Dr. habil. György Endre Szönyi, DSc. (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2004; D.habil, ELTE University, Budapest, 2000; Dr. univ., József Attila University, Szeged, 1981; M.A., Attila U., 1977) is Professor Emeritus of English and Hungarian Studies in the Institute of English & American Studies at the University of Szeged, and Visiting Professor of cultural and intellectual history in the Departments of History and Medieval Studies at Central European University, Budapest. He is a cultural- and literary historian with special interest in the Renaissance, the role of Western esotericism in early modern and postmodern culture/literature, cultural theory, especially in cultural symbolization and the relationship of words and images, and Hungarian Studies.