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In this interview, Robert Antonin, Associate Professor of History at Ostrava University in Czech Republic, discusses his research into the importance of rulership rituals in the High Middle Ages, Bohemia.  He shows how the visualization of rulership through the public display of ritual built the legitimacy of the ruler, and how the public acceptance of this legitimacy enhanced social cohesion and...

The UrbanCommunity podcast elevates voices from community led initiaitves for sustainable and just cities. In today's episode, Sıla from Roof Coliving in Turkey convinces us that civic engagement, especially from young people, is what puts the 'just' in 'Just Transition'. She also tells us about a quirky project in Maltepe that's poking people to think about climate change, and shares her mindset...

The UrbanCommunity podcast elevates voices from community led initiaitves for sustainable and just cities. In today's episode, Filippos from Pervolarides in Thessaloniki shares his experience with creating a social solidarity net through food and beyond. He gives an honest take on the personal strain of community work, tips on how to lessen it, and a surprising account of how the Covid-19 pandemic...

The ‘Oxford Handbook of Medieval Central Europe 800 – 1600’ was conceived in Budapest, Hungary in 2014, outlined in Olomouc, Czechia in 2016 and finally published by Oxford University Press in 2022. In this interview, the joint editors of the book, Nada Zecevic and Daniel Ziemann, discuss the process of creating a Handbook that consists of twenty-four chapters written by over fifty different schol...

Amanda Cote (University of Oregon) discusses how crunch has become deeply embedded in the video game industry, leading developers to distinguist between "good crunch" and "bad crunch."YouTube version:https://youtu.be/DQltuh_EwlwFollow Amanda on social media:https://twitter.com/accotehttp://www.amandaccote.com/Original Study:https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14614448211014213

The UrbanCommunity podcast elevates voices from community led initiaitves for sustainable and just cities. In today's episode, Amy from HubRen in London shares her thoughts on the interconectedness of all things, how hope is a verb, and the power of art and culture in climate conversations. Learn about the Hub here: https://www.hubren.org/

Ian and Kate are off on new adventures, but the podcast continutes! Sophia Silverton introduces its new focus: sharing the stories of community initiaives for sustainable and just cities. Image by  Lucia Di Paola

Welcome to the first episode of the CEU Press podcast series! To start us off, Frances Pinter (Executive Chair, CEU Press) and Emily Poznanski (Director, CEU Press) sit down with Andrea Talabér (Managing Editor, CEU Review of Books) to talk about the beginnings of the CEU Press, its mission, how it has developed since its foundation and about the Press’s plans for the future. Ever wonder what goes...

In this interview Éloïse Adde, Assistant Professor at Central European University's Medieval Studies Department, speaks on the topic of the medieval nation. Using examples from Luxemburg Bohemia and the duchy of Brabant, she demonstrates the processes that led to the creation of pre-modern political nationhood.

In this interview, Associate Professor Daniela Rywikova, University of Ostrava, talks about her book ‘Spectrum Mortis, The Image of Death in Late Medieval Bohemian Painting’.  She considers how the people of Bohemia in the medieval period thought about death, represented death, prepared for their own death, and how the worlds of the living dead and the dead were compressed together in ways which a...

Chris J. Young (University of Toronto) discusses how the Canadian independent video game maker scene has evolved thanks to such robust tools as the Unity Engine, as well as how Unity managed to become a silent giant in the video game industry thanks to its strong grip on the indie scene and mobile platforms. Video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEp8g4y-cJkChris on social media: https://t...

In this interview, Zoë Opačić, Senior Lecturer in the Department of the History of Art at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK, discusses her current research into how royalty, religion and relics impacted town planning and architecture, and thus changed the shape of major cities in central Europe.  The interview focusses on Prague, Krakow and Vienna in the fifteenth century, specifically du...

