Róbert Péter
Róbert Péter is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Szeged, Hungary, where he teaches courses concerning British history and digital humanities. He holds Master's degrees in English (MA, 1999) and Mathematics (MSc, 2000). He produced his MA thesis at the University of Oxford for the University of Szeged. He carried out extensive archival research in British public and masonic libraries for his Ph.D. thesis entitled 'The Mysteries of English Freemasons: Janus-Faced Masonic Ideology and Practice between 1696 and 1815' (2006). Habilitation in 2017.
He co-edited the book Researching British Freemasonry, 1717-2017 (Sheffield: University of Sheffield, 2010). He is a founding editor of the Journal for Research into Freemasonry and Fraternalism and Digitális Bölcsészet [Digital Humanities] peer-reviewed publications. He has been awarded Fulbright (Florida State University) and British Academy Visiting Fellowships (University of Sheffield). Róbert was a Bolyai Research Fellow of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences for three years during which, among others, he carried out research concerning 17th-18th century Anglo-Hungarian relations. He is the general editor of the five-volume primary resource collection entitled British Freemasonry, 1717-1813 (New York: Routledge, 2016) that contains hitherto unexplored and rare masonic texts. He has a strong interest in digital humanities, in particular the development and use of text and data mining methods for the analysis of large collections of historical documents. He is a founding member of the DARIAH (Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities) Bibliodata Working Group. Róbert is the coordinator of the AVOBMAT (Analysis and Visualization of Bibliographic Metadata and Texts) project.
For the details of all publications see:
https://vm.mtmt.hu/search/slist.php?nwi=1&inited=1&ty_on=1&la_on=1&st_on=1&url_on=1&cite_type=2&orderby=3D1a&lang=1&location=mtmt&stn=1&AuthorID=10013818&tipus=23,24,26,28,29,31&jelleg=1,2,3
Supervisors: or Advisors: György E. Szőnyi, Robert Evans, Alister E. McGrath, Edward Kelly, John Corrigan, Andrew Prescott, Jan A. M. Snoek
Phone: +3662544549
Address: Róbert Péter, Ph.D.
Department of English Studies
Institute of English and American Studies
University of Szeged
Szeged, Egyetem u. 2
H-6722 Hungary
He co-edited the book Researching British Freemasonry, 1717-2017 (Sheffield: University of Sheffield, 2010). He is a founding editor of the Journal for Research into Freemasonry and Fraternalism and Digitális Bölcsészet [Digital Humanities] peer-reviewed publications. He has been awarded Fulbright (Florida State University) and British Academy Visiting Fellowships (University of Sheffield). Róbert was a Bolyai Research Fellow of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences for three years during which, among others, he carried out research concerning 17th-18th century Anglo-Hungarian relations. He is the general editor of the five-volume primary resource collection entitled British Freemasonry, 1717-1813 (New York: Routledge, 2016) that contains hitherto unexplored and rare masonic texts. He has a strong interest in digital humanities, in particular the development and use of text and data mining methods for the analysis of large collections of historical documents. He is a founding member of the DARIAH (Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities) Bibliodata Working Group. Róbert is the coordinator of the AVOBMAT (Analysis and Visualization of Bibliographic Metadata and Texts) project.
For the details of all publications see:
https://vm.mtmt.hu/search/slist.php?nwi=1&inited=1&ty_on=1&la_on=1&st_on=1&url_on=1&cite_type=2&orderby=3D1a&lang=1&location=mtmt&stn=1&AuthorID=10013818&tipus=23,24,26,28,29,31&jelleg=1,2,3
Supervisors: or Advisors: György E. Szőnyi, Robert Evans, Alister E. McGrath, Edward Kelly, John Corrigan, Andrew Prescott, Jan A. M. Snoek
Phone: +3662544549
Address: Róbert Péter, Ph.D.
