Dr. Varga Norbert Curriculum Vitae Personal information: Place of birth: Csongrád, Hungary Date of birth: 25 July 1978 Education, qualifications: 1996-1997. Károli Gáspár University and József Attila University, Faculty of Law and Political Science – Joint Programme 1997-2001. University of Debrecen, Institute of Law and Political Science, law programme; thesis title: The history of public administration in Debrecen between 1870 and 1886; thesis supervisor: Prof. Dr. István Stipta 2000-2001. University of Debrecen, Hatvani István Honours College; tutors: Prof. Dr. József Ruszoly and Prof. Dr. Béla Szabó. 2001-2003. University of Miskolc, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Deák Ferenc Doctoral School; full-time doctoral student; research topic: Hungarian citizenship law in the 19th century; dissertation supervisors: Prof. Dr. István Stipta and Prof. Dr. Mária Homoki-Nagy 2003. University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Law School; Marie Curie Fellowship (three months’ doctoral studies in law and political science) 2003-2006. University of Debrecen, Faculty of Humanities, Institute of Law and Political Science; history programme; thesis title: The introduction of the office of the lord lieutenant in the royal free boroughs of Debrecen and Szeged; dissertation supervisor: Dr. György Miru, associate professor; specializations: European studies Informatics and historiography 2004. Indiana University, Maurer School of Law; the joint exchange programme of the University of Debrecen and Indiana University (five months’ doctoral studies in law and political science) 2006-2007. University of Debrecen, Faculty of Humanities, Multidisciplinary Doctoral School; independent preparation; research topic: the introduction of the municipal authorities act (Act XLII of 1870) in the royal free boroughs of Debrecen and Szeged (1870-1872) Academic degrees: 2008. PhD in history Date of public debate: 6 February 2008. Appointed opponents: Prof. Dr. István Kajtár and Dr. Csaba Csapó; University of Debrecen, Faculty of Humanities, Institute of History, Multidisciplinary Doctoral School. The title of the dissertation: The Introduction of the Municipal Authorities Act (Act XLII of 1870) in the Royal Free Boroughs of Debrecen and Szeged (1870-1872); assessment: summa cum laude; dissertation supervisor: Dr. György Miru, associate professor 2009. PhD in law and political science Date of public debate: 2009. 3 July 2009. Appointed opponents: Prof. Dr. István Kajtár and Prof. Dr. Barna Mezey, University of Miskolc,
Faculty of Law and Political Science, Deák Ferenc Doctoral School of Law and Political Science. The title of the dissertation: The Hungarian Citizenship Law in the 19th Century (The Antecedents, Dogmatic Basis and Practice of the First Citizenship Law [Act I Of 1879], 1880-1890), assessment: summa cum laude, dissertation supervisors: Prof. Dr. Mária Homoki-Nagy and Prof. Dr. István Stipta Jobs history: 2001-2004. 2004-2006. 20062006. 2006-2008. 2008-2011 2011-
Doctoral student: University of Miskolc, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Department of Law History Instructor: University of Debrecen, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Department of Law History Part-time instructor: University of Debrecen, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Department of Law History Part-time instructor: University of Szeged, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Department of Hungarian Law History Instructor: University of Szeged, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Department of Hungarian Law History Assistant professor: University of Szeged, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Department of Hungarian Law History Associate professor: University of Szeged, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Department of Hungarian Law History
Languages: English:
intermediate-level language examination (written and oral) Special training in legal and economic English (InterMundia Magyarország Bt., Office of Distance Education Programmes) Latin: intermediate-level language examination for professional purposes (PhD) German: basic-level language skills Teaching experience: Visiting professor, teaching in abroad: 2012. Das Staatsangehörigkeitsrecht im 19. Jahrhundert, Universität Heidelberg, Juristische Fakultät, Gast-Professor im Rahmen des DAAD-Heidelberg- Forschungsprogramms, Seminar 2012. International treaties and citizenship law in the 19th century, University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law, Seminar 2013. Citizenship in Europe or European Citizenship: Development of the Concept of the Citizenship, University of Cambridge, Faculty of Law, Seminar 2001-2006. University of Debrecen, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Department of Law History (courses): Hungarian constitutional and legal history History of Hungarian constitution and public administration Universal constitutional and legal history Comparative constitutional history in the modern era US constitutional law Introduction to primary sources in law
