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 […]
The Alexandria Publications published the Greek translation of Jan Koura’s book „“Rozdělený ostrov. Studená válka a kyperská otázka v letech 1960-1974“. The book is devoted to the international dimension of „Cyprus Issue“ and brings new findings of the role of Eastern Blok countries in Cyprus and the imports of the Czechoslovakian armature to the island. […]
The Institute of World History organizes two online lectures of Professor Nicolas Verdier of École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) for the upcoming week: Queslques réflexions sur les Atlas et leurs materiatités (XVIIe-XIXe sciècles) Monday 29 March at 10 a.m. More information here Pierre Nora, les hauts lieux et la géographie Tuesday 30 […]
The Institute of World History invites you to the book presentation of Professor Lorenz M. Lüthi (McGill University) entitled Cold Wars: Asia, the Middle East, Europe (Cambridge University Press 2020). The presentation will take place on 12 April 2021 at 4 p.m. via Zoom. The event is organized by the Cold War Research Group (CWRG). […]
The President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic awarded Professor Jan Županič a Silver medal and Commemorative letter for his long-termed service within the expert group of Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Subcommittee on Heraldry and Vexillology.
The new publication of Jaroslav Valkoun called “Great Britain, the Dominions and the Transformation of the British Empire, 1907–1931. The Road to the Statute of Westminster” has been published this week by Routledge Publishing.
The anonymous electronic evaluation of courses takes place from 5 to 23 January. The results including comments are to be published at the beginning of the summer semester.
In the interview with Prof Tomáš Halík from the Faculty of Arts, he commemorates the 10th anniversary of the death of his close friend, Václav Havel, one of the most prominent figures of the Velvet Revolution and the first president of the Czech Republic.
On Wednesday, 15 December 2021, the president of the Czech Republic named new professors. On the proposal of the Charles University Research Board, four experts from the Faculty of Arts.
The Faculty of Arts, Charles University, is looking for academic, technical, and economic staff. All offers are both in Czech and English.
On 6 December 2021, Zorica Dubovská, one of the most prominent persons of the Czechoslovakian-Indonesian relations in the past seventy years, passed away aged 95.
The International Institute for Hermeneutics at the University of Warsaw appointed Tomáš Halík (Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University) an honorary professor. Simultaneously, Prof Halík has become the first foreign laureate of Józef Tischner Award for prominent intellectuals, journalists, and social activists.
A little over two months ago, Charles University launched its new discovery service UKAŽ facilitating the simultaneous and smooth search of printed, digitised and electronic resources. The system was a complete redesign and streamlining of its forerunner, integrating the catalogues of more than 60 CU libraries.
On an international conference “The Role of Christians in the Process of European Integration” in Krakow, Prof Halík received Bishop Pieronek’s Award for his outstanding stances and achievements in connecting Christian and European values.
The Faculty of Arts, Charles University, commemorates the Velvet Revolution by symbolically lighting up the building in nám. Jana Palacha in the colours of the Czech tricolour. Many others important buildings have lit up in the commemoration on 17 November at 17:11.
