On 3 – 4 November 2022, the international conference “The League of Nations: The First Global Peacekeeping Organization in the Changing World – Interdependences and Reflexions” will take place. The conference is organized by the Institute of History of the Czech Academy of Science, the Department of Global History ať Facility od Arts at the […]
Serbian translation of Jan Pelikan’s book “Novými cestami. Kosovo v letech 1958-1969” The prestigious Belgrad’s publishing Služebnik glasnik published the Serbian translation of Jan Pelikán’s book „Novými cestami. Kosovo v letech 1958-1969“, whihc was originally published in FF UK Publishing in 2014. More information can be found here.
The Institute of World History hosted the lecture of Dr Therese Garstenauer from Universität Wien. The English delivered lecture was hybrid and was dedicated to Civil Servants, Gender, and Family in the late Habsburg Empire and the Austrian First Republic. The lecture took place on Friday 29 April 2022. The tradition and legal framework […]
The Institute of World History hosted a seminar by Professor Augustynowicz. The seminar handled the possibilities of exchange study at Universität Wien. The students were introduced both in English and German to the possibility to study at the eminent Austrian academic-pedagogic institution. The lecture took place on Thursday, 7 April, from 12.30.
The Institute of World History hosted the lecture of Dr. Mateusz Sokulski from the Institute of History, Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Silesia in Katowice. The English delivered lecture was on Yugoslav Relations with Eastern Bloc in the Cold War. The lecture took place on Moday 4 April 2022, from 12.30. Mateusz […]
The Institute of World History hosted the lecture of Dr. Mony Garloff from the Institut für Geschichtswissenschaften und Europäische Ethnologie, Universität Innsbruck. The delivered lecture was on František Antonín Špork and the History of Official and Clandestine Book Trade in Early-18th Century Bohemia. The lecture took place on Monday 11 April 2022, from 14.10.
On 22 February 2022, Professor Václav Horčička participated as one of the addressed lecturers on the Liechtenstein Colloquium, which was organised by the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) at Christ’s College, University of Cambridge. Professor Horčička presented the lecture on the topic: The Liechtenstein presence in the Czech lands during World War Two 1939-1945.
Call for Papers for the international conference: The League of Nations: The First Global Peacekeeping Organization in the Changing World – Interdependencies and Reflexions Held on: 3–4 November 2022, Prague, Czech Republic Organizers: The Institute of History of the Czech Academy of Sciences The Department of Global History at the Faculty of Arts, […]
The New Academic Press published the composite book called The Frustrated Peace? The political, Social and Economic Impact of the Versailles Treaty edited by Václav Horčička, Jan Němeček, Marija Wakounig, Vojtěch Kessler and Jaroslav Valkoun. The composite book is the output of the international conference named The Frustrated Peace? The Versailles Treaty and its Political, […]
On 26th and 27th May 2021, the international conference celebrating of 1100th anniversary of the death of St. Ludmila will take place. The event is organised by association St. Ludmila 1100 years in cooperation with Charles University. The organisation is supported by doctor Drahomír Suchánek from the Institute of World History and doctor Jakub Izdný […]
A word from prof. Milena Králíčková, Rector of Charles University, at the beginning of the 2022/2023 academic year.
The public sport event and charity run takes place on 27 September at the running track at the Faculty of Physical Education, Charles University. Free entry to the main relay race and the accompanying programme.
The first week in September saw the opening of the Didaktikon Educational and Creative Centre at Kampus Hybernská, successfully bridging cooperation between Charles University and the City of Prague. Ten interdisciplinary and interactive exhibits and a number of events, which have been largely prepared by teachers from the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, await visitors. It is free for schools.
Seventy languages are taught at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, which is unique not only in the Czech Republic, but also in Europe. On 30 September, the faculty platform Library of Languages organizes the European Day of Languages which focuses this year on supressed languages.
The summer school held at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, ended on 19 August bringing to a close a month of intensive Czech language study. The programme featured not only regular Czech language classes but also workshops, lectures, day trips and other events highlighting Czech history, arts, and culture. In short, an unforgettable experience.
Over the past four years, the Faculty of Arts, Charles University has participated in European Economic Area (EEA) grant projects which have given dozens of our students and employees the opportunity to travel for work or study in Norway and Iceland. As the last two mobility projects of this type will be coming to an end in August, we would like to offer the following overview of their realization.
Did you know that it is possible to sleep overnight within the Carolinum complex? Charles University offers accommodation in its buildings to university guests (including esteemed recpients of honorary degrees). The most representative accommodation facility is known as Opitz House, just a few steps from the Old Town Square.
The Czech Institute of Egyptology at CU FA (CIE) organises in collaboration with the International Committee for Egyptian and Sudan Archaeological Museums and Collections (CIPEG) and ICOM a half-day symposium to present to aninternational group of curators of Egyptological museum collections an overview and update on recent research and excavations in Egypt.
In the spring of 2022, an archaeological team from the Czech Institute of Egyptology at CU FA discovered and carefully documented the tomb of an ancient Egyptian dignitary named Wahibre-mery-Neith during fieldwork in Abusir, Egypt. Although it was looted in antiquity, the site has provided valuable information.
