Assistant professor
Teréz Vincze graduated at the Faculty of Humanities of the Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) in Hungarian Language and Literature in 2000 and in Art Theory in 2001. She also completed studies at the Film Studies and Literary Theory programs of the same university.
She received her PhD degree at the Doctoral Programme of Aesthetics, ELTE University, in 2009. The title of her thesis was „Auteur in the Mirror: (Re)interpretation of the author’s concept in contemporary self-reflexive films”.
Prior to joining the Institute for Art Theory and Media Studies at ELTE as graduate teaching assistant in 2004, she taught Film history and Film criticism at the Film Studies program of the Vitéz János Catholic Teachers Training College in Esztergom (1999–2002), and she was visiting lecturer in History of film theory at the Department of Film Studies of ELTE (2002-2004).
She has been editor of Metropolis (Quarterly Journal on Film History and Film Theory – www.metropolis.org.hu) since 1999, and editor-in-chief between 2003 and 2009.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
- Member of NECS – European Network for Cinema and Media Studies (2007–)
- Member of MÚOSZ (National Association of Hungarian Journalists) and FIPRESCI (The International Federation of Film Critics) (2000–)
- Member of the Film Critics’ Jury at the Hong Kong International Film Festival (2019)
- Member of the Film Critics’ Jury at the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (2016)
- Member of the preliminary jury of the Hungarian Film Week (2005, 2008)
- Member of the International Jury, Jihlava Documentary Film Festival, Jihlava, Czech Republic (2005)
- Editor and publisher’s reader of the Hungarian edition of Thomas Elsaesser’s New German Cinema (Budapest: Palatinus Press, 2004)
Areas of Teaching/ Courses Taught
- Classical film theory
- Contemporary film theory
- Film analysis
- Feminism and film
- History and theory of the film musical
- Self-reflexivity in film
- East-Asian arthouse cinemas
- Korean cinema
Areas of Supervision
- Self-reflexivity in film
- Feminist and gender issues in film
- Film musical, music in film
- Contemporary Hungarian cinema
- East Asian art cinemas
- Slow Cinema / Contemporary Contemplative Cinema
Selected Publications
(Complete list of publications: Hungarian Scientific Bibliography)
- Szerző a tükörben – Szerzőiség és önreflexió a filmművészetben. [Author in the Mirror: Auteurism and Self-Reflexivity in Cinema.] (Metropolis Books) Kijárat Kiadó, Budapest, 2013.
- Nézem, érzem − Tarr Béla, a „lassú mozi” és a befogadói folyamat. [To watch, to feel: Béla Tarr, “slow cinema” and the process of film perception] Filmszem 2012 no. 2.
- History on Hungarian Television: An Introduction. In: History on television in seven Eastern European countries. (Eds: Cigognetti L, Servetti L, Sorlin P) Instituto Storico Parri, Bologna, 2010, pp 13-27. [In Italian: La storia nella televisione ungherese. In: La Storia in televisione in sette paesi dell’Europa dell’Est (Eds: Cigognetti L, Servetti L, Sorlin P) Instituto Storico Parri, Bologna, 2010, pp 15-29.]
- Közelkép a Közel-Keletről: Dokumentum, fikció és önreflexió a kortárs iráni filmben. [The Middle East in Close-Up: Documentary, Fiction, and Self-Reflexivity in Contemporary Iranian Cinema] Pannonhalmi Szemle 2009. no. 4.
- Felületkezelés: Önreflexivitás Michael Haneke filmjeiben [Surface Treatment: Self-Reflexivity in the Films of Michael Haneke]. Metropolis 2007. no. 2.
- Felfedezőút a filmvilág szubkontinensén: Bevezetés Bollywood történetébe és formáiba [Exploring the Film World’s Subcontinent: The History and Forms of Bollywood – An Introduction]. Metropolis 2007. no. 1.
- Anamnézia: Idő, emlékezés, felejtés Wong Kar-wai filmjeiben [Anamnesia. Time, memory and oblivion in Wong Kar-wai’s films]. Metropolis 2005. no. 4.
- Szemközt a világmindenséggel: Tájábrázolás Gaál István filmjeiben [Face to face with the world around us. Depiction of landscape in the films of István Gaál]. Metropolis 2005. no. 3. [In Italian: Di fronte all’universo. Il paesaggio nei film di István Gaál. In: Pintér, Judit–Vecchi, Paolo (eds.): Radici: Il cinema di István Gaál. Torino: Edizione Lindau, 2008.]
- Játékfilmes dokumentátor: Fekete Ibolya-portré [Documenting by fiction. The Portrait of Ibolya Fekete]. In: Portraits of Hungarian Film Directors (ed.: Zalán, Vince). Budapest: Osiris, 2004.
- “Tudod mi az az Ember tragédiája?”, Tarr Béla-portré [“Do you know what is The Tragedy of Man?” The Portrait of Béla Tarr]. Filmtett 2003. no. 33.
- Hosszútávon lázadó: Tony Richardson porter [A Long Distance Rebel: Tony Richardson]. Dunánál 2002. no. 6.
- Vissza a valósághoz: az olasz neorealizmus és az angol free cinema [Back to Reality: Italian Neo-Realism and English Free Cinema]. Filmtett 2001. no. 17. & 2002. no. 18.
- “A csontváz hamvas bőre” – Az adaptáció változatai Pacskovszky József Esti Kornél csodálatos utazása és Szász János Witman fiúk című filmjében [“The peachy skin of a skeleton” – Techniques of literary adaptation in The Wondrous Voyage of Kornél Esti by József Pacskovszky and in The Witman Boys by János Szász]. In: Adoptációk. JAK Könyvek-Kijárat Kiadó. Budapest, 2000.
- “Csak nézni, hogy telik a kurva élet”, avagy profán mitológia. Tarr Béla Sátántangó című filmjéről [“Just watching how fucking life goes by”, or a profane mythology – essay on Tarr Béla’s Sátántangó]. Metropolis 1997. no. 2.
- “Keresd tovább magad!”, Identitás és emlékezés Babits Mihály költészetében [Identity and Mnemotechnique in the Poetry of Mihály Babits]. Literatura 1996. no. 2.
Contact Details
Institute for Art Theory and Media Studies
Department of Film Studies
Eötvös Loránd University
Mail: Múzeum krt. 6-8., 1088 Budapest, Hungary
E-mail: vincze.terez _at_ btk.elte.hu
Personal webpage: http://film.elte.hu/vinczeterez