ANTIQUITY, MEDIEVAL AND EARLY NEW AGE PERIODE: Dr. Kálnoki-Gyöngyössy Márton

He graduated from History and Archaeology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary (1997); Law and Political Sciences, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary (2002).

He has PhD degree in Archaeology/History at the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, with a dissertation on the monetary reform of King Matthias Corvinus and its continuation until 1521 (2002), and in Public Administration Sciences at the National University of Public Service, Budapest, with a dissertation on the Hungarian Museums and Legislation (1777–2010) (2019). He is a Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2017) with a dissertation on the coinage and coin circulation in Western Hungary (1387-1608).

He served as Deputy Sectertary of State for Culture (2010-2011), he is currently an Associate Professor at the Eötvös Loránd University, Institute of History, Department of Auxiliary Sciences of History.

He was awarded for his numismatic scientific work the Emil Unger Medal from the Hungarian Numismatic Collectors Society (2020).

NEW AGE PERIODE AND METHODOLOGY: Dr. Ringer István

He graduated from the Eötvös Loránd University with a degree in archeology (2004) and history (2011), and obtained a PhD in archeology from the same institution in 2014. He is currently the museum director of the Kazinczy Ferenc Museum of the Petőfi Literary Museum. He took part in the excavation of the castle in Sárospatak, and has been the leading archaeologist in the excavation of the castle in Sátoraljaújhely since 2007. He regularly publishes in the fields of archeology and local history, and a member and board member of numerous professional organizations.