Sándor Klára - English

Professor of Linguistics
Vice Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Szeged
Head of Dept. of Cultural Heritage and Human Information Science

Fields of interest

evolutionary linguistics from a cognitive anthropological (socio)linguistc aspect, with a focus on language and identity
sociology of language, with a focus on linguistic discrimination
socio-historical linguistics, especially the Turkic–Hungarian contacts before the 10the century
(historical) cultural anthropology, especially the history as well as the modern cult of the Székely Script

Degrees, scholarships, and awards

2019	Doctor of Science, History
2016	Habilitation, Linguistics
2002	Scholarship of the Linguistic Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2000	Bolyai Research Scholarship
1997	Széchenyi Professor Scholarship
1996	CSc (PhD), Linguistics
1993	Award for Young Scholars by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
1992	Award of the Szeged Division of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
1991	University doctoral degree (Turcology, Historical linguistics)
1989	MA in Turkology, Hungarian Literature and Language, and Historical Linguistics

Ongoing research projects

2017–	The role of interconnected group, national, European, and religious identities in political and religious radicalisation. (As a part of EFOP-3.6.2-16-2017-00007, Aspects on the development of intelligent, sustainable and inclusive society: social, technological, innovation networks in employment and digital economy)
2015–	Practices of the cult of the Székely Scipt and their preceptions in contemporary Hungarian culture (OTKA 115748)

Earlier research projects

2011–2012	The Székely Script in the Hungarian cultural history (TÁMOP 4.2.1b)
2000–2002	The cognitive embeddedness of linguistic judgements (OTKA T 032803)
2000–2001	Cognitivism in Humanities (FKFP 0291/2000)
1998–1999	From Stigmatization to Tolerance (Comenius, Socrates-2)
1996	Forms of linguistic disadvantages (Hungarian Ministry of Culture and Education)
1995–1997	Hungarian Outside Hungary (RSS)

Curriculum Vitae