Barát, Erzsébet
Associate Professor
Office location: Main Building, Ady tér, #3303
Office phone: +3662 544526
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- Degrees:
- PhD in Linguistics, University of Lancaster, UK, 2000, Dissertation Title: A Relational Model of Identity: Negotiating (non-oppressive) relations of power in (researching) Hungarian women’s life narratives
- MA in Applied Linguistics, University of Queensland, Australia, 1993
- MA in English and Hungarian Literature and Linguistics, University of Szeged, 1982
- Areas of competence: gender studies; discourse analysis; qualitative research methods; media studies
- Areas of specialization: critical discourse analysis; social theory of meaning making; lavender linguistics; language and gender; interdisciplinary approaches to discourse, theories of gender and sexuality.
- Publications: Download the list of publications
- MA Theses theses supervised (Representative selection):
The Generic `he´ in the Bible (Klaudia Szabó, 2008)
Masculinity Redefined: The Eroticization of the Male Body in Advertisements (Ambrus Péter Attila, 2007)
The Lesbian Gaze in The L Word (KataLin Faragó 2006)
The Construction of Masculinity in The Matrix (Nóra Koller, 2005)
Hate Speech: The Case of Hungary (Dóra Koczor, 2004)
Strategies for Avoiding Responsibility: Critical Discourse Analysis of the Political speeches by the Previous Hungarian Prime Minister’s (Attila Krizsán, 2003)
Academics vs. non-academics in public debates: A case study of the Massachusetts Bilingual Education Controversy (Csilla Weninger, 2003)
- PhD theses supervised:
Discursive Dynamics within European Language Policy-Planning, Felicia Kreiselmaier, University of Bern, co-supervision (2008 – current)
LGBT Advocacy at the Intersection of Transnational and Local Discourses on Sexual Identity, Human Rights, and the Struggles for Citizenship Rights in Croatia, Nicole Butterfield, Central European University, Budapest (2008 – current)
Identity Formation and the New Media (Éva Misits, University of Szeged, 2007 – current)
The EU is not them but us! Collective Identities in European Political Discourse (Attila Krizsán at University of Joensuu, Finland, co-supervision, 2007 – current)
Gender and Media Diversity: The Case of Serbian and Croatian Television (Danica Minic, at Central European University, Budapest, 2006 – current)
Self-freakings. Body-Texts in Angela Carter’s Trilogy (Anna Kérchy, University of Szeged, 2006, co-supervised)
- Teaching this academic year: The Sociology of Gender (BA and MA); Language, Ideology and Power in the Media (BA); Researching Women’s Life (MA); Qualitative Research Methods (PhD)