Central European studies is a subfield of
European studies
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Some ...
, focusing on the languages, cultures, histories, economies, societies, politics, international relations, and other aspects of the region of
Central Europe
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. It is subject to many research institutions, academic journals, and educational qualifications. Its subfields include
Austrian studies (
German studies
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),
Czech studies
Bohemistics, also known as Czech studies, is the field of humanities that researches, documents and disseminates Czech language and literature in both its historic and present-day forms. The common Czech name for the field is ''bohemistika''. A res ...
,
Slovak studies
Slovak may refer to:
* Something from, related to, or belonging to Slovakia (''Slovenská republika'')
* Slovaks, a Western Slavic ethnic group
* Slovak language, an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Slavic languages
* Slovak, Arkan ...
,
Polish studies
Polish studies, Polish philology or Polonistics (, or ''polonistyka'') is the field of humanities that researches, documents and disseminates the Polish language and Polish literature in both historic and present-day forms.
The history of Polish ...
,
Hungarian studies
Hungarian studies is a field of study concerned with the Hungarian language, Hungarian literature, literature, ethnology, Hungarian culture, culture, Hungarian history, history or society.
According to the current philosophy of Hungarian Studies, ...
,
Slovenian studies,
Croatian studies
Croatian studies or Croatistics (; ; ; ) is an academic discipline within Slavic studies which is concerned with the study of Croatian language, literature, history and culture. Within Slavic studies it belongs to the South Slavic subgroup. Besid ...
, among others.
Education
Some academic institutions offer degrees, majors, minors, certificates, specializations, or other forms of educational qualifications to students.
Degrees/majors
* BA in Central European Studies,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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* BA in Central European Studies,
Comenius University
Comenius University Bratislava () is the largest university in Slovakia, with most of its faculties located in Bratislava. It was founded in 1919, shortly after the creation of Czechoslovakia. It is named after Jan Amos Comenius, a 17th-century ...
* BA in Central European Studies,
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in ...
* BA in Central European Studies,
University of Manitoba
The University of Manitoba (U of M, UManitoba, or UM) is a public research university in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Founded in 1877, it is the first university of Western Canada. Both by total student enrolment and campus area, the University of ...
* BA in Eastern European and East Central European Studies,
Heidelberg University
Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg (; ), is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded in 1386 on instruction of Pope Urban VI, Heidelberg is Germany's oldest unive ...
* BA and MA in Central European Studies,
Masaryk University
Masaryk University (MU) (; ) is the second largest university in the Czech Republic, a member of the Compostela Group and the Utrecht Network. Founded in 1919 in Brno, it now consists of ten faculties and 35,115 students. It is named after To ...
* MA in Central European Studies,
University of Hradec Králové
The University of Hradec Králové (in Czech ''Univerzita Hradec Králové'', UHK; in Latin ''Universitas Reginaegradecensis'') is a public university in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic, founded on 21 June 2000. It traces its roots back to 195 ...
* MA in Central European Studies,
Eötvös Loránd University
Eötvös Loránd University (, ELTE, also known as ''University of Budapest'') is a Hungarian public research university based in Budapest. Founded in 1635, ELTE is one of the largest and most prestigious public higher education institutions in ...
* MA in East and Central European Studies,
Lund University
Lund University () is a Public university, public research university in Sweden and one of Northern Europe's oldest universities. The university is located in the city of Lund in the Swedish province of Scania. The university was officially foun ...
* MA(SocSci)/MA in Central & East European Studies,
University of Glasgow
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* MA in Balkan, Eurasian and Central European Studies (BECES),
Charles University
Charles University (CUNI; , UK; ; ), or historically as the University of Prague (), is the largest university in the Czech Republic. It is one of the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, oldest universities in the world in conti ...
* MA in Central and South-East European Studies,
University College London
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Certificates/minors
*Advanced Certificate in Central European Studies (MA level),
Central European University
Central European University (CEU; , ) is a private research university in Vienna. The university offers graduate and undergraduate programs in the social sciences and humanities, which are accredited in Austria and the United States. The univ ...
*Central European Studies Certificate,
University of Pittsburgh
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*East-Central European Studies Minor,
University of Florida
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Academic divisions
* Faculty of Central European Studies,
Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra
Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra () is a co-educational public university in Nitra, located in southwestern Slovakia.
It is a modern educational, scientific and artistic research institution that since 1996 bears the name of one ...
* Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies (CENES),
University of British Columbia
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Research
Research institutes
* Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies,
University of Alberta
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* Institute of Central European Studies, József Eötvös Research Centre
* East Central European Center,
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...
* Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies,
University of Rochester
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* Center for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES),
Södertörn University
Södertörn University (, abbreviated as SH), is a public university college () located in Flemingsberg in Huddinge Municipality, and the larger area called Södertörn, in Stockholm County, Sweden. In 2013, it had about 13,000 full-time and p ...
* Center for European Studies,
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
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* Center for European Studies,
University of Texas at Austin
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Academic publications
*
Zeitschrift Für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung
The ''Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung'' (''Journal of East Central European Studies'') is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the history and culture of Eastern Europe. It is published by the Herder-Institut für histori ...
(Journal of East Central European Studies)
* Центральноевропейские исследования/Centralʹnoevropejskie issledovaniâ (Central-European Studies)
* Studies in Central European Histories (
Brill
Brill may refer to:
Places
* Brielle (sometimes "Den Briel"), a town in the western Netherlands
* Brill, Buckinghamshire, a village in England
* Brill, Cornwall, a small village to the west of Constantine, Cornwall, UK
* Brill, Wisconsin, an un ...
)
*
Central European History
''Central European History'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal on history published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Central European History Society, an affiliate of the American Historical Association. It covers all as ...
(Cambridge Core)
* Eastern and Central European Studies series (
Peter Lang)
* Central European Studies series (
Purdue University Press
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)
Professional associations
*
International Council for Central and East European Studies, founded in 1974
* Central European History Society, founded in 1958 as a successor to the
American Historical Association
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Committee for the Study of War Documents
See also
*
Baltistics
*
Balkanology
Balkan studies or Balkanology is the studies of the Balkans.
Institutions specializing in Balkan studies
;Academic
* International Association of South-East European Studies (AIESEE)
* East European and Balkan Institute, Hankuk University of Fore ...
References
{{Regional cultural studies
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