Department of Historical Studies at CEU
@historicalstudies.bsky.social
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/
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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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'.
padlet.com/eurasiantran...
October 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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'.
padlet.com/eurasiantran...
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'.
padlet.com/eurasiantran...
New academic year ... new publication. Women's Labour Activism in Eastern Europe and Beyond.
historicalstudies.ceu.edu/article/2025...
historicalstudies.ceu.edu/article/2025...
September 1, 2025 at 10:37 AM
New academic year ... new publication. Women's Labour Activism in Eastern Europe and Beyond.
historicalstudies.ceu.edu/article/2025...
historicalstudies.ceu.edu/article/2025...
A snippet from our recent info session on the Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies given by Prof. Baukje van den Berg. The full presentation is available on our youtube channel: youtu.be/BbZYEU7_Dmc?...
July 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
A snippet from our recent info session on the Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies given by Prof. Baukje van den Berg. The full presentation is available on our youtube channel: youtu.be/BbZYEU7_Dmc?...
Some photos of our faculty and PhD student at the ELTE Medieval Studies conference in Budapest today.
PhD candidate Olha Stasiuk presented to professors and students from Hungary, Austria, Slovakia and Germany, whilst Prof. Katalin Szende chaired a panel on historical geography.
PhD candidate Olha Stasiuk presented to professors and students from Hungary, Austria, Slovakia and Germany, whilst Prof. Katalin Szende chaired a panel on historical geography.
June 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Some photos of our faculty and PhD student at the ELTE Medieval Studies conference in Budapest today.
PhD candidate Olha Stasiuk presented to professors and students from Hungary, Austria, Slovakia and Germany, whilst Prof. Katalin Szende chaired a panel on historical geography.
PhD candidate Olha Stasiuk presented to professors and students from Hungary, Austria, Slovakia and Germany, whilst Prof. Katalin Szende chaired a panel on historical geography.
A few photos from this year's academic field trip to Graz, Maribor and Zagreb. Every year, we visit new historical sites and have new cultural, culinary, environmental etc. experiences. As well as plenty of community bonding!
May 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
A few photos from this year's academic field trip to Graz, Maribor and Zagreb. Every year, we visit new historical sites and have new cultural, culinary, environmental etc. experiences. As well as plenty of community bonding!
The second city on our Spring field trip - Maribor!
May 21, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The second city on our Spring field trip - Maribor!
A lovely morning in Graz for the second day of our academic field trip
May 20, 2025 at 7:30 AM
A lovely morning in Graz for the second day of our academic field trip
Some photos from the first day of our academic field trip to Graz, Maribor and Zagreb
May 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Some photos from the first day of our academic field trip to Graz, Maribor and Zagreb
Last week's Histories of Laughter field trip to the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Finding out that Bruegel is a barrel of laughs!
April 2, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Last week's Histories of Laughter field trip to the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Finding out that Bruegel is a barrel of laughs!
Find out more about Junior EurAsia Researchers Network (JEARN), a network for PhDs and Post-docs within the EurAsian Transformations Cluster of Excellence Project, next Friday at 2pm in CEU's Auditorium
March 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Find out more about Junior EurAsia Researchers Network (JEARN), a network for PhDs and Post-docs within the EurAsian Transformations Cluster of Excellence Project, next Friday at 2pm in CEU's Auditorium
Prof. Charles Shaw talked today about Soviet humor during WWII - laughter as a weapon of war
February 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Prof. Charles Shaw talked today about Soviet humor during WWII - laughter as a weapon of war
Watch online Jack Wilson (The Jackmeister: Mongol History on youtube) talking to our Material Culture Research Group: ceu.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Page...
February 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Watch online Jack Wilson (The Jackmeister: Mongol History on youtube) talking to our Material Culture Research Group: ceu.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Page...
Updating our website today with one of the most valued members of our community
February 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Updating our website today with one of the most valued members of our community
Our lunchtime faculty research seminar today: Baukje van den Berg on Byzantine eduction and literary thought
#byzantine
#byzantine
February 12, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Our lunchtime faculty research seminar today: Baukje van den Berg on Byzantine eduction and literary thought
#byzantine
#byzantine
And the honest best thing about our department. The people in it! (Only medieval & early modern in this example)
February 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
And the honest best thing about our department. The people in it! (Only medieval & early modern in this example)
MA students in our department can take Jewish Studies as a specialization. Find out more here: jewishstudies.ceu.edu/apply-now
January 31, 2025 at 11:26 AM
MA students in our department can take Jewish Studies as a specialization. Find out more here: jewishstudies.ceu.edu/apply-now
Our application deadline is fast approaching. Apply by February 2024 for funded MAs and PhDs starting September 2025: historicalstudies.ceu.edu/admissions
January 31, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Our application deadline is fast approaching. Apply by February 2024 for funded MAs and PhDs starting September 2025: historicalstudies.ceu.edu/admissions
Some early images from our Eurasian Transformations workshop today
January 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Some early images from our Eurasian Transformations workshop today
Some of our ongoing research explores Mosan influences in Canterbury stained glass ... and today is the anniversary of the murder of Thomas Becket. The image below comes from the Becket miracle windows, originally surrounding Becket's shrine
December 29, 2024 at 9:35 AM
Some of our ongoing research explores Mosan influences in Canterbury stained glass ... and today is the anniversary of the murder of Thomas Becket. The image below comes from the Becket miracle windows, originally surrounding Becket's shrine
On the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (public holiday in Austria), here's an image of St. Anne teaching the Virgin to read, from the church of All Saints, North Street, York
December 8, 2024 at 7:08 AM
On the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (public holiday in Austria), here's an image of St. Anne teaching the Virgin to read, from the church of All Saints, North Street, York
Finally it's snowing in Vienna!
December 6, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Finally it's snowing in Vienna!
This week we launched our Historical Studies Alumni Fellowship Fund (with a snappy title!). We invite former students of the History and Medieval Studies departments at CEU to donate this festive season to support MA students starting in September 2025!
historicalstudies.ceu.edu/historical-s...
historicalstudies.ceu.edu/historical-s...
December 6, 2024 at 10:00 AM
This week we launched our Historical Studies Alumni Fellowship Fund (with a snappy title!). We invite former students of the History and Medieval Studies departments at CEU to donate this festive season to support MA students starting in September 2025!
historicalstudies.ceu.edu/historical-s...
historicalstudies.ceu.edu/historical-s...
Yesterday, as part of the History of Collecting course, our students visited the Belvedere Research Center to explore its documenting practices and more.
Interested in museum studies? Apply for the MA in Museum Studies at CEU. Learn more here courses.ceu.edu/programs/ma/...
Interested in museum studies? Apply for the MA in Museum Studies at CEU. Learn more here courses.ceu.edu/programs/ma/...
December 4, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Yesterday, as part of the History of Collecting course, our students visited the Belvedere Research Center to explore its documenting practices and more.
Interested in museum studies? Apply for the MA in Museum Studies at CEU. Learn more here courses.ceu.edu/programs/ma/...
Interested in museum studies? Apply for the MA in Museum Studies at CEU. Learn more here courses.ceu.edu/programs/ma/...
Taking photos yesterday of our Syriac professor and PhD students
November 27, 2024 at 1:09 PM
Taking photos yesterday of our Syriac professor and PhD students