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Department of Historical Studies at CEU
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History, literature, art history, philosophy, cultural heritage, museum studies, languages, and much more at CEU! A global department with students and faculty from more than 30 countries: https://historicalstudies.ceu.edu/
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Now available: Prof. Dominic Lieven on his life, family history, and modern Russia. Given at CEU on Tuesday, Nov. 11

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Dominic Lieven, Reflections on a Life in Russian and Imperial History
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November 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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#opportunity

Funded MA Places "Historical Studies" (Central European Univ., Vienna) @historicalstudies.bsky.social @ceuropeanhistory.bsky.social #Vienna

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Funded MA Places "Historical Studies" (Central European Univ., Vienna)
We invite applications for funded places on the two-year MA in Historical Studies. Students can choose between two tracks. The focused Late Antique and Medieval Track gives an interdisciplinary ground...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Next week: Prof. Eloïse Adde, "Multilingualism, nation and “national” literature in Bohemia in the fourteenth century" cem.hypotheses.org/4023
Multilingualism, Nationhood, and Cultural Identity. The Agency of Languages in Central Europe (1300-1900) and beyond. — 21 novembre 10h-13h, Centre LOURCINE Paris 1, 1 rue de la Glacière, salle 102 —...
Eloïse Adde (Central European University, Vienna) Tamara Scheer (University of Innsbruck & University of Vienna) Philippe Urfalino (EHESS, Paris) Dans le cadre des séminaires du Réseau thématique (ex ...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Great workshop today @historicalstudies.bsky.social 👍 continues Friday 👇
November 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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New podcast: Translating the Untranslatable with Prof. Brett Wilson!

How should one go about translating a text that is untranslatable? Especially when the text is believed to be the living word of God?

#islamichistory

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Translating the Untranslatable: The Curious History of Quran Translation | Akbar's Chamber - Experts Talk Islam
How should one go about translating a text that is untranslatable? Especially when the text is believed to be the living word of God? Muslims have pondered this dilemma for more than a millennium, bec...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Next week: Dominic Lieven - Reflections of a Life in Russian and Imperial History

Tuesday, Nov. 11, 5:30pm
CEU B-421

#russianhistory

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Reflections on a Life in Russian and Imperial History
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November 3, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Next Tuesday, online info sessions for prospective students interested in studying Digital Humanities and/or Gender History with us. With @alizhorvathaliz.bsky.social and @cristigaspar.bsky.social. Everyone welcome!

#digitialhumanities #genderhistory

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Online Sessions for Prospective Students | Department of Historical Studies
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October 31, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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CEU is holding its very first Digital Humanities Festival on December 4. This event will provide an excellent opportunity to bring Digital Humanities closer to the CEU community and
vice versa, while also providing a networking opportunity. Register by Nov. 7!

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DH Fest 2025 | Department of Historical Studies
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October 20, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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The CEU Jewish Studies program invites everyone to join them in their walking tour through the historic and current heart of the Jewish community in Vienna, the II. district, Leopoldstadt.

Nov. 3! Register by Oct. 31

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Walking Tour: Jewish Vienna - Leopoldstadt
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October 17, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Stip: PhD Scholarship "Theology, Religious Studies or Slavic Studies" (KU Leuven)

https://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-158015

Leuven, 01.01.2026-31.12.2029, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Bewerbungsschluss: 04.11.2025
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October 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Job: 1 Wiss. Mitarb. (m/w/d) "Geschichte und Kultur der Niederlausitz" (Sorbisches Institut, Cottbus)

https://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-158124

Cottbus, 01.02.2026-31.01.2028, Sorbisches Institut / Serbski Institut, Bewerbungsschluss: 17.11.2025
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October 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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JEARN Book Club: Monday 27th October, 17:30-19:00!

We will once again be meeting at the ÖAW's Instituts für Mittelalterforschung, and will discuss the ground-breaking monograph by François-Xavier Fauvelle, 'The Golden Rhinoceros - Histories of the African Middle Ages'.

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October 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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The deadline for applications to our MAs from students from visa-sensitive countries is tomorrow. Apply now to be considered for a tuition-waiver and monthly stipend!

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Admissions | Department of Historical Studies
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October 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Concurrences is on the road! We are very happy to be on a study trip in Vienna, meeting colleagues at CEU’s EurAsian Transformation cluster.

This morning we had a decolonial tour at the Museum of Applied Arts & we are spending the afternoon at CEU.
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October 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Listening this morning (and this afternoon) to @fallofcivilizations.com podcast on the Mongols with our Jack Wilson as historical consultant!

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October 5, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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Next week at CEU:

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OCR/HTR Workshop for Under-resourced and Under-represented Languages in Digital Humanities
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September 24, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Our recent PhD graduate Dr Emy Merin Joy has won the 2025 Père Paul Scholarship for Eastern Christian Studies. The award encourages and rewards young scholars in Syriac Studies.

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Emy Merin Joy Wins Prestigious Prize | Department of Historical Studies
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September 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Following on from a successful round of applications last academic year, PhD candidates from the department have again been awarded three Marietta Blau Grants, including to @juliaboechat.bsky.social

Congratulations!!

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Three Marietta Blau Grants Awarded | Department of Historical Studies
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September 19, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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Interested in Ottoman Studies at CEU? Watch Prof. Tolga Esmer presenting his class.

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OTTOMAN STUDIES - Crisis and Renewal in the Ottoman World
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September 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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New academic year ... new publication. Women's Labour Activism in Eastern Europe and Beyond.

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September 1, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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@robyndoraradway.bsky.social won the 2025 Center for Austrian Studies Book Prize for her monograph *Portraits of Empires: Habsburg Albums from the German House in Ottoman Constantinople*

#ottoman

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Robyn Dora Radway Wins Prestigious Book Prize | Department of Historical Studies
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August 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Second year in a row that @historicalstudies.bsky.social students and alumni are responsible for 40% of our authors and half the Editorial Board 😅 CEU, thanks for the unofficial colab!
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The Carnival Editorial Board and are delighted to announce that Carnival Volume XXIV has been published as open access.
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August 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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It is with sadness and gratitude that we say goodbye to Csilla Dobos on the occasion of her retirement today. Csilla's dedication to CEU has, over her many years of service, made a deep impact upon the success of the university.

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Csilla Dobos Retires | Department of Historical Studies
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July 31, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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2025/26 Course Guide now online: ceu.studyguide.timeedit.net/modules?facu...

All language courses are open free of charge to students from the University of Vienna and the University of Innsbruck
Study Guide
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July 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Storys to rede ar delitabill,
Suppos that thai be nocht bot fabill:
Than suld storys that suthfast wer,
And thai war said on gud maner,
Have doubill plesance in heryng.

Stories from our sources:

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Stories from our Sources - Part 1 | Department of Historical Studies
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July 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM