7 May 2019

Dr Guégan: A Visual Colonial Anthropophagy

The Department of Historical Sociology, Faculty of Humanities is pleased to invite you to the lecture „A visual colonial Anthropophagy: Photography and public opinion’s reaction to the 1860s-1870s famines in French Algeria and British India“ which will be delivered by Dr Xavier Guégan, University of Winchester, UK.

7 May 2019

Phenomenology and qualitative research

Since its inception, phenomenological philosophy has exerted an influence on empirical science. But what is the best way to practice, use and apply phenomenology in a non-philosophical context? How deeply rooted in phenomenological philosophy must qualitative research be in order to qualify as phenomenological? How many of the core commitments of phenomenology must it accept? In my talk, I will criticize the approaches of van Manen, Smith and Giorgi, and propose some alternative strategies.

9 May 2019 – 12 May 2019

FHS will present its book production at Book World Prague 2019

On May 9-12, 2019 the 25^th international book fair and literary festival “Book World Prague 2019” is held at the Prague Exhibition Grounds in Holešovice. FHS`s book production will be presented and you will find it in the right part of the Industrial Palace at the P 202 stand.

13 May 2019

What Future for the Norms-Based International Order? Czech and German perspectives

Institute of International Studies () invites you to the public debate with two German experts, Hanns W. Maull and Gernot Erler. The main topic will be: "What Future for the Norms-Based International Order? Czech and German perspectives". The event will take place on Monday 13th May 2019 at 5:00 PM at Carolinum historical building (Small Aula).

14 May 2019

Rector´s Sports Day

The Rector’s Sporting Day of Charles University this year will take place on Tuesday, May 14, 2019. Therefore, on this one day only, leave the lecture halls, laboratories, offices and study rooms empty, take your colleagues, classmates and friends and come out to play. Put together a team and take part in one of the collective sport tournaments, find yourselves a rival and come to enjoy a game of badminton, kanjam, summer biathlon or any other sporting activity.

14 May 2019

Adam Ledgeway: Changing Patterns of Configurationality in the Passage from Latin to Romance

Drawing on his ground-breaking book, From Latin to Romance (Cambridge University Press 2012), Professor Ledgeway (Cambridge, UK) will deal, in this talk, with the grammatical changes that took place in the transition from Latin to the Romance languages.

15 May 2019 – 17 May 2019

Professor Kip S. Thorne

American physicist Kip S. Thorne, the Nobel laureate for the detection of gravitational waves will be visiting Prague in May 2019. He will be the guest of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic and the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University. Prof. Thorne will give three lectures during his Prague stay.

15 May 2019 – 16 May 2019

The 7th National Conference on Knowledge and Technology Transfer and Via Carolina Fair

On the first day of the  there will be a presentation of new opportunities to connect science and research, including those in humanities, with the world of investors and business. ...

16 May 2019 – 17 May 2019

Social Memory Theory and Conceptions of Afterlife in Early Judaism and Christianity

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16 May 2019 – 17 May 2019

Padova Meets Prague

University of Padova in Prague.

16 May 2019

65th Student Scientific Conference

The Student Scientific Conference of our Faculty of Medicine is held on Thursday, May 16, 2019 from 2.00 p.m. at the Educational centre (EC) in the Faculty hospital.

20 May 2019

Family Environment during Childhood and Educational Gender Gap

Family disadvantage is strongly negatively associated with early social and behavioral skills of children. How does family structure during childhood affect female and male teenage behavior and school-grade outcomes? Do boys benefit more from advantageous family environment than girls?

26 May 2019 – 6 June 2019

Ethnomusicology Summer School: Romani Music

One-week course organized in the framework of the Khamoro Romani Festival, intended for university students.

The Summer School is part of the Lifelong Learning Programme (41) at the Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, Prague.

