István Perczel

István Perczel is a Professor at the Central European University (CEU), specializing in Late Antique and Medieval Philosophy. He studied Ancient Greek, Ancient Philosophy, and Patristics, co-translating Plotinus' Enneads into Hungarian. His research focuses on the intersection of Christianity and Platonist philosophy, particularly the Corpus Dionysiacum, and he leads the international project documenting Indian Syrian Christian manuscripts.

• Key Research Areas: Late Antique philosophy, Syriac manuscript preservation, Byzantine and Eastern Christian studies, Origenism.

Academic Leadership: Initiated a DFG-funded project (2004-2009) to digitize Syriac manuscripts in India. Supervised groundbreaking Ph.D. theses on topics spanning Origen’s influence on Augustine and Yezidi oral traditions.

• Scientific Awards & Fellowships: Leuven, Washington, Athens, Berlin, Trento, Princeton, Jerusalem, Bochum.

Teaching: Offers courses in Greek text reading, late antique philosophy, Classical Syriac (since 2010), and Byzantine narrative sources. Previously a visiting lecturer at the University of Pécs (1990-1994) and visiting professor in Paris and India.