2013– 2019 PhD in Medieval Studies Central European University, Budapest, Hungary Dissertation Title: The Archaeology of Christianisation of the Rural Countryside of Medieval Hungary with the Context of East Central Europe (11th-13th centuries).
2012–2013 M.A. in Medieval Studies, Class of Degree: Distinction Central European University, Budapest, Hungary Thesis Title: Dress Accessories from the Twelfth and Thirteenth Century Hungary. Typochronology and Social-Economic Interpretation based on finds from Kána village.
2009–2012 M.A. in Archaeology (Specialized in Early Medieval/Migration Period and Medieval-Post Medieval Archaeology) Class of Degree: Good Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary Thesis Title: Kána falu templom körüli temetője. [The Churchyard Cemetery of Kána Village]
2006–2009 B.A. in Archaeology (Specialized in Early Medieval/Migration Period and Medieval-Post Medieval Archaeology) Class of Degree: Excellent Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary Thesis: Hajkarikák a középkori Kána falu temetőjéből [Lock Rings from the Cemetery of the Medieval Kána Village]
Awards
2016 DAAD Co-operative research grant for research groups, CEU cooperation with FOVOG, Technische Universität Dresden. Theme: Communication and Knowledge Transfer in Medieval Monastic Networks.
2015 DAAD Forschungsstipendien für Doktoranden und Nachwuchswissenschaftler, 10 month research fellowship at the University of Göttingen
2014 Academic Achievement Award for First-Year Doctoral Students (awarded in January, 2015)
2010 National Scientific Conference of Students (OTDK), Award of the Móra Ferenc Museum for the paper: Hajkarikák a középkori Kána falu temetőjéből. [Lock Rings from the Cemetery of the Medieval Kána Village]
Her main research interests focuses on the High Middle Ages, and within that she mainly deals with material culture and social archaeology, with a special focus on mortuary archaeology with an emphasis on cemetery analysis and irregular burials. She also conducts GIS-driven research on the spatial relations of the archaeology of Christianisation and the development of the rural church network, which is her PhD topic at CEU. Her main DH interests concern the application of GIS on diverse archaeological and historical data.
Dead Space. Topographical changes of cemeteries – causes and indicators. / Vargha, Maria; Mordovin, Maxim. Leben mit dem Tod : der Umgang mit Sterblichkeit in Mittelalter und Neuzeit: Beiträge der internationalen Tagung in St. Pölten 11. bis 15. September 2018. Vol. 35 Wien: Österreichische Gesellschaft für Mittelalterarchäologie, 2020. p. 135-149 (Beiträge zur Mittelalterarchäologie in Österreich).
Publications: Contribution to book › Contribution to proceedings › Peer Reviewed
Discussant of the paper "Die digitale, geoanalytische Aufarbeitung von Grenzen, Orten und Verkehrswegen im Nordmazedonien des 14. Jahrhunderts: erste Ansätze" by Bernhard Koschicek
Maria Vargha
Arbeitsklausur "Byzantino-Serbian Border Zones in Transition"
“Desacred Memory: A Medieval Crime Unveiled - Disturbed Burials of Monks from the Cistercian Grange of Pomáz-Nagykovácsi.” Section: Burials and Memory in Context: From Disturbed Graves to Burial Monuments.
“A plébániahálózat kezdeti formálódásának régészeti nyomai a 11-12. századi Kárpát-medencében” ” [The Early Development of the Local Church System of the Carpathian Basin in the 11-12th Centuries].
Maria Vargha
9th Conference of Young Medieval Archaeologists, Budapest
Deathly Treasures. The Socioeconomic Interpretation of Jewellery from the Context of Mongol Invasion Hoards and Burials
Maria Vargha
Ringvorlesung Sommersemester 2017. Material<br/>Culture Studies an der Universität Wien, Historisch-Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät,<br/>Forschungsschwerpunkt Materielle Kultur
Lecture series, colloquium,
Talk or oral contribution
In the Shadow of Power. The Impact of Castles in the Development of the Local Church System in the 11-12th c. in Hungary
Maria Vargha
Fortifications, defense systems, structures and features in the past 4th International Scientific Conference on Mediaeval Archaeology of the Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb