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Department of Historical Studies at CEU
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History, literature, art history, philosophy, cultural heritage, museum studies, languages, and much more at CEU! A global department with students and faculty from more than 30 countries: https://historicalstudies.ceu.edu/
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A day in Paris with Eloise Adde @historicalstudies.bsky.social and Philippe Urfalino at Paul Gradvohl'sseminar @sorbonneparis1.bsky.social 🤗🤗🤗
November 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Some photos from this week's workshop on Middle #Byzantine Hermeneutics
November 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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The program for CEU's DH Fest 2025 has now been announced. Funded and supported by CLARIAH-AT and the FWF Cluster of Excellence EurAsian Transformations, the event will take place on Thursday, December 4 at CEU's Vienna campus.

#digitalhumanities

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Program Announced for DH Fest 2025 | Department of Historical Studies
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November 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Five funded PhDs in Late Antique, Medieval and Early Modern Studies, and five more in Comparative History, starting in Sept. 2026, at CEU in #vienna.

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PhD in Late Antique, Medieval and Early Modern Studies at Central European University
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November 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Join us online, at 2.30pm this afternoon, for the launch of our new co-hosted Applied History Fellowships for postdoc historians, with @ihr.bsky.social & DC Thomson bit.ly/4ofWArN

Fellowships will enable holders to develop historical skills for use in workplaces beyond higher education #Skystorians
New programme of 'Applied History Fellowships': launch and introductory event - RHS
In 2025-26 the Institute of Historical Research (IHR), Royal Historical Society and DC Thomson will launch a new Applied History Fellowship partnership. Join us at this online session -- 2.30pm on Wed...
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November 19, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Upcoming Jewish Studies online info sessions! Meet our faculty and ask all your questions about studying at CEU

#jewishhistory

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Info Sessions for Prospective Students | Jewish Studies Program
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November 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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CfP: the Fifth Annual Graduate Workshop on Late Antique and Byzantine Studies with @dshcs.bsky.social on February 27, 2026.

The call is open to students from all Austrian universities.

Deadline for Applications: January 16, 2026

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Fifth Annual Graduate Workshop on Late Antique and Byzantine Studies | Department of Historical Studies
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November 17, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Now available: Prof. Dominic Lieven on his life, family history, and modern Russia. Given at CEU on Tuesday, Nov. 11

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Dominic Lieven, Reflections on a Life in Russian and Imperial History
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November 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Next week: Prof. Eloïse Adde, "Multilingualism, nation and “national” literature in Bohemia in the fourteenth century" cem.hypotheses.org/4023
Multilingualism, Nationhood, and Cultural Identity. The Agency of Languages in Central Europe (1300-1900) and beyond. — 21 novembre 10h-13h, Centre LOURCINE Paris 1, 1 rue de la Glacière, salle 102 —...
Eloïse Adde (Central European University, Vienna) Tamara Scheer (University of Innsbruck & University of Vienna) Philippe Urfalino (EHESS, Paris) Dans le cadre des séminaires du Réseau thématique (ex ...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Great workshop today @historicalstudies.bsky.social 👍 continues Friday 👇
November 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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New podcast: Translating the Untranslatable with Prof. Brett Wilson!

How should one go about translating a text that is untranslatable? Especially when the text is believed to be the living word of God?

#islamichistory

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Translating the Untranslatable: The Curious History of Quran Translation | Akbar's Chamber - Experts Talk Islam
How should one go about translating a text that is untranslatable? Especially when the text is believed to be the living word of God? Muslims have pondered this dilemma for more than a millennium, bec...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Next week: Dominic Lieven - Reflections of a Life in Russian and Imperial History

Tuesday, Nov. 11, 5:30pm
CEU B-421

#russianhistory

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Reflections on a Life in Russian and Imperial History
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November 3, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Next Tuesday, online info sessions for prospective students interested in studying Digital Humanities and/or Gender History with us. With @alizhorvathaliz.bsky.social and @cristigaspar.bsky.social. Everyone welcome!

#digitialhumanities #genderhistory

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Online Sessions for Prospective Students | Department of Historical Studies
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October 31, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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CEU is holding its very first Digital Humanities Festival on December 4. This event will provide an excellent opportunity to bring Digital Humanities closer to the CEU community and
vice versa, while also providing a networking opportunity. Register by Nov. 7!

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DH Fest 2025 | Department of Historical Studies
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October 20, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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The CEU Jewish Studies program invites everyone to join them in their walking tour through the historic and current heart of the Jewish community in Vienna, the II. district, Leopoldstadt.

Nov. 3! Register by Oct. 31

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Walking Tour: Jewish Vienna - Leopoldstadt
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October 17, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Stip: PhD Scholarship "Theology, Religious Studies or Slavic Studies" (KU Leuven)

https://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-158015

Leuven, 01.01.2026-31.12.2029, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Bewerbungsschluss: 04.11.2025
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October 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Job: 1 Wiss. Mitarb. (m/w/d) "Geschichte und Kultur der Niederlausitz" (Sorbisches Institut, Cottbus)

https://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-158124

Cottbus, 01.02.2026-31.01.2028, Sorbisches Institut / Serbski Institut, Bewerbungsschluss: 17.11.2025
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October 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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JEARN Book Club: Monday 27th October, 17:30-19:00!

We will once again be meeting at the ÖAW's Instituts für Mittelalterforschung, and will discuss the ground-breaking monograph by François-Xavier Fauvelle, 'The Golden Rhinoceros - Histories of the African Middle Ages'.

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October 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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The deadline for applications to our MAs from students from visa-sensitive countries is tomorrow. Apply now to be considered for a tuition-waiver and monthly stipend!

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Admissions | Department of Historical Studies
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October 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Concurrences is on the road! We are very happy to be on a study trip in Vienna, meeting colleagues at CEU’s EurAsian Transformation cluster.

This morning we had a decolonial tour at the Museum of Applied Arts & we are spending the afternoon at CEU.
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October 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Listening this morning (and this afternoon) to @fallofcivilizations.com podcast on the Mongols with our Jack Wilson as historical consultant!

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October 5, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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Next week at CEU:

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OCR/HTR Workshop for Under-resourced and Under-represented Languages in Digital Humanities
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September 24, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Our recent PhD graduate Dr Emy Merin Joy has won the 2025 Père Paul Scholarship for Eastern Christian Studies. The award encourages and rewards young scholars in Syriac Studies.

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Emy Merin Joy Wins Prestigious Prize | Department of Historical Studies
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September 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Following on from a successful round of applications last academic year, PhD candidates from the department have again been awarded three Marietta Blau Grants, including to @juliaboechat.bsky.social

Congratulations!!

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Three Marietta Blau Grants Awarded | Department of Historical Studies
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September 19, 2025 at 7:57 AM