Gábor Klaniczay

University Professor of Medieval Studies at the Central European University (CEU)
Permanent Fellow of Collegium Budapest,

Born in 1950.

Education, academic titles
Graduated in History, Medieval Studies, and English Philology in 1974 at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest.
1976 postgraduate studies in Paris with Jacques Le Goff (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales) and Michel Mollat (Sorbonne).
1983 Dr. Phil. at ELTE.
1994 Cand. Sci. at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2001 Dr. Habil., Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
2005 Dr. Sci. at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Employments, academic and administrative charges
1974-78 Editor at the review Világosság
1978–84 Assistant Research Fellow at the Institute for Historical Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
1985–90 Secretary of the National Committee of Hungarian Historians.
1984–90 Assistant Professor, 1990– Associate Professor, 1994–97 Head of the Department of Medieval European History, ELTE.
1989-1993 Founding Editor of Budapesti Könyvszemle (BUKSZ) 1993-2001 Chairman of the Editorial Board
1990-97 Program Director, Historical Anthropology Program sponsored by the Soros Foundation, ELTE, Budapest, (together with András Gerő)
1991-1997 Editor of Budapest Review of Books
1991–92 Associate Dean for International Relations at ELTE, Faculty of Humanities.
1992–97 Head of the Department of Medieval Studies at CEU, Budapest.
1997- Professor of Medieval Studies at CEU, Budapest.
1997-2002 and 2008 Rector of Collegium Budapest
1997- Permanent Fellow of Collegium Budapest
2005-2007 Head of the Department of Medieval Studies at CEU, Budapest

Fellowships
1986 Research Fellowship, Columbia University, New York, (Institute on East-Central Europe)
1989 ‘Maître de conférences associé’ at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris.
1990–91 Fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin.
1992 Getty Scholar at the Getty Center for Arts and the Humanities, Santa Monica.
1996 Resident Scholar at the Bellagio Study and Conference Center
2003-2004 Fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford






Principal Academic Interests

His research focuses on the historical anthropology of medieval and early modern European popular religion (sainthood, miracle beliefs, healing, magic, witchcraft). His other endeavor is related to the comparative approach to history, within the framework of which he intends to situate historical observations on Hungary and Central Europe in an all-European context. His recent topic is a comparative and cross-cultural analysis of medieval and modern visions and apparitions. He has also dealt with the nineteenth and twentieth century perception of antiquities and Middle Ages.