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Some numbers and facts on Medieval Studies alumni
Since the beginning of the Medieval Studies Program and then Department, between 1992 and 2015, almost 400 MAs defended successfully their theses.
Between 1996 and July 2015 almost 100 PhDs defended successfully their dissertations.
There is a lively interaction between the alumni community and the department:
- Alumni are regularly invited for and they also organize conferences, workshops, summer university courses; they also can participate in and organize research projects
- Alumni celebrated the 20-year departmental anniversary in Hungary (June 14-1, 2013)
- They could publish in the Annual and/or in the CEU Medievalia Series, or at Archeolingua and Solivagus publishers
- There are possibilities to work as external readers for MA theses, as chairs at MA thesis defenses, as recommenders for MA students, as editors in the Text Series; to teach and co-teach at the department
Academic Year 2014/15
One-Year MA (Medieval Studies)
- BURIC, Vanja | Croatia
Thesis topic: The Reaction to the Siege of Zara in Western Christendom
Supervisor: Nagy - FILIMON, Florin | Romania
Thesis topic: Pillars of the Community: Rhetoric, History, and Exegesis in the Life of Alypius the Stylite
Supervisor: Menze, Perczel - ILKO, Krisztina | Hungary
Thesis topic: The Iconographical and Theological Context of the Frescoes of Zseliz
Supervisor: Klaniczay, Szakacs, Saghy - KUMIC, Lea | Croatia
Thesis topic: Social Criticism in Naljeskovic's Comedies
Supervisors: Jaritz - LAGINJA, Matea | Croatia
Thesis topic: The Black Death in Medieval Croatia and England, a Comparative Study
Supervisor: Jaritz, Szende - MCMAHON, Lucas | Canada
Thesis topic: Understanding the Context of 'De Velitatione'
Supervisor: Gaul, Menze - NAGY, Peter | Hungary
Thesis topic: Islamic Artefacts in 12-13th c. Hungary
Supervisor: Szakacs, Laszlovszky - NEKIC, Antun | Croatia
Thesis topic: Oligarchs, King and Local Community: Medieval Slavonia 1301-1343
Supervisor: Szende - PETROVIC, Miso | Croatia
Thesis topic: Popes, Prelates, Pretenders. The role of the high clergy of Croatia, Dalmatia and Slavonia in the fight for the Hungarian throne in the 14th century
Supervisor: Jaritz, Szende - RAKOS-ZICHY, Johanna | Hungary
Thesis topic: Public or Private Affair? Questions of Burial through the eyes of Bishops in Late Antiq
Supervisor: Saghy - SCHEERS, Joost | The Netherlands
Thesis topic: Episcopal Authority in the Ostrogothic Kingdom, AD 493 - 535
Supervisor: Saghy, Menze - SIVEK, Liat | US
Thesis topic: The Cosmology of Yom Tov Lipmann Mühlhausen in Practice
Supervisor: Wilke
Two-Year MA (2013/2014–2014/2015)
- DAROVSKIKH, Andrey | Russian Federation
Thesis topic: Nemesius's "On the Nature of Man": Between Philosophy and Medicine
Supervisor: Perczel, Istvan - FARCAS, Andrei | Romania
Thesis topic: Maces in Medieval Transylvania - 13th-16th centuries
Supervisor: Laszlovszky, Jozsef - GIAMMANCO, Amanda | US
Thesis topic: Never Give Your Real Name: Jachia ibn Mehmet’s Pursuit of the Ottoman Throne in Early Seventeenth-century Confessional Diplomacy
Supervisor: Krstic, Tijana - HAYRAPETYAN, Piruza | Armenia
Thesis topic: Gandz (Armenian Church Poetry Genre) in the Context of Byzantine Church Poetry
Supervisor: Perczel, Istvan - ROJAS MOLINA, Grabiela | Venezuela
Thesis topic: The Religious Context of Blood Revenge: The Kanun in Northern Albania in the Mid-Fifteenth Century
Supervisors: Jaritz, Gerhard; Ziemann, Daniel - ROTHSTEIN-DOWDEN, Zachary| United States of America
Thesis topic: The Redactive Style and Method of Simeon Metaphrastes
Supervisors: Perczel, Istvan; Buzasi, Gabor - SULOVSKY, Vedran | Croatia
Thesis topic: The Political Iconography of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and His Circle
Supervisor: Ziemann, Daniel - VASILJEVIC, Bojana | Serbia
Thesis topic: Fear of the Turks"": Fear in Serbian Territories During the 14th and 15th Centuries
Supervisors: Krstic, Tijana - XU, Zhexin | China
Thesis topic: The Perceptions of Horse in Thirteenth-and-Fourteenth-Century China
Supervisor: Choyke, Alice and Jaritz, Gerhard
Academic Year 2013/14
One-Year MA (Medieval Studies)
- Bebes, Arpad | Hungary
Thesis topic: Late Medieval Hungarian Maritime Influence and its Economic Effects on the Adriatic Sea Trade in the Periode of Louis I.
