Personal Data:
First name : Ferenc
Last name: POZSONY
Place of birth: Zabola (Háromszék, Transylvania, Romania)
Date of birth: April 16th 1955
Education:
1962-1970: Zabola, General School (1-8th grade)
1970-1974: Kovászna, Upper-Secondary School (general education)
1974-1976: infantry of the line with labor draft
1977-1981: student at ,,Babes-Bolyai” University, Faculty of Letters, Hungarian
Language and Culture Department (Hungarian Language and Literature
section), Cluj / Kolozsvár, Romania
Professional and educational activity:
1981-1982: teacher in Kézdivásárhely at the General School Nr. 4
1982-1990: teacher in Kézdivásárhely at the Industrial Upper-Secondary School Nr.2
1990-1998: assistant professor at the Hungarian Language and Culture Department of
,,Babes-Bolyai” University in Cluj-Napoca
1997. July: Ph.D. in philological (ethnological) sciences,
the title of his Ph.D. thesis is : Saxon influence on the customs of fixed date holidays of Hungarians living in Transylvania
1998: university lecturer at the Department of Hungarian Language and Culture
2002: university professor at the Department of Hungarian Ethnology and
Anthropology
2005: director of a Ph.D. programme at the Department of Hungarian Ethnology and
Anthropology
2008: Vice-Dean Faculty of Letters, Babes-Bolyai University
Museum and exhibition activity:
1974: foundation of a village museum in Zăbala(Covasna)
1989: The wear of the Moldovan Csángós – temporary exhibition
(The Outdoor Museum in Cernat, Covasna)
1992: The Moldovan Csángós’ interior furnishing – temporary exhibition
(The Outdoor Museum in Cernat, Covasna)
1993: The traditional folk art of Zabola (Zabola, village museum)
1996: The images of the historical recollection – temporary exhibition
(Kriza János Ethnographical Society, Cluj)
1997: The Moldovan Csángós’ way of living ( Hungarian Cultural Center, Bucharest)
1997: Moldovan textile materials – temporary exhibition ( the residence of the Kriza
János Ethnographical Society, Cluj)
2000: The weekdays and holidays of our Transylvanian Saxon neighbours -
temporary exhibition ( Pro Europe League, Tg. Mureş)
2001: Our Transylvanian Saxon neighbours – temporary exhibition (the residence of
the Kriza János Ethnographical Society, Cluj)
2001: Family life in the Moldovan Csángó villages ( Jászberény, Hungary)
2001: Family life in the Moldovan Csángó villages (the residence of
Kriza János Ethnographical Society, Cluj)
2002: Moldovan Hungarians ( Székely National Museum, Sfântu Gheorghe)
2003: The traditional folk art of the Moldovan Csángó-Hungarians ( permanent
exhibition, Zăbala)
2005: The count Mikes family from Zăbala in images ( Székely National Museum,
Sfântu Gheorghe)
2007: The monuments of Zabola (Csángó Ethnographical Museum, Zăbala)
2008: Visual reprezentation of historical memory (Kriza János Ethnographical
Society, Cluj-Napoca)
Professional awards:
1989: Jankó János Award (Hungarian Ethnographical Society, Budapest)
1997: Foreign Honorary Member of the Hungarian Ethnographical Society
(Budapest)
1998: Bányai János Award (Transylvanian Hungarian Public Education Society,
Cluj)
2002: Györffy István Award (Hungarian Ethnographical Society, Budapest)
2004: Award for the Csángó Culture (National Cultural Heritage Ministery,
Budapest )
Membership in Professional Associations:
Kriza János Ethnographical Society (Cluj, 1990), charter member and president
Transylvanian Museum-Association (Cluj, 1990), member
Arbeitskreis für Siebenbürgische Landeskunde (Gundelsheim-Hermanstadt,1992)
International Society of Hungarian Studies (Budapest, 1996), committee member
The Association of Ethnological Sciences from Romania (Bucharest, 2006), member
External study-tours:
1992: Heidelberg – Gundelsheim (Germany)
1994: Open Society Institute, Praga (Bohemia)
1996: La Sapientza Universita, Rome (Italy)
1998: Hungarian Scientific Academy, Budapest (Hungary)
1999: Bornemissza Péter Association, Vienna (Austria )
2001: MTA Domus Hungarica, Debrecen, Budapest (Hungary)
2003: The University of Tartu (Esthonia)
2004: Cornell University, Ithaca (USA)
2004: ELTE, Budapest (Hungary)
2005: The University of Debrecen (Hungary)
2006: The University of Pécs (Hungary)
Guest professor:
From 1994 annually: Visual Anthropological Department, University of Miskolc, Hungary)
From 1995 bi-yearly: Ethnographical Department (KLTE Debrecen, Hungary)
1997: Ethnographical Department (JATE Szeged, Hungary)
2004: Ethnographical Department (ELTE Budapest, Hungary)
2005: Ethnographical Department (University of Debrecen, Hungary)
2006: Ethnographical -Cultural Anthropological Department (University of Pécs,
Hungary)
2006: Visual Anthropological Department (University of Miskolc, Hungary)
University lectures:
Introduction to ethnography
Transylvanian popular customs
The social ethnography of Transylvania
The culture of Transylvanian people (e.g. Saxons, Armenians, Székely Sabbatarians,
Gipsies, Csángós, Romanians, Jews, etc.)
Models of cohabitation in Transylvania
His most important themes of research:
1970-1977: popular ceramics from Háromszék/Covasna
1972-1981: folk ballads in Gypsy communities from Haromszék/Covasna
1982-2003: the folk-poetry, society and popular customs of the Moldovan Csángós
1985-1997: the society structure and the popular customs of the Transylvanian
Saxons
1997-2000: the family- and society-structure of the the Transylvanian Hungarian
Scattered communities
2004-2007: the effects of the North-Transylvanian highway
1997-2005: Transylvanian popular customs
2006-2007: local identity along the river Nyárád
2008: modernization of traditional rural society