Department of English Studies
Institute of English and American Studies
University of Szeged
Szeged, Egyetem u. 2
H-6722 Hungary
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volume 1: Institutions (C. Révauger)
volume 2: Rituals I – English, Irish and Scottish Craft Rituals (J. A. M. Snoek)
volume 3: Rituals II – Harodim Material and Higher Degrees (J. A. M. Snoek)
volume 4: Debates (R. Péter)
volume 5: Representations (R. Péter)
More information about the edition is available at:
https://www.routledge.com/British-Freemasonry-1717-1813/Peter- Revauger-Snoek/p/book/9781848933774
The attached copyright material was provided by the Routledge division of Taylor and Francis on 20 October, 2016.
The purpose of this 5-volume edition is to collate diverse rare print and manuscript materials that provide a broad spectrum of insights into the history and culture of Freemasonry in the British Isles between 1717 and 1813. This collection is the result of extensive archival research and transcription and highlights the most significant themes associated with British and Irish Freemasonry during the period in question. The volumes draw on a wide range of documents, including an engraved list of lodges, rituals (some originally written in cipher), rules and
regulations, by-laws, funeral services, lectures, charges, sermons, orations, certificates, theatrical prologues and epilogues, pamphlets, newspaper and magazine articles and letters. A special emphasis is placed on documents that enhance our present understanding of the role that British and Irish Freemasons played in the formation of eighteenth-century society and associational culture. Analysis of these documents will hopefully foster scholarly debate and offer new perspectives on wider historical, cultural, social and religious themes.
Many of the texts included in these volumes remain very difficult to consult outside masonic archives. Such institutions store many rare eighteenth-century items, which are not recorded in the English Short Title Catalogue and are thus excluded from digital collections. For example, the Library and Museum of Freemasonry in London has not previously given permission to fully reproduce rituals of the so-called higher degrees. Hence, the rituals ncluded in this edition are published here for the first time in their entirety and with annotations. Furthermore, this edition reproduces texts that seem to have been knowingly overlooked by masonic historians in their publications.
volume 1: Institutions (C. Révauger)
volume 2: Rituals I – English, Irish and Scottish Craft Rituals (J. A. M. Snoek)
volume 3: Rituals II – Harodim Material and Higher Degrees (J. A. M. Snoek)
volume 4: Debates (R. Péter)
volume 5: Representations (R. Péter)
More information about the edition is available at:
https://www.routledge.com/British-Freemasonry-1717-1813/Peter- Revauger-Snoek/p/book/9781848933774
The attached copyright material was provided by the Routledge division of Taylor and Francis on 20 October, 2016.
volume 1: Institutions (C. Révauger)
volume 2: Rituals I – English, Irish and Scottish Craft Rituals (J. A. M. Snoek)
volume 3: Rituals II – Harodim Material and Higher Degrees (J. A. M. Snoek)
volume 4: Debates (R. Péter)
volume 5: Representations (R. Péter)
More information about the edition is available at:
https://www.routledge.com/British-Freemasonry-1717-1813/Peter- Revauger-Snoek/p/book/9781848933774
The attached copyright material was provided by the Routledge division of Taylor and Francis on 20 October, 2016.
volume 1: Institutions (C. Révauger)
volume 2: Rituals I – English, Irish and Scottish Craft Rituals (J. A. M. Snoek)
volume 3: Rituals II – Harodim Material and Higher Degrees (J. A. M. Snoek)
volume 4: Debates (R. Péter)
volume 5: Representations (R. Péter)
More information about the edition is available at:
https://www.routledge.com/British-Freemasonry-1717-1813/Peter- Revauger-Snoek/p/book/9781848933774
The attached copyright material was provided by the Routledge division of Taylor and Francis on 20 October, 2016.
