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Dr. Dénes

Schreiner

Teacher at the Dharma Gate Buddhist College
(History of Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Religion and Art, Ethics, Mythology Theory)
I completed my primary and secondary education at Szinyei, where I was mainly interested in biology and geography alongside mathematics. I have two sisters, and my parents were engineers. Initially, I was preparing for a career in natural sciences. However, from the age of about 16, I became interested in music, film, and literature. The underground world of the 1980s fascinated me. After being accepted to the Faculty of Science (eventually to study chemistry and physics), I spent a year in the army at one of the country’s worst barracks in Lenti. It was mentally challenging, but I made excellent friends. These experiences led me to gradually shift my focus at the university, and after some years of struggle, I found my true path: philosophy.
It was love at first sight, and it has lasted ever since. Many topics interested me, including Greek philosophy, classical German philosophy, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, existentialism, etc. I studied the history of philosophy, philosophy of religion, aesthetics, and the history of religions. Alongside philosophy, I also studied aesthetics and later earned my doctorate. My dissertation was titled “A görög mitológia és művészet kapcsolata Schelling művészetfilozófiájában” (The Relationship Between Greek Mythology and Art in Schelling’s Philosophy of Art). A slightly revised version of this was published as a book in 2009 titled “Schelling és az antikvitás” (Schelling and Antiquity).
I grew up in a Christian family, but later distanced myself from formal and institutionalized religion. Philosophy and ancient Greek culture, particularly mythology, were partly meant to fill this void in my life, although I also retained a desire for a deeper understanding of the biblical tradition. Later, at the Dharma Gate Buddhist College, where I became a teacher, I encountered Eastern traditions, which I approach with respect and interest, although partly as an outsider. Outside the college, I also taught philosophy and ethics at Eötvös József High School and served as a senior teacher.
The 2010s brought a turning point in my life, which had been mostly dedicated to teaching and relatively modest academic activity (I published relatively little, focusing more on personal, oral teaching). On the one hand, I suffered from hereditary back problems, undergoing two surgeries. On the other hand, I remarried, and in 2014 our son Jonatán was born, followed by Vilmos in 2017. In 2012, I began writing literary works, mainly short stories and novellas. (Before that, from 2008 to 2010, I had sung in a college band called Titanic.) As a result, I had several readings, appearances in literary magazines, and two books:”Mint kagylók, ha bezárulnak”  (Like Shells When They Close) (2016) and “Kis halogatások könyve” (The Book of Small Procrastinations) (2019). This also had an impact on my philosophical work: I started writing more, publishing more, and participating in the philosophical public life. Additionally, I now try to express myself in a more independent and new style in these texts. Perhaps I also manage to bring philosophy and literature closer together at times.
Az antik görögségtől My book “A mítosz filozófiája” (From ancient Greece)

The Philosophy of Myth

( (2017) more or less concludes this period), my focus in recent years has shifted toward a broadly interpreted phenomenology, primarily because I see in it the possibility of a free, creative philosophy concentrating on phenomena themselves. These texts are expected to be published in my upcoming book, “Elillanások” (Fadings), this year during the 2020 Book Week.
Sports have always been important to me. In my youth, I competed in fencing, but football, basketball, and table tennis have accompanied my life, and if I have time, I occasionally play snooker.
That’s a brief summary of my life.

E-mail address: schrein@tkbf.hu
Date of Birth: 1969
Degrees:
• PhD from the Aesthetics Doctoral Program in 2007 – (summa cum laude). Dissertation title: A görög mitológia és művészet kapcsolata Schelling művészetfilozófiájában (The Relationship Between Greek Mythology and Art in Schelling’s Philosophy of Art).
• ELTE Bölcsészettudományi Kar Filozófia (Fenomenológia) és Esztétika Doktori Programok (ELTE Faculty of Humanities, Doctoral Programs in Philosophy (Phenomenology) and Aesthetics), 1999-2004
• ELTE Bölcsészettudományi Kar Esztétika (ELTE Faculty of Humanities, Aesthetics) MA, 1999 – Thesis title: A művészet szerepe Nietzsche kultúrkritikájában (The Role of Art in Nietzsche’s Cultural Critique).
• ELTE Bölcsészettudományi Kar Filozófia (ELTE Faculty of Humanities, Philosophy) MA, 1998 – Thesis title: A történelem végének problémái (Problems of the End of History).
• ELTE Bölcsészettudományi Kar (ELTE Faculty of Humanities), Aesthetics Program, 1992-1997
• ELTE Bölcsészettudományi Kar (ELTE Faculty of Humanities), Philosophy Program, 1991-1997
• ELTE Természettudományi Kar (ELTE Faculty of Science), Chemistry-Physics Program, 1988-1990
• Szinyei Merse Pál Általános Iskola és Gimnázium (Szinyei Merse Pál General School and High School), 1975-1987
Qualifications:
• Secondary school teacher of philosophy
• Lecturer in aesthetics
Position:
Lecturer, professor at Dharma Gate Buddhist College
Academic Degree:
PhD from ELTE Bölcsészettudományi Kar Esztétika program (ELTE Faculty of Humanities, Aesthetics Program), 2007
PhD completion certificate from ELTE Bölcsészettudományi Kar filozófia (fenomenológia) (EsztF ELTE Faculty of Humanities, Philosophy (Phenomenology) Program), 2004
 

