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Dr. András Kraft Awarded the ASTRA Award of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF)

July 18, 2025
Dr. András Kraft Awarded the ASTRA Award of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF)

Dr. András Kraft, an alumnus of CEU’s Department of Medieval Studies (2018), has been awarded the prestigious ASTRA Award of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). The award, endowed with one million Euros, supports his project entitled Reassessing apocalyptic literature in the Byzantine Sphere: Texts, Translations, and Transformations (c.500–1500 CE).

CRS 2024/2025 Best MA Thesis Award Recipient

June 23, 2025
CRS 2024/2025 Best MA Thesis Award Recipient

The Center for Religious Studies honors each year its students and junior members who have demonstrated exceptional dedication and excellence in their academic pursuits in the field of Religious Studies.

CRS 2023/2024 Best Master's Thesis Award Recipient

June 21, 2024
Kseniia Murastova

The Center for Religious Studies honors each year its students and junior members who have demonstrated exceptional dedication and excellence in their academic pursuits in the field of Religious Studies.

Statement on the Gaza War

November 15, 2023

We, the undersigned senior and junior members of, as well as students associated to the Center for Religious Studies at Central European University, feel that it is our duty to raise our voice, together with the UN and many thousands of people worldwide, concerning the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.