Ágnes Györke

We had a superb book launch yesterday. Many thanks to @lievenameel, Mirjam Truwant, and all the participants!

I am honoured to have received the Albert Szenczi Molnár Award from my university in recognition of my academic work.

BREAKING NEWS The 2025 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.”

Submissions are welcome to our ESSE seminar "Infrastructures of Feeling: The European City in Contemporary Literature and Visual Media". 18th ESSE Conference 31st August – 4th September 2026 Santiago de Compostela, Spain. call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/10/05…

I'm pleased to share Tamás Kisantal's thoughtful review of our edited volume, Urban Culture and the Modern City: "As the first comprehensive English-language collection focusing on the cultural aspects of urban life in Hungary..." ojs.elte.hu/theanachronist…

Attending an inspiring conference organised by @BACLS_official

Spent a few days at an inspiring conference on my favourite writer with great colleagues in beautiful Nice - grateful for the experience!

Call for Articles. Publication and issue: EJES (European Journal of English Studies), Volume 30 (2026): “Accessing Shakespearean Drama through (Re)translation and Audiovisual Adaptation in the 21st Century”. #essecfp. 👉 #shakespeare-drama" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">essenglish.org/cfp-volumes-jo…

I've reviewed "Frontiers of South Asian culture: Nation, trans-nation and beyond" in @Routledge_JPW . A rich and wide-ranging volume. tandfonline.com/eprint/NKZM4HI…

Delighted to read this review of our volume in the prestigious @USJ_online!

I'm delighted to share this generous and insightful review of Geographies of Affect in Contemporary Literature and Visual Culture by Kata Gyuris: ojs.elte.hu/theanachronist…

My article on Central and Eastern Europe in Bruce Chatwin's, Tibor Fischer's and Kazuo Ishiguro's novels has just been published in an exciting new volume that explores representations of the "Second World" in contemporary British writing. vr-elibrary.de/doi/10.14220/9…

Delighted to share that I had my habilitation ceremony at Eötvös Loránd University. Feeling deeply honoured!

✨ On Tuesday, June 18, editors Ágnes Györke and Tamás Juhász launched their book, 'Urban Culture and the Modern City: Hungarian Case Studies'. ✨ For more information about the book, visit our website: 📙 lup.be/book/urban-cul… #UrbanCulture #Hungary #booklaunch

@lievenameel @LeuvenUP Many thanks for joining us, Lieven! We greatly appreciated your insightful introduction of our volume to the audience.

had the honor to participate in the book launch of Urban Culture and the Modern City: Hungarian Case Studies, edited by @AgnesGyorke and Tamás Juhász. Congratulations to the editors, contributors, and to @LeuvenUP on this inspiring book! lievenameel.hypotheses.org/2128

Very pleased to have taken delivery of this little fella just now. Formally published on June 28th, available via Open Access in due course. Can’t quite believe it’s here at last!

All our welcome to attend our book launch on 18 June!

An interview on the topic of our recent edited volume has just been published! "In Urban Culture and the Modern City editors Ágnes Györke and Tamás Juhász expand the scope of literary urban studies by focusing on Budapest and Hungarian small towns..." lup.be/2024/04/agnes-…

Spent a wonderful week at Radboud University in Nijmegen thanks to Erasmus and my great hosts!

I was delighted to give a paper on Helon Habila's Oil on Water at the @GAPSnet Conference in Zürich! #GAPS2024 #Postcolonial_Environments