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Csaba Olay

Olay Csaba (Hungary 2019) Having studied philosophy, mathematics, and physics at Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, he obtained his PhD in philosophy at Freiburg University (Germany). He has been teaching at Eötvös Loránd University since 2001 and is currently Head of Department of Modern and Contemporary Philosophy,where he was appointed as full professor in 2015. His main research areas are 19-20th century continental philosophy, hermeneutics, Heidegger, Gadamer, Hannah Arendt, and Frankfurt School. He has published books and articles, and edited collections of essays in these fields, and taught courses in Berlin, Dijon, Oldenburg, Cluj, and Oradea.

Topic: Regional identity and a narrative theory of national identity