27 May 2019

Developing effective presentations in English (Part 1 of 2)

FOR PhD STUDENTS / Do you need to present your work, your institute, your projects and/or your research at international conferences? Are you afraid of presenting? Would you like to keep your audience engaged and simultaneously make impact? Do you need to boost your general public speaking skills? Would you like to master some basic principles of graphic design and thus create more effective slides? This workshop will help you with the above and more.

29 May 2019

The advent of e-mobility and robots: Chances and challenges for labor market

How will the expansion of e-mobility and automation processes affect Czech and German labor markets and the educational and vocational systems? How will these developments affect firms and workers? What are the challenges for policies?

1 June 2019 – 26 June 2019

Holiday with Czech (Poděbrady)

This course is designed as intensive with focus on the Czech language and area studies. The optional afternoon programme consists of lectures held in Czech and English, showing Czech films, cultural and sport activities. It takes place in the Podebrady Study Centre, about 40 kms from Prague.

1 June 2019 – 26 June 2019

Sumer School of Slavic Studies (Poděbrady)

This  course is designed as intensive with focus on the Czech language and area studies. The optional afternoon programme consists of lectures held in Czech and English, showing Czech films, cultural and sport activities. It takes place in the Podebrady Study Centre, about 40 kms from Prague.

2 June 2019 – 10 June 2019

Ethnomusicology Summer School: Music in Socialism and Postsocialism

The summer school Music in socialism and postsocialism will provide students with a general understanding of social, cultural, political, and economic conditions of the European socialist and postsocialist states and societies, and the role of music in this regard.

4 June 2019

Generic Analysis of Speech Introduction in Persian Media: Patterns of Religiously Motivated Language

How do religious concepts and expressions in introductonary sections of Persian media thematize discourse and shape the mind of Iranian society?

Dr. Jalilifar will explore the position of these expressions, the functions they serve and the targets they address.

5 June 2019 – 6 June 2019

Prof. Samuel Putnam (Bowdoin College, USA): Temperament – Measurement, Structure, Stability and Cultural Correlates

Professor Putnam specializes in social development. He teaches a survey course in child development, a lab in developmental research methods, introduction to psychology, and a seminar in social development.

10 June 2019

Glenn Penny: Persistent Collecting Networks – Explaining the History of Hamburg’s Central American Textile Collections

The lecture will explain how German museums, and many others, were filled with objects by networks of collectors, in many cases, multi-generational, the collecting process continuing for unexpectedly long time. 

10 June 2019

Developing effective presentations in English (Part 2 of 2)

FOR PhD STUDENTS / Do you need to present your work, your institute, your projects and/or your research at international conferences? Are you afraid of presenting? Would you like to keep your audience engaged and simultaneously make impact? Do you need to boost your general public speaking skills? Would you like to master some basic principles of graphic design and thus create more effective slides? This workshop will help you with the above and more.

12 June 2019

7th GRAINES Summer School „Experts and Expertise in Motion“

Ever since its establishment Transnational History, however loosely defined, has focused on connections, on flows of people, goods, ideas as well as processes, interconnections and exchange of information in its various forms, that stretch over political and territorial borders. This process-oriented perspective challenges the notion of both the nation and the state as a principal historical category.

12 June 2019

Darina Martykánová: Global Engineers – Building Global Capitalism from the Periphery

The expansion of global capitalism in the decades around the turn of twentieth century included growing investment in all kinds of projects and enterprises that required technical expertise. ...

12 June 2019

Darina Martykánová: Global Engineers – Building Global Capitalism from the Periphery

The expansion of global capitalism in the decades around the turn of twentieth century included growing investment in all kinds of projects and enterprises that required technical expertise. 

14 June 2019 – 15 June 2019

Conference: Social Processes, Events and Historical Breakthroughs

The Department of Historical Sociology, Faculty of Humanities cordially invites you to join the student conference "Social Processes, Events and Historical Breakthroughs from the Perspective of Historical Sociology".

