Activities

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!

Central Eurasia Research Group

August 5, 2024
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Central Eurasia Research Group is a community of students and scholars interested in the past and present of Central Eurasia, broadly defined. The mission of CERG is to deepen our knowledge about the history, culture, peoples, and politics of the Soviet Union and its successor states, with particular interest in the regions which have been consistently defined as peripheral, namely Central Asia and the Caucasus. 

MECERN

August 5, 2024
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The primary purpose of this a network is to keep scholars and students working on the medieval (c. 800-1550 a.d.) history and culture of the region (“between the Baltic and the Adriatic”) informed of research projects, publications, meetings, queries, etc. It will consist of researchers from both the region and beyond, open to all interested persons. Joint research projects will be initiated and monitored, occasionally joint applications for funding composed. The Network is joining CARMEN thus establishing contacts with medievalists in general.

Approaches to Pre-Modern Politics Reading Group

August 5, 2024
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The Approaches to Pre-Modern Politics Reading Group was set up in Winter 2024. Readings are related to premodern (including antique, medieval and early modern) politics, political culture and thought, and the discussion is open to anyone with an interest in politics and/or the history of political thought.

For more details and upcoming events, please click here.

Material Culture Research Group

August 5, 2024
Photo credit: Bernat Racz

The Material Culture Research Group was set up in Winter Term 2024 as a space where students, faculty and staff interested in the historicity of material culture could come together and discuss their interests. Our research interests are focused in the late antique, medieval and early modern periods, but such a study must necessarily include the modern afterlives of objects. Previous sessions have discussed spolia, stained glass, and archaeological surveys.