department of medieval studies at central european university
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Department of Medieval Studies at Central European University
Programs offered
1 year MA - 10 months (12/15 students per year)
2-years MA – 20 months (7/10 students per year)
PhD - 3 to 6 years (6/7 students per year)
All programs accredited in the US PhD and 2-years MA accredited also in
Europe
Why at CEU Medieval Studies?
International faculty and student body Innovative, multidisciplinary academic
environment Faculty/student ratio in the Department 5:1 Excellent international network Favorable financial conditions
– Monthly stipends and additional benefits available– Full tuition waivers
First class libraries and archives Well-equipped campus (IT/Visual laboratories) Culturally and intellectually thriving city
Academic values
Multidisciplinary approach A broad network of leading scholars among
visiting faculty and external advisors International recognition for
methodological richness Innovative research Friendly, collegial, and professional
environment
Fields covered Archaeology and art history Environmental and landscape studies Hagiography and religious studies Late Antique and Byzantine studies Material culture Medieval Judaism Ottoman studies Philosophy and theology Political history Social and economic history Urban history
Internationally connected
MA research grant Semester abroad for PhD students is
an integral part of the program Participation at international
conferences (Leeds, Kalamazoo, etc.) is sponsored
ERASMUS and other exchange programs
CEU-ELTE Medieval Library
• Interdisciplinary library of medieval studies
• More than 25.000 volumes
• Source publications, translations, reference works
• Special collections on
– Medieval history of East Central Europe
– Interactions between Byzantium and the West
• Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC): http://medlib.ceu.hu
• On-line digital databases of medieval studies
• Special off-print collection
MA students graduated, by country
Country #Albania 1Armenia 3Belarus 3Belgium 3Bosnia and Herzegovina 1Bulgaria 30Canada 2Croatia 22Czech Republic 11Estonia 6France 1Georgia 8Germany 4Hungary 68Italy 2
Country #Kosovo 1Latvia 3Lithuania 16Macedonia 9Moldova 4Poland 15Romania 58Russia 35Serbia 5Slovakia 6Slovenia 5UK 2Ukraine 14USA 5Total: 351
PhDs by post-doctoral positionsgraduated from 1996 to April 2010
49%
34%
5%5% 7%
Academic teaching positionsAcademic research positionsStudying to achieve other positionsNon academic positionsOther (on maternity leave, monk, unemployed)
Archaeology and Environment
Art History
Political and Social History, Historiography
Hagiography and History of Religion
Latin and Vernacular Literature (incl. Slavonic Studies)
Philosophy and Theology
Urban and Everyday Life
Other
Fields of the MA theses defended
Resident faculty A-MAziz Al Azmeh (PhD, Oxford) Islam, historiographyAlice M. Choyke (PhD, NY at Binghamton) archaeozoology,Cristian Gaşpar (PhD, CEU) Latin language Niels Gaul (PhD, Bonn) Byzantine studiesGyörgy Geréby (PhD, Budapest) philosophy, theology, early ChristianityGerhard Jaritz (PhD, Graz) history of everyday life & gender,Gábor Klaniczay (PhD, Budapest) religious & cultural historyTijana Krstić (PhD, Michigan - Ann Arbor) Ottoman history József Laszlovszky (PhD, Budapest) archaeology & monastic culture Volker Menze (PhD, Princeton) late antique history, Syrian Christianity, early Byzantium
Resident faculty N-Z Balázs Nagy (PhD, Budapest) economic history István Perczel (PhD, Budapest) Byzantine & Oriental
Christianities Judith A. Rasson (PhD, NY - Binghamton) cultural anthropology Lajos Rácz (PhD, Budapest) environmental history Marianne Sághy (PhD, Budapest) late antiquity, political
history Marcell Sebők (PhD, Budapest) Renaissance studies Anna Somfai (PhD, Cambridge) codicology, history of science Béla Zsolt Szakács (PhD, Budapest) art history Katalin Szende (PhD, Budapest, Head of Department) urban
history György Endre Szőnyi (PhD, Budapest) intellectual history Carsten Wilke (PhD, Cologne) Jewish thought and culture Daniel Ziemann (PhD, Frankfurt/Main) political history
Visiting professors - invited for 2011/2012Marianna D. Birnbaum (UCLA) Renaissance
literature
Patrick Geary (UCLA) medieval history
C. Stephen Jaeger (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) medieval literature, courtly culture and the history of education
Paul Magdalino (Koç University Istanbul) Byzantine history and the history of Constantinople
Yossef Zvi Schwartz (Tel Aviv University) medieval translations, Jewish philosophy
Some of the Ongoing Research Projects
Communicating Sainthood – Constituting Regions and Nations in East-Central Europe
Conflicts, Control, and Concessions – The Central European Records of the Holy Apostolic Penitentiary
Economic History of Medieval Hungary as Reflected by Archaeology and Material Culture
“Margins of the Medieval World”-network Medieval Monastic Regions in Central Europe. The Spiritual and
Physical Landscape Setting of Monastic Orders and Religious Houses
Plague Epidemics in the Late Middle Ages: Religious and Medical Responses
Researching the History of Transhumance in Macedonia The Caucasus and Byzantium from Late Antiquity through the
Middle Ages The Hungarian Atlas of Historic Towns The Medieval Animal Data-network (MAD) Visual Thinking and Diagrammatic Images in Medieval
Manuscripts
Publications
Central European Medieval Texts CEU Medievalia series Annual of Medieval Studies at CEU Medieval News Other publications by the faculty members and
alumni
Academic Programs International Conferences Workshops Public lectures Natalie Zemon Davis Annual Lectures Exhibitions Book Launches Summer University Courses
Academic Events in 2010/2011
Conference: East meets West: A Gendered View of Legal Tradition6th conference of the research network “Gender Difference in the History of European Legal Cultures”10-13 March 2011
SUN course: Medieval Codicology and Palaeography18-23 July 2011
Alumni/ae Between 1996 and April 2010 56 PhDs defended successfully Between 1992 and 2010 351 MAs defended successfully Lively interaction between the alumni community and the
department Regular invitation of alumni are invited for conferences and
workshops Alumni celebrated the 15-year departmental anniversary in
Hungary (6-8 March 2009) Publishing in the Annual, in the CEU Medievalia Series Working as editors in the Text Series Teaching and co-teaching at the department Joint research projects Participating in CRC workshops
Academic Field Trips Fall Terms: 2 days in Hungary
Winter Terms: 5-6 days in neighboring countries
2006: Hungary, Sopron 2009: Italy, Ravenna
Enjoying the Middle Ages“Medieval” Traditions at the Department
The Order of the Unicorn
Medieval Dinner
Medieval Cookbook
Apply soon to reserve a place!
Institutional TOEFL offered free Obtain feedback on your research project
(even if admission is postponed) Applicants from all fields of Medieval
Studies are welcome Get an internationally accredited degree
More about application: http://www.ceu.hu/admissions/2011-2012
Contact us:
Medieval Studies Department
Tel.: 36-1-327-3024, Fax: 36-1-327-3055
E-mail: [email protected]
Web page: medievalstudies.ceu.hu
H-1051 Budapest, Nádor u. 9.