volume 1: Institutions (C. Révauger)
volume 2: Rituals I – English, Irish and Scottish Craft Rituals (J. A. M. Snoek)
volume 3: Rituals II – Harodim Material and Higher Degrees (J. A. M. Snoek)
volume 4: Debates (R. Péter)
volume 5: Representations (R. Péter)
For a limited access to vol. 4 see
https://books.google.hu/books?id=xLdCDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT84&dq=British+Freemasonry,+1717-1813+Debates+Church&hl=hu&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjY9Ye8moDQAhVJORoKHT0FCfoQ6AEIGjAA#v=onepage&q=British%20Freemasonry%2C%201717-1813%20Debates%20Church&f=false
More information about the edition is available at:
https://www.routledge.com/British-Freemasonry-1717-1813/Peter- Revauger-Snoek/p/book/9781848933774
The attached copyright material was provided by the Routledge division of Taylor and Francis on 20 October, 2016.
volume 1: Institutions (C. Révauger)
volume 2: Rituals I – English, Irish and Scottish Craft Rituals (J. A. M. Snoek)
volume 3: Rituals II – Harodim Material and Higher Degrees (J. A. M. Snoek)
volume 4: Debates (R. Péter)
volume 5: Representations (R. Péter)
For a limited access to volume 5 see
https://books.google.hu/books?id=n7dCDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT2&dq=British+Freemasonry,+1717-1813+Representations&hl=hu&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiE-ejJmYDQAhXM6xoKHTiQDNYQ6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=British%20Freemasonry%2C%201717-1813%20Representations&f=false
More information about the edition is available at:
https://www.routledge.com/British-Freemasonry-1717-1813/Peter- Revauger-Snoek/p/book/9781848933774
The attached copyright material was provided by the Routledge division of Taylor and Francis on 20 October, 2016.
Papers by Róbert Péter
This report is aimed at all active stakeholders in the humanities bibliodata landscape, especially public sector entities who may benefit from the Group’s insights and engage in cooperation to identify common interests, shape joint agendas, and achieve common goals. Those goals include creating shared infrastructure solutions, harmonising existing standards, and building partnerships to meet major challenges for contemporary bibliodata stakeholders.
The bibliodata landscape is a dynamic ecosystem including the many stakeholders who produce, process, and use diverse bibliographical resources (datasets, tools, services). Following the digital revolution, this landscape has been reconfigured and a critical era is now upon us that demands closer investigation. This report analyses the state of the art by defining current bibliodata (Chapter 1), mapping the contemporary
landscape (Chapter 2), identifying crucial stakeholder challenges and opportunities (Chapter 3), and offering recommendations for future cooperation (Chapter 4).
This report presents an overview of issues in the bibliodata landscape. It is intended to provide a foundation for more detailed reports and case studies on the issues identified in this document.
(Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2019) pp. 304-318.
Róbert Péter, Zsolt Szántó, József Seres, Vilmos Bilicki, Gábor Berend,
“AVOBMAT: a digital toolkit for analysing and visualizing bibliographic metadata and texts” In Gábor Berend, Gábor Gosztolya, Veronika Vincze (eds), XVI. Magyar Számítógépes Nyelvészeti Konferencia (Szeged: Szegedi Tudományegyetem, Informatikai Intézet, 2020) pp. 43-55.
avobmat.hu/covid-19/
Feel free to use it and share it with research & medical communities who are involved in the fight against the pandemic.
The application was briefly introduced at an NLP meet-up (New York) with the creators of the COVID-19 dataset (starting at min. 40)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GivUfb8KhZY
A TANIT elérhető az alábbi linken:
http://dighum.bibl.u-szeged.hu/tanit/
strengths and weaknesses of this research tool by providing a case study of how the representations of freemasonry in the eighteenth-century London press can be investigated. It concludes with some general reflections on the challenges of the use of digital research tools in the humanities
reading’ of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century English newspapers
concerning Hungary
Digital and methodological turn in the study of the press: a ‘distant
reading’ of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century English newspapers
concerning Hungary. The digital turn in the study of the press is illustrated by the fact that in the last decade an enormous number of newspapers and periodicals have become accessible and searchable
in electronic archives. The paper begins by critically discussing the current (2013) infant state of digital scholarship with a special focus on the methodological possibilities and challenges posed by the analysis of ‘big data/text’ in the humanities. It presents a revised version of a digital method – introduced by the author in 2010 – which, among others, may be used to investigate and visualize the evolution, distribution and frequency of words in digital press archives, as well as to explore long-scale trends and patterns in historical, literary, linguistic and cultural processes. This paper also highlights the strengths and limitations of this method by giving a case study of how the representations of Hungary in the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century English press may be examined. It provides a ‘distant reading’ of those newspaper articles of the Burney Collection of the British Library which make reference to Hungary and Hungarians, and places the preliminary findings in their
historical context. For example, it explains the increase in references to Hungary in certain years. The distant and close readings of this largely ignored English press material concerning Hungary signpost new areas for research into the English public perceptions of contemporary Hungary, as well as the diplomatic, political, cultural and economic aspects of English–Hungarian relations during the period.
