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CEU students have the opportunity to get involved in many social
and extracurricular activities throughout the academic year. Most
of these initiatives are based on student interests and specific
requests. The Student Life Office and the Financial Aid Office provide
logistical and/or financial support.
Normally, at the beginning of the academic year, a survey is made
among students, asking them for their preferences. Following upon
this various clubs are formed, e.g. drama club, literary club, special
interest clubs. Students are encouraged to submit proposals for
activities that would fit in with their busy academic schedules.
For example, CEU would provide support to celebrate national and
cultural holidays or help organize international events, dinners,
or parties. In addition, there is a small exhibition hall on the
first floor of Monument Building which during the past academic
year showed photo exhibitions of pictures taken by several CEU students.
In other cases, students participate in numerous activities organized
by their department or program or by their faculty. Again, they
can obtain support from the Student Life Office and the Financial
Aid Office.
For students interested in sports, CEU provides the facilities
of two Sports Centers: the one at the CEU Residence and Conference
Center (Kerepesi Dormitory) and the downtown Sports Center serving
as a complement, located in Nador u. 12. If there is sufficient
demand, CEU organizes aerobics or yoga classes, games and tournaments.
For students resident in the Kerepesi Dormitory, CEU supports a
system of electing Residence Advisors (RAs) for each floor. RAs
collect ideas, organize student feedback, and maintain permanent
contact with the dormitory management. The dormitory is also prepared
to support a film club, a DVD rental system, sports tournaments,
monthly national evenings and student-organized exhibitions.
Due to the relatively short time that most students spend in Budapest,
many student activities start and end within the given academic
year because the next student generation may be interested in other
areas. The Student Counselor welcomes student ideas and suggestions
and works with students to enhance the CEU living environment.
To ensure adequate student representation and participation in
the university's governance, the student body of CEU elects a Student
Union every academic year. The Student Union is an independent body,
which operates according to its written
by-laws.
At the beginning of the academic year the Vice President for Student
Services calls for the nomination and election of two representatives
from each department. Departments with doctoral programs may elect
one representative from the Master's level program and one from
the doctoral program. Students of the Economics Master's program
may elect one additional representative from either first or second
year. The entire procedure is carried out by students. Logistical
assistance, if needed, is provided by the department coordinators.
 Student
Union home page
A fully equipped and furnished room is provided for the needs of
the Student Union. It is located in the Basement of Nador 9 building.
The key to this room is held by the security staff at the Zrinyi
u. gate, who must be given a list of the authorized Student Union
members shortly after elections. Three spare keys are at the Student
Union management's disposal.
Student Services provides administrative support to the members
of the Student Union. Requests and questions should be directed
to Janka Jozsef, Student Counselor, Monument Building, Second floor,
Room 203, Extension: 3119, jozsefj@ceu.hu.
Members
of the Student Union
 This
informal event is an integral part of the orientation program organized
on the last day of pre-session. The Academic Pro-Rector opened the
afternoon where students met the different support units in a more
relaxed setting. Information materials, brochures (tourist information,
cultural programs) were distributed, student could sign up for clubs
and activities, and they marked on a large world map where they
are from.
The afternoon started with a vigorous show. The two dancers accompanied
by three musicians introduced different Hungarian folk dances from
within and outside Hungary. Then it was the students' turn! In front
of the Auditorium they had a chance to learn a Hungarian dance!
During the Afternoon there were film screenings about Budapest
and Hungary, and the film "Budapest-Retro" by Papp Gabor
Zsigmond was shown in the Auditorium.
The Artemisszio Foundation organized a quiz titled "How much
do you know about Budapest?", which many students successfully
answered. The Alumni Tea-House was again a great social networking
opportunity and the Fair Trade Coffee shop drew a lot of coffee-lovers.
More than a hundred students went to see an English-language performance
of the Madhouse Theatre Company. The play is a lively comedy, The
Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), which is a great
success in the London West End as well as in Budapest.
The National Theater is located in a beautiful building near the
Lagymanyosi bridge.
 The soccer tournament was held on 24th of March 2007 in the CEU Residence Center and brought great attention among the students. 7 teams participated in the event: Run Forest Run, Moxi Patu, San Juan, Utilizers, Eastern Block, Found- a- mental Group and The Masters of Disaster. Even the bad weather conditions, it was raining heavily at the beginning of the tournament, could not spoil the competitive spirit of the players. The games were very exciting as the teams consisted of players with very similar football skills. The winner was decided just after penalties. Players of the winning team: Igor Madzarevic, Artem Kuznetsov, Fuad Aslanov, John Christopolous, Gahraman Kazimov, Pavel Dikov- all MA Economics Department students and one Nationalism Studies student- Sanan Mirzaev. The title of the best player of the tournament went to Gahraman Kazimov from the winning team.
The event was sponsored by the CEU Sports Center and the Student Activity Fund.
Student organizers: Igor Madzarevic and Artem Kuznetsov, 1st year Economics students.
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more info see the story
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The Dance Classes started on September 29. During this course participants
learn mambo, salsa, disco-hustle, waltz, tango, rock'n'roll, etc.
