Balázs Major - ODT Personal data sheet


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personal data approved: 2024. VII. 10.

Personal data

name	Balázs Major
name of institution	Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest
doctoral school	PPKE Doctoral School of History (Supervisor Az oktató valamelyik doktori iskolában egy vagy több doktorandusz vagy doktorjelölt munkáját irányítja. )
the share of work in the different doctoral schools.	PPKE Doctoral School of History 100%
accreditation statement submitted to:	Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest

Contact details
E-mail address	major.balazsbtk.ppke.hu
phone number	+36 26 577-000/2931

Academic title
scientific degree, title	Ph.D.
year degree was obtained	2008
discipline to which degree belongs	history
institution granting the degree	Cardiff University

Employment
2000 -	Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest university professor or researcher

Thesis topic supervisor

number of doctoral students supervised until now

number of students who fulfilled course requirements

students who obtained their degrees:

completed course requirement:

(50%)	Alaa Hammoud	(PhD)	2022/08	PPCU-DSH
(50%)	Bana Hussam Eddin	(PhD)	2023/08	PPCU-DSH
(50%)	Carla Chlela	(PhD)	2022/08	PPCU-DSH
(50%)	Dania Keyrouz	(PhD)	2023/08	PPCU-DSH
(50%)	Hayyan Ali	(PhD)	2022/08	PPCU-DSH
(50%)	Ibrahim Kher-bek	(PhD)	2022/08	PPCU-DSH
	Julianna Fodorné Sárközi	(PhD)	2017/08	PPCU-DSH
(50%)	Marwan Hassan	(PhD)	2022/08	PPCU-DSH
(50%)	Mayssam Youssef	(PhD)	2023/08	PPCU-DSH
(50%)	Mohanad Gharz Aldin	(PhD)	2023/08	PPCU-DSH
(50%)	Nóra Buránszki	(PhD)	2022/08	PPCU-DSH
(50%)	Zohair Zogaibe	(PhD)	2023/01	PPCU-DSH
(50%)	Zsófia Márk	(DLA)	2023/08	MKEDI

present PhD students:

(50%)	Tamás Borosházi	(PhD)	(2026/08)	PPCU-DSH
(50%)	Hazem Al Khleaf	(PhD)	(2025/08)	PPCU-DSH
(50%)	Dávid Márk Kotán	(PhD)	(2024/08)	PPCU-DSH
(50%)	Erzsébet Bojtár	(PhD)	(2024/08)	PPCU-DSH
(50%)	Hazem Hanna	(PhD)	(2024/08)	PPCU-DSH
(50%)	Mór Bendegúz Takáts	(PhD)	(2024/08)	PPCU-DSH

Thesis topic proposals

Research
research area	late antique and medieval archaeology and history of the Near East, late antique and medieval military architecture, medieval settlement patterns
research field in which current research is conducted	history

Publications

2023

Major Balazs: Changes in the Use of Spaces in a Mediaeval Syrian Fortress, Beiträge zur islamischen Kunst und Archäologie 9: (1) pp. 17-32.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
language: English
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2022

Daniela Tanase, Major Balázs: Archaeological contributions of the establishment of the plan of the Igris/Egress Cistercian abbey church, CAIETE ARA: ARHITECTURA RESTAURARE ARHEOLOGIE 2022: (13) pp. 93-108.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
language: English

2022

Major Balázs: The Sasanian Fort of Pānkān, In: Maaike, van Berkel; Letizia, Osti (szerk.) The historian of Islam at work :, Brill (2022) pp. 560-590.
type of document: Part of book/Könyvfejezet (to be translated)
language: English
URL

2022

Major Balázs, Hany Kahwagi-Janho: The Felicium Castle Site at Menjez. Archaeological Fieldworks of the Hungaro-Lebanese Archaeological Mission 2018–2019, Baal: bulletin d'archéologie et d'architecture libanaises 22: pp. 295-320.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
language: English

2020

Major Balázs, Daniela Tănase: Preliminary Data Regarding the Archaeological Research Performed between 2016 and 2019 at the Cistercian Abbey in Igriş/Egres, Timiş County, ZIRIDAVA : STUDIA ARCHAEOLOGICA 34: pp. 439-453.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
language: English

2019

Major Balázs: Constructing a Medieval Fortification in Syria, In: Denys, Pringle; Peter, Edbury; Major, Balázs (szerk.) Bridge of Civilizations, Archaeopress Publishing Ltd (2019) pp. 1-22.
type of document: Part of book/Könyvfejezet (to be translated)
language: English
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2016

Major B: Where was the Town of Valenia Located in the Thirteenth Century?, In: M, Sinibaldi; K J, Lewis; B, Major; J A, Thompson (szerk.) Crusader Landscapes in the Medieval Levant, University of Wales Press (2016) pp. 117-130.
type of document: Part of book/Szaktanulmány (to be translated)
number of independent citations: 1
language: English

2015

Major Balázs: Medieval rural settlements in the Syrian coastal region, Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
type of document: Book/Monography
number of independent citations: 38
language: English

2010

KÁZMÉR M, MAJOR B: Distinguishing damages of two earthquakes – archeoseismology of a Crusader castle (Al-Marqab citadel, Syria)., In: SINTUBIN, M; STEWART, I; NIEMI, T; ALTUNEL, E (szerk.) Ancient Earthquakes, Geological Society of America (2010) pp. 186-199.
type of document: Part of book/Szaktanulmány (to be translated)
number of independent citations: 19
language: English
URL

2006

Major Balázs: Medieval cave fortifications of the upper Orontes valley, In: Hugh, Kennedy (szerk.) Muslim military architecture in greater Syria, Brill Academic Publishers (2006) pp. 251-268.
type of document: Part of book/Szaktanulmány (to be translated)
number of independent citations: 3
language: English

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215

further relevant information regarding accreditation (in Hungarian)

PPKE BTK Régészeti Tanszék tanszékvezető PPKE BTK Arab Tanszék docens a Szíriai-Magyar Régészeti Misszió magyar vezetője Tagság: - Union Européenne des Arabisants et Islamisants - Council for British Research in the Levant - Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East - ICOMOS Magyar Nemzeti Bizottság - MTA – Iszlámtudományi Munkacsoport - MTA – Fiatal Kutatók Testülete (to be translated)