Previous Teaching Activities:

• Eötvös József Gimnázium (Eötvös József High School), 1999–2004 and 2015-2018, lead teacher 2002–2004 and 2017-2018. (OKTV rankings)

• At Dharma Gate Buddhist College since 2000 (Department head from 2004 to 2013):

– History of Philosophy

– Aesthetics

– Ethics

– Philosophy of Religion

– History of Religion

– Special courses: Plato, Schelling, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, as well as Greek literature and mythology, Old and New Testament, Patristics, Phenomenology (Philosophy of Body, Philosophy of Space, Workshop Seminars)

– Teaching and Research Methodology Courses

Professional Experience and Achievements:

• 2019: External reviewer for Dezső Gurka’s habilitation thesis Polaritás és egység (Polarity and Unity) at the Philosophy Department of the Szegedi Tudományegyetem (University of Szeged)

• 2015/2016: Recipient of the NKA A2011/N4588 grant for the writing of the volume The A mítosz filozófiája (Philosophy of Myth)

• December 8, 2015: External reviewer at Szegedi Tudományegyetem (the University of Szeged), Philosophy Department, during the defense of Lamár Erzsébet’s doctoral dissertation

• April 25, 2015: Member of the professional jury at the open literary competition A szobor titka (The Secret of the Statue)

• February 2015: Reviewer at the Philosophy OTDK

• 2007-2008: Participation in the Jedlik Research Group at Pécsi Tudományegyetem (the University of Pécs), which focused on the philosophy of German Idealism and Romanticism

• 2006: Participation in the German Romanticism project at ELTE Művészetelméleti és Médiakutatási Intézet (the Institute of Art Theory and Media Studies, ELTE)

Lectures:

• April 18, 2019: Bio-topográfia (Bio-topography) at the Az élet aspektusai (Aspects of Life conference) at ELTE Faculty of Humanities

• April 11, 2019: Ott fogsz majd sírni (You Will Cry There) at the Az arc misztériuma – Másság & Reprezentáció (The Mystery of the Face – Differentness & Representation conference) at PPKE Faculty of Humanities

• April 20, 2018: Hintapoétika – Egy élménysorozat leírás (Swing Poetics – A Description of a Series of Experiences) at the Játék (Game) conference at ELTE Faculty of Humanities

• May 11, 2017: A halál helyei (The Places of Death) at the Halál, sors, önazonosság (Death, Destiny, Self-identity conference) at ELTE Faculty of Humanities

• March 25, 2016: Mosolyalbum (Album of Smiles) at the Erósz és alteritás (Eros and Alterity) conference at ELTE Faculty of Humanities

• March 20, 2015: A Harmadik alakja a Másikban (The Third Shape in the Other) at the Tengelyi László Emlékkonferencia (László Tengelyi Memorial Conference) at ELTE Faculty of Humanities

• May 3, 2012: Az őrület fájdalmas és gyönyörteljes illúziói – Nietzsche mint rendező (The Painful and Blissful Illusions of Madness – Nietzsche as Director) at the Nietzsche – a filozófia átváltozásai (Nietzsche – The Transformations of Philosophy) conference at ELTE Faculty of Humanities

• April 10, 2009: A görög mitológia, vallás és misztériumok (Greek Mythology, Religion, and Mysteries) at the Göncöl Szellemtudományi SZabadegyetem (Göncöl Spiritual Science Free University)

• September 10, 2008: Szerelemvallás és felejtés. Gondolatok Hölderlin Hüperión és Friedrich Schlegel Lucinda című regénye kapcsán (Love-religion and Forgetting: Thoughts on Hölderlin’s Hyperion and Friedrich Schlegel’s Lucinda) at the Jedlik Research Group conference on A romantika poézis- és szerelemfelfogása (The Conception of Poetry and Love in Romanticism) at the PTE Faculty of Humanities, at Pécsi Művészetek és Irodalom Háza (the House of Arts and Literature in Pécs)

• June 13, 2001: Nietzsche történelemfilozófiája (Nietzsche’s Philosophy of History) at the Irodalmi és filozófiai konferencia (Literary and Philosophical Conference) in Subotica

Scientific/Professional Public Activities, International Relations:

• Participation in the work of the Magyar Tudományos Akadémia (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) Philosophy Society, Phenomenological Section, since 2000

• Participation in the Jedlik Research Group for the study of German Idealism and Romanticism at the University of Pécs, from 2006 to 2008

Language Studies, Language Proficiency Exams:

English intermediate C

German intermediate C

Russian basic C

 

Publications list: available at the Hungarian Scientific Works Database

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