Environmental History Research Centre – University of Szeged (SzTE)

RESEARCH & OTHERS

 

Research activities (in general)
-    Historical climatology/climate history, natural hazards
-    Landscape history, past management practices
-    Reconstruction of historical environments (drylands, wetlands)
Temporal coverage: past 1000 (-2000) years
Spatial coverage: Hungary and the Carpathian Basin

 

Teaching activities

Courses and individual lectures in environmental history, landscape history, historical climatology (TFGT, TSTT – SzTE)


PhD supervision – consultation & discussion group

Csernus-Molnár, Ildikó: 18th century temperature, pressure measurements and daily weather reports from Temesvár (Timişoara, Romania) in comparison with the other weather observations series of the Carpathian Basin.
Pócsik, Edit: Connecting landscape aesthetics and historical landscape management on postcards: analysis of study areas with different landscape characteristics
Tóber, Márta: Landscape and environment of the Sand Ridge area, Danube-Tisza Interfluve in the Middle Ages

 

Projects

In landscape history: Complex analysis of deserted vine terraces in North-Hungary – 2004-
In historical climatology: ’Millennium’ FP-6 EU-project – 2006- (finishing….).