Supervisor: Nagy, Balazs - Bena, Samuel | Slovakia
Thesis topic: The Small War in the Late Middle Ages: A Comparison of the English and Bohemian Experiences
Supervisor: Veszpremy, Laszlo - Bertovic, Kristian | Croatia
Thesis topic: Between the Cross and the Sword: Frankapan Patronage over the Order of St. Paul the First Hermit
Supervisor: Szende, Katalin - Cuculic, Marta | Croatia
Thesis topic: Community Poblems in Late Medieval Rieka: A Study on the Liber Civilium sive Notificationum (1446-1453)
Supervisors: Jaritz, Gerhard and Ziemann, Daniel - Gal, Judit | Hungary
Thesis topic: Hungarian horizons in the History of the Church in Dalmatia (1102-1301). The Role of the Royal Grants to Church
Supervisor: Szende, Katalin - Katanec, Sara | Croatia
Thesis topic: Wealth, Power, and Lands: Barbara of Cilli's Family Agenda
Supervisor: Szende, Katalin - Kocsis, Alexandra Szilvia | Hungary
Thesis topic:Text and Image on Reproductive Prints. A Case Study of Sixteenth-Century Prints After Raphael’s Design
Supervisors: Szakacs, Bela Zsolt and Jaritz, Gerhard - Krnic, Marija | Croatia
Thesis topic: Passion & Devotion: Passion Plays and the Performance of the Piety on the Eastern Adriatic Coast
Supervisor: Klaniczay, Gabor - Mancilla, Lazaro | US
Thesis topic: The Greek text of the Syriac Codex Climaci Rescriptus
Supervisors: Perczel, Istvan and Menze, Volker - Nagy, Szabolcs Balazs | Hungary
Thesis topic: Architectural Prestige Representation of the Aristocrats in the First Half of the 15th Century in Hungary
Supervisor: Laszlovszky, Jozsef - Ocak, Derya | Turkey
Thesis topic: Gift and Purpose: the Political and Social Dimensions of the Gift-giving between Istvan Bathory, Vojvode of Transylvania, and the Ottoman Sultans Selim II and Murat III
Supervisors: Krstic, Tijana and Sebok, Marcell - Peto, Zsuzsa Eszter | Hungary
Thesis topic: The Medieval Landscape of the Pauline Monasteries in the Pilis Forest
Supervisors: Laszlovszky, Jozsef and Rasson, Judith - Silnovic, Nirvana | Croatia
Thesis topic: Soli deo Stellam et Fructiferam: The Art of the Mithraic Cult in Salona
Supervisor: Menze, Volker - Soficaru, Iuliana | Romania
Thesis topic: The Medical Work of Paul of Aegina: The Case of Treating Rabies
Supervisor: Csepregi, Ildiko - Stark, Karen | US
Thesis topic: Saints, Stones, and Springs: Cult Sites and the Sacralization of Landscape in Medieval Central Europe
Supervisor: Klaniczay, Gabor
Two-year MA
- Alisik, Emir | Turkey Thesis topic: Clash of Utopia and Reality: Urban Topography of Mistra and Plethon's Suggestions on It. Supervisors: Gaul, Niels; Gereby, Gyorgy; Szende, Katalin
- Antonic, Nikolina | Croatia; Thesis topic: Contribution to the Research of Bijelo Brdo Culture: Settlement at the Site SepkovcicaSupervisor: Laszlovszky, Jozsef; Rasson, Judith; Ziemann, Daniel
- Barath, Anita Karmen| Hungary; Thesis topic: Wall Paintings as Archaeological Resources; Supervisors: Laszlovszky, Jozsef; Szakacs Bela Zsolt
- Belucz, Monika| Hungary; Thesis topic: Eastern Monasticism and Western Church in Late Antiquity: The Case of Early Irish Church History; Supervisor: Saghy, Marianne
- D'Albini, Zsuzsa| Hungary ; Thesis topic: Iconographic Analysis of the Image of Byzantine Court Dancers in the Middle Byzantine Era; Supervisors: Christidou; Gaul, Niels; Szakacs, Bela Zsolt;
