March 14, 2017
Games and playing are essential parts of human life that show significant cultural variation and reflect the changes in society. However, their role as an element of cultural heritage and the social identity of various communities is often underestimated.
November 29, 2016
Faculty and doctoral students from the Department of Medieval Studies at CEU participated in a conference on Social control and the issues of scale hosted by Beijing Normal University on October 22-23. The conference was the latest result of the nearly five-year-long cooperation between the Department and the BNU School of History. Representatives of the Department agreed with BNU faculty to host the next conference in Budapest in 2018.
November 15, 2016
The Hungarian Institute in Paris commemorated the 1700th anniversary of the birth of Saint Marin with the book launch of La Vie de saint Martin by Sulpice Severe at the distinguished Les Editions du Cerf, prefaced by Marianne Saghy, associate professor in the Department of Medieval Studies at CEU, and postfaced by Gilles Berceville O.P. of the Institut Catholique de Paris on October 18.
October 18, 2016
Video of Why Cultural Heritage Studies at CEU?
October 4, 2016
Architecture and design magazine Octogon has published a 68-page special edition about CEU’s new buildings at Nador 13 and 15. The bilingual (Hungarian-English) publication includes stunning professional photos of the building as it was being built and of the completed spaces, as well as portraits of the workers by photographer Daniel Vegel.
October 4, 2016
The Hungarian Academy in Rome hosted a presentation of Pagans and Christians in Late Antique Rome: Conflict, Competition, and Coexistence in the Fourth Century, a volume edited by Michele Renee Salzman, professor of history at the University of California, Riverside, Marianne Saghy, associate professor at Central European University, and Rita Lizzi Testa, professor of Roman history at the Universita degli Studi di P
September 26, 2016
At CEU’s 26th Academic Year Opening Ceremony on September 16, 2016, Provost/Pro-Rector Liviu Matei presented the 2016 CEU Award for Outstanding Research to Professor Gergely Harcos of the Department of Mathematics and its Applications for a co-authored paper that solves a fundamental problem on hyperbolic manifolds whose roots are in quantum mechanics and number theory.
September 20, 2016
CEU opened its doors to visitors during the European Heritage Days September 17-18. CEU students, alumni, the Cultural Heritage Studies Program, the Civic Engagement Office and the External Relations Office worked together to plan and conduct the activities celebrating the heritage that CEU safeguards and opens to the public in downtown Budapest. CEU offered thematic guided tours on campus in English and Hungarian. Registered tour participants over the two days numbered 329, and more than 1OO casual visitors also dropped in for a chat or a quick look around CEU’s new campus buildings.
September 6, 2016
Video of Faith and Power - Undergraduate Conference, August 4-7, 2016
September 5, 2016
Gabor Klaniczay, University Professor at the Department of Medieval Studies, has been awarded the International Prize for History CISH for the excellence of his work. With the insights of historical anthropology, Klaniczay researches the historical uses of heresy, sainthood, visions, stigmatics, magic, and witchcraft. The award will be delivered during the General Assembly of the International Committee of Historical Sciences (CISH) in September 2017 in Moscow.
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