Tourism studies
Most important publications published in journals and study volumes (not sorted by topic, without claim to be exhaustive)
2025
Sustainable tourism – in the present for the future. Zemplén Muse, XXIV(4). 31-41.
2023
Changes in visitor expectations in Hungary towards museums, visitor centers, castle and manor exhibitions (2019-2023). . Knowledge management, 24(Special Issue 2), pp. 35–46. https://doi.org/10.15170/TM.2023.24.K2.6
Adriány, C., Halmos, G., Horváth, V., Kanizsai-Nagy, D., Kedves, C., Nagy, J., & Sigmond, E. (2023). 10 months – 10 challenges of a city-level integrated tourism service development model in practice. Tourism and Rural Development Studies, 8(01). 8-24.
https://doi.org/10.15170/TVT.2023.08.01.01
2022
Novohrad– Nógrád Geopark – local community involvement, local producers, trademarked geopark products, GEOfood network, the area development impact of geoparks. In: New trends and best practices on the market of sustainable tourism with special focuson the roles of national and geoparks. New trend and best practices on the market of the sustainable tourism with special focuson the roles of geoparks. Editor: Judit Grotte. Budapest, Foundation for the Information Society, 2022. pp. 367-387.
2016
Nagy Katalin – Nagy Júlia: Quality Assurance in Destination Management – the Miskolc Smile Program. In: Marketingkaleidoscope 2016. pp. 22-40. Online: http://midra.uni-miskolc.hu/document/31239?docID=31239&setFontSize=big
Eight interesting facts about the online presence of Hungarian TDMs. In: turizmus.com. Link: https://turizmus.com/szallashely-vendeglatas/nyolc-erdekesseg-a-magyarorszagi-tdm-ek-online-jelenleterol-1133247 (Elérés: 2019. 04. 18.)
This is why domestic TDMs cannot be truly successful. (2016. Sept. 8.). In: http://turizmusonline.hu/belfold/cikk/ezert_nem_tudnak_igazan_sikeresek_lenni_a_hazai_tdm_ek
The heart and soul of TDM. In: Tourism Panorama. Online: https://turizmus.com/szemelyi-hirek/szive-lelke-a-tdm-1121049
Conference presentations
2025
2025. May 30. Tamási. Sustainable destinations – based on GSTC standards. 5th Spa Towns International Scientific Conference – „Transforming Spa Tourism”
September 28-30, 2025 Montpellier. From Insight to Impact: Leveraging Monitoring and Gamification for Sustainable Destination Development with I-DEST. Green Destinations international conference.
November 21-22, 2025. Székelyudvarhely. Sustainability measurement with smart tools: application of the I-DEST platform in Harghita County. VII. INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE ON THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SITUATION OF HUNGARY IN THE CARPATHIAN BASIN. Borders and connections in space and time international conference.
2023
April 28, 2023. Pécs. I-DEST – experiences in developing a destination management software for sustainable tourism. 5th International Tourism Marketing Conference. The changing era of tourism – Smart destinations and smart behavior in times of crisis.
9 May 2023. Miskolc. Changes in visitor expectations towards exhibitions in museums, visitor centres and castle and manor exhibitions, based on primary research. MUSEUM REFLECTION: SOCIETY AND ENVIRONMENT X. NATIONAL AND VI. INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM ANDRAGOGY CONFERENCE. 8–9 May 2023.
