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Balázs Major
name Balázs Major
name of institution
doctoral school
PPKE Doctoral School of History (Supervisor)
PPKE Doctoral School of Linguistics (Academic staff member)
the share of work in the different doctoral schools. PPKE Doctoral School of Linguistics 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 2
number of students who fulfilled course requirements 0
students who obtained their degrees:
completed course requirement:
(50%) Alaa Hammoud (PhD) 2022/08  DSH-PPKE
(50%) Bana Hussam Eddin (PhD) 2023/08  DSH-PPKE
(50%) Carla Chlela (PhD) 2022/08  DSH-PPKE
(50%) Dania Keyrouz (PhD) 2023/08  DSH-PPKE
(50%) Hayyan Ali (PhD) 2022/08  DSH-PPKE
(50%) Ibrahim Kher-bek (PhD) 2022/08  DSH-PPKE
Julianna Fodorné Sárközi (PhD) 2017/08  DSH-PPKE
(50%) Marwan Hassan (PhD) 2022/08  DSH-PPKE
(50%) Mayssam Youssef (PhD) 2023/08  DSH-PPKE
(50%) Mohanad Gharz Aldin (PhD) 2023/08  DSH-PPKE
(50%) Nóra Buránszki (PhD) 2022/08  DSH-PPKE
(50%) Zohair Zogaibe (PhD) 2023/01  DSH-PPKE
(50%) Zsófia Márk (DLA) 2023/08  MKEDI
present PhD students:
(50%) Tamás Borosházi (PhD) (2026/08)  DSH-PPKE
(50%) Hazem Al Khleaf (PhD) (2025/08)  DSH-PPKE
(50%) Dávid Márk Kotán (PhD) (2024/08)  DSH-PPKE
(50%) Erzsébet Bojtár (PhD) (2024/08)  DSH-PPKE
(50%) Hazem Hanna (PhD) (2024/08)  DSH-PPKE
(50%) Mór Bendegúz Takáts (PhD) (2024/08)  DSH-PPKE
  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
linguistics
Publications
2020

Major Balázs: Constructing a Medieval Fortification in Syria: Margat between 1187 and 1285, In: Denys, Pringle; Peter, Edbury; Major, Balázs (szerk.) Bridge of Civilizations. The Near East and Europe c. 1100–1300, Archaeopress (2020) pp. 1-22.
type of document: Part of book/Könyvfejezet (to be translated)
language: English
2017

Daniela Tănase, Gábor Bertók, Anita Kocsis, Balázs Major: The location of Egres Cistercian monastery, ZIRIDAVA : STUDIA ARCHAEOLOGICA 31: pp. 229-240.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
language: English
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)
language: English
2015

Major Balázs: Medieval rural settlements in the Syrian coastal region, Archaeopress
type of document: Book/Monography
number of independent citations: 27
language: English
2015

Major Balázs, Miklós Kázmér: „SÁfÐtÁ Castle and Rockfalls in the ’Dead Villages’ of Coastal Syria – An Archaeoseismological Study”, COMPTES RENDUS GEOSCIENCE 377: pp. 181-190.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 4
language: English
2014

Lisa Shillito, Balázs Major, Matthew Almond, Emma Anderson, Aleks Pluskowski: Micromorphological and Geochemical Investigation of Formation Processes in the Refectory at the Castle of Margat (Qal’at al-Marqab), Syria, JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE 50: (October) pp. 451-459.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 2
language: English
URL 
2014

Major Balázs: Medieval “light construction buildings” on top of the vaulted halls of al-Marqab Citadel (Syria), In: Património, Cultural Portugal (szerk.) Fortificações da Ordem do Templo e da Ordem do Hospital, Património Cultural Portugal (2014) pp. 93-109.
type of document: Part of book/Szaktanulmány (to be translated)
number of independent citations: 4
language: English
2013

Major Balázs: The Medieval Mill of Banyas and Some Notes on the Topography of the Town of Valenia, In: Ciggaar, Krijna Nelly; Aalst, Victoria D. van (szerk.) East and West in the Medieval Eastern Mediterranean. 2, Antioch from the Byzantine reconquest until the end of the Crusader Principality, Departement Oosterse Studies; Peeters (2013) pp. 367-390.
type of document: Part of book/Szaktanulmány (to be translated)
number of independent citations: 1
language: English
2012

Major Balázs, Galambos Éva: Archaeological and Fresco Research in the Castle Chapel at al-Marqab, In: Edbury, Peter William (szerk.) The military orders, Ashgate (2012) pp. 23-47.
type of document: Part of book/Proceedings Paper
number of independent citations: 3
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: 21
language: English
URL 
Number of independent citations to these publications:62 
Scientometric data
list of publications and citations
number of scientific publications that meet accreditation criteria:
71
number of scientific publications:
69
monographs and professional books:
9
monographs/books in which chapters/sections were contributed:
0 
number of independent citations to scientific publications and creative works:
176
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)

 
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