Education:
Art Historian, Master of History M.A. Eotvos Lorand University (ELTE) Budapest
M.Sc. in the History of Modern and Contemporary Art (dr. univ.), Eotvos Lorand University (ELTE) Budapest
Ph.D. in History (Ottoman-Turkish History), Eotvos Lorand University (ELTE) Budapest
Research Fields:
Textile History
Special Field of Research:
16th-18th Ottoman Turkish textiles in Hungary and Transylvania
Professional Activities:
2006-2007	Deputy Director for the Collections, Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest
1998-	Head of the Textile Department in the Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest
1990-	Outside Lecturer in the History of Textiles at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest
1986-	Outside Lecturer in the History of Textiles at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest
1983-1998	Assistant Curator, Textile and Costume Collection, Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest. Field of work: curator of the European and Oriental collections of fabrics, embroideries, printed textiles and laces, furthermore, of the 20th century textile collection
Selected Publications:
‘Ottoman Turkish Carpets in the Collection of the Budapest Museum of Applied Arts – in memoriam Ferenc Batári.’ Catalogue for an exhibition at the Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest. Budapest, 2007.
‘Ottoman Saddlecloths, Saddles, Bow-cases and Quivers in Transylvania and Royal Hungary. Ottoman-Turkish textiles in the Esterházy Collection at the Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest.’ In: Ibolya Gerelyes (ed.). Turkish Flowers. Studies on Ottoman Art in Hungary. Hungarian National Museum, 2005, 101-114
Die osmanisch-türkischen Objekte in der Esterházy-Schatzkammer. In. Von Bildern und anderen Schätzen. Die Sammlungen der Fürsten Esterházy. Studien zur Geschichte der Familie Esterházy die Esterházyschen Sammlungen. Hrsg. Gerda Mraz; Géza Galavics. Wien, Köln, Weimar: Böhlau 1999. 30-50.
László Emőke-Pásztor Emese-Szakál Aurél: Halasi csipke (Halas Lace). Kiskunhalas, 1996.