CEU Podcasts

Taste Over TechniqueTeaching data analytics in the age of AI demands a fundamental rethink of what students need to learn, how they are assessed, and what analytical competence actually means when AI can write the code, run the models, and produce the results. This episode explores the rapid collapse of traditional assessment, shares why taste may be the most valuable skill a data analyst can deve...

In this interview, Michał Machalski discusses his recent thesis research into rulers, subjects, and loyalty in 13th Century Poland’.   The thirteenth century in Poland was a period of intense turmoil and fragmentation, with many of the nobility battling for supremacy, and for the right to be King, while the Teutonic Knights made increasing incursions into Polish lands. In this complex and fracture...

The Collaborative Seminar Cultures of Hate and Oppression was coordinated to address the complexities of these topics that are of urgent global importance in our era of continuing discrimination, forced migration, socially sanctioned violence, and war.2026

The Collaborative Seminar Cultures of Hate and Oppression was coordinated to address the complexities of these topics that are of urgent global importance in our era of continuing discrimination, forced migration, socially sanctioned violence, and war.2026

In this episode of the Protecting Academia at Risk podcast, we speak with Volha Davydzik, a Belarusian researcher working at the intersection of social and political philosophy, feminist theory, and protest studies. Drawing on her experiences across Belarus, China, and Germany, Volha reflects on academic displacement, mobility, care, solidarity, and the challenges of rebuilding an academic life in...

In this episode of Protecting Academia at Risk, Elena Trifan speaks with researcher Venera Régent, WPZ Research, about universities living through war, armed conflict, and systemic crisis. The conversation explores the Erasmus+-funded project CLOUD HED - Disaster Resilience in the Higher Education Sector via a Cloud University Model, which investigates how higher education institutions adapt under...

Dorottya Uhrin is an assistant professor at the Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) in Medieval History Department.  In this interview she discusses her on-going research into the phenomenon of the ‘virgin kings’ that occurred in the eleventh and twelfth centuries in Europe. Dorottya’s work focusses on Prince Emeric, the last surviving son of King Istvan I of Hungary who, according to his saintly lege...

What happens when academic freedom stops being a principle and becomes a daily negotiation? In recent years, discussions about academic freedom have expanded rapidly. And yet, many scholars, especially those early in their careers, continue to navigate increasing pressure without clear tools, support structures, or even a shared language to describe what is happening to them. This episode brings t...

In this interview, Anna Boreczky discusses her fascinating research into the medieval illustrations of the story of ‘Apollonius, King of Tyre’ a romance from late antiquity which became a Medieval blockbuster, popular throughout Europe. Anna is an art historian and expert in medieval book culture, and is part of the Fragmenta et Codices research group in Budapest.  She starts by telling the story...

In this interview, Olga Kalashnikova and Jan Kremer discuss their on-going research into historical digital gaming.  They note that around sixty percent of the population regularly play digital games, and that historical games generally constitute twenty percent of the most popular games, implying that history sells games. Olga and Jan research not only the games and their developers, but most imp...

The Collaboration Code is a podcast that explores engaged research and collaborative projects between academic and civil actors. In this second episode, together with Gabi Gőbl, we explore how engaged research can be done together with vulnerable groups in an ethical and non-intrusive way. We also discuss academia's responsibility towards society and the importance of knowledge sharing. The podcas...

In this episode, Nadyia Kiss, Tania Arcimovich and Elena Trifan join for an intimate conversation about the emotional side of studying scholars at risk. Instead of focusing on results or policy, they reflect on what it felt like to work in the field: the moments of injustice, helplessness, solidarity, and unexpected hope that shaped their research. The discussion moves from personal biographies to...

Pillanatképek 2.0 - nyitott akadémia a második világháború történetéről. Az MTA II. világháború története albizottság előadássorozata. Az Auschwitzban 1944 tavaszán és nyarán végrehajtott tömeggyilkosság a magyarországi holokauszt legtragikusabb fejezete és annak központi történeteként ismert. Mintegy 110 ezer nő és férfi élte túl a szelekciót és a náci hadiipar utolsó, végsőkig kizsákmányolhatóna...