- Gonella, Giacomo| Italy; Thesis topic: Early-Medieval Pottery from Friuli (Italy) and the Territory of Aquileia; Supervisors: Barbiera, Irene; Laszloszky, Jozsef
- Gyarmati, Sandor| Hungary: Thesis topic: Economy and Economic Connections of Late Medieval Towns in the Northern Part of Hungarian Kingdom; Supervisor: Nagy, Balazs; Szende Katalin
- Jambrek, Anita| Croatia; Thesis topic: Talking Pictures - Art as a Form of Communication in Medieval Ages; Supervisors: Jaritz, Gerhard; Klaniczay, Gabor; Szakacs , Bela Zsolt
- Juganaru, Andra| Hungary; Thesis topic: Daily Life in Double and Mixed Monasteries between Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages; Supervisors: Saghy, Marianne; Menze, Volke
Two-year MA (2012/2013–2013/2014)
- Alisik, Emir | Turkey
Thesis topic: Three Letters from Georgios Gemistos Plethon: Attempts to Change Fifteenth Century Morea and its Broader Political Context
Supervisor: Gaul, Niels - Demirtiken, Elif | Turkey
Thesis topic: Mapping the Meaning: Monastic Topography of Constantinople, 1081-1204 and 1261-1328
Supervisor: Gaul, Niels - Guni, Bukurije | Albania
Thesis topic: Marriage Payments in the Venetian Adriatic: a Comperativ Approach to the Statues of Shkodra and Budva
Supervisor: Gerhard, Jaritz - Horvat, Franka | Croatia
Thesis topic: Artistic Transfers from across the Adriatic: the 13th Century Frescoes of St. Chrysogonus in Zadar
Supervisor: Szakacs, Bela Zsolt, Gerhard, Jaritz - Jambrek, Anita | Croatia
Thesis topic: Case Study of Royal Piety in the Fourteenth Century - The Story of the Shrine of Saint Simeon
Supervisor: Klaniczay, Gabor; Szakacs, Bela Zsolt; Gerhard, Jaritz | - Khan, Aamir Shahzada | Pakistan
Thesis topic: Multaqā al-Abḥur of Ibrāhīm al-Ḥalabī (d. 1549): A Ḥanafī Legal Text in Its Sixteenth-Century Ottoman Context
Supervisor: Krstic, Tijana - Kis-Jakab, Dora | Hungary
Thesis topic: Thomas Aquinas on Mixed Government and the Government of the Dominican Order
Supervisor: Gereby, Gyorgy - Kovaleva, Daria | Russia
Thesis topic: The Trope of Kyra as a Jewish Female Intermediary in the Sixteenth-Century Ottoman Imperial Harem: Theory and Practice, Fiction and History
Supervisor: Krstic, Tijana, Wilke, Carsten - Razum, Igor | Croatia
Thesis topic: Tradition and Reform: The Impact of the Fourth Lateran Council in Central Europe
Supervisors: Klaniczay, Gabor; Saghy, Marianne
ERASMUS
Fall term:
- Malinowski, Rajmund | Poland
Catholic University of Lublin, Jana Pawla II - Marzec, Dawid | Poland
Catholic University of Lublin, Jana Pawla II - Milcic, Ana-Maria | Croatia
University of Rijeka - Kloet, Lars | The Netherlands
University of Utrecht
- Bruggermann, Simon | Germany
University of Hamburg
Bard Program
- Butler, Caelie | US
Academic Year 2012/13
One-Year MA (Medieval Studies)
- Alisik, Emir | Turkey
Thesis topic: Clash of Utopia and Reality: Urban Topography of Mistra and Plethon's Suggestions on It
Supervisors: Gaul, Niels; Gereby, Gyorgy; Szende, Katalin - Antonic, Nikolina | Croatia
Thesis topic: Contribution to the Research of Bijelo Brdo Culture: Settlement at the Site SepkovcicaSupervisor: Laszlovszky, Jozsef; Rasson, Judith; Ziemann, Daniel - Barath, Anita Karmen | Hungary
Thesis topic: Wall Paintings as Archaeological Resources - Supervisors: Laszlovszky, Jozsef; Szakacs Bela Zsolt
- Belucz, Monika | Hungary