September 29, 2023. Marosvásárhely. Sustainable museum – sustainable community. New digital platform for measuring socio-economic-environmental sustainability. Museum heritage and museum communication. Traveling conference of the KJNT
October 6, 2023. Paks. DámPont, the tourist hub. Gentle energies, natural values – A cohesive and developing Central Danube Region
October 9, 2023. Development of I-DEST Integrated Tourism Management Software. Green Destinations International Conference, Tallinn
October 27, 2023. Békéscsaba. Innovative solutions for the domestic development of sustainable destinations. Economic development based on local values and sustainable tourism development – conference of the Great Plain Slow Association
2022
Novohrad-Nógrád Geopark in the light of international sustainable tourism indicators. Active Hungary Conference – Video: https://youtu.be/HqKZnZlVPDk?si=baUuUvTyONGfEu6z
2021
2017
August 25, 2017. Hercegkút. World Heritage and Tourism (round table discussion). 15th anniversary of the Tokaj-Hegyalja Historical Wine Region Cultural Landscape, World Heritage Site
October 6, 2017. Győr. The role and impact of developing a tourism brand on local tourism. Focus on the tourism marketing of the region. Conference
2016
March 31, 2016. Miskolc. Quality Assurance in Destination Management – the Miskolc Smile Program – Lecture held jointly with Nagy Katalin – Conference on the Theory and Practice of Tourism Marketing, Miskolc, March 31, 2016.
November 18, 2016. Budapest. „Smart” tools in the Miskolc tourist information system. XVII. eLearning Forum.
2015
September 3, 2015. Miskolc. Community Tourism Product Development in Miskolc – 53rd Economist Traveling Meeting
October 16, 2015. Beregszász. Cross-border thematic routes and experience-oriented tourism. International conference on social, cultural and tourism relations in the Carpathian Basin.
2015. December 4. Gyula. Destination tourism card systems in Europe and Hungary. National TDM conference.
2014
28-30 May 2014. Hajdúszoboszló. Online research – online communication. XI. National TDM Conference
November 27, 2014. Budapest. Destination Marketing – I. Service Marketing Conference. Focus on Tourism.
December 11, 2014. Ungvár. Tourism development of Miskolc. Carpathian tourist route international conference.
2013
January 30, 2013. Mátraháza. Miskolc is my city, but now I give it to you. North Hungary tourism year-end professional day
2013. May 23-24. Nyíregyháza. TDM organizations east of the Danube. IX. National TDM Conference
May 31, 2013. Miskolc – What does sustainable tourism mean abroad? – Good practices from Western Europe. Access2Mountain conference
2012
2012. May 15-16. Szilvásvárad. On a common path, beyond the past… stepping into cyberspace together. VII. national TDM conference
7 December 2012. Mór. Tourism good practices in the World Heritage wine regions of Europe. TDM good practices conference
2011
20-21 May 2011. Sárospatak. Joint presentation with Miklós Gergely. Tourism developments in the historical wine region of Tokaj. Conference on Heritage Values and Tourism Development
Works on literary and cultural history
Standalone books
2004
Scientific Collections of the Sárospatak Reformed College. Miskolc, Gradatio, 2004. 16 p.
2000
Reformed Collegiate Literature in the 18th-19th Centuries. Press Publica Publishing House, 2000.
2000
„Heavenly Parnassus”: Funeral poems of Sárospatak students. [Publication. Scientific Collections of the Sárospatak Reformed College]. 2004.
1998
The school of drama in the 17th and 18th centuries: School, popular and professional drama in Hungary. Recommended bibliography. Budapest: Universitas, 1998.
Edited publications
2009
Bibliography of 17th-18th century Hungarian school drama, 1998-2009 / ed. Szedmák Andrea ; the material was collected by Szedmák Andrea, Nagy Júlia ; [publicly published by] Protea Cultural Association. [Budapest] : Protea Kult. Egyes., 2009.
2006-2007
The land of Bacchus: pictures from the past of Tokaj-Hegyalja: the historical and cultural history magazine of Tourinform Tokaj. 2006-2007.
Most important publications published in journals and study volumes (not sorted by topic, without claim to be exhaustive)
1996
The Library of the Youth of Sárospatak. In: Győri Iskolatörténeti Millennium '96. Study Volume. Proceedings of the International Conference on the History of Culture and Education organized at the Apáczai Csere János Teacher Training College in Győr on the occasion of the thousandth anniversary of the Hungarian school on April 1-2-3, 1996. Győr, Apáczai Csere János Teacher Training College, 1996. 159-170.
