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 […]
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.
