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PhD Outside Activities: Women in Chess

October 24, 2024
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Emilia Castelao is a first year PhD student from the United States who researches chess history and the International Chess Federation (FIDE) as an institution of cultural diplomacy. She did her master’s at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, where she wrote her thesis on chess as a cultural movement in the Soviet Union. She has been working in chess since 2022 as a photographer and historian on the Historical Committee at FIDE. In 2023, she launched the Women in Chess Foundation with her co-founder, Michael Duke.

New Publication: Enej Silvij Piccolomini: Early Humanistic Writings and Records of the Slovenian Territory

October 21, 2024
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Last Friday, our current PhD student Anja Božič launched her new book Enej Silvij Piccolomini: Early Humanistic Writings and Records of the Slovenian Territory (Enej Silvij Piccolomini: Zgodnji humanistični spisi in zapisi o slovenskem ozemlju). The book presents the writings of Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (1405–1464), who became Pope Pius II.
 

Religions in Transformations Conference Report

October 7, 2024
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The CESAR Conference 2024: The Religion in Transformation: Changing the Conditions of (and by) Religiosity conference, hosted by CEU and organised by Gulrano Ataeva and Karsten Schuil together with the organizing team of CESAR, took place from Friday, October 4 to Sunday, October 6, at CEU campus and Vienna's Weltmuseum.

István György Tóth's Work Available Online

October 2, 2024
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The collected publications of István György Tóth (1956-2005), former professor in the department, are now available online. They can be downloaded from Academia.edu.

New Faculty in the Department of Historical Studies

September 30, 2024
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We are very pleased to welcome two new faculty this academic year, with Juliane Fürst and Alíz Horváth both joining our department in September 2024. Chronologically, thematically and geographically, they are enhancing our research interests, student supervision, and teaching offer.