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 […]
Visiting Professor Lecture organized by Institute of World History, Faculty of Arts, Charles University Prof. Erik GOLDSTEIN (Boston University, United States of America) The Long Road to Pearl Harbor and Beyond: The Quest for Naval Mastery in the Pacific Held on: 2nd November 2022 Faculty of Arts, Charles University Náměstí J. Palacha […]
The conference “Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy: Philosophical Encounters” will be held on 16–18 September 2024 at the main building of CU FA. The co-organisers are the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation International Sinological Centre at CU, the Department of Sinology at CU FA, the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at CU FA.
As part of the HR Excellence in Research initiative, Charles University is continuously striving to improve working conditions for its employees and foster greater job satisfaction. The university believes that only satisfied employees can deliver the best performance.
This year, Charles University is defending the prestigious HR Award certificate and one of the evaluated criteria is ethics. As part of creating an inclusive environment, the university adopted its first Equal Opportunities Plan to create an inclusive environment, created the position of CU ombudsman and established the CU Equal Opportunities Board.
The symposium within the OP JAK CoRe project titled “Preaching and Conflict: 24th International Medieval Sermon Studies Symposium” took place on 11–16 July 2024 in Prague. The conference was co-organized by Prof Lucie Doležalová from the Institute of Greek and Latin Studies at CU FA and Dr Pavel Soukup from the Centre for Medieval Studies at the CAS
Faculty of Arts, Charles University (CU FA), was awarded a grant for a prestigious ERA-AREAS project from the Horizon Europe programme (ERA Chair scheme). In collaboration with Prof Mariana Llanos from the German Institute of Global and Area Studies, the project team will carry out research of contemporary critical phenomena in non-European regions over the next five years.
During July and August, the buildings on Jan Palach Square 1/2 and in Hybernská 3 are closing at 7:30 pm.
It had been five years since CU received the prestigious award “HR Excellence in Research” from the European Commission. This autumn, a team of international evaluators will come to CU, and the university will need to demonstrate that it has met its obligations and that it intends to continue making improvements in the HR area and in caring for its employees.
On 13 June 2024, the President of the Czech Republic and the Minister of Education, Youth, and Sports of the Czech Republic appointed professor psychologist Filip Smolík, Italianist Pavel Štichauer, and Slavist Alla Arkhanhelska.
What can contemporary readers find in Franz Kafka's work and do any unanswered questions remain? The matter is one of continuing importance for Prof Marek Nekula, who has been studying Kafka's work since the early 1990s, when he worked at CU FA. Today he lectures at the University of Regensburg, where he heads the Bohemicum Center for Czech Studies.