1997
The reading societies in the Sárospatak dormitory. In: Hungarian Book Review. 1997 / 4. 455-461.
The Reading Association of Academic Youth. In: Book and Library XVIII.: In Memory of Máté Kovács / Edited by Suppné Tarnay Gyöngyi. Debrecen: KLTE Library, 1997. 115-125.
1998
The Sárospatak Reformed Newspapers: The cultural and scientific weekly of the Sárospatak Reformed College. In: Hungarian Book Review. 1998 / 2. 125-135.
The Schola Ludus and the Hungarian Reformed School Plays. In: Comenius and the Sárospatak School / Edited by József Ködöböcz, Ferenc Földy, Csaba Csorba. Sárospatak, Hungarian Comenius Society, 1997. 75-82. (Bibliotheca Comeniana VI.)
The school library, the specialist teachers and the librarian. Their relations and possibilities of cooperation. In: Methodological Papers: Library Use. May 1998. (Volume 4, Issue 4) 17-24.
1999
Teachers, students and the library in the past and today. In: Reading development in schools and libraries / ed. Attila Nagy. Budapest-Sárospatak, HUNRA, 1999. 37-44.
The conversation of King József Szathmári with Saint Peter. In: Literary History Bulletins 1999. 3-4. 468-480.
The role of our 17th-18th century Reformed school dramas in education and training. In: Hungarian Pedagogy. 1999. / 4. 375-387. Link: https://www.edu.u-szeged.hu/mped/document/NagyJ_MP994.pdf
2000
Funerals on the stage. In: The Birth of the Hungarian Theatre / ed. Júlia Demeter. Miskolc, University of Miskolc. 47-53.
Baroque theatre – baroque drama. Presentations of the 1994 conference entitled School Drama and Baroque in Eger. Edited by Márta Zsuzsanna Pintér.- Review. In: Literary History Bulletins. 2000 / 1. 252-256.
Edited by Gabriella Komáromi. – Review. In: Book, library, librarian. 2000 / April. 54-58.
The book, the tale helped: Confessions about life, reading, literature. / ed. Éva Bartos. – Review. In: Book, library, librarian. 2000 / June
School dramas in the Education in the Past and nowadays. In: Identity and Diversity in Literacy Development: Proceedings of papers. Ed. Peter Gavora and Olga Zapotocna. Bratislava: Slovak Reading Association, 2000. 147-151.
Books and Education. International conference in Spain. In: Books and Education. 2000/4. 125-127.
2001
Library associations in the academic department of the College. In: Pataki téka: Theca Patachiana, civitas bibliothecarum. Sárospatak the city of libraries. The libraries of the 800-year-old city / ed. Kiss Endre József. Sárospatak: Zrínyi Ilona City Library, 2001. (Publications of the Zrínyi Ilona City Library of Sárospatak 2.) 69-85.
The dormitory library in the 18th century. In: Pataki téka: Theca Patachiana, civitas bibliothecarum. Sárospatak the city of libraries. The libraries of the 800-year-old city / ed. Kiss Endre József. Sárospatak: Zrínyi Ilona City Library, 2001. (Publications of the Zrínyi Ilona City Library of Sárospatak 2.) 133-139.
The dormitory library in the 19th century. In: Pataki téka: Theca Patachiana, civitas bibliothecarum. Sárospatak the city of libraries. The libraries of the 800-year-old city / ed. Kiss Endre József. Sárospatak: Zrínyi Ilona City Library, 2001. (Publications of the Zrínyi Ilona City Library of Sárospatak 2.) 140-156.
School dramas or school books in dialogues? In: Pedagogica Historica 38 (1). pp. 2001 251-264. DOI: 10.1080/0030923020380112
Reformed college literature in the 18th century. In: Lectures of the 2000 Doctoral Students' Forum. Miskolc.
