Faculty of Humanities Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary












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            * Faculty of Humanities Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary
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            Two of the greatest works ever written in the genre of string quartet, the String Quartet 

            and the String Quartet No. 16 in F major by Ludwig van Beethoven, performed by the Wihan Q
            mood for the celebration of the 10th anniversary of Charles University’s youngest faculty 
            Humanities.

            It was founded on August 1, 2000, when the Institute of Liberal Arts, itself founded in 19
            transformed into a full-fledged faculty. Professor Jan Sokol was the Faculty’s first dean,
            2007 by Dr. Ladislav Benyovszky. As of now, the Faculty of Humanities has 150 employees an

            in Bachelor’s, Master’s and doctoral degrees. It is taking part one government-funded Rese
            27 grant projects. Its premises are spread between three buildings in Prague: the main one

            Kříže 8, Praha 5), the one in Hůrka (Husníkova 2075, Praha 13) and the one in Máchova stre
            Praha 2).
            Main building of the Faculty of Humanities in the Prague neighbourhood of Jinonice

            The faculty offers Bachelor’s, Master’s and doctoral degrees in on-site, distance and comb
            and also launched a system of individual curricula. Lifelong learning is also an important
            faculty’s educational activities. Both in education and research, the faculty aims to deve

            investigation of Humankind and various applications of its findings. In the last 3 years, 
            published over 50 monographs and 25 significant papers in impact journals.
            The focal point of all programmes and disciplines undertaken at the faculty is Man and the

            foundation field being general anthropology. It offers its students a variety of programme
            research projects in humanities and socials sciences and supports international exchange o
            teachers and researchers. Collaboration with over 40 universities in the Czech Republic an

            the faculty’s growing credit both in the national and international context.
            The speakers at the gathering celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Faculty of Humanitie
            Rector of Charles University, Professor Václav Hampl and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities

            Benyovszky.
            Marie Kohoutová


            Translation: Jaroslav Švelch