News / Department of History

First Istvan Hont Graduate Conference in Political Thought, September 17-19, 2015

November 16, 2015

Stalin Was Wrong About His Team, Fitzpatrick Says

October 27, 2015

The team that took over the leadership of the Soviet Union after the death of Stalin proved to be surprisingly cooperative and efficient, according to Sheila Fitzpatrick, professor at University of Sydney, who talked about Stalin’s team in a lecture hosted by CEU’s Department of History on October 14.

Trencsenyi on Modern Political Thought in East-Central Europe

October 22, 2015

Hungarian weekly Elet es Irodalom interviewed Associate Professor at CEU’s Department of History Balazs Trencsenyi about European and Hungarian political discourses based on the research “Negotiating Modernity: History of Modern Political Thought in East Central Europe,” which Trencsenyi coordinated for five years.

Hungary’s Politics of Hate

September 25, 2015

Director of the Open Society Archives and CEU Professor Istvan Rev's op-ed piece on the Hungarian government's reaction to the refugee crisis is featured in the New York Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/26/opinion/hungarys-politics-of-hate.html?ref=opinion&_r=3

CEU Mourns Loss of Longtime Colleague Judit Gergely

September 22, 2015

CEU mourns the loss of Judit Gergely, who served most recently as coordinator in the Department of History, earlier this month after a brief illness. Judit was a beloved and respected member of the CEU community for nearly two decades, as the University's first Human Resources Director, and most recently as Coordinator in the Department of History. She made many significant contributions to the University. To mention just a few, she was instrumental in the establishment of our Human Resources Office, both as a lawyer and as an experienced HR professional.

Empire and Nation: Undergraduate Conference, August 6-9, 2015

September 21, 2015

Video of Empire and Nation: Undergraduate Conference, August 6-9, 2015

Ohne große Hoffnung (DE)

September 20, 2015

Associate Professor Matthias Riedl comments in Oberpfalznetz on the refugee crisis, the government's stance and the volunteers providing humanitarian aid.

http://www.oberpfalznetz.de/zeitung/4730957-454-ohne-grosse-hoffnung,1,0.html

CEU's Rev Cited in The New Yorker

August 5, 2015

CEU historian Istvan Rev, director of the Open Society Archives, is quoted in The New Yorker regarding monuments in Budapest and the history and the controversy surrounding many of them.

http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/ronald-reagan-and-other-hungaria...

Students Recognized for Best Dissertation, Outstanding Academic Achievements

June 30, 2015

Exceptional master's and doctoral students were recognized in June for their academic achievements with awards presented on June 18. Scroll down for the slide show of photos of the ceremony.