Curriculum vitae

 

 

1.         Personal information

Surname: Kertész

Given name: András

Current positions:

            -    Professor of Linguistics and Head of the Department of German Linguistics of the University of Debrecen

            -    Director of the Research Centre for Linguistics and Philosophy of the University of Debrecen

            -    Head of the Research Group for Theoretical Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

            -    Director of the Graduate School for Linguistics of the University of Debrecen

            -    Chairman of the Linguistics Board of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Highest honour: Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

 

2.         Degrees

1996                Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (highest academic degree in Hungary)

1996                'Habilitation' in theoretical linguistics, University of Debrecen

1991                Candidate's degree (equivalent of Ph.D) in theoretical linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest

1983                Doctor Universitatis (no equivalent in other countries) in theoretical linguistics, University of Debrecen

1981                MA in German linguistics and literature and English linguistics and literature, University of Debrecen

 

3.         Career to date

2007-              Head of the Department of German Linguistics

2006-              Director of the Research Centre for Linguistics and Philosophy of the University of Debrecen

2005-2007      Head of the Department of Theoretical Linguistics of the University of Debrecen

2003-              Head of the Research Group for Theoretical Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

2003-2006      President of the Hungarian Association of German Studies

2001-              Director of  the Graduate School for Linguistics of the University of Debrecen

1996-1999      Director of the Institute of German Studies of the University of Debrecen

1996-              Full Professor of Linguistics at the Department of German Linguistics of the University of Debrecen

1994-2001      Head of the Department of German Linguistics

1992-1996      Associate Professor

1981-1992      Assistant Professor at the Department of German, The University of Debrecen, Hungary

 

4.         Further academic positions (selection)

2008-              Chairman of the Linguistics Board of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

2004-2007      Chairman of the Linguistics and Philosophy Board of the Hungarian Accreditation Committee

2003-2006      President of the Hungarian Association for German Studies

2001-2004      Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Debrecen

2001-2008      Member of the Doctoral Council of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

2001-              Director of the Graduate School for Linguistics of the University of Debrecen

1998-2001      Chairman of the Doctoral Council of the Faculty of Arts of the University of

Debrecen

1998-2001      Director of the Doctoral Programme for Theoretical Linguistics of the University of

                        Debrecen

1995-              Director of the Doctoral Programme for German Linguistics of the University of

Debrecen

 

5.         Fellowships

2005                Research Fellow at the University of Jena, Germany

2001                Research Fellow at the Institut für Deutsche Sprache Mannheim, Germany

1997-1998      Research Fellow at the University of Tübingen, Germany

1992-1993      Research Fellow at the University of Bielefeld, Germany

1991                Research Fellow at the University of Bielefeld, Germany

1988                Research Fellow at the University of Greifswald, East Germany

1987-1988      Research Fellow at the University of Tübingen, Germany

1985-1988      Research Fellow at the Institute of Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

 

6.         Honours and awards

2009                Scientific Publication of the Year Gold Medal

2008                Dr. honoris causa (University of Veszprém, Hungary)

2008                Honorary Medal of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Debrecen

2003                Pro Scientia Medal of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

2001-              Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

1999-2001      Advisory Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

1998-2001      Széchenyi Professor

1995                Telegdi Scholarship

1992                Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship

1988                Kanyó Zoltán Award

1987                DAAD Fellowship

 

7.         Research Projects

1992-1995       The theoretical consequences of the grammar-pragmatics relation (Hungarian Scientific Research Fund)

1996-1999       The epistemological consequences of the grammar-pragmatics relation (Hungarian Scientific Research Fund)

1997-1998       The relationship between grammar and pragmatics in contempoary German (Hungarian Foundation for Research and Higher Education)

1997-2000       Prospects and limits of cognitive linguistics (Ministry of Education, Programme for Higher Education, Research and Innovation)

2001-2004       Participation and the Dynamics of Social Positioning (Framework 5 of the EU)

2001-2004       The reference of linguistic theories (Hungarian Scientific Research Fund)

2002-2007       Graduate School for Linguistics at the University of Debrecen (Ministry of Education, Programme for Higher Education, Research and Innovation)

2003-2006       The empirical basis of cognitive semantic theories (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)

2005-2008       Plausible reasoning in linguistics (Hungarian Scientific Research Fund)

2007-2011       The problem of evidence in theoretical linguistics (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)

2007-2009        Data structure in cognitive semantic theories (Hungarian Scientific Research Fund)

2009-2013        The problem of inconsistency in theoretical linguistics (Hungarian Scientific Research Fund)

2010-2012        Language technology and bioethics (TAMOP-4.2.1.B)

 

8.         Editorship

Editor-in-chief of the refereed international series MetaLinguistica since 1995 (Frankfurt am Main etc.: Lang)

Editor-in-chief of the refereed international journal Sprachtheorie und germanistische Linguistik since 1995 (Münster: Nodus)

Editor-in-chief of the refereed Hungarian journal Argumentum since 2005 (Debrecen: Egyetemi Kiadó [=Debrecen University Press])

Member of the Editorial Board of the refereed international journal Logos and Language 2000-2008 (Tübingen: Narr)

Member of the Editorial Board of the refereed international journal Acta Linguistica Hungarica since 1998 (Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó)

Member of the Editorial Board of the refereed Hungarian book series Officina Textologica since 1997 (Debrecen: Egyetemi Kiadó [=Debrecen University Press])

Co-editor of the refereed Hungarian book series Elméleti és kísérleti nyelvészet since 2005 (Theoretical and Experimental Linguistics; Debrecen: Egyetemi Kiadó [=Debrecen University Press)]

 

9.       Fields of research

the philosophy of linguistics

the philosophy of language

the philosophy of science

theoretical linguistics

cognitive semantics

German grammar