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Summer University and Religious Studies

The CEU Summer University Program, founded in 1996, hosts high-level, research oriented, interdisciplinary and innovative academic courses and workshops. Courses are designed to attract MA and PhD students, junior and post-doctoral researchers, lecturers and professionals, and are given by prominent scholars and policy experts.

Applications from all over the world is encouraged. Financial aid is available. Course descriptions and detailed information about the application procedure, scholarships, etc. are available at the CEU Summer University website.

More information about the application process is available here.

Forthcoming in 2021

19 July - 26 July, 2021

The course addresses an important topic in the history of Late Antiquity and Early Christianity: the theories of legitimacies, namely that of the Empire and the Church, and their struggle over the first six hundred years (from the first century to Justinian). What were the reasons for the conflict and how did it play out in Late Antiquity? 
 

Directors: 
Gyorgy Gereby, Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University

Faculty: 

Mark Edwards, Christ Church, University of Oxford
Paweł Figurski, Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences
Michael Hollerich, College of Arts and Science, Theology Department, University of Saint Thomas
Andra Juganaru, Department of Theology and Christian Culture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Ecaterina Lung, Department of Ancient History, Archaeology and Art History, University of Bucharest
Volker Menze, Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University
Claudia Rapp, Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, University of Vienna
Marco Rizzi, Department of Religious Studies, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

20 July - 25 July, 2021

Beliefs in witchcraft are widely distributed both geographically and chronologically. At the European level, the accusations were put together within a coherent intellectual framework of reference. This is indeed part of a wider process of formation of scapegoat images on social targets such as the leper, the Jew, and the heretic, before getting to witches.

Directors: 
Fabrizio Conti, Department of History and Humanities, John Cabot University
Gabor Klaniczay, Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University

Faculty: 
Michael Bailey, Department of History, Ames, Iowa State University
Marina Montesano, Department of Ancient and Modern Civilizations, Università di Messina
Teo Ruiz, Department of History, UCLA, Los Angeles
Rita Voltmer, Department of History, Universität Trier

Syllabus: https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/sites/default/files/course_files/Syllabus_Witchcraft_Summer_Course_2021_07.pdf

Past Schools

 

2018
The Dignity of Man in Western Intellectual History, Esoterism and Art 

Directors: 
Gyorgy Endre Szonyi, University of Szeged/Department of History and Medieval Studies
Carsten Wilke, Department of History, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

Course Flyer: https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/sites/default/files/course_files/Dignity-flyer-2018_1.pdf 

2017
Jews and Christians between the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean: Co-existence and Conflict

Directors: 
Alexandra Cuffel, Centre for Religious Studies, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany 
Istvan Perczel, Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

Course Flyer:  https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/sites/default/files/course_files/Jews-flyer-2-2017_0.pdf

2016
What Makes us Human? Philosophical and Religious Perspectives in China and the West

Directors: 

Curie Virag, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Toronto, Canada
Gabor Betegh, Faculty of Classics, Christ’s College, Cambridge University, UK

Course Flyer: http://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/sites/default/files/course_files/What_Makes-flyer-2016_1.pdf

2015
Religion and Violence in Global Perspective 

Directors: 
Matthias Riedl, Central European University, Department of History, Budapest, Hungary
Brett Wilson, Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

For more details, follow this link: http://summer.ceu.hu/religiousviolence-2015
Course Flyer: http://summer.ceu.hu/sites/default/files/course_files/Religious-flyer-2015.pdf

2013
Religion and Realism in Political Thought - Historical Perspecitves and Recent Developments 
In co-operation with the Department of Political Science, Duke University, USA, and the Institute of Political Science, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

Directors: 
Matthias Riedl, Central European University, Department of History, Budapest, Hungary
Hans Jörg-Segwart, Institute of Political Science, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

For more details, follow this link: http://www.summer.ceu.hu/religion-2013

2010
Messianism - Jewish and Christian Perspectives

Directors:
Michael L. Miller, Central European University, Nationalisms Studies Program/Jewish Studies, Budapest, Hungary
Matthias Riedl, Central European University, Department of History, Budapest, Hungary

 

2008
Religion and Politics: The Presence of the Sacred and Secular Traditions in Europe and the Middle East

Directors:
Matthias Riedl, History Department, Central European University, Budapest
Jürgen Gebhardt, Political Science Department, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Bavarian-American Academy, Munich

 

2005
Bookish Traditions: Authority and the Book in Scripturalist
Religion

Directors:
Aziz Al-Azmeh, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
Nadia Al-Bagdadi, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

 

2004
Reconsidering Islamic Reformism - Comparative Perspectives

Directors:
Aziz Al-Azmeh, Central European University, Budapest
Nadia Al-Bagdadi, Central European University, Budapest