Ákos Bertalan Apatóczky

The native form of this personal name is Apatóczky Ákos Bertalan. This article uses the Western name order.
Apatóczky Ákos Bertalan
Born (1974-07-12) 12 July 1974
Budapest, Hungary
Occupation sinologist, mongolist, translator, linguist
Years active present

Ákos Bertalan Apatóczky (simplified Chinese: 阿保矶; traditional Chinese: 阿保磯; pinyin: Ābǎojī: Wade–Giles: A Pao-chi; born 12 July 1974 in Budapest (Hungary) is a Hungarian Sinologist and Mongolist, mostly known for his historical linguistic research on Middle Mongol sources written in Chinese script, currently adjunct professor in Institute of Oriental Languages and Cultures (Károli Gáspár University (KRE)) in Budapest, Hungary.

Biography

Graduated with honours from the Faculty of Humanities at Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, (MA in Mongol Studies) in 1998. In 2002 he also received an MA in Chinese Studies at with “excellent” result. From 1998 to 2006 Apatóczky worked as a research fellow at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Department of Altaic Studies as a “junior researcher” grant fellow. Parallel he taught undergraduate courses in Chinese and Mongolian languages, history and linguistics at the Inner Asian Department, Eötvös Loránd University Budapest. In 2006 he defended his PhD dissertation at the Doctoral School in Linguistic Sciences Eötvös Loránd University. For his thesis ‘Yiyu. The Deciphering of a Sixteenth Century Sino-Mongol Glossary’ Apatóczky was awarded a summa cum laude doctoral degree.

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