volume 1: Institutions (C. Révauger)
volume 2: Rituals I – English, Irish and Scottish Craft Rituals (J. A. M. Snoek)
volume 3: Rituals II – Harodim Material and Higher Degrees (J. A. M. Snoek)
volume 4: Debates (R. Péter)
volume 5: Representations (R. Péter)
More information about the edition is available at:
https://www.routledge.com/British-Freemasonry-1717-1813/Peter- Revauger-Snoek/p/book/9781848933774
The attached copyright material was provided by the Routledge division of Taylor and Francis on 20 October, 2016.
The purpose of this 5-volume edition is to collate diverse rare print and manuscript materials that provide a broad spectrum of insights into the history and culture of Freemasonry in the British Isles between 1717 and 1813. This collection is the result of extensive archival research and transcription and highlights the most significant themes associated with British and Irish Freemasonry during the period in question. The volumes draw on a wide range of documents, including an engraved list of lodges, rituals (some originally written in cipher), rules and
regulations, by-laws, funeral services, lectures, charges, sermons, orations, certificates, theatrical prologues and epilogues, pamphlets, newspaper and magazine articles and letters. A special emphasis is placed on documents that enhance our present understanding of the role that British and Irish Freemasons played in the formation of eighteenth-century society and associational culture. Analysis of these documents will hopefully foster scholarly debate and offer new perspectives on wider historical, cultural, social and religious themes.
Many of the texts included in these volumes remain very difficult to consult outside masonic archives. Such institutions store many rare eighteenth-century items, which are not recorded in the English Short Title Catalogue and are thus excluded from digital collections. For example, the Library and Museum of Freemasonry in London has not previously given permission to fully reproduce rituals of the so-called higher degrees. Hence, the rituals ncluded in this edition are published here for the first time in their entirety and with annotations. Furthermore, this edition reproduces texts that seem to have been knowingly overlooked by masonic historians in their publications.
volume 1: Institutions (C. Révauger)
volume 2: Rituals I – English, Irish and Scottish Craft Rituals (J. A. M. Snoek)
volume 3: Rituals II – Harodim Material and Higher Degrees (J. A. M. Snoek)
volume 4: Debates (R. Péter)
volume 5: Representations (R. Péter)
More information about the edition is available at:
https://www.routledge.com/British-Freemasonry-1717-1813/Peter- Revauger-Snoek/p/book/9781848933774
The attached copyright material was provided by the Routledge division of Taylor and Francis on 20 October, 2016.
volume 1: Institutions (C. Révauger)
volume 2: Rituals I – English, Irish and Scottish Craft Rituals (J. A. M. Snoek)
volume 3: Rituals II – Harodim Material and Higher Degrees (J. A. M. Snoek)
volume 4: Debates (R. Péter)
volume 5: Representations (R. Péter)
More information about the edition is available at:
https://www.routledge.com/British-Freemasonry-1717-1813/Peter- Revauger-Snoek/p/book/9781848933774
The attached copyright material was provided by the Routledge division of Taylor and Francis on 20 October, 2016.