Jan Švelch (Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic) discusses how player surveillance and the gathering of player data have become a norm in the gaming industry and how developers and publishers have entered into a seemingly reciprocal relationship with players, who receive limited access to this data through infographics and "fun fact" metrics that are disseminated among players and in the...

In this episode Adrienn Kiss, a CEU Legal Studies Department alumna talks with Serge Sych, Vice President for Enrollment Management, Career Services and Alumni Relations and Pavel Tereshchenko, Department of Public Policy student and Alumni Scholarship recipient, about her involvement with Ukrainian refugees in Hungary as she compiles databases with all the information they might need during their...

In this interview, Dr. Fabian Kümmeler talks about his on-going research into the socio-professional community of herders on the island of Korčula in Venetian Dalmatia, in the fifteenth century. Based on largely neglected archival holdings from the Croatian State Archive in Zadar, which include business contracts, records of litigation and dispute resolution, Fabian describes how the herding busin...

In this episode Gulnoza Khasanova, a CEU Cultural Heritage Studies Program alumna talks with Serge Sych, Vice President for Enrollment Management, Career Services and Alumni Relations and Oleksandr Vasylenko, Legal Studies Department student and Alumni Scholarship recipient, about her initiative to cover the cost of the vacant dorm rooms at the CEU Residence Center in Budapest for CEU graduates es...

GENS: Behind the Scenes was inaugurated by Sara Anselmo and Lilli Settari, two master’s students at the Gender Studies department of Central European University, in Spring 2022. They were curious about the lives and careers of Gender Studies faculty members they had encountered as teachers, and keen to get to know them beyond the classroom - and at the same time, to give their peers and prospectiv...

MECERN interview with Michaela Antonín MalaníkováMichaela Antonín Malaníková is the Assistant Professor in the Department of History, Faculty of Arts at Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic. In this interview, she discusses the marital disputes which resulted in litigation before ecclesiastical and municipal courts in the Bohemian lands, 1300 – 1500. She considers the general approach to ma...

The podcast shares the perspectives of faculty and students of OSUN Collaborative Network Course on Antisemitism, Holocaust, Colonialism, Gender.  These termes are used as  a lens through which to examine prejudice, discrimination, race and hate in their historical and contemporary manifestations. These questions have often been discussed in a bifurcated way, with antisemitism and the Holocaust st...

What is the difference between altar and altarpiece? How were the altarpieces produced and used in medieval churches? How did medieval people see and understand them? In this interview, Chris Mielke talks with Emese Sarkadi Nagy, an art historian from the Christian Museum in Esztergom, Hungary, about the manufacturing and symbolism of Transylvanian altarpieces and their place in medieval society. ...

In this episode of Past Perfect, Chris Mielke is joined by Ádám Nádasdy, a professor of English linguistics and a poet who is famous for translation Sheakspear`s plays into Hungarian. The professor starts the conversation with the Anglo-Norman world, the development of English in the Middle Ages, and the interactions between English and French. You will learn how the difference between „swine” and...

In this episode, Chris Mielke has an exciting conversation about medieval forests and the woodcutting economy with the researcher Péter Szabó. The doctor explains how to study medieval landscapes, shows the difference between forests and woodlands, and talks about woodcutting's technologies and economic benefits in the Middle Ages and Early Modern times. He also tells where to find medieval forest...

Why was it important for the regent of the Netherlands to be unmarried? What is the connection between a Hungarian Queen and Luther? Why did Mary of Austria sign herself as Mary of Hungary? And why is it possible to create an exhibition about these queens full of empty glass boxes? In this interview, Chris Mielke speaks with Orsolya Réthelyi, a specialist in Early Modern Queenship, and explores un...

What do Faust and John Dee, Queen Elizabeth I's official magician, have in common? How to speak the language of angels and use magic crystals? What did Renaissance occultism look like, and how did it affect the modern understanding of magic? Christopher Melke discusses all these issues with György Szőnyi, a specialist in Renaissance and modern literature, whose academic interests include occultism...