IRES Celebrates 20th Anniversary

May 20, 2014

CEU's Department of International Relations and European Studies (IRES) celebrated its 20th anniversary by examining issues that affect the European “neighborhood” and issues of international security and global economy. Faculty, staff, and department alumni attended the May 9 conference in advance of CEU's Alumni Weekend. The IRES@20 conference allowed attending alumni the opportunity to see how their department and discipline has grown. Since the department's inception, 843 MA students and 23 PhD students have graduated from IRES and more than 40 faculty and 11 staff have worked at the department. IRES alumni can be found in 63 countries worldwide. The department currently has 50 MA students, 30 PhD students, 16 faculty and four staff. Department veterans are Professor Boldizsar Nagy (18 years), Professor Michael Merlingen (16 years), and Iren Varga, the longest-serving staff member (since February 1997). For more information and photos, see http://www.ceu.hu/article/2014-05-19/ires-celebrates-20-years and https://www.dropbox.com/sh/l4j9xuupk8q030j/AAAO5O2G0CQJhMpPu9WF6WZZa