17 June 2019 – 27 July 2019

Summer FLAS Prague (Praha)

The Czech language programme – SUMMER FLAS PRAGUE is an intensive seven week language course arranged exclusively for US undergraduate and graduate students who are in receipt of a summer fellowship from the Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship programme. The Czech language programme – SUMMER FLAS PRAGUE meets criteria set by U. S. Department for Education for approving overseas summer programmes.

19 June 2019

Richard Price: Maroons and their Communities in the Americas

Today, Maroons—self-liberated slaves and their descendants—still form semi-independent communities in several parts of the Americas, for example, in Suriname, French Guiana, Jamaica, Belize, Colombia, and Brazil. ..

19 June 2019

Irina Turner: Does Facebook Eat Up Public Airwaves? The Impact of Media Convergence on Radio in South Africa

Radio remains the most widespread medium in South Africa. It, nevertheless, struggles with dwindling audiences and is thus pushed to marry with other media formats such as social media to maintain relevance.

20 June 2019

Sally Price: Drawing on slavery – Maroon art and contested stories of its origin

The Maroons, descendants of Africans who liberated themselves from plantation slavery in the colony of Suriname, are famous throughout the world for their rich arts. The women produce stunning textiles and sinuous engravings on the fruit of the calabash tree and the men carve elegant designs on everything from canoes and housefronts to combs and kitchen utensils.

30 June 2019 – 3 July 2019

4th CEREPS Summit 2019 in Prague

“Quality criteria and outcome standards for Physical Education and School Sport”

1 July 2019 – 28 July 2019

Czech Summer School (Praha)

The Czech Summer School (Prague) is an intensive course focusing on language and communication. We strike a balance between spoken and written communication, as well as between reading and listening skills, without overlooking grammar. The course is constructed according to long-term experience in language teaching and is based on modern language teaching methods. It corresponds to the Common European Framework for Languages.

19 July 2019 – 16 August 2019

Czech for Compatriots (Poděbrady)

The course is aimed at Czech compatriots living abroad, who want to learn (or just brush up on) the language of their forefathers, learn about Czech culture and visit the most beautiful places in the Czech Republic. All participants are encouraged to take part in an extensive extracurricular programme, as well as in sports activities. Full-day and half-day trips are also on offer.

29 July 2019 – 23 August 2019

Czech Language And Culture Course (Praha Albertov)

This original summer Czech language course called CZECH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE is held under the auspices of the Czech Ministry of Culture and the City of Prague. The course is suitable for those who are interested not only in Czech language, but also in Czech culture and life. The topic of the 18th re-run of the course will be: what did the Czech give the world?

23 August 2019

Continuity, Discontinuity and Change in the Saqqara New Kingdom Necropolis

This lecture proposes to study the development of the New Kingdom (1539–1078 BCE) necropolis at Saqqara (near Memphis) by focusing on the day-to-day use of the site. The built environment (a mix of contemporary tomb structures and older monuments) provides the setting for human activity.

27 August 2019 – 30 August 2019

7th PTOLEMAIC SUMMER SCHOOL

On behalf of the Czech Institute of Egyptology, Charles University, we would kindly like to invite colleagues to the 7^th Ptolemaic Summer School. The event will be held from Tuesday August 27 (morning) to Friday August 30 (early afternoon), 2019 in the Green Lecture Hall (“Zelená posluchárna”) on the first floor in the street Celetná 20.

13 September 2019 – 14 September 2019

IRELAND IN EUROPE: 5th International Postgraduate Conference in Irish Studies

Paper proposals representing postgraduate projects in the area of Irish Studies are invited for an international conference that follows the success of “The Politics of Irish Writing” (2009), “Boundary Crossings” (2011), “Tradition and Modernity” (2013) and “Influences, Intersections, Interactions” (2017).

18 September 2019 – 21 September 2019

Summer School of Clinical Acid-Base and Homeostasis

Summer School of Acid-Base and Homeostasis is a 4-day course organised jointly by Charles University and University of Copenhagen and Milan, supported by 4EU start-up grant. We will take you from basics to advanced level in 4 days of lectures and practical workshops in small groups on real patients’ cases in the very heart of medieval Prague.