volume 1: Institutions (C. Révauger)
volume 2: Rituals I – English, Irish and Scottish Craft Rituals (J. A. M. Snoek)
volume 3: Rituals II – Harodim Material and Higher Degrees (J. A. M. Snoek)
volume 4: Debates (R. Péter)
volume 5: Representations (R. Péter)
More information about the edition is available at:
https://www.routledge.com/British-Freemasonry-1717-1813/Peter- Revauger-Snoek/p/book/9781848933774
The attached copyright material was provided by the Routledge division of Taylor and Francis on 20 October, 2016.
volume 1: Institutions (C. Révauger)
volume 2: Rituals I – English, Irish and Scottish Craft Rituals (J. A. M. Snoek)
volume 3: Rituals II – Harodim Material and Higher Degrees (J. A. M. Snoek)
volume 4: Debates (R. Péter)
volume 5: Representations (R. Péter)
For a limited access to vol. 4 see
https://books.google.hu/books?id=xLdCDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT84&dq=British+Freemasonry,+1717-1813+Debates+Church&hl=hu&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjY9Ye8moDQAhVJORoKHT0FCfoQ6AEIGjAA#v=onepage&q=British%20Freemasonry%2C%201717-1813%20Debates%20Church&f=false
More information about the edition is available at:
https://www.routledge.com/British-Freemasonry-1717-1813/Peter- Revauger-Snoek/p/book/9781848933774
The attached copyright material was provided by the Routledge division of Taylor and Francis on 20 October, 2016.
volume 1: Institutions (C. Révauger)
volume 2: Rituals I – English, Irish and Scottish Craft Rituals (J. A. M. Snoek)
volume 3: Rituals II – Harodim Material and Higher Degrees (J. A. M. Snoek)
volume 4: Debates (R. Péter)
volume 5: Representations (R. Péter)
For a limited access to volume 5 see
https://books.google.hu/books?id=n7dCDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT2&dq=British+Freemasonry,+1717-1813+Representations&hl=hu&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiE-ejJmYDQAhXM6xoKHTiQDNYQ6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=British%20Freemasonry%2C%201717-1813%20Representations&f=false
More information about the edition is available at:
https://www.routledge.com/British-Freemasonry-1717-1813/Peter- Revauger-Snoek/p/book/9781848933774
The attached copyright material was provided by the Routledge division of Taylor and Francis on 20 October, 2016.
This report is aimed at all active stakeholders in the humanities bibliodata landscape, especially public sector entities who may benefit from the Group’s insights and engage in cooperation to identify common interests, shape joint agendas, and achieve common goals. Those goals include creating shared infrastructure solutions, harmonising existing standards, and building partnerships to meet major challenges for contemporary bibliodata stakeholders.
The bibliodata landscape is a dynamic ecosystem including the many stakeholders who produce, process, and use diverse bibliographical resources (datasets, tools, services). Following the digital revolution, this landscape has been reconfigured and a critical era is now upon us that demands closer investigation. This report analyses the state of the art by defining current bibliodata (Chapter 1), mapping the contemporary
landscape (Chapter 2), identifying crucial stakeholder challenges and opportunities (Chapter 3), and offering recommendations for future cooperation (Chapter 4).
This report presents an overview of issues in the bibliodata landscape. It is intended to provide a foundation for more detailed reports and case studies on the issues identified in this document.
(Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2019) pp. 304-318.
Róbert Péter, Zsolt Szántó, József Seres, Vilmos Bilicki, Gábor Berend,
“AVOBMAT: a digital toolkit for analysing and visualizing bibliographic metadata and texts” In Gábor Berend, Gábor Gosztolya, Veronika Vincze (eds), XVI. Magyar Számítógépes Nyelvészeti Konferencia (Szeged: Szegedi Tudományegyetem, Informatikai Intézet, 2020) pp. 43-55.
avobmat.hu/covid-19/
Feel free to use it and share it with research & medical communities who are involved in the fight against the pandemic.
