NEWS

Call for Papers: Fifth CEMS International Graduate Conference, June 1-3, 2017

November 7, 2016

The Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies (CEMS) at Central European University and its junior members are proud to announce the forthcoming Fifth International Graduate Conference on Building, Bending, and Breaking Boundaries in the Eastern Mediterranean World.

Mariana Bodnaruk Presents at the XXIV Finnish Symposium on Late Antiquity (FSLA), Tvärminne, Finland

October 24, 2016

Mariana Bodnaruk, CEMS Junior Member and PhD Candidate at the Medieval Studies Department, is going to present a paper entitled "Inscribing Inequality: Late Antique Slavery in Epigraphic Evidence," at the XXIV Finnish Symposium on Late Antiquity (FSLA), Tvärminne, 11–12 November, 2016. The theme of this year’s symposium is "Slavery in Late Antiquity."

Stephen Pow Presents at The 17th Annual Conference of the Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS), Princeton University

October 24, 2016

Stephen Pow, CEMS Junior Member and a PhD Candidate at the Medieval Studies Department, is going to present a paper entitled 'Last Campaign and Death of Jebe Noyan" at The 17th Annual Conference of the Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS), 3-6 November, 2016, Princeton University.

More info: http://www.centraleurasia.org/annual-conf

Vedran Bileta Presents at the Workshop "The 'Self' and the 'Other' - The Construction and Perception of 'Otherness' in Late Antiquity" (Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel)

October 24, 2016

Vedran Bileta, CEMS Junior Member and a PhD Candidate at the Department of Medieval Studies, is going to present a peper entitled 'Becoming a Soldier, Becoming a Roman? The (Re)definition of the Military Masculinity in the Late Roman West," at the workshop organized by the Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, 23-25 November, 2016. The topic of the workshop is "The 'Self and the 'Other' - The Construction and Perception of 'Otherness' in Late Antiquity."

More info: https://othernesskiel.wordpress.com/

CEMS Facebook Page

October 24, 2016

You can now follow our activities and news on the following Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/ceucems/?fref=ts

Academic Calendar 2016/2017

October 24, 2016

Please find our academic calendar attached!

BUILDING, BENDING AND BREAKING BOUNDARIES IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN WORLD

October 24, 2016

BUILDING, BENDING, AND BREAKING BOUNDARIES IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN WORLD

Fifth CEMS International Graduate Conference

Budapest, 1-3 June, 2017

Dan Knox to receive the award for the best MA thesis in SEMS

June 28, 2016

Dan Knox, 1-year MA at the Department of Medieval Studies, receives the CEMS award for the best MA thesis in the Specialization in Eastern Mediterranean Studies. Congratulations!

Specialization in Eastern Mediterranean Studies approved by the New York State Department of Education

June 28, 2016

CEMS is happy to announce that the New York State Department of Education approved the Specialization in Eastern Mediterranean Studies, which had been approved by the CEU-senate last year in April. All of our MA students who enroll in the specialization will be awarded the Advanced Certificate in EMS, starting from this academic year.