25 years of our American semester!












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            * 25 years of our American semester!
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            This year marks the 25th year of the American semester – an annual exchange program betwee

            University's Faculty of Science and one of the most prestigious American universities, Dar
            (New Hampshire, USA). Roughly halfway through the program, on May 3rd – 4th, we celebrated
            anniversary of the program with a number of events for faculty and the general public.

            The university exchange program, which each year brings a group of American students to Pr
            was founded in 1994 largely through the efforts of Prof. George Demko and his Czech collea
            Prof. Ivan Bičík, Prof. Dušan Drbohlav and Dr. Ludvík Kopačka. The primary aim of the prog

            American students a comprehensive overview of Czech geography in the context of European d
            with a special focus on the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Several comprehensive

            blocks supplemented with numerous thematically-related excursions gradually familiarize st
            all essential aspects of the spatial and social development of the Czech Republic, especia
            decades. Students thus obtain a basic overview of Czech geography. After taking the survey

            at the end of the first month of the program, in late April students start to work on thei
            or group projects. In addition to study activities, program participants also have plenty 
            about Czech and Central European culture and to establish professional and social contacts

            students. The entire program always runs from the end of March to the end of May.
            The international exchange program with a prestigious American university is also quite be
            Czech side, which is enriched by new professional and social experiences, not just for the

            also for the undergraduate, master’s and post-graduate students in the Geography Departmen
            University's Faculty of Science who are involved in organizing the program. By spending ti
            trips and in other parts of the program and during informal sports and cultural activities

            the opportunity to establish contacts with their American counterparts while improving the
            must love the things that you do. And in my opinion, this is one of the main factors where
            semester has been successful. Despite being a highly “institutionalized and formal” event,

            forward to it very much, since we have become very good friends with our American partners
            And if you are friends with the “parents”, then you also like their children – in this cas
            students,” says Professor Dušan Drbohlav from the Department of Social Geography and Regio

            During this year’s 25th American semester, the Geography Department of the CU Faculty of S
            a group of 10 American students who are accompanied by Dr. Coleen Fox in the first half of
            by Prof. Mona Domosh in the second half. This year’s “silver” American semester officially

            Wed. March 28th, 2018 and will run until June 2nd, 2018. “This year’s celebrations include
            received lectures by top American geographers, Dr. Lee Schwartz and Prof. Marie Price, whi
            on May 3rd at the Faculty of Science at Albertov 6”, adds Assoc. Prof. Eva Janská, a co-or

            American semester.

            For the current program of lectures by American guest speakers click HERE [ URL "https://w

            Current information about the American semester can be found on the program’s website: htt