Academic degree: PhD
Academic rank: full professor
Email: turk.attila@btk.ppke.hu
Office hours
Wednesday, 12:30–13:30
Courses taught
- History of research on early Hungarian history
- Eurasian background of early Hungarian history: nomadic peoples
- Introduction to archaeology
- Russian-language archaeological literature of early Hungarian history I (Material studies I)
- Early medieval archaeological heritage of Eastern Europe (Material studies III)
- Archaeological heritage of the Carpathian Basin in the 10th–11th centuries (Material studies IV)
- Geographical background and research methodology of early Hungarian history
- Early medieval history of Eastern Europe and main source groups of early Hungarian history
- Migration Period and Hungarian prehistory
- Eastern peoples 4
Research areas
- Archaeology of early Hungarian history
- Archaeological heritage of the Carpathian Basin in the 10th–11th centuries
- Archaeology of the Árpádian Age in the Carpathian Basin (especially the southern Great Plain)
- Archaeological heritage of medieval nomadic peoples of the Eurasian steppe
- Early medieval archaeology of the Crimean Peninsula and its Byzantine connections
Research projects
- Since 2012 – Lead researcher in the OTKA project: Eastern connections of the archaeological heritage of the Hungarian Conquest period in the light of Hungarian prehistory. Archaeological database and archaeometric research (OTKA 106369)
- 2013–2014 – New perspectives in the archaeological and natural scientific research of Hungarian prehistory, Magyary Zoltán Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Excellence Program
- Since 2013 – Hungarian leader of the Ural Russian–Hungarian Archaeological Expedition (excavations: 2013, 2014)
Excavations: director of 22 excavations
Exhibitions: co-curator of 5 exhibitions
Selected conferences and presentations
2014
„Sötét idők túlélői." A kontinuitás fogalma, kutatásának módszerei az 5–11. századi Kárpát-medence régészetében. Debrecen, 2014
Könyvsorozat a magyar őstörténetről. Conference organized by the Avicenna Institute for Middle Eastern Studies, the Archaeology Department and the Arabic Department of Pázmány Péter Catholic University, and the Department of Arabic and Semitic Philology of Eötvös Loránd University. Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, 2014
2013
Культуры степей Евразии второй половины I тысячелетия н.э. V Международная археологическая конференция. Samara
VII международная конференция „Источники по истории кочевников средневековой Евразии" Zvenigorod
MTA BTK Magyar Őstörténeti Témacsoport szegedi ülése. Szeged
„Hadak útján" Népvándorlás Kor Fiatal Kutatóinak XXIII. konferenciája. Veszprém
II-й Международный Мадьярский симпозиум. Chelyabinsk–Shadrinsk
2012
„Hadak útján" Népvándorlás kor fiatal kutatóinak XXII. konferenciája. Visegrád
«Л. Н. ГУМИЛЕВ МҰРАСЫ ЖӘНЕ ҚАЗІРГІ ЕУРАЗИЯЛЫҚ ИНТЕГРАЦИЯ» Eurasian Scientific Forum, Astana
A Kárpát-medence, a magyarság és Bizánc – Carpathian Basin, Hungarians and Byzantium. Szeged
«Средневековые города Туркменистана…» Ashgabat
2011
«Мадьяры в Украине» Komсомольск
Medieval Nomads. Fourth International Conference on the Medieval History of the Eurasian Steppe. Cairo
2010
Köneürgenç türkmen döwleti we merkezi aziýa… Ashgabat
2009
Medieval Nomads. Third International Conference… Miskolc
«Авари, прабългари и маджари…» Sofia
Workshop of the Institute of Archaeology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz. Budapest
«Идель-Алтай: истоки евразийской цивилизации». Kazan
2008
36th Annual Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology. Budapest
Восточнославянский мир… Voronezh
IV Международная археологическая конференция… Samara
2007
Формирование и взаимодействие уральских народов… Ufa
Medieval Nomads. Second International Conference… Jászberény
„A legjobb, ha mindez nem merül feledésbe..." Budapest
2006
Habitat–Religie–Etnicitate… Alba Iulia
2005
Взаимодействие народов Евразии… Izhevsk
2004
„A halál árnyékának völgyében járok..." Budapest
2003
Великое переселение народов… Izhevsk
Curriculum Vitae
1988–1992 – Piarist Secondary School, Kecskemét
1993–1999 – University of Szeged
1995–1997 – Invisible College, tutor: Csanád Bálint, consultant: László Kovács
Topic: Methodological problems of Migration Period and Hungarian Conquest archaeology
1998 – Museum internship at the Institute of Archaeology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
1999 – Archaeologist–museologist degree, University of Szeged
2000 – History teacher degree, University of Szeged
2001 – Hungarian prehistory degree, University of Szeged
2002–2005 – PhD student, Doctoral School of History, University of Szeged
2001–2005 – Archaeologist–museologist, Móra Ferenc Museum
2002–2003 – Member of NKFP research group on historical genetics and Hungarian ethnogenesis
2005–2010 – Research assistant, Institute of Archaeology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2008–2012 – Research member in OTKA project: Byzantium in Central and Eastern Europe
2011 – PhD degree (University of Szeged)
Topic: Hungarian prehistory and the Saltovo archaeological culture
Supervisors: Csanád Bálint and G. E. Afanas’ev
2011 – Head of Department, Archaeology Department, Móra Ferenc Museum
2012 – Director, Koszta József Museum (Szentes)
2013 – Research associate, Hungarian Prehistory Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Study trips and scholarships
2005–2010 – Young researcher scholarship, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2003–2010 – Guest of the Russian Academy of Sciences (multiple cities)
2004 – Vienna scholarship, program of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
2005, 2006, 2009 – Guest of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
2005, 2008, 2010 – Germany (Mainz, RGZM)
2006, 2007, 2010 – Guest of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences
Major excavations
2000–2001 – Szentes–Kaján, early Árpádian church and cemetery
2002 – Szentes–Nagytőke, Jámborhalom (with Péter Langó and László Révész)
2003 – Kiszombor sites (with Péter Langó)
2003–2004 – M5 motorway rescue excavations (Csengele, Kistelek sites)
2011–2012 – M43 site excavations
Teaching activity
Domestic higher education
- Archaeological problems of the 10th–11th century Carpathian Basin, University of Szeged (2005)
International higher education
- Lecture series in Ufa (Russia), 2006
- Lecture series in Astana (Kazakhstan), 2012
Exhibitions (co-curator)
- 1996 – „Árpáddal jött, magyarul élt..."
- 1998 – „A szentesi határban"
- 2001 – „Földbezárt túlvilág"
- 2003 – Keleti népek Szentes határában
Professional memberships
- Since 2006 – Hungarian Archaeological Association (founding member)
- Since 2009 – Hungarian Society for Byzantine Studies
- Since 2012 – ICFUC MNB board member
Awards
- 2012 – Gyula Kristó Award
Publications about the archaeologist
- Tima Renáta: Spaklibarátság. Interjú Türk Attilával (2011)
- Hamvay Péter: Lelkesedésből ásnak (2012)
