Centre for philosophy, ethics and religion, Sekyra Fondation and Institue of Philosophy cordially invite you to a lecture Attitudes of the Will and Attitudes of the Heart delivered by prof. Stephen Darwall Yale When? Thursday 16.3. 2022, starting at 17:00 Where? Room 300, Faculty of Arts main building, Jana Palacha 2, Third floor. […]
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, […]
Czech mission of the Czech Institute of Egyptology at CU FA working in the transitional zone between the pyramid fields of Abusir and Saqqara has made a rare discovery. During two archaeological seasons of 2022 and 2023 it located and thoroughly explored a lost tomb which belonged to a high official Ptahshepses living during the 25th and 24th centuries BC.
Martin Hilský is a professor emeritus from the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, and a household name in Czechia most famous for his translations of William Shakespeare – not just every single play but also the Sonnets.
On Monday, 2 October 2023, there will be concerts, science stand-ups, FameLab competition, an exhibition opening, Didaktikon Open Day, and more. The programme starts at 4 pm and will go on until midnight.
Dr Anežka Kuzmičová from the Institute of Czech Language and Theory of Communication at CU FA has won a prestigious ERC Starting Grant of 1.5 million Euro for a five-year research project exploring children's affective engagements with facts and nonfiction, making her the first ever recipient of an ERC grant in the Social Sciences and Humanities at Charles University.
The publication <i>Jaroslav Róna: Apocalypses and Visions</i> was written by an academic from the Institute of Ethnology at CU FA and presents the work of a sculptor, painter, graphic artist, and glass artist. He belongs among the prominent personalities of the contemporary Czech art scene.
The position is opened for academics in ethnology or cultural anthropology with any specialization or linguistics or literary studies, historiography (or political science or social science) who focus on Central or Southeastern Europe. Expected start is on 1 January 2024, the deadline for applications is by 23 October 2023.
The publication Carnabhal na Marbh was written by an academic from the Centre for Irish Studies which discusses the novel <i>Cré na Cille<i /> by Máirtín Ó Cadhain in the context of the period when translations of the novel started to circulate outside of Ireland. The monograph assesses its place in the canon of world literature.
It’s no secret that learning Czech can be tricky when it comes to grammar, vocabulary, or pronunciation. Some would say especially the pronunciation of words sprinkled with Czech diacritics is tough. Recently CU FA rolled out what it hopes will be a game-changer: ProCzeFor, an online state-of-the-art pronunciation app that makes it easier and more fun to learn Czech.
The Office of Commercial Programmes and Cross-Sectoral Cooperation is mainly responsible for the organisation of semester and short-term teaching programmes for international students and individual payers from abroad, their promotion, and coordinating the preparation of new ones and the development of existing commercial study programmes and summer schools.