Thesis topic: Eastern Monasticism and Western Church in Late Antiquity: The Case of Early Irish Church History - Supervisor: Saghy, Marianne
- D'Albini, Zsuzsa | Hungary
Thesis topic: Iconographic Analysis of the Image of Byzantine Court Dancers in the Middle Byzantine Era - Supervisors: Christidou; Gaul, Niels; Szakacs, Bela Zsolt;
- Gonella, Giacomo | Italy
Thesis topic: Early-Medieval Pottery from Friuli (Italy) and the Territory of Aquileia - Supervisors: Barbiera, Irene; Laszloszky, Jozsef
- Gyarmati, Sandor | Hungary
Thesis topic: Economy and Economic Connections of Late Medieval Towns in the Northern Part of Hungarian Kingdom - Supervisor: Nagy, Balazs; Szende Katalin
- Jambrek, Anita | Croatia
Thesis topic: Talking Pictures - Art as a Form of Communication in Medieval Ages
Supervisors: Jaritz, Gerhard; Klaniczay, Gabor; Szakacs , Bela Zsol - Juganaru, Andra | Hungary
Thesis topic: Daily Life in Double and Mixed Monasteries between Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages
Supervisors: Saghy, Marianne; Menze, Volke - Alisik, Emir | Turkey
Thesis topic: The Social Disintegration on the Late Byzantine Peloponnesos and Pletho's Philosophy
Supervisor: Gaul, Niels - Antonic, Nikolina | Croatia
Thesis topic: Contribution to the Research of Bijelo Brdo Culture: Settlement at the Site Sepkovcica
Supervisors: Laszlovszky, Jozsef; Rasson, Judith - Barath, Anita Karmen| Hungary
Thesis topic: Dress Accessories: Wall Paintings as Archaeological Resources
Supervisors: Laszlovszky, Jozsef; Szakacs Bela Zsolt - Belucz, Monika| Hungary
Thesis topic: Saint Patrick and Monasticism. The Figure of the Monk-bishop
Supervisor: Saghy, Marianne; Menze, Volker - D'Albini, Zsuzsa| Hungary
Thesis topic: Texts and Images of Byzantine Dancers: Contextualizing the Dancing Scene on the Monomachos Crown
Supervisors: Gaul, Niels; Szakacs, Bela Zsolt; Christidou, Anna - Gonella, Giacomo| Italy
Thesis topic: Early Medieval Coarseware Ceramics in the Local Economy of Broili: A case study
Supervisors: Barbiera, Irene; Laszlovszky, Jozsef - Gyarmati, Sandor| Hungary
Thesis topic: The Linen Industry of Bardejov in the 15th century
Supervisors: Nagy, Balazs; Szende, Katalin - Hespen, Holger| Germany
Thesis topic: The Afterlife in the Works of Gregory the Great: Comparing the Moralia and the Dialogues
Supervisor: Gereby, Gyorgy - Jambrek, Anita| Croatia
Thesis topic: Talking Pictures - Art as a Form of Communication in the Middle Ages. The story of the Chest of St. Simeon
Supervisors: Jaritz, Gerhard; Klaniczay, Gabor; Szakacs , Bela Zsolt - Juganaru, Andra| Romania
Thesis topic: Daily Life in Double and Mixed Monasteries in the Late Antique Near East
Supervisors: Saghy, Marianne; Menze, Volker - Maric, Ivan| Serbia
Thesis topic: Romanos I Lekapenos: Legitimizing Usurpation
Supervisor: Gaul, Niels - Nestorov, Marijana| Serbia
Thesis topic: Killing and Being Killed: The Two Faces of the Crocodile
Supervisor: Jaritz, Gerhard - Neu, Matthew| US
Thesis topic: Access Analysis of Castles: Comparative Case Studies
Supervisor: Laszlovszky, Jozsef - Russo, Eugen| Romania
Thesis topic: Perspective, Paradox and a Scientific Mode of Thought in Nicolaus Cusanus' Radical Thought and Its BackgroundSupervisor: Gereby, Gyorgy - Vargha, Maria| Hungary
Thesis topic: Typochronology of Dress Accessories from the 12-13th centuries, Based on the Finds from Kána Village
