Vilmos Tánczos

Vilmos TÁNCZOS

Professor

Research fields:

  • Archaic Folk Prayers
  • The Folk Religiosity of the Moldavian Csángós: Texts and Rituals
  • Folklore Symbols
  • The Religious Ethnography of the Pilgrimage to Csíksomlyó
  • Folk Religiosity

Biography

Prof. Dr. Habil. Vilmos Tánczos was born in 1959 in Sâncrăieni, Harghita county, Romania. He obtained his university degree in 1983 specializing in Hungarian and Russian language and literature at the Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj‑Napoca. He got his doctor’s degree in 1999 at the same university, the title of his doctorate thesis is: Archaic Popular Prayers of the Moldavian Csangos. Symbolization and Context. In 2014 he defended his habilitation thesis, Language Shift Among The Moldavian Csángós. Levels of Linguistic Competence among Speakers of the Moldavian Csángó Dialects according to Generations and Geographical Locations. His main research interest has been the domain of folk religiosity and has done ethnographic/folclore researches regarding this subject mainly at the Moldavian Csángós (archaic and apocrif folk prayers). The results of these researches have been published in several volumes and essays.

Selected publications

  1. Csíksomlyó a népi vallásosságban [Șumuleu Ciuc in Popular Religiosity]. Budapest, Nap Kiadó, 2016 270. p. ISBN 978-963-332-0754 (with 2 maps and 148 photos)
  2. Language Shift at the Moldavian Csángós. The Romanian Institute for Research on National Minorities. Cluj-Napoca, 2012. 338. p. ISBN 978-606-8377-10-0 (with map annexed)
  3. Madárnyelven. A moldvai csángók nyelvéről. [Gibberish. About the Language of the Moldavian Csángós] Kolozsvár, Erdélyi Múzeum-Egyesület, 2011. 332. p., ISBN 978-606-8178-41-7 (with map annexed)
  4. Elejtett szavak. Egy csíki székely ember nyelve és világképe [Dropped Words. The Language and World View of a Sekler Man from Csík]. Csíkszereda, Bookart, 2008. 350. p., ISBN 978-973-88358-6-3 (with photos)
  5. Folklórszimbólumok. [Folclore Symbols] University Course. Kolozsvár, KJNT–BBTE Magyar Néprajz és Antropológia Tanszék, 2006. 344. p., with 89 photos, ISBN 973-8439-23-X ‒ Ed. 2.: Szimbolikus formák a folklórban. [Symbolic Forms in the Folclore] Budapest, Kairosz Kiadó, 2006. 440. p. ISBN 978 963 662 039 4 (with 225 photos)
  6. Nyiss kaput, angyal! Moldvai csángó népi imádságok. Archetipikus szimbolizáció és élettér. [Open the Gate, Angel! Archaic Prayers form the Moldavian Csángós. Archetypal Symbols and Social Context] Budapest, Püski Kiadó Kft., 2001. 320. p., ISBN 963 9337 08 0 (with photos)
  7. Eleven ostya, szép virág. A moldvai csángó népi imák képei. [Live Host, Beautiful Flower. Images of the Moldavian Csángó Prayers] Csíkszereda, Pro‑Print Könyvkiadó, Krónika Könyvek, 2000. 431. p., ISBN 973-9311-66-0 (Photos by Ádám Gyula)
  8. Aufgetan ist das Tor des Ostens. Volkskundliche Essays und Aufsätze. Aus dem Ungarischen von Éva Zádor. Umschlagsgestaltung: Gyula Ádám. Csíkszereda, Pro‑Print, 1999. 303. p., ISBN 973-9311-51-2
  9. Csapdosó angyal. Moldvai archaikus imádságok és életterük. [Avenging Angel. Archaic Prayers from Moldavia and their Social Context] Csíkszereda, Pro‑Print Könyvkiadó, Krónika Könyvek, 1999. 371. p., ISBN 973-9311-45-8 (with photos)
  10. Hungarians in Moldavia. Budapest, Teleki László Foundation. Institute for Central European Studies. April 1998. No. 8. 25. p. ISBN 963 03 4942 6, ISSN 1418-6802 (with map annexed)
  11. Keletnek megnyílt kapuja. Néprajzi esszék. [The Door of the East has been Opened. Ethnographic Essays] Kolozsvár, KOM‑Press, Korunk Baráti Társaság, Ariadné Könyvek, 1996, 264. p., ISBN 973-97661-3-7 − Ed. 2.: Csíkszereda, Pro‑Print Könyvkiadó, Krónika Könyvek, 2000. 263. p., ISBN 973-9311-69-5 (The photos by Ádám Gyula)
  12. Gyöngyökkel gyökereztél. Gyimesi és moldvai archaikus imádságok. [You have put Roots with Perls. Archaic Prayers from Gyimes and Moldavia] Csíkszereda, Pro‑Print Könyvkiadó, Krónika Könyvek, 1995. 310. p., ISBN 973-96123-6-9 (The photos by Ádám Gyula) − Ed. 2.: 1996., ISBN 973-97734-7-8

Teaching

  • Archetypal symbolism in folclore
  • Folk religiosity: texts and rites in the culture of the Moldavian Csángós
  • Anthropology of the imaginary – theories and methods of analysis
  • Folk religiosity in Transylvania – ethnological sourses, methods of analysis
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