Chapters in the history of public administration in Debrecen Chapters in Western European constitutional and legal history Revision of legal history studies I still participate at the Department of Legal History of the University of Debrecen, Faculty of Law and Political Science in the teaching of the Hungarian constitutional and legal history and the history public administration courses. 2006- University of Szeged, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Department of Hungarian Law History (courses): Hungarian constitutional history Hungarian legal history The history of basic rights The history of specialized administration in the bourgeois era Consultation in the field of Hungarian constitutional and legal history 2010- 2011 Hungarian Legal History (in english for Wietnamian student, University of Szeged) As an instructor, I have served/serve as the consultant for TDK/OTDK (students’ essay competition), final, research seminar and thesis projects. Teaching in PhD program and participate in procedure of PhD: 2012. Publication system 2011. Presentation techniques 2011Development of the citizenship law Procedure of PhD: Secretary: 2010. dr. Erzsébet, Csatlós: Az Arktisz nemzetközi jogi helyzete. (SZTE ÁJTK, 24.10.2011.) 2012. dr. Erika, Farkas Csamangó: A kölcsönös megfeleltetés környezetjogi aspektusai (06.2012.) Member of PhD Committee: 2012. dr. Gábor, Rokolya: A közjegyzői intézmény fejlődése a polgári korban. (ME-ÁJK, 13.06.2012.) Member of the examination committee: 2012. dr. Gábor, Rokolya: A közjegyzői intézmény fejlődése a polgári korban. (ME-ÁJK, 06.06.2012.) Supervisor in PhD: 0.5 student, Dénes, Legeza Tudományos Diákköri feladatok: Pro Scientia Goldprize: 2011. Auer Ádám Országos Tudományos Diákköri Konferencia (Hungarian National Students’ Academic Essay Competition and Conference OTDK) Ludmány Lajos: A Svéd-Norvég Királyság közjogi helyzete 1814 és 1905 között. (III. prize), supervisor Papp László: Az 1878. évi btk. XVIII. és XX. fejezetének alkalmazása a debreceni ítélőtáblán 1920-1925 között. (II. prize), supervisor Auer Ádám: A képviselők mentelmi jogának szabályozása és gyakorlata (1865-75). (I. prize), supervisor Kereki Ádám: A bírói függetlenség alaptörvényének országgyűlési vitája. supervisor
2010.
Areas of research:
Vajdasági Tudományos Diákköri Konferencia (Students’ Academic Essay Conference in Vajdaság VMTDK) Kereki Ádám: A bírói függetlenség alaptörvényének országgyűlési vitája, supervisor Citizenship law in the 19th – 20th century Conflict of Interest of MP The constitutional history of the USA and England Comparative study of English, American and Hungarian citizenship law The roots of EU citizenship law The history of legal education The history of public administration in the dual monarchy 19th- 20th century constitutional history
Honours, awards, prizes: 1999. 24th Hungarian National Students’ Academic Essay Competition and Conference, University of Miskolc, Faculty of Law and Political Science; title of the essay: The Introduction of the Municipal Authorities Act (Act XLII of 1870) in the Royal Free Boroughs of Debrecen and Szeged (1870-1872), special prize of the Hungarian Bar Association 2000. University of Debrecen, Faculty of Law and Political Science, local students' academic essay competition and conference; title of the essay: The institutional history of public administration in Debrecen (18701886). 1st prize. Essay presented at the 25th Hungarian National Students’ Academic Essay Competition and Conference held in Budapest (Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Faculty of Law and Political Science) 2001. Domokos Lajos Prize 2007. 2nd prize with my competition entry titled “The Introduction of the Municipal Authorities Act (Act XLII of 1870) in the Royal Free Boroughs of Debrecen and Szeged (1870-1872)” submitted to the Philosophy and History Specialized Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), Szeged Regional Committee and the Board of the “For Supporting Academic Scholarship in the South Plains Region” Foundation Offices, membership and other service: 1998-1999. Teaching assistant, Kossuth Lajos University, Institute of Law and Political Science, Department of Legal History and Legal Philosophy 1999-2001. Teaching assistant, University of Debrecen (from 2001), Institute of Law and Political Science, Department of Legal History 1998-2001. European Law Students’ Association (ELSA), vice-president for academic activities 1999. ELSA Hungary, Supervisory Board, president 1999. European Legal Academy, member 2001Hungarian Association of Doctoral Students, member
2005-2006. 2008-2009.
