Enikő Bollobás

File:Eniko 2.jpg Enikő Bollobás D.Litt. (D.Sc.), C.Sc. (Ph.D.), habil., is Professor and Chair of the Department of American Studies at ELTE (Eötvös Loránd University), Budapest, Hungary. A graduate of ELTE with an M.A. in English and General Linguistics (1975), Ms. Bollobás obtained her Dr. Univ. in American Literature (1978), received her C.Sc. (Ph.D.) in Literature at the Hungarian Academy of Letters and Sciences (1984), her Habilitation in Literature at ELTE (2004), and her D.Litt. (D.Sc.) from the Hungarian Academy of Letters and Sciences (2009). She did her postgraduate work in Minneapolis (University of Minnesota) and La Jolla (University of California, San Diego), was research fellow for three years at the Hungarian Academy of Letters and Sciences (1979-82), and recipient of the Széchenyi Professorial grant (1999-2002). Twice she was Visiting Fulbright Professor at the University of Oregon in Eugene (1986-87, 1996), teaching courses in American and Hungarian Literature. She was also IFUSS (International Forum for U.S. Studies) Research and Teaching Fellow at the University of Iowa in 1998 and 2000, and Visiting Fulbright scholar at UCSD (University of California, San Diego) in 2005. Co-Chair of the Hungarian Association for American Studies between 2001 and 2003, Dr. Bollobás has been International Advisory Board Member of IFUSS since 2000.

Her professional interests range from theories of modernism and postmodernism, American modern and postmodern literatures, the traditions of experimentation and avant-garde, and free verse prosodies to post-deconstruction theories, feminist theory and criticism, American studies theories. She has published four books on American literature: THEY AREN'T, UNTIL I CALL THEM—On Doing Things with Words in Literature (Frankfurt am Main-Berlin-Bern-Bruxelles-New York-Oxford: Peter Lang, 2010), Az amerikai irodalom története [A History of American Literature] (Budapest: Osiris, 2005), Charles Olson (New York: Twayne, 1992), and Tradition and Innovation in American Free Verse (Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1986). Her numerous essays have appeared in international and Hungarian scholarly journals (among them, Paideuma, American Quarterly, Journal of Pragmatics, Language and Style, Word and Image, Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies, AMERICANA, Jelenkor, Holmi, Pompeji, Helikon, Műút, A Dunánál, Nagyvilág, Magyar Napló).

Dr. Bollobás has lectured internationally at conferences from Strasbourg to New Delhi, has been invited speaker at various universities, including such prestigious schools as Cambridge University (England), Yale, Berkeley, Stanford, Georgetown, George Washington University, UCSD, and the University Iowa. She has also been invited to speak at numerous research institutions such as Brookings, Smithsonian, Chautauqua, American Jewish Committee, Meridian House, Freedom House, and the Wiesenthal Center.

During the 1980s, Ms. Bollobás was active in the political opposition. As part of her commitment to human rights, in 1989 she founded the Szeged-based political discussion group Hungarian Feminists, the first non-communist organization to address women's issues. A dedicated Atlanticist, Ms. Bollobás was Vice-Chair (1992-1994) and Secretary General (1994-96) of the Hungarian Atlantic Council, a civic organization lobbying at the time for Hungary’s NATO membership.

A graduate of Senior Managers in Government at Kennedy School of Government, Ms. Bollobás worked in government administration between 1990 and 1994: as Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d’Affaires at the Hungarian Embassy in Washington, D.C., and as Director of the Department of Atlantic and Israeli Affairs of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry. Her opinion pieces have appeared in The Washington Post and The International Herald Tribune, and were incorporated into the Congressional Record of the United States Congress.

Enikő Bollobás is married, has a daughter (who is a psychologist) and a son (who is a medical doctor). She lives in Budapest with her husband, scholar of French literature and civilization.

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