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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 his/her 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
• Mustata, Radu | Romania
  Thesis topic: Codex Syriacus Mannanam 46 and a homily by Francisco Roz on Saint Thomas
  Supervisor: Perczel, Istvan
• Razum, Igor  | Croatia
  Thesis topic: Tradition and Reform: The Impact of the Fourth Lateran Council in Central Europe
  Supervisors: Klaniczay, Gabor; Saghy, Marianne

ERASMUS

Bard Program

Academic Year 2012/13

One-Year MA (Medieval Studies)

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: Chrysostom's Exegetical Method on the Genesis
  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