2009-
200920102010. 2010. 201020102010. 2011201120112011 20112012. 20122012. 201220132013-
University of Debrecen, Talent Management Programme (DETEP), tutor Member of the Public Body of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Department of Philosophy and History, Committee of Historical Scholarship Member of the Public Body of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Department of Economics and Law, Committee of Law and Political Science Association of Young Legal Historians (AYLH), member University of Szeged, Faculty of Law, Science Student Council, member Law and Literature, (Recht und Literatur – Droit et Litterature) International PhD Student Conference, organizer. University of Szeged, Faculty of Law, Students' Scientific Conference, Roman Law and Legal History subsection, jury member Research Student Movement, mentor Hungarian Csongrád County Lawyers Association, member VII. PhD Conference in Debrecen, Debrecen University, Faculty of Law and State, Legal History Section, jury member European Society for Comparative Legal History (ESCLH) member The European Society for History of Law (ESHL) member SZTE ÁJTK President of the Application Committee Új Alaptörvényünk és a jogélet reformja conference, organizer, SZTEÁJTK Doktori Iskola, SZAB, Szeged Scottish Legal History Group, member History workshop to the secondary grammar school student, Történeti workshop középiskolások számára, SZTE-ÁJTK, organizer Krakowskie Studia z Historii Państwa i Prawa/ Cracow Studies on History of State and Law, reviewer X. KutDiák Országos Esszéíró Pályázat, member of the jury Glossae, legal history journal, Spain – member of International Advisory Board Educational Journal, reviewer Social Science, reviewer
Foreign study trips, Hungarian scholarships: 1999. Rijks Universiteit, Netherlands, Leiden, Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid, AEGEE summer university, programme title: International and human rights (11-25th July). 2001-2002. Scholarship of the Republic of Hungary 2002. Max Planck Institut für Europäische Rechtsgeschichte, Germany, Frankfurt am Main, DAAD programme, title: Juristischer Wissenstransfer zwischen Deutschland und Ungarn. Programme directors: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Michael Stolleis and Prof. Dr. Béla Szabó. Research topic: The emergence of the concept of citizenship (one week). 2002. Max Planck Institut für Europäische Rechtsgeschichte, Germany, Frankfurt am Main, DAAD programme, title: Juristischer Wissenstransfer zwischen Deutschland und Ungarn. Programme directors: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Michael Stolleis and Prof. Dr. Béla Szabó.
2003.
2004.
2006.
2009.
2010.
Research topic: The emergence of the concept of citizenship (one months 1-30th September). University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Law School, Marie Curie Fellowship, consultant: Prof. E.J.H. Schrage. Research topic: European citizenship law (three months, 2nd February – 15th May). Indiana University, Maurer School of Law, Bloomington, USA, consultant: Prof. Michael Grossberg. Research topic: American citizenship law (five months, 2nd February – 30th June). Indiana University, Maurer School of Law, Bloomington, USA. Eötvös Scholarship of the Republic of Hungary, consultant: Prof. Michael Grossberg. Research topic: 19th-century citizenship law, with special attention to the comparative examination of Hungarian and American citizenship law (two months, 1st July – 30th September). Harvard University, School of Law, Cambridge, USA. (one months, August) Pólay Elemér Foundation, support for research project. Research topic: The introduction of the Municipal Authorities Act (Act XLII of 1870) in the royal free boroughs of Debrecen and Szeged (1870-1872). University of Oxford, Faculty of Law, European and Comparative law Institute. Eötvös Scholarship of the Republic of Hungary. Consultant: Prof. Dr. Stephan Vogenauer, Research topic: The Development of Citizenship in England in the 19th Century, with Special Attention to the Comparative Analysis of English and Hungarian Citizenship Law. (three months, 1st July – 31st August)
2012.
Universität Heidelberg, Juristische Fakultät, DAAD-HeidelbergForschungsprogramms (three months 1st October – 31st December)
2012.
University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law, Center for Comparative and Public Law, (two weeks, 27th August – 09th September.) University of Cambridge, Faculty of Law (six months, 1st July – 31st December)
2013.
