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Workshop Program Announced

February 10, 2026
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The program for the Late Antique and Byzantine Studies Graduate Student Colloquium's Fifth Annual Workshop has now been announced. Building on the successes of previous years, it will take place on the afternoon of Friday, February 27 at the University of Vienna. Students from our department will present on their current research to a receptive and engaged audience.

 

The program will proceed as follows

 

Registration and Welcome: 13:00 – 13:15

Call for Papers: Otugrad 2026

February 5, 2026
Image Source: “Audienz des Gesandten der Ottomanischen Pforte, bey Sr K.K. Maj. Leopold II. in Wien am 26ten Febr. 1792, ” Wien Museum Online Sammlung

CALL FOR PAPERS
Ottoman and Turkish Studies Graduate Workshop-II

June 1, 2026, Monday

Central European University (Quellenstraße 51, 1100 Vienna)

 

New Publication: Methodologies of Working in Cold War Archives

February 3, 2026
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Ioana Macrea-Toma, associate research fellow at the OSA and visiting faculty in our department, has recently co-edited a journal issue on Methodologies of Working in Cold War Archives.

Application Deadline Upcoming

January 21, 2026
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The application deadline for funded MA and PhD places at CEU is February 4, 2026. In order to help you apply for programs that start in September 2026, we've prepared a short guide, and a few videos illustrating why the department is a great place to study.

CfP: Otherness in Byzantium: Imagining, Encountering, Excluding

December 22, 2025
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CEU-UniWien Late Antique and Byzantine Studies Student Colloquium

May 22: Central European University, Quellenstrasse 51, D001, 1100 Vienna.
May 23: Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, University of Vienna, Postgasse 9, Lecture Hall, 1010 Vienna.