Dear colleagues, We would like to inform you that the Ph.D. Candidates Initiative of the FA CU is being established. If you are interested in taking part or just in following the initiative’s activities, we happily invite you to get in touch or to sign up to our newsletter (see below). We would like to […]
We are happy to announce the publication of the next issue of IAP, the 48th edition, the second issue of which focuses on the revolutionary year 1968. In this issue you will find three studies dedicated to the echoes of that year in Mexico, written by renowned experts Bern Haunsberger, Karol Derwich and our long-time collaborators Lukáš Perutka and Luz Araceli González Uresti. Beyond the topic at hand, the IAP includes a study on the topic of OEA operations and democracy in LA.
The collective monograph, edited by Juan Pro, Monika Brenišínová and Elena Ansótegui, is now available from Iberoamericana Vervuert. The monograph explores the link between America and utopia through twelve essays and twelve different perspectives. The wide range of topics deals with the development of utopian ideas and myths from the conquest and colonization of the […]
We cordially invite all those interested in issues related to monasteries to an international workshop, organized in cooperation with SIAS, CEFRES and ÚDU AV ČR, entitled (Trans) missions: Monasteries as Sites of Cultural Transfers. The workshop will be held on 25 and 26 September 2017 in Spork Palace (Hybernská 3) in room 303. For more information […]
The first drill takes place on Wednesday, 26. 11. 2025, at the Sweerts-Sporck Palace, starting at 10:00 AM. The second drill will take place a week later, on Wednesday, 3. 12. 2025, also starting at 10:00 AM, in the main CU FA building at Jan Palach Square.
Humanities Week will take place from Monday, 17. 11., until Friday, 21. 11. 2025, and will offer a rich programme full of lectures, workshops, exhibitions, and other interesting events. The main program at CU FA will take place in the main building at náměstí Jana Palacha 1/2 and is suitable for the general public, high school students and their teachers, as well as academics.
Charles University is pleased to offer an online onboarding course designed to support newly admitted international students in their transition to university life. Sessions are held every Wednesday online and are open to both full-degree and Erasmus students.
The honorary doctorate will recognize not only more than thirty years of academic and journalistic work of Professor Garton Ash, but also his social attitudes, which are an inspiring and important voice for Central and Eastern Europe’s future direction, especially in the difficult period the regions are going through.
You are kindly invited to two unique academic events marking the launch of the COLUMN project (Colonial Past of Universities: Materiality and New Forms of Cooperation): a lecture by Prof. Loretta Feris and the premiere screening of the documentary film UnRest.
Renowned political scientist Robert L. Funk from the University of Chile will explore the leading candidates, the key issues shaping the campaigns, and what is at stake for Chilean democracy.
Prof. Paul Chaisty, a leading researcher in area studies and political science specializing in Russia and Ukraine, is offering a block seminar entitled Area Studies for Researchers: Opportunities, Challenges, and Controversies at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, for the 2025/2026 academic year.
The Faculty of Arts, Charles University (Prague, Czech Republic) is seeking a postdoctoral researcher in comparative area studies. As part of the project funded by Horizon Europe (ERA Chair in Multidisciplinary Area Studies, ERA-AREAS), this post holder will participate in the newly created Center for Multidisciplinary Area Studies (CenMAS).
The Faculty of Arts, Charles University (Prague, Czech Republic) is seeking a research group leader in comparative area studies. As part of the project funded by Horizon Europe (ERA Chair in Multidisciplinary Area Studies, ERA-AREAS), this post holder will be responsible for coordinating a newly created Center for Multidisciplinary Area Studies (CenMAS).