Supervisor: Laszlovszky, Jozsef
Two-year MA (2011/12–2012/13)
- Bara, Péter Tamás | Hungary
Thesis topic: The Hagiographical Oeuvre of Eustathios of Thessalonike
Supervisor: Gaul, Niels - Bujor, Cristian | Romania
Thesis topic: Quod Deus Non Potest. The Limits of the Power of God in the Thought of Thomas Aquinas and Their Relation with the 1277 Condemntion
Supervisor: Geréby, György - Debna, Magdalena | Poland
Thesis topic: Our Lady of Częstochowa: A comparative study of miracle-working Marian icons and images in regard to their function in the Latin West in the Middle Ages
Supervisor: Szakács, Béla Zsolt - Fernández Aceves, Hervin | Mexico
Thesis topic: Fall in the Norman Kingdom of Sicily: the Dynamics of the Royal Court of palermo as seen by Hugo Falcandus
Supervisor: Gaul, Niels - Gevorgyan, Narine | Armenia
Thesis topic: On Theological Aspects of Shah Ismail Khatai’s Poetry
Supervisor: Krstic, Tijana - Konya, Anna | Romania
Thesis topic: The Wall Paintings of the Parish Church in Altana (Alzen)
Supervisor: Szakács, Béla Zsolt - Köroglu, Murat | Turkey
Thesis topic: The Late Byzantine Oikeioi as a Social Group: Prosopographical and Quantitative Analysis
Supervisor: Gaul, Niels - May, Tiffany Aurora | US
Thesis topic: Glass Production in the Medieval Monastic Industrial Complex in Pomaz-Nagykovacsi
Supervisors: Laszlovszky, József; Rasson, Judith - Misevic, Marijana | Serbia
Thesis topic:
Supervisors: Krstic, Tijana; Ziemann, Daniel - Mustata, Radu | Romania [on leave]
Thesis topic: Codex Syriacus Mannanam 46 and a homily by Francisco Roz on Saint Thomas
Supervisor: Perczel, István - Nechita, Andrea | Canada
Thesis topic: Female Seducers in Visual Representation
Supervisors: Jaritz, Gerhard; Szakács, Béla Zsolt - Olney, Sarah | US
Thesis topic: The Reception of Charlemagne
Supervisors: Nagy, Balazs; Ziemann, Daniel - Sunnetcioglu, Halil Evren | Turkey
Thesis topic: Ottoman Perceptions of the Battle of Lepanto
Supervisor: Krstic, Tijana - Tóth, Johanna | Hungary
Thesis topic: Spanish Captives in the Ottoman Empire
Supervisor: Krstic, Tijana
ERASMUS
- Pagoudis, Themistoklis| National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
- Gravier, Jeremy |University of Rennes II, France
- Guedon, Anais| University of Rennes II, France
- Thalarowski, Rhett| Georg August University Gottingen, Germany
- Wedig, Marco| University of Hamburg, Germany
- Baumann, Jessica|Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany
Academic Year 2011/12
One-Year MA (Medieval Studies)
- Bailey, Ryan | US
Thesis topic: Arethas and the Scholia on Philostratus's Vita Appollonii and Eusebius's Contra Hieroclem
Supervisor: Gaul, Niels - Becskereki, Ida | Hungary
Thesis topic: Foreknowledge and Semantics – Logical Presuppositions in Ockham's and Holcot's Solution to Divina Praescientia
Supervisor: Geréby, György - Bradács, Gábor | Hungary
Thesis topic: Hagiographical Approach to the Ottonian and Salian Imperial Church
Supervisor: Ziemann, Daniel - Incze, János | Romania
Thesis topic: Pledged Towns
Supervisors: Nagy, Balázs; Szende, Katalin - Korondi, Ágnes | Romania
Thesis topic: Prayers on the Passion in Late Medieval Hungarian-Language Codices: Functions and Context
Supervisor: Szőnyi, György - Losonczi, Eszter | Hungary
Thesis topic: The Problems of the Pictorial Definition of the Wandering Jew
