CEU’s Department of Historical Studies is announcing a two-year post-doctoral researcher position funded by the FWF Cluster of Excellence “EurAsian Transformations”.
Regional and chronological specializations are open, but applicants should…
Almost every known empire was established “from the horseback,” and the military naturally played a crucial role in the empire’s establishment. The later trajectory differed tremendously, though. Some empires tended to reduce the importance of the…
Digital Frontiers: Artificial Intelligence and the Study of the Ancient World
This event brings together scholars and students of AI, Digital Humanities, and the study of antiquity, to explore both the challenges and the new research opportunities offered by generative AI. The program will include an AI workshop and Q+A…
Meeresstraßen, Seeblockaden und imperiale Macht – einst und jetzt by Robert Rollinger
EurAsia-Blog in DerStandard:
Geografisch neuralgische Wasserstraßen waren schon in der Antike strategische Brennpunkte politischer Konflikte
Im Gastblogbeitrag blickt Robert Rollinger, Professor für Kulturbeziehungen und Kulturkontakte zwischen…
Learning from Experience in Medieval Tabriz? Islamic Views on Chinese and Mongol Medicine and the Limits of Cultural Exchange
The Mongol integration of Eurasia created unprecedented opportunities for cross-cultural exchange. Chinese, Persian, Tibetan, and other medical experts traveled to distant courts to treat the khans and their diasporic communities of migrating…
Mukashi, mukashi: "Es war einmal …" auf Japanisch by Christine Frank
EurAsia-Blog in DerStandard:
Märchenbücher als wertvolle Zeugnisse eines sich wandelnden Japanbilds in Europa
Im Gastblogbeitrag schreibt Komparatistin Christine Frank über die Bedeutung japanischer Märchen in europäischen Sprachen für die…
This is the eleventh lecture in the lecture series Religious Philosophy in Pre-Modern Eurasia: Questions of Translatability organized within the framework of the Cluster of Excellence Eurasian Transformations: Resources of the Past and Challenges of…
Anxious Ancestors: Temple Destruction, Ruler Conversion, and the Contest over Sacred Power in the Mongol Empire
The lecture examines violence directed at ancestor images and religious change, with particular attention to conversion to Islam, in the Mongol Empire. It situates the desecration of temples, burial sites, and royal remains at the intersection of…
Postdoc (f/m/x) Position at the Department of Byzantine Research (full time / 40 hours per week), with a Focus on Mobility and Migration in and out of Byzantium: The Outside Perspective
The position is defined for a research focus Mobility and Migration in and out of Byzantium: The Outside Perspective. Given its geographic location at the intersection of three continents, the East Roman Empire of the Middle Ages engaged in…
The four partner institutions collaborate in offering training to students and early career scholars in Austria and internationally. For this purpose, the Austrian Consortium for the Study of EurAsia (ACE) was initiated.
Through courses, summer schools, workshops, and training sessions, both in person and online, we aim to equip new generations with the following skills:
Competence in reading original language sources as a basis for cultural literacy
Global methodology and outlook
Competence in the use of digital methods
A set of transferable skills
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