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
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
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.


