Dr. habil. Kornelia Deres

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsTheatre and Media Studies,History of Science
Keywordsmedia history, performance studies, history of science and knowledge, cultural history, theatre history
Honours and awards

2022: Promising Researcher of ELTE Award

Current contact address

CountryHungary
CityBudapest
InstitutionEötvös Lorand University
InstituteDepartment of Comparative Literature

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Peter W. MarxInstitut für Medienkultur und Theater, Universität zu Köln, Köln
Start of initial sponsorship01/02/2020

Programme(s)

2019Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2026Kornélia Deres: A Central European Magic Professor: Dissolving Views, Stage Magic, and other Lantern Practices by Ludwig Döbler. In: Kurt Vanhoutte, Eleonora Paklons, Evelien Jonckheere and Leen Engelen, Spectacles of Light: The Magic Lantern as Popular Entertainment, 1810-1930. Brepols, 2026. pp 105-126
2026Kornélia Deres: Performances and trajectories of magnetism in nineteenth-century Budapest. In: Eleonora Paklons, Kristof Smeyers, Kurt Vanhoutte, Hannah Welslau, Performing Magnetism: The Theatrics of Persuasion in the Long Nineteenth Century. Leuven University Press, 2026. pp. 27-40
2024Kornelia Deres: Performing Womanhood and Carefare in Hungary. In: Theatre Research International, 49, 2024, 95-100
2022Kornelia Deres: Popular Entertainment and New Images in Nineteenth-century Theatre. In: A. Farkas and G. Körömi, New Results in the Research of Theatre and Drama (17th-19th century). Líceum Publisher, 2022. 197-206
2021Kornelia Deres: Emerging Postdramatic Aesthetics and Shakespeare in Hungarian Theatre. In: Theatralia, 24, 2021, 105-120
2020DERES, KORNÉLIA: Archival Practices of Suspicion: Remains in Secret Reports, Self-Documentation and Oral Histories. In: Theatre Research International, 45, 2020, 308–314
2020Kornelia Deres: From State Security to Security State: Performing Control and Claustrophobia in Hungarian Theatre. In: New Theatre Quarterly, 36, 2020, 320-331