Late Antique, Medieval and Early Modern Studies

The Late Antique, Medieval and Early Modern Studies at Central European University (CEU) has earned international recognition for its methodological richness and the application of innovative research tools; the curriculum stresses the interconnectedness of various disciplines, emphasizing multi- and interdisciplinary comparative research.

Key Features

• The Late Antique, Medieval and Early Modern Studies at Central European University (CEU)provides students with supervision and guidance not only to help them accomplish the immediate goal of submitting their dissertations successfully within four years, but also to assist them with regard to their future careers.
• Many alumni of the PhD program in Late Antique, Medieval, and Early Modern Studies are pursuing regional or international careers in universities, museums, archives, or cultural heritage institutions.

Courses include:

• Byzantine Writers on the Lives of Saints and Emperors: Between Fact and Fiction

• Baukje van den Berg; Reading Medieval Latin Charters (Palaeography)

• Katalin Szende; Servus Servorum Dei: The Papacy from Its Origins to the Cadaver Synod

• Daniel Ziemann and Volker Menze; MonasticCulture: Buildings, Community, Landscape

• Historiography, Political Discourse and Politics in Late Medieval Europe (13th–15th centuries)