November 27, 2017
CEU alumnus Caio Simoes de Araujo edited the volume "The Struggle Continues, 40 Years Later: Intertwined Stories from Southern Africa," to be released at the end of November. Article is in Portuguese.
http://opais.sapo.mz/a-luta-continua-40-anos-depois-lancado-em-maputo
September 21, 2017
AlHakam Shaar, who is starting an MA degree in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, represented incoming students at the CEU Opening Ceremony on September 18, 2017. His remarks are below. Read more about the ceremony here.
Ladies and gentlemen,
September 21, 2017
Associate Professor Dorit Geva of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, represented the CEU faculty at the university's Opening Ceremony 2017. Her remarks are below. Read more about the Opening Ceremony here.
Thank you [Provost/Pro-Rector Liviu Matei] for your kind introduction. Thank you also to our student speakers, whose energy and excitement is inspiring to all of us.
November 24, 2016
Associate Professor Prem Kumar Rajaram of the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, as well as alumni Aleksander Tarkowski, who graduated from that department in 2007, and Marek Antos, who graduated from the Department of Legal Studies in 2013, have been named to the NewEurope100 list of changemakers in Central and Eastern Europe for their innovative contributions in society and politics.
November 17, 2016
Associate Professor Prem Kumar Rajaram of the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, as well as alumni Aleksander Tarkowski, who graduated from that department in 2007, and Marek Antos, who graduated from the Department of Legal Studies in 2013, have been named to the NewEurope100 list of changemakers in Central and Eastern Europe for their innovative contributions in society and politics.
November 15, 2016
http://hvg.hu/vallalat_vezeto/20161115_innovatorok_lista_changemakers#rss - Hungarian news portal hvg.hu reports: The 2016 New Europe 100, the list of central and eastern Europe’s brightest and best people and organisations that change the region’s societies, politics or business environments and displaying innovation, entrepreneurialism and fresh approaches to prevailing problems was published yesterday.
October 4, 2016
CEU Campus Redevelopment Officer Zofia Pazitna won the Chris Bennett CEE Memorial Award for her performance as a candidate for membership in the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the world’s leading professional qualification in the fields of land, real estate, infrastructure and construction.
October 4, 2016
CEU Assistant Professor Alexandra Kowalski is featured in this Open Democracy article that highlights how political and cultural power exerted by Prime Minister Orban and his administration has affected cultural production, artistic voices and journalism in Hungary.
https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/rob-sharp/creeping-cull-of-cultural-diversity-in-orban-hungary
July 19, 2016
CEU's Prem Rajaram is quoted in this Christian Science Monitor piece about refugees in Hungary and how the group Migszol (Migrant Solidarity Group of Hungary) is making a difference.
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/2016/0714/An-advocate-for-refugees-trying-to-find-their-footing-in-Hungary?cmpid=gigya-tw
March 31, 2016
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The department was founded in Budapest in 2004 as an endeavor to cross-fertilize Sociology and Social Anthropology. In the eleventh year of its existence it presents itself as a successful project and leading institution in this field, attracting faculty and students from across several disciplines and all parts of the world.
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