Tomáš Halík’s book I Want You To Be (Notre Dame University Press 2019 received the Gold Award for Religion Books at Foreword INDIES Book Award winners on June 17, 2020. The award recognizes the best books published in 2019 from small, independent, and university presses. Over 2,100 entries were submitted in 55 categories, with Foreword’s editors […]
Centre for Philosophy, Ethics and Religion and Generali Investments cordially invite you to Generali Investments Public Lecture on Human Values. Eric Nelson (Harvard University) will talk on „The Theology of Liberalism“ When: Thursday 13.2. at 17:30 Where: Room 217, Faculty of Arts, Jana Palacha 2 Abstract: We think of modern liberalism as the novel product of […]
We invite everyone to a lecture by Sir David Cannadine, president of British Academy, entitled “Margaret Thatcher in historical perspective”. On the day of planned “hard Brexit”, Sir Cannadine will talk about Thatcher’s attitude to European integration and her heritage in Britain and across the world. The lecture will take place at the Faculty of […]
We cordially invite everyone to participate on a debate with Mark Thompson, the CEO of New York Times, which we organise together with our colleagues from Vaclav Havel Library. You can register as a participant HERE.
On Monday, 15. 4. our Centre organises a guest lecture of Aristotle Papanikolaou, a distinguished scholar specializing on orthodox Christianity. The lecture will start at 17:00 at Jilská 5. The topic will be Globalizing the Culture Wars: Orthodoxy and Politics in Russia. Everyone is welcome!
At 4pm on Thursday, November 22, Timothy Snyder will deliver a lecture at Faculty of Arts, Charles University (Jana Palacha 2, Prague, room 131. Abstract: Across the globe, the tenets of democracy are under attack and the popularity of illiberal political forces is mounting. How much do these forces have in common? What motivates them, […]
This autumn, Centre for philosophy, ethics and religion organises another series of debates with elite academics and intellectuals on important topics within public sphere. The next debate is on: Central Europe and national identity in the Facebook age Date and venue: November 27, 5pm, Nová scéna Národního divadla, Národní 1, Prague Guests: Michael Ignatieff (filosopher […]
On 28-31 August 2018 our centre co-organized The European Society for Philosophy of Religion Annual Conference, which took place in Prague. The theme of the conference was “Philosophy of Religion in a Pluralistic World”. You can find more information about the conference HERE. The […]
On Wednesday, March 21, our Centre organized a high-profile public debate on political role of universities in New scene of National Theatre The speakers were: Louise Richardson, vice-chancellor of Oxford University Péter Balázs, Director of the Center for European Neighborhood Studies, CEU Stefan Collini, professor of intellectual history at Cambridge University Tomáš Halík, Faculty of […]
Even in the midst of the continuing pandemic Charles University has honoured Jan Palach, the student who in an act of protest in January 1969 doused himself in petrol and set himself alight.
Doc. Marek Jakoubek from the Institute of Ethnology at CU FA was awarded the Certificate of Merit by the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences for his contribution to Bulgarian studies. He was awarded for the establishment of a research centre in Pilsen. Currently, he works on the establishing of a similar centre at the Prague’s institute. […]
Charles University and its faculties are buying a lot of bibliographic and full-text databases. Take a look at the list of databases that can be used in 2021. Some of the resources are available to all users of the whole Charles University and some are accessible only by the users from particular faculties. In bold […]
From 13 January 2021, CU FA libraries will start again to loan books to the students and employees of Charles University in a restricted mode.
The Rector of Charles University and the Mayor of Prague signed a partnership agreement at the end of the year and, thus, founded a joint project that significantly contributes to an enhanced connection of the academic, city, and general public activities. A newly registered institution Kampus Hybernská, z.ú. has begun its operation.
Anonymous electronic course evaluation takes place from 5 until 24 January. The results, including the comments, will be released before the start of the summer semester.
The Czech National Agency for International Education and Research released the results of their award that evaluated the most interesting internationalisation projects in 2020. Some of the best projects are connected with the Faculty of Arts, Charles University: CEEPUS exchange programme “Study of Religions” at the Institute of Asian Studies and the Online Summer School […]
Field and specialization: methods and theories of social work, research methods. Applications by 19. 2. 2021.
Professor emeritus of English Literature Martin Hilský is one of the country’s most prominent translators of Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets into Czech. In 2011, his translations were published in a single volume The Complete Works (Dílo). Now, Academia has followed up with Shakespeare’s England: Portrait of an Age.
