Faculty of Arts Receives Scholarships for Top British Universities

On June 1, 2010, the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Dr. Michal Stehlík, and the Vice-Dean for International Affairs, Dr. Lenka Šulová, for the fourth time received scholarships for young scholars from the representative of the Anglo-Czech Educational Fund. These are designed to cover stays of young scholars at prestigious British universities. Out of six applicants, three received the grant for the academic year of 2010/2011.

The Anglo-Czech Educational Fund is a non-profit founded by Mr. Arnošt Kramer, who left Czechoslovakia for Great Britain in 1948. The foundation's goal is to support study and research stays of excellent young students up to 35 years of age – both graduate and post-graduate – in Great Britain. Bearing in mind the original intentions of the founder, motivated by the patriotic goal of maintaining contact between the best of Czech and British science and universities, this scholarship is designed to enable young scholars and teachers to stay at top British universities. Applicants are expected to be mature scholars, who will take advantage of the experience and knowledge that cannot be earned in the Czech Republic. During their stays, they should be able finish their Master's thesis or dissertation or prepare for publication a thesis that has already been handed in. Applicants must have already been in contact with the respective institution and the invitation letter, which is a part of the application, must show that the university is willing to accept the student. Another important condition of this scholarship is the perspective of the applicant working at the Faculty of Arts after the completion of his scholarship.

In the 2010/2011 academic year, one Master's degree student, one doctoral student and a post-doc will study in Great Britain under this scholarship, at the University of Oxford, University of Bristol, and University College London, respectively. They come from the fields of English and American literature, Egyptology and Turkish language and literature. The scholarship is a unique form of support of scholarship which helps to connect young researchers in humanities with the world's top institutions.

June 10, 2010, press release issued by the Faculty of Arts