Activities

Natalie Zemon Davis Memorial Lectures 2024

August 7, 2024
Albrecht Dürer, Portrait of Ulrich Varnbuler, Met Museum, Gift of Junius Spencer Morgan, 1919

March 13, 14 and 18 saw our Natalie Zemon Davis Memorial Lecture Series for 2024. Ulinka Rublack from the University of Cambridge discussed clothing in Dürer’s paintings and correspondence, with the series culminating in a roundtable in memory of the late Natalie Zemon Davis.

The Circulation of Texts in the Middle Ages

August 7, 2024
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In May 2024, I had the opportunity to participate in the Erasmus Plus Summer Course titled “The Circulation of Texts in the Middle Ages” at the University of Iceland in Reykjavik. Organized by Professor Torfi H. Tulinius, this event brought together a diverse group of lecturers and students for a multifaceted exploration of medieval textual transmission. Thanks to a travel grant, I and other students from Central European University joined participants from other institutions, including Charles University and the University of Southern Denmark.

Religion and Rebellion: Fourteenth Annual REFORC Conference on Early Modern Christianity

August 6, 2024
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The potential for rebellion has been inherent in Christianity from the beginning, if rebellion is not merely understood as violent uprising. Rebellion also means the creation of alternative communities in opposition to the prevailing power structures. This, after all, is how the Christian church came into being. Throughout history, Christian communities and movements actualized this rebellious potential, not only in the time of the Reformation.

The Flying Weltman

August 6, 2024
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On the June 7, 2024, the then first-year cohort of CEU's Cultural Heritage Studies MA programme was invited by the Weltmuseum's educational team to present their museum game. The game, specifically designed to match the museum's objects, successfully implements AI technology and museological studies to create a wonderful quest game. It is an innovative way to approach the museum's collection and learn while having fun.

See the reel here!