The application was briefly introduced at an NLP meet-up (New York) with the creators of the COVID-19 dataset (starting at min. 40)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GivUfb8KhZY
A TANIT elérhető az alábbi linken:
http://dighum.bibl.u-szeged.hu/tanit/
strengths and weaknesses of this research tool by providing a case study of how the representations of freemasonry in the eighteenth-century London press can be investigated. It concludes with some general reflections on the challenges of the use of digital research tools in the humanities
reading’ of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century English newspapers
concerning Hungary
Digital and methodological turn in the study of the press: a ‘distant
reading’ of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century English newspapers
concerning Hungary. The digital turn in the study of the press is illustrated by the fact that in the last decade an enormous number of newspapers and periodicals have become accessible and searchable
in electronic archives. The paper begins by critically discussing the current (2013) infant state of digital scholarship with a special focus on the methodological possibilities and challenges posed by the analysis of ‘big data/text’ in the humanities. It presents a revised version of a digital method – introduced by the author in 2010 – which, among others, may be used to investigate and visualize the evolution, distribution and frequency of words in digital press archives, as well as to explore long-scale trends and patterns in historical, literary, linguistic and cultural processes. This paper also highlights the strengths and limitations of this method by giving a case study of how the representations of Hungary in the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century English press may be examined. It provides a ‘distant reading’ of those newspaper articles of the Burney Collection of the British Library which make reference to Hungary and Hungarians, and places the preliminary findings in their
historical context. For example, it explains the increase in references to Hungary in certain years. The distant and close readings of this largely ignored English press material concerning Hungary signpost new areas for research into the English public perceptions of contemporary Hungary, as well as the diplomatic, political, cultural and economic aspects of English–Hungarian relations during the period.
SZÉPIRODALMI FIGYELŐ (2018) 2, pp. 35-48.
Freemasonry was a major component of European political, cultural, social and intellectual life throughout the eighteenth century. The objective of this volume is to familiarize Hungarian readers with current trends, methods and problems concerning the study of eighteenth century European Freemasonry. There is clearly a need for such a volume since the history of Hungarian Freemasonry has not yet been integrated into European scholarship. Prior to the 1980s, the study of Freemasonry remained largely the province of conspiracy theorists, sensationalist authors and masonic amateurhistorians. Since then, many long-established masonic myths and speculations have been repeated and remain unquestioned even in academic scholarship.
The first historiographical paper in the volume highlights the current scholarly debates and problems related to research in eighteenth-century European Freemasonry and points out areas for further research. Márton Szentpéteri analyses the early modern roots of masonic temple symbolism. Jan A. M. Snoek introduces and illustrates the allusive method based on the poly-interpretability of texts,
which is used in almost all masonic rituals. Pierre-Yves Beaurepaire’s paper provides a novel impetus to research concerning the relationship between Freemasonry and Judaism during the Enlightenment. Róbert Péter explores the gender aspects of 18th-century English masonic writings and practice as well as examining the first adoption lodges and their rituals in England. Réka Lengyel gives an introduction to the status of the copies of the 19th-century Dég archives stored in the National Archives of Hungary, which contains invaluable and unexplored sources about the history of Freemasonry and other fraternal orders in Central and Eastern Europe. Olga Granasztói investigates the hitherto overlooked controversial activities of spies in Hungarian masonic lodges in the late 18th century. The editors of this issue are Róbert Péter and Márton Szentpéteri, the copy editor is Réka Lengyel. We are most grateful to Jan A. M. Snoek and Pierre-Yves Beaurepaire for granting us permission to publish the translations of their articles. We owe special thanks to the Grand Orient of Hungary for its contribution to the translation costs.
You can download the entire issue at the following link:
https://iti.btk.mta.hu/images/kiadvanyok/helikon/Helikon_2016_4.pdf
Róbert Péter, “Unio Mystica in the Dramatic Revelation of Masonic Secrecy?” in Kathleen E. Dubs ed. Now You See It, Now You Don’t: Hiding and Revealing in Text and Performance (Piliscsaba: Péter Pázmány Catholic University, 2006), 166-178.