Courses

CourseInstructorCredits
Advanced Latin Text Seminar: Bonaventure
The medieval philosophical Latin reading class this year focuses on the close reading and commentary of two important works of Bonaventure OFM (Giovanni Fidanza of Bagnoregio, 1221 – 1274), probably the most ...
2
Advanced Ottoman Textual Skills
The course will enable students to handle Ottoman Turkish ornate prose as well as to introduce them to Ottoman manuscripts and archival material. Aside from linguistic skills, we will also concentrate on imagery, rhetoric, as well as on ...
  • Ferenc Csirkes
4
CC tutorial: Crisis and Destruction in Medieval Western and Central Europe
Tutorial: accompanying Crisis and Destruction in Medieval Western and Central Europe Tutorial: accompanying CC: Crisis and Destruction in Medieval Western and Central Europe   Week 1: Introduction: Crisis – ...
2
CC: History of Material Culture
Recent developments in historical research reflect an increasing interest in the field of material culture. This interest has moved away from dealing with isolated and de-contextualized objects and artefacts used by people in the past which ...
2
CC: The Ottomans and Europeans in the Early Modern Era
This is a draft of the syllabus. Readings will be posted on the e-learning.ceu.hu website Through a variety of primary sources and secondary literature this core class will explore the relationship between the Ottoman Empire and ...
2
Climatic and Environmental Impacts in European History
The conceptional framework for this course is based on the impacts of climate and environment on human society for the past 2000 years, from Late Antiquity to modern historical times. Such studies require a ...
2
Clone of Medieval Heritage of Budapest (2013)
In recent years, the situation with regard to cultural heritage issues in Budapest has become exceedingly complex due to a host of factors: there are the continuing historical and political aspects, the ...
1
Complex Middle Ages: New Methods for the Reconstruction of Spatial and Social Entanglements in Premodern Societies (HGIS and Network Analysis)
In this course, two essential methods of digital spatial and/or social analysis on the basis of medieval and pre-modern source material will be introduced and evaluates: Historical Geographical Information ...
1
Digital Text for the Mediaevalist
The computer is playing an increasingly important part in scholarly research, and mediaevalists have in many instances been at the forefront in exploiting its possibilities for their work. It is however a ...
2
Ethnic Identities in the Early Middle Ages
Students will become familiar with the problems of the study of ethnic identity, develop a critical attitude towards different interpretations, they will learn about the ways in which today theories about ...
1
FLorence: the Laboratory of the Renaissance. Culture, Institutions, Representations
The present course completes my previous courses on the European and the East-Central European Renaissance by looking at Florence, the emblematic "birthplace" of that epoch. Since Florentine society, politics, and culture between ...
2
From Renovatio Imperii to ‘Twilight of Empire’: The Last Centuries of Byzantium (c.1204–1462)
The late Byzantine or ‘Palaiologan’ period – as it is commonly dubbed after the then ruling dynasty, the Palaiologos clan – is still the ‘fledgling’ of the Byzantine millennium; unlike trendy ‘late antiquity’ ...
4
Greek palaeography & Byzantine manuscript studies
Manuscripts matter: For classical philologists, medieval manuscripts remain the primary source upon which the study of ancient literature is ultimately based. In particular, successful and objective textual ...
4
Gregory Palamas and his adversaries
The course offers an analysis of the great theological controversy which emerged in the midst of political turmoil in mid-fourteenth-century Byzantium (1341-1351). It is sometimes called "the Hesychast debate" (after a special form ...
2
Historical Traumas: Cultures of Defeat, Complaint and Memory in East Central Europe
The course aims at offering a comparative overview on a complex phenomenon by examining its appearances and representations from various disciplinary approaches. Historical traumas are understood as complex ...
2
History on film / Film on History – Medieval and Renaissance Themes
Film studies has been gaining an increasing share and popularity among the disciplines of the humanities. Films are in many ways connected with historical studies; historical films represent history, at the ...
2
Independent Study 2012 Fall
For medieval students only; students read important works in their area of interest in consultation with their advisors. The amount of reading will vary with the number of credits students enroll for. PhD ...		2
Independent Study 2013 Winter
For medieval students only; students read important works in their area of interest in consultation with their advisors. The amount of reading will vary with the number of credits students enroll for. PhD ...		2
Late Antique & Byzantine Text Seminars
The Late Antique and Byzantine Studies Text Seminar, a standing institution of the Medieval Studies/The Eastern Mediterranean from Constantine the Great to Süleyman the Magnificent curriculum, invites ...
2
Late Antique and Medieval Science (5th-15th c.)
The aim of the course is fourfold. Firstly, it gives a general introduction to the notion of ancient, Late Antique and medieval science and considers the way in which it differs from our modern understanding ...
Latin Intermediate I: An Introduction to the Bible in Latin
Learning Outcomes: -The ability to analyze primary source materials, i.e., to select relevant primary source material and read it in the source language with an awareness of the linguistic and cultural ...
2
Latin Palaeography (Diplomatic hand)
An introduction to Latin scripts of the later Middle Ages, with a practical character, concentrating on charter reading. The course includes the examination and reading of examples of Latin texts, the study of abbreviations; the typology and ...
2
Latin Palaeography, Book hand (4th-15th c.)
The aim of the course is to provide tuition in the practical skill of Latin palaeography (book hand). The course focuses on the reading and transcription of various scripts with samples ranging from the 4th ...
2
Medieval Architecture I-II
Gothic cathedrals, Romanesque monasteries, knightly castles: medieval architecture is one of the most appealing part of art history. However, its language is the most complex and the most difficult for amateurs. Therefore this course offers ...
2
Medieval Codicology: The Physical and Intellectual Production and Use of Manuscripts (8th-15th c.)
The aim of the course is to provide familiarity with the medieval manuscript book, the object that transmitted classical and medieval texts and images and now enables us to arrive at a knowledge concerning the environment, interests and ...
2
Medieval Latin Literature: Texts, Contexts, Reading Strategies
The present course aims to offer an introduction to the essential conceptual framework and various critical approaches developed in modern times in order to enable us to read, interpret, and enjoy literary ...
2
Medieval Studies Faculty Research Seminar
The Faculty Research Seminar invites the departmental community to share and discuss ongoing research in the field of Medieval Studies. Presenters – visiting scholars, resident faculty, as well as advanced ...
2
Medieval Studies Faculty Research Seminar II
The Faculty Research Seminar invites the departmental and CEU communities to share, learn about and discuss ongoing research. Presenters – visiting scholars, resident faculty, as well as post-docs – are ...
2
MEDS 6931 Medieval Latin Text Seminar: Imagining the Eastern Mediterranean in the Latin West
The main aim of the course is to offer the students a chance to get acquainted with and explore in some depth a text known as De inventione corporis sancti Antonii [BHL 612], an anonymous fictional hagiographic narrative recounting the ...
2
Monasticism and Hagiography in Late Antiquity
This seminar introduces the „ascetic revolution” as one of the central religious, intellectual, social, and cultural movements of late antiquity. The ascetic movement and the „rise of the holy man” reflected profound social and spiritual ...
2