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Ewelina Sikora Wins Polish Studies Association Dissertation Prize

December 4, 2024
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We are proud to announce that our recent PhD graduate, Ewelina Sikora, won the Polish Studies Association's dissertation prize,

Why Apply to Historical Studies at CEU?

November 28, 2024
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We've recently been collecting the reasons our recently graduated MA students applied to CEU, and came up with some surprising results. From the perspective of faculty, our students applied due to the small class sizes, individual supervision, and our professors' research expertise in their fields. To some extent, student responses reflected this, but the reasons were much more focused than we expected.

The Material Life of Nature Representations in Europe: Conference Report

November 21, 2024
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On Monday, November 18 and Tuesday, November 19, the Department of Historical Studies hosted scholars from Vienna, Prague and Birmingham for a workshop discussing the The Material Life of Nature Representations in Europe. We considered visual and textual artifacts, ranging from late antiquity to the present day, and drawing out comparisions and contrasts.

2024: Cultural and Linguistic Diversity: Cluster of Excellence EurAsian Transformations 1st Annual Conference

November 14, 2024
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The Cluster of Excellence EurAsian Transformations will hold its first annual conference next week, from November 20 to 22nd, 2024, with the title 2024: Cultural and Linguistic Diversity. The conference will be held on the University of Vienna's campus, in the Aula Altes AKH, Hof 1.

Urban Multilingualism Workshops – Call for Papers

November 4, 2024
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As part of the “Multilingualism in Eurasian Premodern Societies: Social Hierarchies and Spaces” work package of the Eurasian Transformations Cluster of Excellence (ExCl), the institutions of the Cluster (Austrian Academy of Sciences, University of Vienna, University of Innsbruck and Central European University) are planning to organise three interdisciplinary workshops in 2025.