Graduate Member, Cambridge Heritage Research Centre
PhD Student in Archaeology
Research Centre Assistant, Cambridge Heritage Research Centre
Co-editor of the Heritage Research Group Bulletin
Downing Street
Cambridge CB2 3DZ
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Biography:
I have graduated in Communications major and Art Theory minor (BA and MA), as well as, Medieval Archaeology major and Archaeological Science minor (BA) from the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. I finished MA in General History at the Charles University in Prague and M2 in Territory, Space and Society at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris. During my MPhil in Archaeological Heritage and Museums at the Univesity of Cambridge, I was working on the topic of the uses of medieval excavation sites in Hungarian nation-building. At present, I am an ESRC DTP PhD Student in Heritage Studies. My doctoral research focuses on the impact which the national WW1 commemorations had on the urban landscape of capital cities, London, Paris and Budapest.
- The Friends of The National Archives Research Fellow in Advanced Digital Methods 2020-21
- Cambridge Digital Humanities Methods Fellow 2020-21
- CamPo Exchange Scholar Science Po Paris 2018
- ESRC DTP Scholar 2017-2020
Subject groups/Research projects
Research Interests
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Research interests:
- Heritage and memory of conflict
- Nationalism Studies
- Digital Humanities and Quantitative Social Sciences
- Medieval archaeology of the Carpathian Basin
- Archaeological Theory
Research Assistant:
Recording Decisions and Actions connected with Claims for the Removal/Protection of Statues in UK Civic Places during the Summer of 2020Keywords:
- Heritage, memory, identity
- Urbanism
- Nationalism Studies
- Archaeological Theory
- The methodology of social research
Teaching
Supervisor:
- A10 Archaeological Theory I,
- A12 Archaeological Theory II
- A4 Being Human: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
External lecturer:
- The Heritagisation of Space in the Present and the Past with Dr Lila Janik, as a part of G24 Special Topics in Heritage Studies.
Teaching Assistant:
- G23: The Management of Archaeological Heritage
- A13: The Past in the Present
Key Publications
Chapters:
Kocsis, A (2020). Hungarian nation-building and the use of medieval archaeology: Interpreting the Székesfehérvár excavations in the nineteenth century. In: Forging Architectural Tradition. National Narratives, Monument Preservation and Architectural Work in the Nineteenth Century. Eds: Aleksander Łupienko and Dragan Damjanović. Berghahn Books: New York - Oxford. Expected: Autumn 2020.
Kocsis, A (2020). Between Finland and Asia. The changing medievalist models in the Hungarian nation-building during the interwar period. In: Alternative fact and actual fiction in the Northern European past. Brepols North Atlantic World Series Ed: Oisin Plumb. Brepols Publishers: Tornhout. Expected: Autumn 2020
Kocsis, A. 2015 Constructing a National Symbol? Sword of God. In: Identity, Nation, City: Perspectives from the TEMA network. Eds: Imre Tarafás – Jaroslav Ira – Jan de Jong. Budapest, 2015. pp. 117-136.