October 30, 2012
In November, CEU Press will publish “Saints of the Christianization Age of Central Europe (Tenth-Eleventh Centuries),” edited by Gabor Klaniczay, university professor of medieval studies at CEU. This sixth volume in the Central European Medieval Texts series reveals the Christianization of Bohemia, Poland, Hungary, and Dalmatia through stories of people who were instrumental in the process and went on to achieve sainthood.
October 30, 2012
The most recent release from CEU Press is “Teaching ‘Race’ with a Gendered Edge,” edited by Brigitte Hipfl and Kristin Lofdottir. This collection of essays—part of the series “Teaching With Gender: European Women’s Studies in International and Interdisciplinary Classrooms”—approaches questions of race and racism from a feminist perspective, focusing on the intersections of race, class, and gender. The series is published jointly with ATGENDER, the European Association for Gender Research, Education and Documentation.
October 30, 2012
Edited by Balazs Vedres, associate professor in the Department of Anthropology and Social Anthropology and director of the Center for Network Science, and Marco Scotti, Universita degli Studi di Trento, Italy.
Published by Cambridge University Press, August 2012.www.cambridge.org/hu/knowledge/isbn/item6796397/?site_locale=hu_HU
Photo by CEU/Daniel Vegel
October 30, 2012
Andreas Goldthau, associate professor and head of the Department of Public Policy, acted as lead author for chapter five on energy and security.
Published by Cambridge University Press, October 2012.http://www.cambridge.org/gb/knowledge/isbn/item6852590/?site_locale=en_GB
Photo by CEU/Daniel Vegel
October 30, 2012
The Fritz Thyssen Foundation supports scholarly and scientific meetings, especially smaller conferences with an interdisciplinary focus. There are four application opportunities each year. The next deadline is Nov. 30. For more information, see http://www.fritz-thyssen-stiftung.de/promotion/types-of-support/conferen...
October 30, 2012
Applications for the European Research Council’s Advanced Grant are due Nov. 22. There will be no call for the Advanced Grant published in 2013. Due to the size and scale of these grants, proper institutional preparation is essential. Faculty members planning to apply should contact Vanda Mohacsi, mohacsiv@ceu.hu, in the Academic Cooperation and Research Support Office as soon as possible.
October 30, 2012
Andrea Peto, professor in the Department of Gender Studies, and her colleagues seek contributions from scientists, activists, journalists, and authors from across Europe for their planned volume “Gender and Far-Right Politics in Europe.” Preference will be given to proposals from Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and the UK. Interested parties can apply by submitting a short CV and a half- to one-page description of the proposed chapter to farrightgender@ceu.hu by Nov. 30.
October 30, 2012
Dorit Geva, assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, has received a €75,000 Marie Curie grant from the European Commission. The grant will fund research on the rise of women from political dynasties in party politics, such as France’s Marine Le Pen and Argentina's Christina Kirchner.
October 30, 2012
Xymena Kurowska, assistant professor in the Department of International Relations and European Studies (IRES), will serve as lead CEU researcher for “Global Norm Evolution and Responsibility to Protect,” a consortium-led project supported by a €1 million grant from the Volkswagen Foundation in cooperation with the Compagnia di San Paolo and the Riksbanken Jubileumsfond within the research framework “Europe and Global Challenges.” Berlin’s Global Public Policy Institute leads the consortium in partnership with institutions in Europe (CEU, Oxford University, University of Frankfurt); Asia (Pe
October 30, 2012
Agnes Batory, associate professor and research fellow in the Department of Public Policy, has been promoted to the rank of professor. Her promotion was effective Oct. 10. She will be returning from maternity leave by the end of November.
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