Pillanatképek 2.0 - nyitott akadémia a második világháború történetéről. Az MTA II. világháború története albizottság előadássorozata. A podcast előadás arra keresi a választ, hogy milyen összefüggésben álltak a második világháború utolsó éveiben a szövetséges hatalmak között kialakult ellentétek a hidegháború elindulásával. A posztrevizionista hidegháborús történeti iskola (J. L. Gaddis és társai...

Pillanatképek - nyitott akadémia a második világháború történetéről. Az MTA II. világháború története albizottság előadássorozata.1944 decemberében olyan események játszódtak le Csepelen, amelyekre sem korábban, sem azt követően nem volt példa, a németek által megszállt és nyilas uralom alatt álló Magyarországon. Csepel lakossága szinte egy emberként tagadta meg a település déli részének kiürítésé...

Pillanatképek - nyitott akadémia a második világháború történetéről. Az MTA II. világháború története albizottság előadássorozata. Azt gondolnánk, hogy valaki, aki egy ország nemzeti hőse, akit a zsidó Jeanne d’Arc-nak neveznek, és Anna Frankhoz hasonlítanak, aki több nyelvre lefordított jelentős irodalmi életművet hagyott hátra, az sikerrel vívja majd meg harcát a történelmi tetteket végrehajtó n...

Pillanatképek 2.0 - nyitott akadémia a második világháború történetéről. Az MTA II. világháború története albizottság előadássorozata. A második világháború éveiben a Magyar Királyság egyik fajsúlyos társadalmi-gazdasági problémáját jelentette az ország területére érkező, vagy azon áthaladó menekültek kérdése. A (kényszer)migrációs folyamatok hátterében különböző okok álltak: etnikai, vallási vagy...

Pillanatképek - nyitott akadémia a második világháború történetéről. Az MTA II. világháború története albizottság előadássorozata. A magyar szélsőjobboldal és a Horthy-korszak kutatójaként számos alkalommal hívtak művelődési intézményekbe és iskolákba, hogy tartsak előadást az érdeklődő nagyközönségnek és diákoknak a Horthy-kori antiszemitizmusról és holokausztról. Ismeretterjesztő kiadványok, kiá...

Pillanatképek2.0 - nyitott akadémia a második világháború történetéről. Az MTA II. világháború története albizottság előadássorozata.2021-ben indítottuk el a „Revisiting Early Testimonies of Hungarian Jewish Holocaust Survivors through a Digital Lens” című kutatási projektünket. A Digital Lens interdiszciplináris kutatócsoportban a digitális történettudomány és a computational social science innov...

Adinel Dincă is Associate Professor at Babeș-Bolyai University (UBB) in Cluj-Napoca.  In this interview he talks about his major research project “Restory – Recovering Past Stories for the Future: A Synergistic Approach to Textual and Oral Heritage of Small Communities”.  While this project focuses on the little known group of Transylvanian Saxons, it includes partners from all over Europe. The pr...

This episode is a bit more different then our last ones, we get to travel a bit in time. Back in April, we hosted a live conversation on academic freedom, what it means, why it’s under attack, and how scholars navigate increasing political and institutional pressures. Revisiting it today reveals just how much the landscape has continued to deteriorate. With Alina Dragolea as host and contributions...

The Collaboration Code is a podcast that explores engaged research and collaborative projects between academic and civil actors. The first guest of the series is Yuki Seidler, manager of CEU's Science for Society Hub. The episode deals with the changing role of universities and engaged research as a way to respond to the challenges academia is facing. We talk about how social sciences navigate the...

The Collaboration Code is a podcast that explores the collaborative projects between academic and civil actors. The series deals with engaged research, the questions of a changing academia and the future pathways for social sciences. 

In this episode of Protecting Academia at Risk, we look at what happens when the boundaries between science, politics, and ideology are deliberately blurred and who benefits from that blurring. Featuring Andrea Pető, Dina Gusejnova, Nadia Kiss, Bernhard Kleeberg, Alina Drăgolea, and Elena Trifan, the conversation moves from the attacks on gender studies to the deeper structural mechanisms that all...

In this interview, Nicholas Tayler talks about his thesis research into the migration of missionaries and merchants from the Lotharingian region, in the current day Low Countries, to ‘New Europe’ and specifically to Hungary. Nick looks at how he is tracing this fascinating, but largely forgotten migration route from Lotharingia to Hungary through a mixture of documents and histories, mostly from e...