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.
Ken Booth (Aberystwyth University), Richard Beardsworth (University of Leeds), Benoit Pelopidas (SciencesPo) and Sanne Cornelia Verschuren (Brown University) discuss the aftermath of the global pandemic in the sphere of IR. Jan Růžička acts as a chair.
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, […]
With great grief, we inform that on Monday, 11 October 2021, a long-term teacher of Mongolian studies and researcher of Mongolian philology, docent Jugder Luvsandorj, passed away aged 82 years.
The new issue of Prague Egyptological Studies is out. The open access academic journal is now published only in English and has got a new faculty layout.
On Thursday, 30 September 2021, the PhD student from the Institute of Translation Studies at CU FA, Mgr. Michal Zahálka, has been awarded Jacques Derrida Prize, and Dr Jan Koura from the Institute of World History at CU FA has won the CEFRES Platform special award.
On 21-23 September 2022, the conference “The Czech Approach to Word Formation in the Context of Slavic Linguistics” is to be held in commemoration of 110 years since the birth and 20 years since the death of a prominent linguist and word formation specialist Miloš Dokulil.
A collection of essays based on the conference “Ar an Imeall i Lár an Domhain?”: An tairseachúlacht i litríocht agus i gcultúr na hÉireann agus na hEorpa, which was held in Prague in September 2017, has been published by Leabhar Breac. One of the editors is Radvan Markus from DALC at CU FA.
A new issue of Estetika has been published on September 16, 2021. The issue consists of four research articles, a symposium, and two book reviews, covering a wide range of topics from the field of aesthetics and philosophy.
Based on the current government measures, the following rules apply to teaching in the winter semester.
The Dean of CU FA, Michal Pullmann wishes a peaceful academic year and encourages all students and employees of the faculty, if possible, to vaccinate themselves against the COVID-19 disease in order to protect the health of all of us.
The courses are focused on putting science into practice, on innovation, enterprise, systematic thinking, and other specific topics like AI, research of new medicine in context of pharmaceutical industry, or violence in close relationships. The courses are intended for students, researchers, and employees of Charles University.
