Gábor Klaniczay

Klaniczay is one of the world's leading historians of medieval studies. He is the author or editor of over 250 articles and books on a wide range of subjects in the field of medieval religion, popular practices, and society: a historical anthropology of European Christendom (sainthood, visions, magic, and witchcraft). He also wrote on the comparative history of dynastic cults in Hungary and Central Europe, and the modern uses of the Middle Ages. Klaniczay is also an academic organizer fostering international cooperation, motivating students and scholars from all over Europe to transcend isolated national scholarly traditions, and also bringing American and European scholars together on many projects.