Supervisors: Wilke, Carsten; Szakacs, Bela Zsolt - Oliveira, Rose | US
Thesis topic: Labor, Locality and Landscape in Fifteenth Century Books of Hours
Supervisor: Jaritz, Gerhard - Orbán, Áron | Hungary
Thesis topic: Contribution to the Astral Aspects in the Poetry of Janus Pannonius
Supervisors: Geréby, György; Szőnyi, György - Trajkovic Filipovic, Stefan | Serbia
Thesis topic: Comperative Analysis of the Life of St. Jovan Vladimir
Supervisors: Sághy, Marianne; Gaspar, Cristian
ERASMUS
- Chakarov, Kalin | Bulgaria
- Silnovic, Nirvana | Croatia
- Varsou, Maria-Vasiliki | Greece
Bard Program
- n/a
Two-Year MA (Historical Studies: Interdisciplinary Medieval Studies)
Graduating (2010/11–2011/12)
- Mariana Bodnaruk | Ukraine
Thesis topic: The Politics of Memory and Visual Politics: Comparing Constantine and Augustus
Supervisor: Menze, Volker - Dakić, Uroš | Serbia
Thesis topic: The Sokollu Family Clan and the Politics of Vizierial Households in the Second Half of the Sixteenth Century
Supervisor: Krstic, Tijana - Davtyan, Ashkhen | Armenia
Thesis topic: The Transformation of Damascus from a Byzantine city to the Capital of the Islamic World
Supervisor: in 2010/11: Krstic, Tijana; in 2011/12: Al-Azmeh, Aziz - Durmaz, Reyhan | Turkey
Thesis topic: The Making of Christian Hierotopy in Tur 'Abdin
Supervisor: Menze, Volker - Ivanova, Ljupka | Macedonia
Thesis topic: Zoo-osteological Material from Late Antique and Early Medieval City of Stobi
Supervisor: Choyke, Alice
Academic Year 2009/10
One-Year MA (Medieval Studies)
- Jana Bacova | Slovakia
Provisional thesis topic: Hungarian-Polish-Rus' relations during the last three decades of the thirteenth century
Supervisor: B. Nagy - Dora Ivanišević | Croatia
Provisional thesis topic: Fourth-century inscriptions from Salona: construction of identities
Supervisors: V. Menze, M. Sághy - Tatiana Krapivina | Russian Federation
Provisional thesis topic: Dialectic in Eriugena's treatise on predestination
Supervisor: Gy. Geréby - James Plumtree | United Kingdom
Provisional thesis topic: Representation of Hungary in Crusader historiography
Supervisor: J. Laszlovszky - Uroš Rajčević | Serbia
Provisional thesis topic: St Augustine’s school: secular and religious education in late antiquity
Supervisor: M. Sághy, V. Menze - Katalin Tolnai | Hungary
Provisional thesis topic: Re-use of the Roman castle of Visegrad in the early Arpad period
Supervisor: J. Laszlovszky, K. Szende - Zita Tóth | Hungary
Provisional thesis topic: The role of experiment in John Buridan’s writings and fourteenth-century natural philosophy
Supervisor: Gy. Geréby - András Vadas | Hungary
Provisional thesis topic: The influence of short and long-term climatic events on human population in the Great Hungarian Plain during the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries
Supervisors: A. Choyke, L. Rácz - Camille Vedrier | France – ERASMUS
Two-Year MA (Historical Studies: Interdisciplinary Medieval Studies)
- Teodora Artimon | Romania
Thesis topic: Petru Rares and his Publics: a medieval PR strategy?
Supervisors: B. Zs. Szakács, M. Sebők - Vedran Bileta | Croatia
Thesis topic: The militarization of late antique Histria
Supervisor: V. Menze - Lilla Földy | Hungary
Thesis topic: Matthew 24 in Augustine’s The City of God
Supervisor: Gy. Geréby