In this new book on early modern diplomacy, Jan Hennings, assistant professor in the Department of History at CEU, explores the relationship between European powers and Russia beyond the conventional East–West divide from the Peace of Westphalia to the reign of Peter the Great.
December 13, 2016
Three CEU professors and an alumnus presented recently published books dealing with various aspects of Jewish history at a book launch December 6 hosted by the Jewish Studies Program at CEU.
November 3, 2016
CEU Visiting Professor Julian Casanova writes in Spain's El Pais about the legacy of anarchism, focusing on the Spanish Civil War.
http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2016/10/31/actualidad/1477917274_521217.html
October 22, 2016
Hungarian weekly Vasarnapi Hirek interviewed Gabor Gyani, visiting professor at CEU’s Department of History about how current Hungarian politics twist the messages of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.
Due to copyright regulations the article is available in the weekly (10.22.2016. pp.15-16. 1956 a politika markaban)
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 6, 2016
Video of Faith and Power - Undergraduate Conference, August 4-7, 2016
May 18, 2016
The Last Days of Stalin, the latest book by Joshua Rubenstein, associate at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University, demystified a very unique period of Soviet history at a book launch at CEU on May 3.
Beyond his scholarship, Joshua Rubenstein is a long-time human rights leader, CEU President and Rector John Shattuck said in his introduction. Current Russian leadership is trying to copy some of Stalin’s methods, and his views on nationality and control over borderlands are shaping Russian approach today, Shattuck added.
May 14, 2016
http://nol.hu/kulfold/tipor-a-vonalzon-az-iszlam-allam-1615625 - Hungarian news portal nol.hu reports: Professor Aziz Al-Azmeh from CEU’s Department of History gave expert commentary on the 100th anniversary of the Sykes-Picot Pact. Al-Azmeh, who is also director of CEU’s Center for Religious Studies discussed the effect the pact has on the everyday lives of people living in the area it covers.
The article was also published in Nepszabadsag (5.14.2016. p.7. Tipor a vonalzon az Iszlam Allam)
April 5, 2016
The Department of History at Central European University (CEU) hosted colleagues from the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS) March 17-18 in Budapest for a workshop entitled “The Violence of Memory and the Memory of Violence in European History.” The workshop is the second between the two institutions, part of a partnership that includes fellowships and faculty exchanges.
March 31, 2016
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Undergraduate Conference: In August 2014, the departments of History and Medieval Studies co-hosted a large scale Undergraduate Conference under the title "Empire and Nation." 140 students from 41 countries applied to the conference, 70 eventually presented papers at the conference.
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