It is a 3-month course, lasts until December 15. If it is successful
and students would like to continue then the teacher will organize
2 more courses next year. Participants may as well prepare a short
performance that will be shown in the Spring Festival.
Teacher: Peter Gal. He has been a dance-teacher for 13 years
and dancing actively for 27 years. He also trains his students for
professional dance competitions. At present he teaches the 'Fenomen'
Dance Group in the 12th district Cultural Center.
Place: Sport Center
Time: Every Monday 8-9:30 p.m.
Contact: SportCentrum@ceu.hu
 Every
year the films are selected according to a central theme and the
film club runs biweekly.
The screening of the films is usually followed by a discussion
with Professor György Báron, film critic. In the 2005/2006
academic year the main topic is: 'The new generation in Hungarian
and Eastern European Films'.
Place: Room 006, Nador 11. Bldg. (Courtyard)
Contact: Judit Radics (radicsj@ceu.hu)
Click
here for a list of previous
years' programs.
CEU students to receive support for student-organized clubs and activities, based on an Executive Committee decision. A 5,000 euro budget is set aside from the annual budget to fund directly student activities in addition to the programs already sponsored by CEU (such as the Film Club, dance classes, exhibitions, etc.). A Committee has been set up for utilizing this money, comprised of members of the administration, Faculty and the Student Union.
The committee would like to encourage brief proposals (max. 500 words) from CEU students corresponding to the criteria for funding outlined below. Please include the detailed budget-request in the proposal.
The projects will be evaluated on a rolling basis. Please note that project evaluation and logistical arrangements require some time, so think well-ahead and submit your proposal in time, at least a month before the event. We cannot accept proposals a few days before the planned activity. The Committee announces the final decision within two weeks from submission of each project.
- it is a one-time grant for each project, however, under exceptional circumstances a second funding request may be considered
- a maximum 500 euros may be given to one project
- project proposals are not theme restricted and can be submitted by any currently enrolled CEU student, members of the faculty, the Student Life Office or the CEU Residence Center; however activities to be funded should not promote personal hobbies or benefit single individual interests
- projects should seek to enhance the prestige of CEU and the career objectives of CEU students
- projects should seek to create a tradition at CEU, organize activities that could possibly be continued in the following years
- the proper proposal should include:
- a statement of the goals of the project
- a description of the activities
- a description of the potential contributions of the project to the CEU community
- a detailed budget-request
- organizers of all funded projects should account for the results of the activities and the money spent by filling in the relevant sample forms (to be provided by the committee)
- activities intended for limited target groups of students (e.g. students from only one Department or program) cannot be granted sums larger than 200 euros.
- recipients of the funding should be selected by a formal procedure (instituted within the group proposing the project)
- projects that have expenses that exceed 500 euros should seek alternative sources of funding to supplement this funding
- funding for publishing student academic works can be granted only after providing a recommendation from the Head of the Department in the relevant sphere of science.
- travel grants and monetary compensation to visiting people are funded only partially and in cases of proven substantial benefits to the CEU community. If possible, the Student Activity Fund Committee may provide assistance in finding other sources for funding such expenses.
- the Committee may decide that some services related to the project can be realized using the facilities of the University. In this case the Committee provides its support to arrange those instead of giving money.
Proposals can be submitted by email to:
Janka Jozsef, Student Counselor, jozsefj@ceu.hu
Francisca de Haan, Professor, Department of Gender Studies, Dehaanf@ceu.hu
Alexander Dmitrishin, dmitrishin_alexander@student.ceu.hu
Luisa Steur, SPHSTL01@phd.ceu.hu
Mariya Ivancheva, ivancheva_mariya@phd.ceu.hu
To be uploaded soon.
Call for papers
Power, State, and Society: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Discourses,
Social Groups And Agency in Central and Eastern Europe
Graduate students and young faculty members, both CEU and non-CEU,
are encouraged to propose papers and panels.
Possible panels may be organized with the following themes (please,
note that the list is open):
- Comparative approaches of the past and/or society: diffusion
and reception of ideas e.g. the discourse of nationalism;
- Technologies of ruling: frameworks of thinking, forms of governamentality,
institutions for policing and/or isolation;
- State, church and society;
- Memory and history: the role of representations and interpretations;
- Entangled histories: identities, sites of memory, social change;
- Society and economy: diffusion and reception of goods e.g.
merchant histories;
- Gender and citizenship;
The registration period will start on March 6th. Applications will
be considered as they are received. The final deadline is April
1st. Early applicants will have better chances of being selected.
The application form as well as any additional information will
be soon available on the website of the conference: www.ceu.hu/humanitiesgradconf
For further enquiry please send e-mail to:
Silviu Hariton (Hist PhD), HPHhas01@phd.ceu.hu
or
Cristian-Nicolae Daniel (Medieval PhD), MPHdac01@phd.ceu.hu
"The End of Transitions? Central and Eastern European Countries
in Comparative Perspective"
5-7 May 2006, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
Web: http://www.gradconf.ceu.hu
E-mail: gradconf@ceu.hu
The conference has been initiated and organized by graduate students,
with the financial and logistic support of their departments at
Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. In three days,
a number of regional issues and problems will be comprehensively
discussed in workshops and panels. Although the topic of this Conference
is not EU integration, it focuses on the CEE countries that became,
will become, or have the prospect of becoming members, or have a
significant cooperation within the enlarged European framework.
