László ODROBINA PhD

Research field

interactions between religion and politics, diplomacy of religion, connection points between the (ancient) Christianity, rabbinic Judaism and the (Roman) law

Graduated as a classical philologist and a teacher of French language (MA) at the later University of Szeged, as a manager of public education (MA) at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, as a historian of Jewish cultural history (MA) at the Jewish Theological Seminary – University of Jewish Studies. After scholarship to France (Paris) to Germany (Heidelberg) and to the United Kingdom (Oxford), he finished his doctoral training at the Pontifical Lateran University (Rome, Augustinianum) in Theology and Patristic Sciences, where he completed and defended his PhD thesis in 2006. He works as a senior lecturer (University of Szeged, Saint Athanasius Greek Catholic Theological College) and as a research fellow (National University of Public Service). He previously worked as a head of department, a deputy head of a research institute and as a vice rector (Gál Ferenc University), later as a deputy state secretary, responsible for the Vocational Education and Adult Training (VET) (Ministry for National Economy), as a head of project affairs and international directorate (University of Public Service), and as a Hungarian diplomat, ambassador of Hungary in Madrid.