sept. 1985. Amsterdam: 69-77
  • Bánffy, E. 1990: Übergang des Spätneolithikums in der Kupferzeit im Komitat Zala. Zalai Múzeum 2: 67-70
  • Bánffy, E. 1990-91: Continuity and discontinuity: some questions on the transition from the Neolithic to the Copper Age in the Carpathian Basin. Antaeus 19-20: 23-32
  • Bánffy, E. 1990-91: Cult and archaeological context in Central and South East Europe in the Neolithic and Chalcolithic. Antaeus 19-20: 183-250
  • Bánffy 1992: Bánffy, E.: Funde der späten Lengyel- und frühen Balaton-Lasinja-Kultur aus dem Kleinbalaton-Gebiet. Probleme des Übergangs. In: Die Rolle des Schwarzen Meeres in der Urgeschichte Mittel- und Südosteuropas. Tolbuchin (Bulgaria), 20.-26. 1988. Studia Praehistorica (Sofia) 11-12, 308-312
  • Bánffy 1993: A Balaton-Lasinja-kultúra leletei Balatonmagyaród-Homoki-dűlőről (Funde der Balaton-Lasinja-Kultur in Balatonmagyaród-Homoki-dűlő) Zalai Múzeum 5: 239-250

 

  

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