Department of Gender Studies
Important Dates for the 2008-2009 Academic Year
September 8 Monday Pre-session and student orientation begins
September 8 Monday Departmental MA student orientation meeting
September 15 Monday “Zero Week” begins
September 17 Wednesday Departmental Welcome Reception
September 15-19 Mon-Fri Curriculum Presentation Session and Gender Studies in Social and Intellectual context — mandatory lecture series
September 19 Friday Opening Ceremony
September 22 Monday Fall term begins
September 22 Monday Course Planning Worksheet due
October 23 Thursday CEU is closed due to Hungarian national holiday
October 24 Friday Special day-off – no offices/classes
November 1 Saturday CEU is closed due to Hungarian national holiday
November 7 Friday MA Conference Travel Grant application deadline (first round)
December 4 Thursday Provisional thesis title and topic due
December12 Friday End of fall term
December 24-26 Wed-Fri Christmas – CEU is closed
December 31 Wednesday New Year’s Eve – CEU is closed
January 1 Thursday New Year’s Day – CEU is closed
January 2 Friday Special day-off – no offices/classes
January 5 Monday Beginning of winter term
January 28 Wednesday Draft thesis proposal due
February 12 Thursday Final thesis proposal due
February 13 Friday MA Conference Travel Grant application deadline (second round)
March 15 Sunday Hungarian National Holiday /CEU is officially closed
March 27 Friday End of winter term
March 30 Monday Beginning of spring term – thesis supervision period begins
April 13 Sunday Easter – CEU is closed
April 14 Monday Easter – CEU is closed
May 1 Friday Labour Day – CEU is closed
May 11-29 Mon-Fri Thesis Writing Workshop
May 31 Sunday Pentecost Sunday – CEU is closed
June 1 Monday Pentecost Monday – CEU is closed
June 9 Tuesday MA thesis submissions
June 15-17 Mon-Wed MA thesis defenses
June 17 Wednesday End of academic year