Alumni Stories

Alumna Siran Hovhannisyan Co-Authors, Co-Edits New Book

December 15, 2021
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CEU alumna Siran Hovhannisyan (GENS '18, Armenia) has co-authored and co-edited a new book, Gender in Research and Politics: Developments, Intersections and Perspectives, which was published by LIT Verlag.  See book details.

Siran is a Research and Education Program Coordinator at the Center for Gender and Leadership Studies of Yerevan State University in Armenia. 

Congratulations, Siran! 

CEU Alumna Sahar Fetrat Named to BBC ‘100 Women 2021’ List

December 9, 2021
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CEU alumnaSahar Fetrat (GENS ’20, Afghanistan) was named to this year's BBC 100 Women 2021 list, which honors women around the world working to ‘reinvent society, our culture and our world.’

A graduate of CEU’s Department of Gender Studies, Sahar was cited by the BBC for her activism against gender stereotypes and her documentary film “Do Not Trust My Silence”, among other achievements. See full story.

Fantastic news and congratulations Sahar!

Alumnus spotlight: Vladislav Shayman

November 30, 2021
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In November 2021 alumnus Vladislav Shayman (LEGS ’06, EMBA ’14, Israel) made a very substantial gift of 30,000 euro to the CEU Alumni Campaign, which inspired the CEU 30 for 30 Alumni Matching Gift Challenge.

A consultant and writer, Vladislav was born in Novosibirsk, Russia, but grew up in Budapest, where he graduated from the American International School in 2001. Launching his career with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, in 2006, he currently works in the field of finance.

Alumnus Zsolt Enyedi Co-Authors ‘Party System Closure’ Book

November 17, 2021
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Former CEU Pro-Rector for Hungarian Affairs and CEU alumnus Zsolt Enyedi (POLS '94, Hungary) co-authored the book Party System Closure: Party Alliances, Government Alternatives, and Democracy in Europe, which was recently published by Oxford University Press.

Hear what he has to say about the book (co-authored with CEU POLS PhD Fernando Casal Bertoa) in this video.

Congratulations, Zsolt! 

Alumna Andrea Krizsan Publishes New Book

September 28, 2021
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CEU alumna Andrea Krizsan (POLS ’96, ’02 PhD, Romania), and co-author Conny Roggeband (University of Amsterdam), have published a new book Politicizing Gender and Democracy in the Context of the Istanbul Convention, on Palgrave MacMillan. Andrea is also a CEU professor and Democracy Institute Senior research fellow. See full story.