MA Students

Academic Year 2012/13

One-Year MA (Medieval Studies)

• Alisik, Emir | Turkey
  Thesis topic: The Social Disintegration on the Late Byzantine Peloponnesos and Pletho's Philosophy
  Supervisor: Gaul, Niels
• Antonic, Nikolina | Croatia
  Thesis topic: Contribution to the Research of Bijelo Brdo Culture: Settlement at the Site Sepkovcica
  Supervisors: Laszlovszky, Jozsef; Rasson, Judith
• Barath, Anita Karmen| Hungary
  Thesis topic: Dress Accessories: Wall Paintings as Archaeological Resources
  Supervisors: Laszlovszky, Jozsef; Szakacs Bela Zsolt
• Belucz, Monika| Hungary
  Thesis topic: Saint Patrick and Monasticism. The Figure of the Monk-bishop
  Supervisor: Saghy, Marianne; Menze, Volker
• D'Albini, Zsuzsa| Hungary
  Thesis topic: Texts and Images of Byzantine Dancers: Contextualizing the Dancing Scene on the Monomachos Crown
  Supervisors: Gaul, Niels; Szakacs, Bela Zsolt; Christidou, Anna
• Gonella, Giacomo| Italy
  Thesis topic: Early Medieval Coarseware Ceramics in the Local Economy of Broili: A case study
  Supervisors: Barbiera, Irene; Laszlovszky, Jozsef
• Gyarmati, Sandor| Hungary
  Thesis topic: The Linen Industry of Bardejov in the 15th century
  Supervisors: Nagy, Balazs; Szende, Katalin
• Hespen, Holger| Germany
  Thesis topic: The Afterlife in the Works of Gregory the Great: Comparing the Moralia and the Dialogues
  Supervisor: Gereby, Gyorgy
• Jambrek, Anita| Croatia
  Thesis topic: Talking Pictures - Art as a Form of Communication in the Middle Ages. The story of the Chest of St. Simeon
  Supervisors: Jaritz, Gerhard; Klaniczay, Gabor; Szakacs , Bela Zsolt
• Juganaru, Andra| Romania
  Thesis topic: Daily Life in Double and Mixed Monasteries in the Late Antique Near East
  Supervisors: Saghy, Marianne; Menze, Volker
• Maric, Ivan| Serbia
  Thesis topic: Romanos I Lekapenos: Legitimizing Usurpation
  Supervisor: Gaul, Niels
• Nestorov, Marijana| Serbia
  Thesis topic: Killing and Being Killed: The Two Faces of the Crocodile
  Supervisor: Jaritz, Gerhard
• Neu, Matthew| US
  Thesis topic: Access Analysis of Castles: Comparative Case Studies
  Supervisor: Laszlovszky, Jozsef
• Russo, Eugen| Romania
  Thesis topic: Perspective, Paradox and a Scientific Mode of Thought in Nicolaus Cusanus' Radical Thought and Its Background
  Supervisor: Gereby, Gyorgy
• Vargha, Maria| Hungary
  Thesis topic: Typochronology of Dress Accessories from the 12-13th centuries, Based on the Finds from Kána Village
  Supervisor: Laszlovszky, Jozsef

ERASMUS

• Pagoudis, Themistoklis| National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
• Gravier, Jeremy |University of Rennes II, France
• Guedon, Anais| University of Rennes II, France
• Thalarowski, Rhett| Georg August University Gottingen, Germany
• Wedig, Marco| University of Hamburg, Germany
• Baumann, Jessica|Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany

Bard Program

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Two-Year MA (Historical Studies: Interdisciplinary Medieval Studies)

Year One (2011/12–2012/13)

• Demirtiken, Elif| Turkey
• Thesis topic: Monasteries in Later Byzantine Constantinople
• Supervisor: Gaul, Niels
• Guni, Bukurije | Albania
• Thesis topic: Law in Medieval Albania
Supervisor: Gerhard, Jaritz
• Horvat, Franka | Croatia
• Thesis topic: Iconographic Aspects of the Frescos in the Church of St. Chrysogonus in Zadar
Supervisor: Szakacs, Bela Zsolt, Gerhard, Jaritz
• Khan, Aamir Shahzada| Pakistan
  Thesis topic: Islamo-Christian Scholarship in Mediterranean During Medieval Age: A time When it Really Did Matter
  Supervisor: Alzmeh, Aziz; Al-Bagdadi, Nadia
• Kis-Jakab, Dora| Hungary
  Thesis topic: Aquinas on Community
  Supervisor: Gereby, Gyorgy
• Kovaleva, Daria | Russia
  Thesis topic: Jewish Women in the Ottoman Royal Palace
  Supervisor: Krstic, Tijana, Wilke, Carsten, Birnbaum, Marianne
• Razum, Igor | Croatia
  Thesis topic: The Papacy and Central Europe - Tradition and Reform
  Supervisors: Klaniczay, Gabor; Saghy, Marianne

Graduating (2012/13–2013/14)

• Bara, Péter Tamás | Hungary
  Thesis topic: The Hagiographical Oeuvre of Eustathios of Thessalonike
  Supervisor: Gaul, Niels
• Bujor, Cristian | Romania
  Thesis topic: Quod Deus Non Potest. The Limits of the Power of God in the Thought of Thomas Aquinas and Their Relation with the 1277 Condemntion
  Supervisor: Geréby, György
• Debna, Magdalena | Poland
  Thesis topic: Our Lady of Częstochowa: A comparative study of miracle-working Marian icons and images in regard to their function in the Latin West in the Middle Ages
  Supervisor: Szakács, Béla Zsolt
• Fernández Aceves, Hervin | Mexico
  Thesis topic: Fall in the Norman Kingdom of Sicily: the Dynamics of the Royal Court of palermo as seen by Hugo Falcandus
  Supervisor: Gaul, Niels
• Gevorgyan, Narine | Armenia
  Thesis topic: On Theological Aspects of Shah Ismail Khatai’s Poetry
  Supervisor: Krstic, Tijana
• Konya, Anna | Romania
  Thesis topic: The Wall Paintings of the Parish Church in Altana (Alzen)
  Supervisor: Szakács, Béla Zsolt
• Köroglu, Murat | Turkey 
  Thesis topic: The Late Byzantine Oikeioi as a Social Group: Prosopographical and Quantitative Analysis
  Supervisor: Gaul, Niels
• May, Tiffany Aurora | US
  Thesis topic: Glass Production in the Medieval Monastic Industrial Complex in Pomaz-Nagykovacsi
  Supervisors: Laszlovszky, József; Rasson, Judith
• Misevic, Marijana | Serbia
  Thesis topic: 
  Supervisors: Krstic, Tijana; Ziemann, Daniel
• Mustata, Radu | Romania [on leave]
  Thesis topic: Chrysostom's Exegetical Method on the Genesis
  Supervisor: Perczel, István 
• Nechita, Andrea | Canada
  Thesis topic: Female Seducers in Visual Representation
  Supervisors: Jaritz, Gerhard; Szakács, Béla Zsolt
• Olney, Sarah | US
  Thesis topic: The Reception of Charlemagne
  Supervisors: Nagy, Balazs; Ziemann, Daniel
• Sunnetcioglu, Halil Evren | Turkey
  Thesis topic: Ottoman Perceptions of the Battle of Lepanto
  Supervisor: Krstic, Tijana
• Tóth, Johanna | Hungary
  Thesis topic: Spanish Captives in the Ottoman Empire
  Supervisor: Krstic, Tijana