Adam Mestyan
Curriculum Vitae
Permanent Address
Phone: 0036 209350925
Email: mestyan_adam@phd.ceu.hu
22 Eötvös utca
Budapest, 1067, Hungary
Nationality: Hungarian
Education
2007-present
Central European University (CEU), Budapest, Hungary
2006 – 2007
Central European University (CEU), Budapest, Hungary PhD in Comparative History (comprehensive exam: passed with distinction, committee: Marsha Siefert, Zeynep Celik, Nadia Al-Bagdadi), ABD
MA in Comparative History (with Distinction)
2004 – 2007
ELTE University, Budapest, Hungary PhD in Aesthetics, ABD
September 2000 – June 2005
ELTE University, Budapest, Hungary MA in Arabic Studies
September 1999 – June 2004
ELTE University, Budapest, Hungary MA in Aesthetics
Archival Research
February-May 2010
Paris Archives Nationales de France
September-December 2009
Istanbul Ottoman Archive- The Prime Ministry’s Archives (Başbakanlık Arşivleri)
January-March 2009, June-July 2009
Cairo
Egyptian National Archive (Dar Al-Watha’iq Al-Qawmiyya)
April 2007 Archives Nationales de France
Research Projects
2009-2011
Research Fellow (EUI) Opera and History Project Member
2006-2007
Designing teaching material for the BA course “Religious Studies”, ELTE University
Member and editor
Other Courses
September 2008
Ottoman Bank, Istanbul, Turkey Summer Academy of the WiKo (Berlin) and the Agha Khan University (London): “Living Together: Plurality and Cosmopolitanism in the Ottoman Empire”
September 2008
EUI, Florance, Italy Summer University course: “Methods of Comparative History”
July 2008
CEU, Budapest, Hungary Summer University course: “Religion and Politics”
July 2005
CEU, Budapest, Hungary Summer University course: “Bookish Traditions”
September 2003 – June 2004
Kuwait University, Kuwait Arabic as foreign language course (one full academic year)
July 2002
Bourghiba Institute, Tunis Summer University – Arabic language course (one month)
Scholarships and Awards
2009 September-December
Erasmus PhD Exchange (CEU-Boğazıçı University) Scholarship in Istanbul, Turkey (4 months)
2009 June-July
CEU Short PhD Research Grant Research scholarship in Cairo, Egypt (2 months)
2009 January-March
Ministry of Culture and Education Research scholarship in Cairo, Egypt (3 months)
2007
CEU MA Research Grant Research scholarship in Paris, France (1 month)
2006-2007-2008
Ministry of Cultural Heritage Scholarship “Ernő Kállai” for Historians of Art
2003-2004
Ministry of Education Prize of the Republic for Academic Excellence
2003
National Scientific Conference for University Students in Hungary (OTDK) Special Prize, Section Aesthetics
October 2002
Open Society Foundation Prague – Critics Seminar (Scholarship for one week)
Professional Experience
2009 October
European University Institute- Boğaziçi University, Istanbul Chief conference organizer, Musical societies and politics: Ottoman and early Republican Turkey in its European Context, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, October 29-31, 2009
2008 – present
European Review of History
(Routledge) Associate editor
2008 autumn
Mediavel Studies, CEU Instructor in Arabic
2007 autumn-winter
Mediavel Studies, CEU Instructor in Arabic
2008 autumn-winter
Al-Dhakira Al-Arabiyya Foundation Research Assistant
2008 July
CEU History Summer School
“Religion and Politics” Assistant to Prof. Matthias Riedl
2007 autumn
Hungarian Literary Journal
“Kalligram” Editor of a Special Issue on Modern Arabic Literature (February, 2008)
Spring 2007
Central European University (CEU), Budapest, Hungary Student-workshop organizer (Religious Studies Program)
Spring 2006
Hungarian Journal “MovieCulture” Editor
2006
L’Harmattan Publishing House Editor of the book: Spectacle/Theatre – Genre, body, performativity (released in 2006, June)
Spring Semester 2005/2006
Department of Aesthetics, ELTE University, Budapest “The body of the beholder” – Teaching as a PhD-student
Autumn Semester 2005/2006
Department of Aesthetics, ELTE University, Budapest “The sensible in the history of ideas” seminar. Teaching as a PhD-student.
April 2005
ELTE University and the Trafo House of Contemporary Arts Conference Organizer.
Professional Affiliations
2008-present Member, Middle East Studies Association (MESA)
2004 – present Member, Dayka Gabor Society
2003 – present Member, Erasmus College (since 2005 Senior Student)
2000 – present Member, József Attila Circle (JAK)
Skills
Languages: Hungarian (native), English (TOEFL, IELTS), Arabic (MSA): fluent written and spoken, French: DELF B2, German: fluent reading, studied Persian (for one year), Hebrew, Latin, Greek (very basic), now studying Ottoman Turkish.
Computers: MS Word, Excel, Internet Explorer, Music Softwares, Vista and XP-user, and Mac-fan.