Both case studies and comparative approaches are welcomed.
The discussion will concentrate on the following issues:
· How can an interdisciplinary approach foster the quality
of understanding and the complexity of social phenomena? Social
sciences - towards convergence or divergence of discourses, methodologies,
and paradigms? How do different social sciences approach transition
events? Are methodological instruments developed in other contexts
appropriate for understanding the peculiarities of this region?
- · Societies, politics and states
- · Political parties, electoral systems and voting behavior
- · Post-communist discourses
- · Consolidation of Mass Media
- · Public Policy and structural reforms
- · The prospects of reform and development in post-communist
countries
- · The changes in nature and practice of power in the
region
- · New Security issue - Strengthening the Weak States
of European Periphery
For further inquiries please e-mail to: gradconf@ceu.hu
Todor Arpad (P05TOA01@student.ceu.hu
), Conference Coordinator.
The tradition continues! For the 3rd time the Ice Skating party
was organized in the City Park Ice Rink on February 8. After the
regular opening hours when the general public left, the CEU community
'occupied' the whole ice rink.
Students, faculty, administrators and their invited guests, from
beginners to pros, all had a lot of fun skating, chatting, drinking
hot wine or just listening to the music. About 250-300 people attended
the event.
December 14, 7:00 p.m.
 The
last event before the winter break was a visit in the beautiful
building of the Opera House. Fifty students went to see Puccini's
opera. The Student Activity Fund covered the price of the tickets.
One of the highlights of a walk in the Andrássy Street is
the beautiful Opera House, which was built in 1884 in Neo-Renaissance
style and designed by Miklós Ybl. The exterior of the building
is very impressive, and interior and especially the performance
hall itself is the most impressive with the allegorical frescoes,
stone carvings, painting and other decorations by famous artists
(Bertalan Székely, Árpád Feszty, Károly
Lotz.).
February 13-16, 2006
The goal of the Conference is to offer CEU students from different
departments the possibility to present their work and to engage
in academic discussions. Our aims are to promote academic communication
among students, especially among students from different departments,
to promote interaction between students and CEU research centers,
and to offer the possibility for students to publish their work.
More information: http://www.ceu.hu/iapss/inhouseconf.html
Contact: iapss_ceu@ceu.hu
http://www.ceu.hu/iapss
 If
you are a chess player or an amateur, you are welcome to join! Chess
is known as aggregation of three things: sport, science and art.
Following a good tradition created in 2003 when the First CEU Chess
Tournament was held, a CEU Chess Club is organized this year.
When: Every Thursday at 5.30 p.m.
Where: Nador 11, room #210
Fee: FOR FREE
Contact: Farkhad Mukhtarov, ephmuf01@phd.ceu.hu
CEU Debating Society was revived after a series of trainings and
seminars in
public speaking and British Parliamentary debating format offered
by alumna
Maja Nenadovic. Altogether 50 students took part in these trainings,
and
once they were finished a small group of enthusiasts decided to
organize
themselves into a debating society. Debates take place now on weekly
basis,
as students are preparing for the small internal CEU tournament
through
which they will elect two best speakers to represent them at the
upcoming
European Universities Debating Championship 2006 held in March in
Berlin,
Germany.
More information: Sergiu Panainte, IRES (I05PAS01@student.ceu.hu
)
International Association for Political Science Students @ Central
European University
 IAPSS@CEU
is open to all CEU students interested in issues related to political
science. The goal of IAPSS@CEU is to promote a worldwide community
of students interested in political science issues. Within CEU we
want to support the organization of biannual in-house student conferences,
an on-line student journal, and other activities. Also, as (soon
to be) part of IAPSS-international, we want to promote the involvement
of CEU students in international projects and especially to encourage
CEU students to initiate projects in Central and Eastern Europe.
Contact: iapss_ceu@ceu.hu
This initiative was established by graduates of the Human Rights
Program of the Department of Legal Studies. HRSI's main aim is to
complement the formal academic training received by students at
CEU with practical experiential learning about human rights through
advocacy work, training and volunteer projects, and credit courses
at the Department of Legal Studies.
Throughout the year, HRSI coordinates credited and non-credited
internships for students with Budapest-based NGOs, arranges skill-building
training workshops for students interested in pursuing careers in
the NGO sector and runs non-formal youth education programs with
the Council of Europe's Directorate of Youth and Sport. HRSI also
runs non-formal education courses funded by the Council of Europe.
Finally, HRSI greatly encourages students to launch initiatives
of their own and provides as much support as it can to help them
succeed.
Visit
the HRSI web to learn more about its activities: http://www.hrsi.ceu.hu
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