On Wednesday, April 23, 2025, Dr. Miha Zobec presented his lecture “South Slavs in Argentina and their “Homeland” Connections from the Late Nineteenth Century to the Second World War” as part of the Balkan Studies Doctoral Seminar at the Institute of World History. The lecture was organized in cooperation with the Centre for Ibero-American Studies […]

The textbook was developed as part of the three-year Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership project Teaching European History in the 21st Century (TEH21) and nearly a hundred historians and historians from eight European universities participated in its creation. On behalf of Charles University, ten experts from the Charles University Faculty of Arts (ÚSD, ÚČD, ÚHSD and SIAS) […]

„Britain and Europe. The clash of two ordering systems then and now“ The lecture will take place on Monday 27 March 2023 at 11:00 in room 301 of the main building of the Faculty of Arts.   This lecture will show how for hundreds of years, England and the United Kingdom was an ordering force […]

Who is telling the story of the Cold War, where and to whom? American historian Penny M. Von Eschen will present her new book Paradoxes of Nostalgia: Cold War Triumphalism and Global Disorder Since 1989 (Duke University Press, 2022) on 9 March at the Faculty of Arts, Room 111, at 5:30 pm. In it, she […]

The Council of the Cooperacio Programme of Charles University in cooperation with the Institute of History of the Czech Academy of Sciences would like to invite young researchers to submit applications for the call for papers on the topic Sustainable and Self-Sustaining Society? Issues and trends in historical research. More information can be found in […]

On 14 December 2022, Jan Wanner, Professor of Modern World History, passed away at the age of 82. The Institute of World History expresses its sincere condolences to the family. We remember with gratitude and respect our former colleague and collaborator, who during his long research and teaching career at Charles University and the Institute […]

Last week, the exhibition “Ivan Meštrović (1883-1962) Sculptor and World Citizen” was inaugurated at the Prague City Gallery. Ondřej Vojtěchovský, who is also the co-author and co-editor of the publication of the same name, participated in the preparation of the exhibition as an expert collaborator.   Reakce na výstavu v médiích: Ondřej Vojtěchovský se spolu […]

Our student, Bc. Jakub Frynta received the Jaroslav Goll Prize during the 8th edition of the competition. The supervisor of the thesis was Prof. PhDr. František Stellner, Ph.D. More information about the Jaroslav Goll Literary Prize can be found at: https://khv.zcu.cz/about/treti-role/literarni-cena-jaroslava-golla/

On 23 November 2022 Dr Katja Castryck-Naumann (GWZO Leipzig) will present her research called „Expertise and International Politics. Polish Economists in the UN Secretariat (1946 to the 1960s)“. The presentation will be followed by commentary of Dr Jan Surman (Masarykův ústav). The seminar take place both in room 001 (Filozofická fakulta, Nám. Jana Palacha 1/2, Praha) […]

We invite you to an international workshop Politically motivated violence in Southeastern Europe in the 20th century when: Tuesday, November 8, 11:00 where: Faculty of Arts (nám. J. Palacha 2, Prague 1), Historical cabinet (2nd floor, room no. 203)   The research seminar will focus on various forms and concrete examples of politically motivated violence […]