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 […]
The Centre for Philosophy, Ethics and Religion invites you to a high-profile academic discussion about the political role of universities in contemporary society. Venue: New Stage (“Nová scéna”) of the National Theatre, Národní 4, Prague Time: 21st of March 2018, 17:00 Our speakers will be: Louise Richardson, vice-chancellor of Oxford University Péter Balázs, Director of the […]
The Centre for Political philosophy, Ethics and Religion and Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies invites you to public lecture „Why Does Philosophy Have a History?“ given by prof. Michael Rosen (Harvard University) Date and time: 22nd February, 5 p.m. Place: room 217, ÚFAR FF UK, nám. Jana Palacha 2 Abstrakt: Quine is supposed to have said that two […]
Our Centre co-organises a 3rd Biennial Ideas in Politics Conference, to be held in Prague on November 3rd – 4th , 2017. The conference aims to bring together political philosophers, political theorists, intellectual historians as well as other scholars interested in republicanism, citizenship or constitutionalism to discuss the role of republican ideas in the history of political thought, as well […]
Our Centre is co-organising an international seminar “Exploring the Borderlands of Philosophy and Theology”. The keynote lecture will be delivered by prof. Emmanuel Falque, a distinguished French philosopher specializing in phenomenology and medieval philosophy. The title of his talk is Must We Cross the Rubicon? Philosophy and Theology: New Boundaries. Responses will be delivered by four […]
Madness is something rare in individuals — but in groups, parties, peoples, and ages, it is the rule. Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil Two internationally acclaimed intellectuals, sir Drummond Bone, professor of English literature at Oxford University, and Martin Hilský, professor at Faculty of Arts, Charles University, will discuss the topic “Romanticism, nationalism and […]
Centre for Political Philosophy, Ethics and Religion is co-organising a conference on “Public life and Religious Diversity”, hosted by University of Oxford. The conference will take place at Harris Manchester College, Oxford, from September 7 to September 9, 2017. It will explore what the next steps should be for research on religious diversity and public […]
3rd Biennial Ideas in Politics Conference co-organized with Institute of Political Studies FSV UK and Anglo-American University Prague – November 3rd – 4th , 2017 The current surge of political populism across the Western world may be interpreted not only as a sign of the collapse of the post-Cold War (neo-)liberal consensus but also as a […]
Post-Truth, Populism, Prejudice: Europe’s values in crisis ? 16th – 18th February 2017 Cohosted with Charles University’s Faculty of Social Sciences, Europaeum. What does it mean to be a “good” European ? The question recurs as Europe grapples with a series of simultaneous crises – refugees, multi-culturalism, uneven economic development, and bailing out neighbours at […]
The aim of the conference is to critically reflect upon some of the main issues which currently surround debates about the performance of media in the Czech Republic and Central Europe in general, namely the changing models of media ownership, the independence of public service broadcasting, as well as the spreading of disinformation and propaganda […]
The annual “Identities in the Middle East Workshop,” organized and hosted by the Department of Near Eastern and African Studies at Charles University, will be inaugurated with a two-day discussion of late-Ottoman identities.
A consorcium of universities whose members include Charles University, University of Kent, Freie Universität Berlin, Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier III and Universidade do Porto has received a grant from the European Union as part of the scheme Horizon 2020 for its project Migration and Modernity – Historical and Cultural Challenges (MOVES).
The 7th annual "Screen Industries in East-Central Europe" (SIECE) conference, which took place in Prague on 22-23 May 2018, focused on current developments in online distribution of audiovisual content. The main conference themes also included Internet television and European Commission’s Digital Single Market strategy.
The winners of the 2018 EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards, Europe’s top honour in the field, were announced on 15 May by the European Commission and Europa Nostra, the leading European heritage network. St. Wenceslas Rotunda in Prague won the award in the category "CONSERVATION".
On 28 April 2018, the fifth year of the Open Square Festival was held on Jan Palach Square. Visitors could attend exhibitions, lectures, workshops, concerts, guided walks, and boat trips.
Attentat 1942, a historically-accurate video game about the Nazi occupation of former Czechoslovakia, recently won the “Most Amazing Game Award” at the prestigious A MAZE 2018 Festival in Berlin.
As part of the Ibero-American Week, organised on 19 - 27 April by the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs in cooperation with representatives of Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries in Prague, the Centre for Ibero-American Studies at CUFA organised a symposium Cien años de relaciones entre Checoslovaquia/República Checa y el mundo hispánico/lusobrasileño.
Linguistics Prague is a conference aimed at graduate students of linguistics and related fields. This year, the programme consists of thre days of plenary talks, sessions, workshops, and social activities.
Charles University is happy to invite the academic community to an honorary degree ceremony in which the title of doctor of philosophical sciences, honoris causa, will be awarded to the renowned archaeologist, professor Thomas Evan Levy.
