Szende Thomas

Szende Thomas is a full Professor at Inalco (Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales). He serves as Director of the EA 4514 Plidam research center and heads the Hungarian Studies section at Inalco. His academic work focuses on language teaching, cultural differences in dictionaries, and applied linguistics.

• Director, EA 4514 Plidam Research Center
• Head of Hungarian Studies Section, Inalco
• Member, UNESCO Chair "Language Policies for Multilingualism" Executive Committee
• Jury member, Paris University Thesis Prize
• Member, Inalco Scientific Council

His research spans language didactics, applied linguistics, and lexicography. He has published extensively on second culture teaching, bilingual dictionary analysis, and language appropriation dynamics, with recent work on language-culture pedagogy and grammatical instruction methodologies.

Key publication themes include: intercultural education, language policy in Central/Eastern Europe, bilingual dictionary design, and Hungarian language didactics. His academic contributions extend to methodological works like the Assimil Hungarian language series and specialized dictionaries.