Schools in 17-18th century Hungarian College Literature. In: the MicroCAD'2001 conference volume, jointly with Kedves Csaba
Farewell poems in Sárospatak during Kazinczy's student days. In: Széphalom 11., 2001. 83 – 92.
2002
Teachers and Schools in the 17-18th Century Hungarian School Literature. (School and theatre CD-ROM). Academia Ludi et Artis, 2002, joint study with Kedves Csaba
Link: http://regi.magyarszak.uni-miskolc.hu/kiadvanyok/drama2002/ea/njkcs.htm
2003
History teaching through drama: 18th century historical dramas in the service of Jesuit education and training. In: School Culture, 2003. (13. vol.) 3. no. p. 110-121. Link: https://www.academia.edu/93784754/T%C3%B6rt%C3%A9nelemoktat%C3%A1s_dr%C3%A1maj%C3%A1t%C3%A9kkal_18_sz%C3%A1zadi_t%C3%B6rt%C3%A9nelmi_dr%C3%A1m%C3%A1k_a_jezsuita_nevel%C3%A9s_%C3%A9s_oktat%C3%A1s_szolg%C3%A1lat%C3%A1ban&nav_from=59721f52-fe45-448d-a860-40ec7d9274e2&rw_pos=0
2004
Wandering books: treasures of the Franciscan library kept in the Hildegárd church in Satu Mare. In: Hungarian Book Collector, 2004. (4th volume) No. 5. pp. 16-18.
School drama in 18th century education. In: School Culture, 2004. (Vol. 14) No. 1. 41-49. Link: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348350418_Az_iskolai_szinjatek_a_18_szazadi_neveles-oktatasban
The popular music of the Middle Ages. In: School Culture, 2004. (Vol. 14) No. 3. p. 83. Link: https://www.academia.edu/93784753/A_k%C3%B6z%C3%A9pkor_k%C3%B6nny%C5%B1zen%C3%A9je
„For the one who strives lights a candle beside the other’s candle…”: Pataki students’ libraries in the 18th century. In: Hungarian Book Collector, 2004. (4th year) 10th issue. pp. 4-5.
Reading societies in the Sárospatak Dormitory: pictures from the life of the reading societies operating in the Sárospatak Dormitory (1832-1950). In: Hungarian Book Collector, 2004. (4th volume) 9. no. 12-14. pp.
2005
Theological dramas of the 16th-18th centuries. In: „A sea of disputes about the true faith…”: studies on our theological debates in the 16th-19th centuries / ed. János Heltai, Réka Tasi; [public edition] Department of History of Old Hungarian Literature, University of Miskolc. Miskolc, ME BTK, 2005. p. 217-223. Link: http://regi.magyarszak.uni-miskolc.hu/kiadvanyok/tenger/nagy.pdf
2019
Comenius Schola Ludusa and the Reformed School Drama of the Homeland. Sárospataki Füzetek 2019 (3) pp. 137-141. Link: https://acad.hu/ojs/index.php/sf/issue/view/4/4
Professional, scientific conferences (without claiming to be exhaustive, only presentations and reports given at conferences of national or international importance)
1996
April 1-3, 1996. Győr. International symposium on the history of culture and education. Title of the lecture: The Library of the Youth of Sárospatak.
1996. May 21-23. Miskolc. Schools, teachers, students in Hungary. Educational history conference. Lecture title: The Reading Association of Academic Youth: A youth reading association.
October 1996. Debrecen. Máté Kovács Memorial Meeting. Lecture title: The Reading Association of Academic Youth.
1997
August 27-30, 1997. Eger. Presentation given at the conference entitled The Birth of Hungarian Theatre: Farewellers on the Stage.
November 3, 1997. Sárospatak. Educational science conference organized by the Hungarian Comenius Society and the Comenius Teacher Training College. Lecture title: Schola Ludus and Hungarian Reformed school dramas.
