2014 was an especially prolific year for the History Department: as authors and (co-)editors, faculty members published altogether 12 books with leading international academic publishers.
The chronological coverage is from late antiquity to communist times, the geographic spread is truly trans-national (even trans-continental and global), and the topics and approaches range from religious studies, political thought and intellectual history, through history of science and history of empires, to questions of identity, social and political history.
History PhD Adrian Grama has been awarded the CEU Award for Advanced Doctoral Students for his outstanding academic achievements and student research. Martin Pjecha receives the Academic Achievement Award for First-Year Doctoral Students.
Visual Studies Platform (launched in November 2014) is a cross-disciplinary initiative designed to explore and propose innovative approaches to research and teaching visual imagery in the digital century. It encompasses research on visual theory, method and history with a strong emphasis on digital cultures, film and iconology across different media forms.
