Hoppál Krisztina

Krisztina Hoppál

Krisztina Kinga Hoppál holds an MA in archaeology (2010); she defended her PhD dissertation in 2016 (Eötvös Loránd University). Between 2017 and 2022 she held a research assistant position at the MTA–ELTE–SZTE Silk Road Research. She conducted research at Peking University School of Archaeology and Museology, Semarang State University (Indonesia), and Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica. (Taiwan). She received the János Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 2019, and was granted the New National Excellence Program of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology in 2019 and 2022. During these periods of funding her research was hosted by Eötvös Loránd University. Her main research interests are Sino-Roman relations, intercultural exchange in Antiquity, inter- imperial connections, long-distance trade, and archaeology of Southeast Asia and China.

Her main publications:

https://mta.academia.edu

https://m2.mtmt.hu

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-5621-8856

MTMT ID: 10037229

Pap Melinda

Melinda Pap

Melinda PAP obtained her MA degree in 2007 at the Chinese Department of Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) and continued her studies at the Sinology Programme of ELTE Doctoral School of Linguistics. She obtained her PhD in 2011, focusing on the Tiantai school of Chinese Buddhism. She translated and analysed the magnum opus of the eminent Tiantai monk, Zhanran. The revised dissertation was published as a book, titled: Buddhist Philosophy in Tang China: The Theory of Buddha-Nature of the Insentient in Zhanran’s Diamond Scalpel Treatise (in Hungarian). She teaches Chinese language, philosophy, and literature at the Chinese Department of ELTE since 2008, currently as a senior assistant professor. In 2019 she participated in the international Tiantai conference („From Tiantai to Hiei”) in Beijing. The written version of her lecture was later published in the conference volume.

Main publications:

https://btk.academia.edu/MelindaPap

https://m2.mtmt.hu

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4453-1394

MTMT ID: 10031463

Boros Péter

Péter Boros

Peter BOROS is currently a second-year PhD student at the Sinology doctoral program of Eötvös Loránd University. His research focus is 19th–20th century Chinese Buddhism, and specifically Buddhist-Christian dialogue centering around the figure of Buddhist master Taixu. In 2022, he was granted the New National Excellence Program Scholarship of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology to compare Christian and Buddhist meditation practices. Previously, through the Yenching Fellowship, he conducted numerous research trips in China and Southeast Asia. He holds two MA degrees in international relations from Central European University, and the Yenching Academy of Peking University.

Main publications:

https://elte.academia.edu

https://m2.mtmt.hu

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-9023-5203

MTMT ID: 10079819