Lenka Chaloupková joined the Department of Sinology on February 1, 2023, as a new Assistant Lecturer. Congratulations!
Lenka Chaloupková joined the Department of Sinology on February 1, 2023, as a new Assistant Lecturer. Congratulations!
Journal of the European Association of Chinese Studies (JEACS) Special issue: Culture and Memory Deadline: 15 January 2023 This special issue welcomes scholarly papers across disciplines dealing with various aspects of culture and memory related to the pre-modern, modern, and contemporary sinophone world and its vicinities. Departing from the broad understanding that memory and culture […]
The Journal of the European Association for Chinese Studies (JEACS) and the Centre for Modern East Asian Studies (CeMEAS) at University of Göttingen invite you to Talk to our authors Chinese Studies under the Eyes of the Communist Party? Self-censorship, Embedded Research and Ways to Discuss our Positionalities With Olga Lomová, Charles University, Prague, Czechia […]
Due to the application of level 5 of the PES Index, the library is closed from January 4, 2021 until further notice. For details please visit https://www.ff.cuni.cz/2020/12/closure-cu-fa-libraries-4-january-2021/.
Jaromír Vochala, teacher of many Czech and Slovak Sinologists at the former Department of Asians and African Studies of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, died on June 25, 2020, shortly before his 93th birthday. He studied Sinology in the 1950 at Peking University and taught Chinese Language and Writing at Charles University from 1960 […]
We cordially invite you to the Workshop on Warring States Bamboo-strip Manuscripts with Professor Edward L. Shaughnessy The international workshop will take place at the Institute of East Asian Studies, Charles University in Prague, on May 22, 2018 – May 24, 2018. Tuesday May 22, 18:00-19:30 – Opening Lecture “Of Trees, a Son, and Kingship: […]
We cordially invite you to the lecture given by Professor Barend J. ter Haar (University of Oxford), on the anniversary pf the foundation of the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange in Taiwan “Sounds in Chinese religious culture” Karolinum, Malá aula, Ovocný trh 3, Prague 1 Friday April 27, 2018, 16.00 hrs Abstract: Sound […]
To kick-start the new semester, we invite you to the series of lectures on Chinese literature Professor Christopher Rea, University of British Columbia Thursday October 19, 16:40-18:15 (room118, Celetná) Of Cannibal Eunuchs and Waggon Hunters: The Swindle Story around the World Friday October 20, 14:10-15:45 (místnost 118, Celetná) The Age of Irreverence: A New History […]
IEAS invites everyone interested to two lectures by Bart Dessein from Ghent University: Yearning for the Lost Paradise: datong 大同and its philosophical interpretations (7 March 3.50 pm, Celetná 20 / room 425) and Aśoka’s Chinese shadow: The case of Mount Lu(8 March 3.50 pm, Celetná 20 / room 118).
More than 20 international women scientists from Charles University met at Kampus Hybernská to share their stories, experiences and motivations. Among them was also doc. Clare Wallace from the Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures at CU FA.
New episode of the podcast by students of English and American Studies at CU FA features prof. Ondřej Pilný, Head of Centre for Irish Studies at CU FA. Prof. Pilný introduces modern Irish drama from J. M. Synge to Martin McDonagh and beyond.
The event will take place on 8 March at the Hybernská Campus in Hall 3A from 6 pm. It celebrates two significant days – International Women’s Day and International Day of Women and Girls in Science – and will feature women across disciplines from a number of different countries, many of whom are based at faculties and other units of Charles University.
The day may come when she will fulfil her childhood dream and become a musical star; but for the moment, Karolína Mikysková is focusing on her studies in psychology at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University. She is also involved in charity and volunteer work, which includes helping cancer patients.
All persons present at the main building of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University (nám. Jana Palacha 1/2, Prague 1) have to attend the drill. The other faculty buildings, where the planned teaching takes place, are not affected. The duration of the event is expected to be 20–30 minutes.
In the small-format podcast, the teachers and other guests will explore the Anglophone world and their own research.
This publication is devoted to the analysis of historical experience and modern trends in the development of Armenians in some countries. The publication is the result of cooperation between the Institute of Ethnology at CU FA and the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia.
In November 2022, the Department of East European Studies at CU FA and the Prague Civil Society Centre held the debate “Fight for Justice: A talk with Ukrainian lawyers documenting Russia’s war crimes.” The whole session was recorded and the recording is freely accessible online.
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.
