Medieval Studies Department

Why Medieval Studies? 4 The Middle Ages: a period when the unity of Europe began to take shape 4 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 4 MA 10 months - 20 students are accepted/year 4 PhD 3 years - 5 students are accepted/year 4 2-year MA in planning All programs are accredited in both the USA and Europe

Why in Budapest? 4 International faculty and student body 4 First class libraries and archives 4 Cultural and intellectual center of the region 4 Affordable living expenses 4 Well-equipped campus

CEU-ELTE Medieval Library:  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: 4 Interdisciplinary approach 4 International recognition for methodological richness 4 Innovative research tools (multi-media, electronic databases, etc.) 4 Unique, broad network of leading scholars 4 One of the largest, most prestigious centers in the discipline

Fields covered: 4 Archaeology and art history 4 Byzantine and Slavic studies 4 Environmental and landscape studies 4 Hagiography and religious studies 4 Material culture 4 Medieval Judaism 4 Philosophy and theology 4 Political history 4 Social and economic history

International faculty:  Professor János Bak PhD (Göttingen) Fields of interest: - history of ideas and institutions - medieval rulership - social history of nobility

International faculty  Associate Professor Alice Choyke PhD (Binghamton) Fields of interest: - archaeozoology - human-animal interactions - material culture - pre- and protohistoric animal bone and antler manufacturing

International faculty 4 Professor Gerhard Jaritz Dr. Phil. (Graz) Fields of interest: - computing in medieval studies - history of everyday life - material culture of the Middle Ages

International faculty 4 Professor Gábor Klaniczay PhD (Budapest) Fields of interest: - comparative study of sainthood - historical anthropology of medieval and early modern Europe - popular religion, heresy, witchcraft

International faculty 4 Associate Professor József Laszlovszky PhD (Budapest) Fields of interest: - medieval archaeology - monastic and mendicant architecture - medieval settlement systems - history of material culture

International faculty 4 Professor Jannis Niehoff-Panagiotidis Dr. 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 CEU Marianna D. Birnbaum, UCLA Neven Budak, University of Zagreb Nancy van Deusen, Claremont Graduate University Patrick J. Geary, UCLA DeLloyd Guth, University of Manitoba Felicitas Schmieder, Frankfurt

Research going on: 4 Environmental Research Laboratory 4 Hellenic Study Center 4 Medieval Monasteries 4 Religion and Rulership 4 Saints and Hagiography 4 Visual Sources

Publications: 4 Annual 4 Newsletter 4 Medievalia series 4 Central European Medieval Texts 4 PhD dissertations 4 Selected conference papers

Academic Programs: 4 Public lectures Giles Constable, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton Pilgrimage and Holy War, 2004 March

Academic Programs: 4 Conferences Saints and Patronage Third Hagiography Society symposium, June

Academic Programs: 4 Workshops Interdisciplinary Workshop on Medieval and Early Modern Queens and Queenship, 2004 October

Academic Programs: 4 Summer University Courses Changing Intellectual Landscapes in Late Antiquity, 2004 July Course Director: Peter Brown, Princeton University

Academic Field Trips: 4 In Hungary

Transylvania - Moldavia

Croatia

Austria

Life at the department: Exhibitions

Talented students... Maria Greculevich PhD students Juhan Kreem

Cooking at school and home

Alumni: 4 Since 1993, 330 students have been enrolled 4 Lively interaction between the alumni community and the department 4 Alumni are invited for conferences and workshops 4 Alumni celebrated the 10-year departmental anniversary in Hungary

Class photo, … 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: 4 Internationally acknowledged scholars sit on both MA and PhD defense committees 4 Semester abroad for PhD students is an integral part of the program 4 Participation at international conferences (Leeds, Kalamazoo, etc.) is sponsored 4 Academic Advisory Board

PhD defenses 33 PhD defenses up till now

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

Apply soon to reserve a place! 4 Institutional TOEFL offered free 4 Obtain critique of your research project (even if admission is postponed) 4 Applicants from all fields of Medieval Studies are welcome  Get an internationally accredited PhD

Contact us: Medieval Studies Department Tel.: Fax: Web page: H-1051 Budapest, Nádor u. 9.