Curriculum Vitae

 

Personal Data:

Name: Dr. Szomora, Zsolt

Date of birth: 26^th January 1980

Place of birth: Szeged (Hungary)

Gender: Male

Nationality: Hungarian

Mailing Address: University of Szeged, Faculty of Law, Department of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure

H-6722 Szeged, Rákóczi tér 1.; Hungary

Phone and fax (office): +36-62-544-501

Mobile phone: +36-20-381-29-73

E-mail: szomora.zs@juris.u-szeged.hu

 

Education:

2008 PhD degree (summa cum laude)

2003-2006 PhD-Student, Department of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, University of Szeged, Hungary

2003 Diploma doctor iuris/Degree of Law (summa cum laude)

2000-2002 Studies on German Economic Law [University of Szeged (Hungary) – University of Potsdam (Germany)]

1998-2003 graduate studies at the Faculty of Law, University of Szeged, Hungary

 

Language skills:

- Mother language: Hungarian

- Foreign languages: German (excellent), English (excellent)

 

Occupation:

2008- ongoing Senior Assistant Professor

2004 Assistant Professor

2003 Research Assistant, Department of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, University of Szeged

2003 Professional Traineeship at the Public Prosecutors’ Office in Szeged (6 weeks)

 

Scholarships and scientific activity abroad; lectures in foreign language:

2010 Humboldt-scolarship at the University of Osnabrück, Germany (Prof. Arndt Sinn) (12 months); Lecture on the limits of the freedom of expression in the Hungarian criminal law (European Legal Studies Institute, Osnabrück; Humboldt-Kolleg 2010, Szeged)

2009 Project Conference („Grenzen der Vorverlagerung der Strafbarkeit in einem Tatstrafrecht“) at the University of Osnabrück, Germany (3 reports on Hungarian criminal law)

2008 Research Visit at the University of Osnabrück, Germany

2007 University of Szeged, Hungary, Comparative Seminar on Homicide; Report on Participation in Suicide in Hungarian Criminal Law

2007 Summer School on Criminal Law, Pécs-Hungary, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg-Germany

2007 Research Scholarship of Collegium Hungaricum, Vienna – University of Vienna, Austria

2007 Participation at the 4^th European Jurists’ Forum, Vienna, Austria

2006 Summer School on Criminology, Pécs-Hungary, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg-Germany

2006 Research Visit at the University of Giessen, Germany

2005 University of Giessen, Germany, Seminar on International Criminal Law; Report on Justification in International Criminal Law

2005 Research Scholarship of Collegium Hungaricum, Vienna – University of Vienna, Austria

 

 

Teaching activity:

At the Faculty of Law:

- Seminars in Hungarian Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure

- Lectures in Hungarian Criminal Law

- Lectures in the field of Sexual Offences

- Lectures for foreign Erasmus-students in Hungarian Criminal Law in English language

At other faculties:

- Lectures in Criminology (for students of social work)

- Introduction to Criminal Law (for foreign students of pharmacy, in English language)

 

Research fields:

Hungarian Criminal Law (General Part), Comparative Criminal Law (General Part), Comparative Criminal Law of Sexual Offences, Criminal Legal Limits of the Freedom of Expression, The Impact of Fundamental Rights on Substantive Criminal Law

 

Participation in project:

2007 – Comparative Analysis of National Criminal Legal Approaches to Incest; National Report – Hungary; Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg i.Br., Germany

2009 – 2010 – Grenzen der Vorverlagerung der Strafbarkeit in einem Tatstrafrecht. Project based on the cooperation of the Universities of Osnabrück, Giessen (Germany) and Szeged (Hungary) sponsored by MÖB and DAAD

2010 – 2011 – Jurisdiktionskonflikte bei grenzüberschreitender Kriminalität (Zentrum für Internationale Strafrechtsstudien, Osnabrück)

 

Number of publications:

- 42; 8 of this in German or English language; 1 monograph in English

 

Grants and awards:

- Grant of the City of Szeged; 2001-2003

- Grant of the Republic of Hungary; 2002-2003

- First Prize of the Section of Criminal Law; 26^th National Conference for Researching Students of Law; Debrecen, Hungary; 2003 (paper: The Perpetrators in Hungarian Criminal Law)

- Scholarship of the Collegium Hungaricum Vienna, Austria; 2005 and 2007 (for short term)

- Pro Scientia Certificate for tutorial activity

- Research Scholarship of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; 2010 (University Osnabrück, 12 months)

Memberships and other professional activities:

2011- Secretary of the Editorial Board of the Jogesetek Magyarázata (Journal for Case Notes)

2011- Secretary of the Editorial Board of the Acta Juridica et Politica Szeged (Journal of the Faculty of Law of Szeged)

2007- Member of the Hungarian Association of Criminal Law

2006- Member of the AIDP (International Association of Criminal Law)

2003- Member of the Advisory Board of the National Conference for Researching Students of Law