Research Theme: urban culture, historical urban landscape, heritage theories, mundane heritage of cities, urban history, Japanese shopping-streets, urban decay, memory, architectural theories, architectural heritage

Research Topic: The main interest of the research is to understand and analyse the role that Japanese shopping streets play in the life of the city, while reading the city from the micro level and considering them as mundane sites of heritage and memory, creating a forgotten, decaying urban landscape in the ever-changing globalised Tokyo.

Education:

• 2014-2017: Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Humanities, Budapest, Hungary. History and Film Studies BA (bachelor’s thesis: The genesis of the silent era movies and its audience: a comparative analysis of Hungary, Germany, France, and Japan)
• 2017-2020: Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Humanities, Atelier Department of Interdisciplinary History, Budapest, Hungary. Cultural Heritage Studies MA (master’s thesis: The Influence of the Japanese Heritage Concept on the UNESCO Discourses, with a focus on the changing notion of authenticity)
• August 2020: Online Summer Programme on Japanese Cultural Studies organized by the Sainsbury Institute (SISJAC), Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts at the University of East Anglia
• Oct 2021 – Apr 2023: Research Student at Shimoda Laboratory, Heritage Studies Degree Program, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba
• April 2023 -: PhD Student at Shimoda Laboratory, Heritage Studies Degree Program, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba

Research Achievements:

(Papers, Reviews)

• Tóth Arnold - Élesztős László (ed.): Biographies from the History of Hungarian museums II. Pulszky Society -
• Hungarian Museum Association, Budapest, 2022. (co-editor)
• Journal of East Asian Cultures (Távol-keleti Tanulmányok), Budapest, Hungary, 2022. (blind peer-review)
• The End of Western Authenticity? The Shifting Ways of the Tangible Monument Protection In: Proceedings of the Annual Conference of ELTE Eötvös Collegium Oriental and East Asian Studies Workshop, 2020. (single author)
• Mátay Mónika, Trádler Henrietta, Fülöp Márton, Bezsenyi Tamás, Solymosi Tamás, Hamrák Dóra, Lakatos Sára, Mravik Patrik, Mécs Bálint: The Nature of a Scandal: Myths in the Media, In: Mátay Mónika (ed.) Poison-makers. Budapest: Korall Journal for Social History 2016. pp.149-212 (co-author, data collection and data preparation)

(Conferences, activities)

• Mar 2020: Annual Conference of ELTE Eötvös Collegium Oriental and East Asian Studies Workshop (10th Near and Far Conference on Oriental and East Asian Studies), Budapest, Hungary
• May 2019: Junior Conference at Pázmány East Asia Club Hungary, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Modern East Asia Research Group, Budapest, Hungary
• Feb 2019: organized and led an urban heritage city walk for the TEMA+ European Territories: Heritage and Development Joint master’s degree program, Budapest, Hungary
• Feb 2019: Organizing and hosting the conference on Resilient Cultural Heritage and Communities in Europe REACH Opening Conference, Budapest, Hungary

(Grants)

• Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship, Embassy recommendation (Heritage Studies Degree Program, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba)
• During university years received study grant based on academic excellence
• Hungarian State Funded Scholarship for Higher Education (2014-2020)

(Membership)

• Member of the Pulszky Society - Hungarian Museum Association
• 都市史学会 (Society of Urban and Territorial History, Japan)

Past experiences:

• Feb 2022 – Mar 2022: Research Assistant at the Shimoda Laboratory, Heritage Studies Degree Program, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan
• Sep 2020 – Sep 2021: Department Coordinator at the Department of International Relations and European Studies at the Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of Social Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
• Sep 2017-Jan 2020: Tour-guide assistant and office assistant at Imagine Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
• Oct 2017-Sep 2018: Research Assistant at the Institute of Advanced Studies Kőszeg/Budapest, Hungary

Volunteering and Internship:

• Aug 2022 - February 2023: Archiving and creating the oral history of the STUDIO GROSS in Tokyo, Japan (http://studio-gross.de/)
• Apr-May 2022: Volunteer at the Kyotographie, International Photography Festival, Kyoto, Japan
• May 2020: Volunteer and mentor at the Pulszky Society - Hungarian Museum Association
• Jun-Aug 2019: Event organizer at the Kortárs Építészeti Központ / Contemporary Architecture Centre, Budapest
• Feb-May 2018: Internship at the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts Budapest, Hungary
• Several volunteer activities in different film and cultural events in organized in Budapest