Medieval Studies Department

Why Medieval Studies?

The Middle Ages: a period when the unity of Europe began to take shape

Offers insight into the roots of later developments, divergences, and conflicts

A historical period with a very rich cultural heritage (castles, cathedrals, monasteries, libraries, etc.)

Programs offered

MA10 months - 20 students are accepted/year

PhD3 years - 5 students are accepted/year

2-year MA in planning

All programs are accredited in both the USA and Europe

Why in Budapest?

International faculty and student body

First class libraries and archives Cultural and intellectual center of the

region Affordable living expenses Well-equipped campus

CEU-ELTE Medieval Library:

16 000 volumes Source publications Translations of medieval texts Reference books Special collections on

- Medieval history of East Central Europe- Interactions between Byzantium and the West

Computerised databases of medieval studies (CD-ROMs)

Special off-print collection

Academic values:

Interdisciplinary approach International recognition for

methodological richness Innovative research tools (multi-media,

electronic databases, etc.) Unique, broad network of leading scholars One of the largest, most prestigious

centers in the discipline

Fields covered:

Archaeology and art history Byzantine and Slavic studies Environmental and landscape studies Hagiography and religious studies Material culture Medieval Judaism Philosophy and theology Political history Social and economic history

International faculty:

Professor János BakPhD (Göttingen)

Fields of interest: - history of ideas and institutions- medieval rulership- social history of nobility

International faculty

Associate Professor Alice ChoykePhD (Binghamton)

Fields of interest: - archaeozoology - human-animal interactions - material culture- pre- and protohistoric animal bone and antler manufacturing

International faculty

Professor Gerhard JaritzDr. Phil. (Graz)

Fields of interest: - computing in medieval studies - history of everyday life- material culture of the Middle Ages

International faculty

Professor Gábor KlaniczayPhD (Budapest)

Fields of interest: - comparative study of sainthood- historical anthropology of medieval

and early modern Europe - popular religion, heresy, witchcraft

International faculty

Associate Professor József LaszlovszkyPhD (Budapest)

Fields of interest: - medieval archaeology- monastic and mendicant architecture- medieval settlement systems- history of material culture

International faculty

Professor Jannis Niehoff-PanagiotidisDr. Phil. (Tübingen)

Fields of interest: - Byzantine and Slavonic studies- Byzantine historiography- Jews and other Minorities in Byzantium- Late Medieval and Ottoman Balkan History

Guest professors:Aziz Al-Azmeh, Humanities Center CEUMarianna D. Birnbaum, UCLANeven Budak, University of ZagrebNancy van Deusen,

Claremont Graduate University

Patrick J. Geary, UCLADeLloyd Guth, University of ManitobaFelicitas Schmieder, Frankfurt

Research going on:

Environmental Research Laboratory

Hellenic Study Center Medieval Monasteries Religion and Rulership Saints and Hagiography Visual Sources

Publications:

Annual Newsletter Medievalia series Central European Medieval Texts PhD dissertations Selected conference papers

Academic Programs: Public lectures

Giles Constable, Institute for Advanced Study, PrincetonPilgrimage and Holy War, 2004 March

Academic Programs: Conferences

Saints and PatronageThird Hagiography Society symposium,

2004 June

Academic Programs:

WorkshopsInterdisciplinary Workshop on Medieval and Early Modern Queens and Queenship, 2004 October

Academic Programs:

Summer University CoursesChanging Intellectual Landscapes in Late Antiquity, 2004 July

Course Director: Peter Brown, Princeton University

Academic Field Trips:

In Hungary

1999-2000 - Transylvania - Moldavia

2000-2001 - Croatia

2001-2002 - Austria

Life at the department: Exhibitions

Talented students ...Maria

Greculevich

PhD students

Juhan Kreem

Cooking at school and home

Alumni:

Since 1993, 330 students have been enrolled

Lively interaction between the alumni community and the department

Alumni are invited for conferences and workshops

Alumni celebrated the 10-year departmental anniversary in Hungary

Class photo, 1993 ...

… and 1999

Alumni Meeting: July 3-7, 2003

Program * Round table discusion by the participants of the research

project on „The Uses and Abuses of the Middle Ages in post-‘89 Central and Eastern Europe”* Exhibition in the Galeria Centralis - Uses and Abuses of the Middle Ages * Conference on The Uses and Abuses of the Middle Ages in post-‘89 Central and Eastern Europe* Meeting of the Academic Advisory Board Members* Modern Middle Ages: Field Trips to Esztergom and Visegrád (tournament, Royal Garden Party) * East Central European Medieval Studies Network Project Proposal * Discussion with Alumni

Quality control:

Internationally acknowledged scholars sit on both MA and PhD defense committees

Semester abroad for PhD students is an integral part of the program

Participation at international conferences (Leeds, Kalamazoo, etc.) is sponsored

Academic Advisory Board

PhD defenses

33 PhD defenses up till now

Academic Advisory Board Elizabeth A.R. Brown, New York Chrysos Evangelos, Athens Rees Davies, Oxford Nancy van Deusen, Claremont, US Winfried Eberhard, Leipzig Patrick J. Geary, UCLA Jacques Le Goff, Paris Ernő Marosi, Budapest Karol Modzelewski, Warsaw Evelyne Patlagean, Paris Andrei Pippidi, Bucharest Ihor Ševcenko, Harvard, US Frantisek Smahel, Prague

Apply soon to reserve a place!

Institutional TOEFL offered free Obtain critique of your research

project (even if admission is postponed)

Applicants from all fields of Medieval Studies are welcome

Get an internationally accredited PhD

Contact us:

Medieval Studies Department

Tel.: 36-1-327-3024

Fax: 36-1-327-3055

E-mail: medstud@ceu.hu

Web page: www.ceu.hu/medstud

H-1051 Budapest, Nádor u. 9.