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Dr. Gergely Hidas

Associate Professor, Dharma Gate Buddhist College
(Pali and Sanskrit languages)

I teach Sanskrit and Pali, and in my research, I conduct textual archaeological investigations. I have traveled through most of the Buddhist countries.

E-mail address:  hidas.gergely@tkbf.hu

Degrees:

  • Külkereskedelmi Főiskola (International Management and Business College), 1992
  • Elte BTK (ELTE Faculty of Humanities), Indology Program, 2000
  • ELTE BTK (ELTE Faculty of Humanities), English Program, 2001

Position:

  • Associate Professor

Academic Title:

  • DPhil, Oriental Studies, University of Oxford, 2009
 

Teaching Activities:

  • 2006-2009 Dharma Gate Buddhist College: Sanskrit, Pali, and Religious Studies courses
  • 2007-2013 ELTE Indoeurópai Nyelvtudományi Tanszék (ELTE Department of Indo-European Linguistics): Sanskrit, Pali, Philology, and Religious Studies courses
  • 2011 Moholy-Nagy Művészeti Egyetem (Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design): Visual Culture of India
  • 2013-2014 ELTE Buddhizmus-kutatás Központ (ELTE Buddhist Studies Research Center), Buddhistology courses
  • 2020- Present Dharma Gate Buddhist College: Pali and Sanskrit courses

Research Activities and Scholarships:

  • 1998-1999 ICCR Research Scholarship, Delhi University
  • 2002-2005 Clarendon Doctoral Scholarship, University of Oxford
  • 2005 Szerb János Alapítvány (Szerb János Foundation), Buddhism Research Award
  • 2005-2006 Max Müller Doctoral Scholarship, University of Oxford
  • 2007-2010 Rabindranath Tagore Research Scholarship, ELTE
  • 2010-2012 Támop Research Scholarship, ELTE
  • 2013-2014 ELTE Buddhizmus-kutatás Központ (ELTE Buddhist Studies Research Center), Researcher
  • 2013-2016 MTA Bolyai János kutatási ösztöndíj (MTA Bolyai János Research Scholarship)
  • 2014-2019 ERC Synergy Grant Project, The British Museum, Researcher

Public Engagement Activities:

  • 2010-2013 Szerb János Foundation, Board Member
  • 2021- Present Keréknyomok Journal, Editor-in-Chief

Language Studies and Language Exams:

  • English, German (Advanced)
  • Sanskrit, Pali, Hindi, Urdu (within university studies)
 
Publications list: available at the Hungarian Scientific Works Database