February 9, 2016
The Departments of History and Medieval Studies at CEU invite applications for an Undergraduate Conference under the theme “Faith and Power.” Paper proposals are welcome from undergraduate students from all around the world, who are interested in any aspect of religion and politics from a historical perspective.
January 15, 2016
http://erdelyinaplo.ro/interju/tartalommal-megtolteni-a-varat-es-a-varost - Transylvanian news portal erdelyinaplo.ro interviewed Zoltan Soos (MED’ 2000), head of the Maros region museum (Maros Megyei Muzeum) about his vision and plans to revive cultural life in Marosvasarhely.
December 17, 2015
CEU’s international student body represents 107 countries across five continents. Such diversity is integral to the University’s mission to foster democracy and open society throughout the world. To ensure that all students, especially those from developing countries or regions in turmoil, have equitable access to a world-class graduate education, CEU has developed a robust scholarship program, with around 85% of students receiving financial assistance.
December 1, 2015
In Defining Heresy, CEU alumna Irene Bueno (MEDS Phd ‘03) investigates the theories and practices of anti-heretical repression in the first half of the fourteenth century, focusing on the figure of Jacques Fournier/Benedict XII (c.1284-1342). Throughout his career as a bishop-inquisitor in Languedoc, theologian, and, eventually, pope at Avignon, Fournier made a multi-faceted contribution to the fight against religious dissent.
December 1, 2015
Pagans and Christians in Late Antique Rome: Conflict, Competition, and Coexistence in the Fourth Century, a volume co-edited by Marianne Saghy, associate professor in CEU’s Department of Medieval Studies, Michele Renee Salzman, professor of ancient history at the University of California and Rita Lizzi Testa, professor of Roman history at the University of Perugia, recounts the findings of the first of two conferences organized by Saghy on the impact of religions and religious change in the ancient world.
October 6, 2015
Tijana Krstic, associate professor in the Department of Medieval Studies at CEU, won a European Research Council Consolidator Grant. The Ottoconfession project will explore how and why the Ottoman Empire evolved from a fourteenth-century polity where “confessional ambiguity” between Sunnism and Shiism prevailed, into an Islamic state concerned with defining and enforcing a “Sunni orthodoxy” by the early sixteenth century.
September 21, 2015
Video of Empire and Nation: Undergraduate Conference, August 6-9, 2015
August 28, 2015
Hungarian weekly Hetek interviewed Visiting Professor at CEU’s Department of Medieval Studies Partick J. Geary about migration and Europe’s history of population movements.
Due to copyright regulations the article is only available in print (8.28.2015. p.28. A keresztenyseg mar eltunt Europabol)
August 20, 2015
http://vs.hu/magazin/osszes/augusztus-20-annyi-mindent-jelent-hogy-nem-jelent-semmit-0820#!s1 - Hungarian news portal vs.hu reports: Professor Emeritus at CEU’s Department of Medieval Studies Janos Bak commented on how the Hungarian national celebration of St. Stephen's Day (20 August) had changed its focus over the course of history.
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.
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