Péter, Róbert
Senior Assistant Professor
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Office location: 3307 (III. floor)
Office phone: (36)-62-544-549
- Degrees: PhD in English Culture and Literature (2006); MSc in Mathematics (2000); MA in English language and literature (1999)
- Areas of competence: British history since the Reformation, Religious history of modern Britain, Philosophy of the English enlighteners, Counter-Enlightenment, theories of religion and culture and those of secularization, history of freemasonry and other fraternal orders
- Areas of specialization: British history in the long eighteenth century, philosophy of the Counter-Enlightenment, theories of religion (e.g. problems of definition), history of freemasonry
- Róbert Péter is senior assistant professor in the Institute of English and American Studies at the University of Szeged, where he teaches modern British history. He holds master degrees in Mathematics and English Studies. He produced his MA thesis at the University of Oxford for the University of Szeged. He carried out archival research in British public and masonic libraries for his doctoral thesis entitled “The Mysteries of English Freemasons: Janus-Faced Masonic Ideology and Practice between 1696 and 1815.” He delivered c. 20 papers at international conferences, including five BSECS lectures in Oxford. As a Fulbright visiting researcher he studied at Florida State University, Tallahassee. He is reviews editor of two international journals. He is currently writing a book on the religious dimensions of 18th c. English freemasonry and coordinates an EU (FP6) research paper on the societal relevance of esoteric and neopagan worldviews in Central and Eastern Europe.
- Research interests and work in progress: Religious history of the Enlightenment, Philosophy of the English enlighteners, Counter-Enlightenment, theories of religion and culture and those of secularization, esoteric and hermetic currents in Britain and Central and Eastern Europe, history of freemasonry
- Work in progress:
- Articles: “Seven Dimensions of Masonic Religiosity in the Age of Reason”, “Metanarratives of the Relationship Between the Enlightenment(s) and Christianities”, “Freemasonry and religion in Britain” [review essay]
- Book: The Mysteries of English Freemasonry. Janus-faced Masonic Ideology and Practice Between 1696-1815
- Publications: Download the list of publications
- Theses topics offered:
- BA: British history since the Reformation, Religious history of modern Britain, Philosophy of the English enlighteners, Counter-Enlightenment, theories of religion and culture and those of secularization, history of freemasonry and other fraternal orders
- BA Titles: Interpretations of Toleration: John Locke’s Rhetoric, the Toleration Act and the Everyday Practice; Newton’s Break with Alchemy – An Epistemological Crises?; The Factors That Made Sir Robert Walpole’s Prime Ministership Successful; Facts and Fiction: Freemasonry in the American Revolution
- MA: British history since the Reformation, Religious history of modern Britain, Philosophy of the English enlighteners, Counter-Enlightenment, theories of religion and culture and those of secularization, history of freemasonry and other fraternal orders
- MA titles: The Origins of the English Reformation, Christianity and Enlightenment in 18th century Britain, Stephen Knight: The Brotherhood—the Book that Opened Freemasonry
- PhD: British history in the long eighteenth century, philosophy of the Counter-Enlightenment, theories of religion (e.g. problems of definition), history of freemasonry
- Teaching this academic year: The Philosophy of Enlightenment, British history, 1688-1832, Religious History of Britain from the Reformation to the Oxford Movement (1530s-1830s), The Age of Reason?, Approaches to the Study of Culture and Religion, Freemasonry in the Anglo-Saxon World, Academic Writing
