NEWS

Florin Leonte, Medieval Studies PhD Candidate, traveled to Yerevan in the autumn as the second doctoral student to give an intensive class at one of our partner institutions. While there he was hosted by Professor Erna Shirinyan, Faculty of Theology, Yerevan State University.

Judith Rasson, Assistant Professor at the Department of Medieval Studies, CEU traveled to Tbilisi during 5 – 18 November 2011. While there she gave a series of lectures on "Academic Writing for Byzantinists"  and was hosted by Professor Tina Dolidze from the Institute of Classical, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies and participant of our CEU HESP project.

Between 17-22 June 2011, the CEMS organised its first field trip which saw 25 Junior and Senior Members as well as a number of invited guests of the center exploring the extraordinary rich Late Antique, Byzantine and Ottoman heritage of Istanbul, Turkey.

Medieval Studies PhD Candidate Wojciech Kozlowski is the first CEU doctoral student who travels to Tbilisi , Georgia in the framework of the "Caucasus and Byzantium from Late Antiquity through the Middle Ages" project.