Orsolya Réthelyi

Orsolya Réthelyi is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Dutch Studies at Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest), with a secondary affiliation as a Post-Doc at the Huygens Institute of Netherlands History. She holds a PhD from the Central European University in Medieval Studies, focusing on Queen Mary of Hungary's court.

• Education:
  • Dutch & English Language/Literature, Eötvös Loránd University
  • Medieval Studies, Central European University
  • English Language/Literature, University of Utrecht

Her research spans Cultural Transfer between Hungary and the Low Countries, Translation Studies of peripheral languages, Medieval Court Institutions, and World Literature. She has co-edited volumes on Dutch-Hungarian historical connections and Medieval Symbolism, with a focus on figures like Saint Elisabeth of Hungary and Queen Gertrude.

Key publications analyze:

• Cold War-era ideological translation patterns
• Medieval Dutch literature's reception in Hungary
• 1920s Hungarian child welfare trains to the Netherlands
• Cultural symbolism in 16th-century Habsburg-Jagellonian politics

She contributes to Dutch Crossing Journal and Medieval Buda in Context, with a methodological emphasis on genealogical analysis and artistic artifacts as historical sources.

Current projects examine transnational Dutch literature flows and post-1918 humanitarian networks, supported by collaborations with institutions like the Budapest History Museum and Academia Press.