1999
May 28-29, 1999. Sárospatak. Teachers, students and the library in the past and today. Presentation given at the international conference of HUNRA (Hungarian Reading Association) entitled Reading Development in Schools and Libraries.
2000
July 6-8, 2000 Bratislava. Central European Conference on Reading - Unity and Diversity in Literacy Development. Lecture title: School dramas in the education in the past and nowadays.
August 23-26, 2000. Eger. Sacred and Profane. Conference on the European Roots of Hungarian Drama. Title of my presentation: Historical Dramas of Csíksomlyó.
September 6-8, 2000. Alcalá de Henares. XXII. World Conference of ISCHE. Title of my presentation: School dramas or school books in dialogues? – Schola Ludus by Comenius and the Hungarian Calvinist school dramas)
October 30, 2000. Miskolc. Doctoral Students' Forum. Title: Reformed College Literature in the 18th Century.
2001
2001. March 1-2. Miskolc. MicroCAD '2001. Schools in 17-18th century Hungarian College Literature. (joint lecture with Kedves Csaba)
May 9, 2001. Veszprém. Discourse on Drama. Comedy or Drama? Research Problems in the Textual Analysis of Our 18th Century School Dramas.
June 23-24, 2001. Fony. Kazinczy and religion. Farewell poems in Sárospatak during Kazinczy's student days.
July 12-15, 2001. Birmingham. XXIII. World Conference of ISCHE. Title of the lecture: Teachers and schools in the 17th-18th Century School Literature. (joint lecture with Kedves Csaba)
2002
Teachers and Schools in the 17-18th Century Hungarian School Literature (joint presentation with Kedves Csaba). Miskolc, September 2002. International conference entitled School and Theatre.
2005
December 8-9, 2005. Budapest. „Singing about immortality in a mortal language” – Funeral poems in the Reformed colleges of Sárospatak and Debrecen at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. „And what will you become in the end?‘ Scientific conference on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the death of Mihály Csokonai Vitéz and the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Károli Gáspár Reformed University
Research summaries
1996
December 1996. Hungarian Comenius Society competition: Schola Ludus and Reformed school dramas. (Received a special prize.)
1997
May 1997. Budapest. The role of reading societies in the field of education and training in the Sárospatak Dormitory (1850-1950). Thesis prepared for the competition of the Department of Educational Sciences of the Faculty of Social Sciences of ELTE. (1st place.)
May 1997. Budapest. Changes in the Collection of the Sárospatak Youth Library (1850-1896). Thesis prepared for a scientific scholarship.
December 1997. The dream of the forty-eighth youth: The Reading Association of Academic Youth. Our project for the competition announced by the Hungarian National Museum's Modern Database in the 20th century church and cultural history category. (I won the special prize of the National Pedagogical Library and Museum.)
1998
July 1998. “Thoughts in the Library”: Our Development in Librarianship in the Times Around the Revolution and War of Independence of 1848-49. The project was prepared for the 1848 competition of the National Conference of Student Governments in the category of Development of Sciences and the Revolution of 1848. (1st place.)
1999
November 1999. The role of our Jesuit historical dramas in the history of Hungarian and European education. The project was prepared for the Ratio Studiorum competition on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the Faludi Ferenc Academy. (1st place)
2006
August 2006. Feasibility study of the Literary Route – Wine Route – Tokaj – World Heritage Cultural Route – statistical data, analyses on the situation and attractions of Tokaj and the wine region
2006. TDM step by step – in the Tokaj-Zemplén destination (working material for the creation of regional TDM)
2009
2009. The attractiveness of the Tokaj Microregion
Electronic publications
2002
School and theatre – School and theatre CD-ROM, 2002 (together with Kedves Csaba)
2003
The Rákóczi family in the light of documents kept in the Sárospatak Reformed College. Edited by Kedves Csaba. Miskolc, Gradatio, 2003
