Eastern/Central European Studies

CET in Prague, Czech Republic

CET’s mission is to create intensive study abroad programs for students who choose to be challenged, both academically and experientially, to immerse students in our programs′ off-the-beaten-path locations and unique subject matter, to equip students with new skills, broader perspectives, and an appreciation of cultural differences, and to create study abroad innovations for the field, and to serve as a resource to faculty and educational institutions in the development of programs abroad. CET offers programs in Prague focusing in Jewish Studies, Central European Studies, Photography, and Film Production.

Bard, Central European University (CEU), Budapest, Hungary

Central European University (CEU) came into being along with the sweeping social, political, and economic changes of the early 1990s in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union (CEE/fSU). The university was established by a group of visionary intellectuals (many of them prominent members of anti-totalitarian, democratic oppositions) led by the philanthropist George Soros.
Today, CEU is an internationally recognized institution of higher education, serving as an advanced center of research and policy analysis and facilitating academic dialogue while preparing its graduates as the next generation of leaders and scholars. CEU seeks to contribute to the development of open societies in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union by promoting a system of education in which ideas are creatively, critically, and comparatively examined. Also, in response to the spreading democratization beyond Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, the University has extended its outreach and financial aid program to other parts of the world experiencing emerging democracies.

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