News

New Publication: Cities and Economy in Europe

March 26, 2024

Our Professor Katalin Szende has co-edited a new volume entitled Cities and Economy in Europe: Markets and Trade on the Margins from the Middle Ages to the PresentThe book explores new perspectives on regions traditionally considered “on the margins” of Europe, and fills a gap in current historiography through its analysis of cities, space, and economy.

Natalie Zemon Davis Memorial Lectures 2024

March 20, 2024

March 13, 14 and 18 saw our Natalie Zemon Davis Memorial Lecture Series for 2024. Ulinka Rublack from the University of Cambridge discussed clothing in Dürer’s paintings and correspondence, with the series culminating in a roundtable in memory of the late Natalie Zemon Davis.

 

Gábor Klaniczay Receives American Historical Association Honorary Foreign Membership

March 6, 2024
Earlier this year, our Emeritus Professor Gábor Klaniczay was made its Honorary Foreign Member for 2023 by the American Historical Association. The prize is given to a scholar who has distinguished themself in their field and has “notably aided the work of American historians”.
 

CfP: Telling Byzantine History: Current Trends and New Directions

February 26, 2024

Last Friday (23.02.2024), the Late Antique and Byzantine Studies Graduate Student Colloquium was pleased to hold the 3rd annual Late Antique and Byzantine Studies Graduate Student Workshop at the Central European University campus building (Quellenstrasse 51, 1100, Vienna).