December 16, 2014
“The Panoplia Dogmatike by Euthymios Zygadenos,” by Nadia Miladinova (MEDS MA ‘04, PhD ‘11), gives snapshots of the history of the authoritative anthology, the “Panoplia Dogmatike” in the early modern period and uses sources previously regarded unrelated to the Panoplia. Created in the 12th century, the Panoplia Dogmatike is one of the Byzantine anthologies that became a key source for Orthodox theology. The anthology is known in more than 140 Greek manuscripts. In the 14th century it was translated into Old Church Slavonic.
October 7, 2014
As an expression of CEU's commitment to strengthen the humanities, a call was issued earlier this year inviting proposals by CEU faculty members. The aim of the Humanities Initiative is to provide incentives for new cross-departmental and interdisciplinary research and teaching activities in the humanities (and to help existing ones to gain a firmer footing), and to infuse our social science programs with perspectives, approaches and accomplishments taken from the humanities.
September 23, 2014
Peter Bokody, a graduate of both the Master's and PhD programs in the Department of Medieval Studies, edited the newly published catalogue “Image and Christianity: Visual Media in the Middle Ages.” The bilingual volume (in English and Hungarian) catalogs two recent exhibitions from the Benedictine Archabbey of Pannonhalma – one of the oldest historical monuments in Hungary. The aim of the exhibitions is to show to the viewer the various forms and media of image-worship in medieval Christianity.
September 23, 2014
As in previous years, CEU participated in the annual nationwide project, Cultural Heritage Days, Hungary (Kulturális Örökség Napjai), part of European Heritage Days, on Sept. 20 and 21. CEU’s participation was organized by the Center for Arts and Culture, the Cultural Heritage Studies Program, and the External Relations Office.
September 9, 2014
The Annual of Medieval Studies, celebrates its 20th year by reporting on the Department’s own 20th anniversary. The anniversary volume includes a two-voice presentation on “Latin and Greek Middle Ages” by visiting professors Patrick Geary from Princeton University and Claudia Rapp from the University of Vienna.The Annual also presents a selection of articles by recently graduated MA students, offering a wide range of subjects, chronologically, topically, and geographically.
September 9, 2014
Edited by Gergely Buzas, director of King Matthias Museum in VIsegrad, and József Laszlovszky, professor in the Department of Medieval Studies, this volume is the first comprehensive monograph on the archaeological investigations, objects, finds, reconstruction and restoration of the Visegrad palace complex published in English. It is also a revised, extended and in some other parts compressed version of a volume published in Hungarian in 2010.
September 9, 2014
CEU welcomes students this month to its new two-year master’s program, Cultural Heritage Studies: Academic Research, Policy, Management, which was accredited by the State Education Department/The University of the State of New York in May 2014. The program aims to educate future heritage practitioners through developing aptitudes for critical assessment, the ability to reflect on major and minor, theoretical and practical, issues of managing or otherwise treating cultural heritage.
August 4, 2014
Hungarian news portal vs.hu reported on what foreigners like about living in Hungary. They interviewed six young people who came to Budapest and stayed. Derya and Gabriela, who study at CEU’s Department of Medieval Studies, emphasized the architecture, which carries the imprint of the past centuries like a living book of history. Derya, who comes from Turkey, was amazed by how much freedom people have here. ”In Hungary, everybody behaves and dresses anyway they like! In my country, if somebody looks and acts different, people exclude them and speak ill of them.
June 30, 2014
Gabor Klaniczay, university professor in CEU’s Department of Medieval Studies was elected, as a recognition of his achievements in Medieval Studies, a Foreign Corresponding Member (membre correspondant étranger) of the Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres, seated in Paris, in May.
June 16, 2014
Do you know what the most popular drink during World Cup season is? It’s probably beer. CEU Visiting Professor Richard W. Unger studies the best brews from 500 years before the age of LED screens.
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