Péter György
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Biography

 

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Reader at the Institute for Art Theory and Media Studies, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest and at the Media Research Centre, Budapest University of Technology.

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His research interest is 20th-21st century Hungarian art history � especially the waves of the avantgarde movement -, theory and practice of contemporary art, and the cultural context of new media. He is the author of 12 books and hundreds of journal articles.

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From the beginning of the nineties he has been the initiator of and consultant for various projects concerning media (e.g. Wolfson College Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy; National Digital Data Archives of Hungary; the Hungarian version of Université de tous les savoirs). He is the founder of a number of institutions and programmes (e.g. the Media Centre and MA programme in Communication Studies at ELTE, the Media Research Centre at BME).

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He has been invited to many universities and other scholarly institutions � e.g. New School for Social Research, New York City; New York University; Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Ljubljana.

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He is the member of the Hungarian Society for Philosophy, the International Press Institute, The Slovenian Society for Aesthetics and the American Society for Aesthetics.

PhD

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1995 (aesthetics)

Books

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1989: Az Európai Iskola (co-author: Gábor Pataki)

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1991: Sztálinizmus a képzőművészetben (ed. Hedvig Turai; English, German)

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1992: Az utánzatok városa

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1993: Az elsüllyedt sziget

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1994: Levél a Mesterhez

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1995: A Média és a Művészet találkozása a boncasztalon

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1996: Az Ó Új Világ

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1998: Digitális Éden

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1998: Gedő Ilka (co-author: Gábor Pataki; English)

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2000: A Néma hagyomány

Articles, critics, conferences

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More than 200 critics in daylies, weeklies, and monthlies

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10 publications in English (Philosophy and Social Criticism, Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Public Research,  University of California Press)

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participation in 30 international conferences, presentation/poster  more,  than 10cases (London, New York, Ljubjana, Pozsony, Firenze, Kansas City)

Visiting professor

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1995/1996 New School for Social Research/New York

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1997 New School for Social Reserach/New York

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2001/ New Shool for Social Research/New York

Membership

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MUOSZ

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American Society for Aesthetics

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Slovenian Society for Aesthetics

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IPI (International Press  Institute)