1. Welcome to the Medieval World at Central European University Budapest

2. to understand processes that shaped today’s world to abandon Hollywood simplicity and approach past complexities to discover ourselves through the Middle Ages and its people why medieval studies?

3. to take advantage of stipends and other financial benefits ERASMUS Grants, Research Grants, Travel Grants, etc. to experience a multidisciplinary environment with international faculty and student body to live in a culturally exciting city why ceu?

4. archaeology and art history cultural heritage studies environmental and landscape studies hagiography and religious studies Late Antique and Byzantine studies material culture and animal studies medieval Judaism Ottoman studies philosophy and theology political history social and economic history urban history research fields

5. sponsored participation at international conferences research grants and exchange programs international guest professors and speakers participation in departmental workshops, projects, and research networks integration into international scholarly discourse

6. programs offered 1 yr MA in Medieval Studiesup to 12 students per year 2 yr MA in Comparative History up to 10 students per year PhD in Medieval Studiesup to 7 students per year 2 yr MA in Cultural Heritage Studiesup to 10 students per year all programs accredited in the United States the PhD and 2-year MA programs are also accredited in the EU

7. sources, skills, and training one of the fastest-growing specialized medieval library with 25,000+ volumes and 5000 offprints in English and in other various languages digital resources of images and texts academic writing and presentation skills teaching and academic practice for PhD students source language instruction: Latin, Greek, Syriac, Ottoman Turkish, etc. So many books so little time TEMPVS PARVVM, LIBRI MVLTI ΤΑ ΜΕΝ ΒΙΒΛΙΑ ΠΟΛΛΑ, Ο ΔΕ ΧΡΟΝΟΣ ΒΡΑΧΥΣ წიგნი ფრიად არს, ხოლო ჟამი მცირედ Այնքան շատ գիրք, այնքան քիչ ժամանակ

8. opportunities to participate in research projects Medieval Central European Research Network (MECERN - http://mecern.eu/) Eastern Mediterranean Studies (https://cems.ceu.edu/) The Caucasus and Byzantium from the Late Antiquity through the Middle Ages The Hungarian Atlas of Historic Towns The Medieval Animal Data-Network (MAD) Visual Thinking and Diagrammatic Images in Medieval Manuscripts Medieval Monastic Networks Sunni Orthodoxy and Confession Building in the Ottoman Empire JEWSEAST: Jews and Christians in the East: Strategies of Interaction between the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean Pomáz Archaeological and Environmental Heritage

9. academic field trips Building community and confidence, … honing presenting and publishing skills, … immersing in European cultures and hands-on scholarship, … and making memories of a life time. 2 days to explore medieval Hungary in the Fall Term 5-6 days to visit the medieval heritage of neighboring countries in the spring

10. enjoying the middle ages extracurricular activities and traditions medieval radio at http://medievalradio.org medieval dinner medieval cookbook wine tasting medieval parties

11. APPLY SOON to reserve a place applicants from all fields of Medieval Studies are welcome deadline for 2016/17 applications: February 4, 2016 free institutional TOEFL (Test of English as a foreign language)

12. contact us medievalstudies.ceu.edu medstud@ceu.edu Department of Medieval Studies H-1051 Budapest, Nádor u. 9. Tel.: +36-1-327-3002