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minutes of the 2023-09-19 meeting of the Department of English Linguistics, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest

participants

voting members

  1. G. Kiss Zoltán, core member, chair
  2. Őri Péter, core member
  3. Starčević Attila, core member
  4. Szigetvári Péter, core member
  5. Torres, Nathaniel, core member

non-voting members

agenda

  1. Irina Burukina, Marcel den Dikken, Miklós Törkenczy, Mark Newson and Ekaterina Georgieva have excused themselves.
  2. G. Kiss proposes that the department meetings be online in the future so that more members of the Department can find time to join in.
  3. DELG has two new teaching assistants: Viktória Pesti and Bálint Hornisch, and a new Ph.D. student Mohamad Ali Khalil. Bálint Hornisch is trying to launch a phonology study circle. If you think a student of yours can benefit from it, they can sign up at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdw_oVaxVjmJejG0uBoC3O2jcLP4218LGFfCliVvEPkDWFZRA/viewform
  4. G. Kiss announces some staff changes: Péter Őri successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis, and he has become a researcher; Ekaterina Georgieva has started her half-time position as a lecturer; Nathan Torres is now on monthly contracts, hopefully this will soon turn into a permanent contract as an assistant lecturer; Attila Starčević has been awarded the Pro Universitate Memorial Medal, Silver Grade, congratulations!
  5. G. Kiss announces some room changes: G. Kiss has moved from 449 to 303; Torres has moved from 303 to 449, Burukina has moved from 303 to 323, Georgieva’s room will be in 323.
  6. G. Kiss reports some Institute staff news: Vera Benczik has been elected as the director of research, Tímea Tiboldi as the director of studies, and the Erasmus coordinator is now Anna Pereszlényi.
  7. G. Kiss reports that the term has begun as expected, courses are filled up healthily.
  8. G. Kiss informs the Department that according to university regulations, students can be granted “permission to continue their studies in a uniquely tailored study arrangement” – in Hungarian: “kivételes tanulmányi rend”. Reasons include “reasons related to childbirth and child care”. It also says “The preliminary support of the lecturer overseeing the uniquely tailored study arrangement must be attached to the Student’s request for each subject”. Links to the Hungarian and English versions: https://www.elte.hu/dstore/document/10367/ELTE_SZMSZ_II_230901.pdf https://www.elte.hu/en/dstore/document/1/ELTE_SZMSZ_II_EN.pdf
  9. At the Institute Council the idea was raised that classes should begin always on the hour, and not on the half hour. At this point there is no support for such a change.
  10. The Department has received 85 packages of printing paper from Éva Dékány, they can be found in room 301 and room 449. We have also received some office supplies from ELTE, they are in a big box in room 301.
  11. The exact allocation of the two used PCs we have received from the Könyvtár- és Információtudományi Intézet is still to be decided: the plan is to put one in Törkenczy’s room and the other in 301.
  12. Nathan Torres informs us that the Össznyelvész conference will be held on 22 December, online. Luca Garai and Nathan Torres are the chief organizers. They ask the help of TAs and Ph.D. students in the organization.
  13. G. Kiss announces his resignation as the head of DELG’s TDK (Students Scholarly Circle). Péter Őri has volunteered as the new head.
  14. G. Kiss urges all teachers to recruit potential students to participate in the local TDK and in the national OTDK conference.
  15. The number of theses on linguistics is still low, G. Kiss proposes that the topics be updated so that more students can consider writing their thesis on linguistics.

minutes kept by Zoltán G. Kiss
verified by Péter Szigetvári

Budapest, 2023-09-19