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Report: 5th Annual Late Antique and Byzantine Studies Workshop

March 5, 2026
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On Friday, February 27, students from the Department of Historical Studies presented at and organized the 5th Annual Late Antique and Byzantine Studies Workshop. Co-organized with doctoral candidates from the Doctoral School of Cultural and Historical Studies at the University of Vienna, the event was hosted at the Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies in Vienna's first district.

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PhDs Visit Vienna Secession

March 3, 2026
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Last week our PhDs were fortunate enough to experience a behind the scenes look at Klimt's Beethoven Frieze. Originally made for the main hall of the Vienna Secession building, for the XIVth exhibition of the Association of Visual Artists Vienna Secession in 1902, this artwork extols the primacy of art for mankind's happiness. Prof. Dr.

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OCR/HTR Workshop for Under-resourced and Under-represented Languages in Digital Humanities

August 25, 2025
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OCR/HTR Workshop for Under-resourced and Under-represented Languages in Digital Humanities

Main organizer: Alíz Horváth (Central European University)
Co-organizers: Grigor Boykov and Yavuz Köse (University of Vienna), Patrick McAllister (ÖAW)
Student assistant: Saranya Chandran (Central European University)

 

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Cultural Exchange in the Middle Ages

June 6, 2025
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The second “Cultural Exchange in the Middle Ages” summer school was hosted by Charles University in Prague from May 21-28th. Participants came from universities in Denmark and Iceland, as well as from Charles University and CEU. Over the course of the week, students attended a series of lectures themed around cultural exchange in the Middle Ages, particularly focused on how evidence for exchange is found in the matter and the text of medieval manuscripts.

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Program Published: Urban Religious Space and its Languages

June 4, 2025
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The program for Urban Religious Space and its Languages is now online. This workshop is part of the EurAsian Transformations Cluster of Excellence Urban Multilingualism Workshop Series. On June 12 and 13, it will explore the languages of religion, extending attention to their spatial dimension. 

To register for the workshop, please click here.

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