Piroska Balogh

Piroska Balogh is a habilitated Associate Professor at the Institute of Hungarian Literature and Cultural Studies, Eötvös Loránd University Budapest. She holds degrees in Hungarian and Latin Language & Literature and earned her PhD in 2005 (focusing on János Lajos Schedius) and Doctor of Science (DSc) in 2023. Her research spans the history of aesthetics and Neo-Latin literature in 18th–19th century Hungary, with particular emphasis on Enlightenment intellectual traditions and their intercultural implications.

• Education: Hungarian Language & Literature and History (1998), Latin Language & Literature (2001) from ELTE Faculty of Humanities
• Academic Leadership: Editor for Hungarian Neo-Latin studies, contributor to international aesthetics symposia

Her work analyzes Latin journalism, university knowledge transfer (e.g., Göttingen model adaptation), and the evolution of aesthetic terminology. She has published extensively on figures like Károly Koppi and Friedrich August Clemens Werthes, focusing on their roles in Hungarian historiography and pedagogy. Recent projects examine intercultural identity in Neo-Latin travelogues and the methodological shifts in Hungarian literary historiography.

Scientific Awards:

• Doctor of Science (DSc), 2023
• Habilitated, 2015
• Co-authorship in Hallesche Beiträge zur Europäischen Aufklärung series

Her advising focuses on Hungarian Enlightenment studies, with collaborations at institutions like the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Argumentum Foundation. She contributes to critical editions (e.g., Szerdahely's Aesthetica) and maintains an active role in international conferences on Central European aesthetics.