Norbert S. MEDGYESY PhD (Győr, 1977) is a educational historian who deals with the regional effects of secondary and higher education in Hungary in the 17th-19th centuries, the colourful world of school culture in the Baroque era, especially school theatre and music life, and its worldly patrons. Since 1997 he has been a member of the Old Hungarian Drama Research Group. His research field also extends to the Csíksomlyó mystery plays, and the relationship between folk chants of the 17th and 18th centuries (primarily those historical in content) and folk tradition. He compiled and systematized the unique traditions of the village of Perenye in Vas County. The findings of his investigations have been published in three monographs and many studies, partly supported by the Bolyai János Research Scholarship from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and currently with support from the Arts Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Arts. To present these treasures in the 21st century, in 2002 he founded the Blessed Eusebius Theatre Company (BÖSZK), whose members have to date presented 15 Baroque school dramas and three folk plays in 25 venues in the Carpathian Basin; some performances can be seen on the Hungarian Academy of Arts Publishers channel http://t.ly/dxYDMa.
Norbert S. Medgyesy is an habilitated associate professor, and currently the director of the Department of Theory, Methodology and Didactics of History at the Pázmány Péter Catholic University Faculty of the Humanities (in Piliscsaba), and also of the Economy, Regional and Political History Workshop of the Historiography Doctoral School of Pázmány Péter Catholic University. In addition, he gives lessons at the Department of Folk Music at the Liszt Academy. To date, 14 of his students have been to National Scholarly Student Conferences assisted by him as supervisor and tutor, with several winning prizes: 1st place: 2 people; special prize: 1 person; 2nd place: 2 people; 3rd place: 2 people; others (in 5 competitions): 11 people.