NEWS

Medieval Studies Post-doc Wins Research Position at Max Planck Institute

February 17, 2011

The Department of Medieval Studies and the Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies (CEMS) very warmly congratulate Dr András Németh (MA ’04, PhD ’10), presently a curator of medieval manuscripts at the Széchenyi National Library, Budapest, for having been awarded a highly competitive two-year postdoctoral research position at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (Wissenschaftsgeschichte) in Berlin, commencing autumn 2011.

Medieval Studies PhD Candidate Wins Dumbarton Oaks Fellowship

February 15, 2011

The Department of Medieval Studies and the Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies (CEMS) very warmly congratulate Divna Manolova (MA’08, PhD candidate) for having been awarded a highly competitive and prestigious junior fellowship at the world’s foremost research center for Byzantine studies, Harvard University’s Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection in Washington, DC, for the academic year 2011/12.

Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies succeeds CEU’s Center for Hellenic Traditions

October 23, 2010

With the beginning of academic year 2010/11, CEU’s Center for Hellenic Traditions (2004/5–2009/10) appears in a new format. Reflecting the recent exciting growth of CEU faculty in the field of eastern Mediterranean studies, the center re-named itself the Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies (CEMS). With a senior membership of seventeen drawn from a wide range of CEU teaching units, CEMS constitutes the university’s largest research center; it is the only one with a focus predominantly on the pre-modern to (early) modern periods.