20 September 2019 – 21 September 2019

L2 Translation: Getting Out of the Grey Zone

Despite being a common practice in most parts of the world, L2 translation (also referred to as non-native translation or inverse translation) remains a relatively under-explored area. Existing research suggests that L2 translation, and directionality in general, is a complex issue, with key factors including the text type, the client’s expectations and, perhaps most importantly, the translator’s individual skills.

9 October 2019

Conference "Boston meets Prague"

The Dean of the Third Faculty of Medicine together with the CEO of the Lahey Hospital and Medical Center invite all interested physicians, academic staff and students to the joint conferences on topics from neurology and vascular medicine

25 October 2019

Welcome Day for new PhD students

Welcome to Charles University – Why to study a PhD? – Basic information about doctoral study, financing research and academic integrity – Optional tour through Carolinum

5 November 2019

Globalization and Voting Behaviour in Western Europe

Voting behavior in Western Europe has changed dramatically since the early 1990s. Right wing populism is on the rise and traditional social democracy may be on the verge of collapse. Globalization, bringing more immigration and import competition from low-wage countries is a majore driver of voting outcomes. The weakening of social democracy and the rise of right-wing populism are closely associated with increased migration and de-industrialization across countries and regions within countries.

28 November 2019 – 30 November 2019

6th Lublin International Medical Congress

On behalf of the Students' Scientific Society of Medical University of Lublin, we are delighted to invite you to participate in "6th Lublin International Medical Congress for Students and Young Doctors" that will take place from the 28th to the 30th of November 2019 at Collegium Maius and Collegium Pathologicum. We expect more than 250 participants from all over the world! Main language of the conference is English, so please take it into consideration, when preparing and presenting your work.

5 December 2019 – 7 December 2019

Prague Media Point

The theme of the sixth interdisciplinary Prague Media Point Conference is What’s Working. Numerous events have been held lamenting the plight of the media in the modern world. Much less attention has been paid to what’s actually working, but examples do exist and they will be hightlighted at the conference. Special regional focus will be given to Central and Eastern Europe, though we look forward to covering trends from other parts of the world. Submit your abstracts by May 15, 2019.

12 December 2019 – 13 December 2019

HERE Annual Conference

From social inclusion to skills: Pressing themes in higher education policy making

14 January 2020

Greece in the Long Shadow of Civil War

The Institute of Greek and Latin Studies invites you to the lecture: Grigorios Lambrakis & Greece in the Long Shadow of Civil War with prof. Evi Gkotzaridis (Uniwersytet Jagielloński – Krakow).

16 January 2020

Palach 2020 – 51st Anniversary of a CUFA Student’s Self-Immolation as a Political Protest against Soviet Invasion

Jan Palach, a student of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, who self-immolated himself on 16 January 1969 as a political protest against the end of the Prague Spring resulting from the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Warsaw Pact armies. 

10 February 2020 – 14 February 2020

Workshop: Anglo-Saxons and Vikings; Language Contact and Grammatical Change

The Department of English Language and ELT Methodology offers to MA and post-graduate students a seminary workshop Anglo-Saxons and Vikings; Language Contact and Grammatical Change. The four-day worshop is led by Dr. Florian Dolberg from TU Dortmund starting on 10 February until 14 February. Prior to the workshop, it is necessary to pre-register by Mon 27 January at.

14 February 2020

Talking Economics! - přednášky o ekonomickém výzkumu i pro neekonomy

Co to znamená, když se řekne ekonomický výzkum? Na CERGE-EI zkoumáme témata, která hýbou společností - soukromí na internetu, rozhodování voličů nebo ekonomické důsledky znečištění vzduchu. Začínáme 14. února v 10:00 a tématem Aplikovaná ekonomie. Zaregistrujte se a přijďte za námi na CERGE-EI nebo se připojte online.