Scientific presentation, lectures in conference International conferences: 1. The History of Hungarian Citizenship Law in the 19th Century Special Regard to the German Citizenship Law. Frankfurt am Main, Max Planck Institut für Europaische Rechtsgeschichte. (23rd March 2002.) 2. International treaties in practice. US – Hungarian relationship in the 19th century citizenship law. Shanghai, Shanghai International Conference on Social Science (1721st August 2011.) 3. Digitális és e-learning tananyagfejlesztés a 21. századi felsőoktatásban. A komáromi Selye János egyetem III. Nemzetközi Tudományos Konferenciája. “A tudomány és az oktatás a tudásközpontú társadalom szolgálatában” III. Medzinárodná vedecká konferencia Univerzity J. Selyeho v Komárne “Veda vzdelávanie na podporu vzdelanostnej spoločnosti” Komárno, (5-6th September 2011.) 4. Elektronikus tananyagfejlesztés a jog és igazgatási képzési ágban Magyarországon. SzámOkt 2011. XXI. Nemzetközi Számítástechnika és Oktatás Konferencia. 21st International Conference on Computer and Education. S. C. Incitato S.R.L., Kolozsvár/Cluj, (6-9th October 2011.) 5. Historical Legal Institutions in Connection with the New Constitution of Hungary in 2011. International Conference „Constitutional and Political Processes in Central and
Eastern Europe: Twenty Years After”, Institute of Law and Public Policy in cooperation with National Research University „Higher School of Economics”, Liberal Mission Foundation, Moscow State Law Academy in Honour of O.E. Kutafin, Moscow, 17-(18th February 2012) 6. International Commercial Treaties in the 19th Century: The Development of International Connections between Siam, China, Japan and Hungary. 9th ASLI Conference in Singapore, University of Singapore, (30th May – 1st June 2012.) 7. Changing Legal History: Research Tendencies in the field of Legal History in the 21st Century Hungary. International Journal of Arts & Sciences (IJAS) Conference at the Harvard University, Cambridge-Boston, USA, (26-30th May 2013.) Hungarian confereces: 1. A magyar állampolgársági jog történetére vonatkozó irodalom áttekintése. Miskolc, Doktoranduszok Fóruma. (2001. november 6.) 2. Az állampolgárság elvesztése az 1879:L. tc. alapján. Miskolc, Doktoranduszok Fóruma. (2002. november 6.) 3. Az első állampolgársági törvényünk parlamenti vitája. Pilisborosjenő, Jogász doktoranduszok harmadik szakmai találkozója, (2002. december 6-7.) 4. A honosítási bizottság munkája. Budapest, Eötvös Loránd tudományegyetem, Államés Jogtudományi Kar, Jogász doktoranduszok negyedik szakmai találkozója. (2002. december 14.) 5. A dualista állampolgársági jog levéltári forrásai. Miskolc, Doktoranduszok Fóruma. (2003. november 6.) 6. A köztörvényhatósági törvény bevezetése Debrecen és Szeged sz. királyi városokban. Szeged, Szegedi Tudományegyetem, Állam- és Jogtudományi Kar, Mezővárosaink jogállása a 18/19 században c. konferencia. (2003. november 18.) 7. Barabási Kun József. Budapest, Wesley János Lelkészképző Főiskola, Tanári szerepek a XX. században c. konferencia. (2004. december 18.) 8. Adalékok az első állampolgársági törvényünk gyakorlati megvalósulásához. Debrecen, Debreceni jogász doktoranduszok II. szakmai találkozója. (2005. március 31.) 9. A községi illetőség az állampolgársági jog a dualizmusban. Szeged, Szegedi Tudományegyetem, Állam- és Jogtudományi Kar, Bónis György és Both Ödön halálának 20. évfordulóján szervezett tudományos emlékülés. (2005. szeptember 2324.) 10. A főispáni intézmény bevezetése Debrecen és Szeged szabad királyi városokban az 1870:XLII. tc. alapján. Debrecen, Debreceni jogász doktoranduszok III. szakmai találkozója. (2006. május 4.) 11. Az Osztrák Magyar Monarchia középcímere. Justitiától a bírói pálcáig (Jogi kultúra, processzusok, rituálék és szimbólumok II.) Budapest, Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem, Állam- és Jogtudományi Kar. (2007. április 12.) 12. A kettős állampolgárság szabályozása 1879-ben. IV. Debreceni Doktorandusz Konferencia. Debreceni Egyetem, Állam- és Jogtudományi Kar. (2007. április 20.) 13. A kettős állampolgárság egy speciális esete. A magyar királyi család állampolgársága. IV. Szegedi Jogtörténész Napok. A bírói hatalomról szóló 1869:IV. valamint az állampolgárságról szóló 1879:L. törvények keletkezésének évfordulója alkalmából a SZAB és SZTE ÁJTK Magyar Jogtörténeti Tanszék által szervezett konferencia, Szeged. (2009. november 13.) 14. A nemesi vármegyerendszer bírálata a reformkorban Eötvös József: A falu jegyzője című műve alapján. Jog és Irodalom. Recht und Literatur – Droit et Litterature.
Interdiszciplináris doktorandusz konferencia. Szegedi Akadémia Bizottság Székháza, Szeged. (2010. november 4-5.) 15. Ideiglenesség és jogfolytonosság. Történeti jogintézmények szerepe a magyar alkotmányozásban. Kovács István Emléknapok. Az alkotmány és gyakorlata 20 év távlatában. Szegedi Tudományegyetem, Állam- és Jogtudományi Kar, Szeged. (2010. november 18-19.) 16. Az állampolgársági jog alkalmazásának történeti dimenziói. Bevándorlók honosítási és integrációs stratégiái. MTA Etnikai-nemzeti Kisebbségkutató Intézet és ICCRBudapest Alapítvány, Budapest, (2011. március 10.) 17. Az országgyűlési képviselők összeférhetetlensége: egy sarkalatos jog történeti előzményei. Az új Alaptörvény és a jogélet reformja (The New Hungarian Constitution and the Reform of Legal Life – Das neue ungarische Grundgesetz und das Reform des Rechtslebens) SZTE ÁJTK, Szeged (2011. november 26.)
Szeged, 15th July 2013.
Dr. Norbert VARGA associate professor
