WHEN: Thursday 24 November 2022 at 7.30 pm WHERE: baroque refectory of the Dominican monastery in Jilská (entrance Jalovcová 2) How do crises enter our world? How to talk about them, how to think about them? The war in Ukraine has once again placed before us with urgency the question of such an irrational reality […]
WHEN: Friday 25 November 2022 at 11.00 a.m. WHERE: Faculty of Arts, UK, Jana Palacha 2, Prague, room 217. Emmanuel Falque, Thinking after after Auschwitz The lecture on “thinking after Auschwitz” in the light of the thought of Paul Ricouer and Emmanuel Lévinas will focus on the issue of evil in the world. Is it […]
Centre for philosophy, ethics and religion cordially invites you to a lecture What, if anything, is wrong with inheritance? by prof. Stefan Gosepath Freie Universität Berlin When? Thursday 13.10. 2022 from 17:00 Where? Room 300, Charles University, Faculty of Arts, Jana Palacha 2, 3rd floor Attendance is free, prior registration is not required […]
The Center for Philosophy, Ethics, and Religion invites you to the Wittgenstein and Philosophy for the 21st Century conference on September 9 and 10, 2022.
Centre for philosophy, ethics and religion, Faculty of Arts, Charles University cordially invites you for two sessions with Prof. Mark Wrathall (University of Oxford) Session one Heidegger’s Phenomenology of Authentic Religious Life Date: WED 20.4.2022 Time: 15:50 Location: Room 217, FF UK – nám. Jana Palacha 2 For this session, please read Part One, Chapter Four and Part Two […]
Chief Authority of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar Grand Mufti of Russia Rawil Gaynutdin Leaders of Buddhism and Hinduism in Russia Other representatives of faith communities in Russia February 28th 2022 We appeal to you as leaders of churches and religious communities of Russian people. Our shared religious […]
We invite you to a webinar on “Reflections on Non-Belief: Typology or Spectrum” by Prof. Grace Davie (University of Exeter). Grace Davie is a professor of sociology at the University of Exeter, the United Kingdom. Her research interests lie in the sociology of religion, with a particular emphasis on patterns of religion in Europe. She […]
Czech Christian Academy and The Center for Philosophy, Ethics and Religion, Faculty of Arts, Charles University invite you to a webinar on History of Ethical Growth Prof. Charles Taylor (McGill University) Charles Taylor is a Canadian philosopher and professor emeritus at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. He is best known for his groundbreaking contributions to political philosophy, […]
The Centre invites to to an online international conference on liberal education and the role of universities. The conference can be followed via this link: https://cesnet.zoom.us/j/99399694480 The full programme is available HERE.
Simon Høffding, Carlos Vara Sánchez, and Tone Roald were awarded for their article “Being Moved by Art: A Phenomenological and Pragmatist Dialogue” published in Estetika: The European Journal of Aesthetics. The journal is published by CU FA in collaboration with Helskinki University Press. The award is organized by the Finnish Society for Aesthetics since 2015.
The anonymous electronic evaluation of courses takes place from 9 to 22 January 2023. The results including comments are to be published at the beginning of February.
Associate Professor Jan Sýkora from the Institute of Asian Studies at CU FA has been to Japan on countless occasions. The most influential stay was at Saga University on the island of Kyushu, where he studied between 1991 and 1994.
Due to an energy-saving reason, the operation of the Česká Spořitelna building will be reduced from 23 December 2022 to 12 February 2023. Though only slightly heated, its premises will remain accessible. Employees may briefly come in to deal with paperwork, but staying there throughout the working hours will not be possible due to the cold temperature.
The three-day conference, which was held at the beginning of November at the Foreign Ministry of the Czech Republic, addressed the current rise of antisemitism, xenophobia, and racism, highlighted the role of education, and called for redressing the wrongs of the Holocaust. The event also focused on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine.
Traditional Christmas book sale co-organized by the Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures at CU FA will take place on 8 December from 2–7 pm in front of P104. Anyone can donate books on 5–7 December in the English and Romance Studies Library during its opening hours. All money raised will go to the People in Need charity. All books are welcome.
The 18th century Czech composer Josef Mysliveček is at last getting the attention he deserves, says acclaimed American musicologist for Forum Radio. If so, it is in no small part thanks to Freeman’s own extensive research into the composer’s music and life that has been recently translated by Petra Johana Poncarová from the Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures at CU FA.
A year ago, the Czech-Uzbek expedition discovered 60 graves from the 3rd–2nd century BC on the outskirts of the Iskandar Tepa settlement in Uzbekistan. Now, the archaeologists opened six of them to acquire data about the population that lived there. Some of the graves have provided extremely valuable data, artifacts, skeletal remains, and samples for further analysis.
