1. Alexandra Fodor, core member
2. Zoltán G. Kiss, core member, chair
3. Mark Newson, core member
4. Péter Őri, core member
5. Attila Starcevic, core member
6. Péter Szigetvári, core member
7. Nathaniel Torres, core member

• Mohamad Ali Khalil, doctoral student
• Rami Alwardat, doctoral student
• Luca Garai, doctoral student
• Firas Shbeeb, doctoral student
• Vencel Wutka, doctoral student
• Viktória Pesti, teaching assistant
• Panna Képes, teaching assistant
• Alexander Bishenden, teaching assistant

1. G. Kiss welcomes the Department, especially the new core member, Alexandra Fodor, and Péter Őri, who has become a senior lecturer, as well as the three new teaching assistants, Viktória Pesti, Panna Képes, and Alexander Bishenden.
2. The new TAs introduce themselves, and say a few words about their planned thesis topics.
3. G. Kiss provides an update on the autumn courses, almost all of which are running close to maximum capacity. The Department launched two additional Introduction to Linguistics seminars and one additional Syntax seminar.
4. G. Kiss reports that compared to last year, 70 more new OTAK students have been admitted to the University, which will affect the Department from next spring: around 4 additional Introduction to Linguistics courses will have to be advertised. If this trend of admitting a large number of students continues, the Department will have to think about various options of how we can fulfill the increased demand for courses, including recruiting more external teachers, asking for at least one more full position, modifying subjects in the Study Unit List, or even using the help of TAs. Next spring our courses will also be affected by M. Törkenczy no longer teaching before his retirement in the summer, and PhD students being in the final phase of their studies, and not required to teach for credits anymore.
5. Szigetvári suggests that the list of recommended thesis topics as well as the final examination topics/readings list should be updated by 2027. Members should send their updated topics to him.
6. Luca Garai and Firas Shbeeb are updating the Department about their progress concerning their dissertation and possible defence timeline.
7. G. Kiss once again brings up the topic of “studies in a uniquely tailored study arrangement” (kivételes tanulmányi rend, KTR), reminding all that this can be agreed to only in specific special circumstances, but not to those who are for example away on an Erasmus grant. If somebody asks KTR on these grounds, the teacher should write to G. Kiss first before agreeing to it.
8. Torres brings an update on the Össznyelvész conference, to take place on 22 November.
9. G. Kiss gives a brief update on various technical equipment of the Department, all the projectors, TVs, PCs, laptops, etc. that were promised to SEAS still haven’t arrived.

minutes kept by Zoltán G. Kiss
verified by Péter Szigetvári

Budapest, 2025-09-16