On November 13th, UAAT-ICU Mandarin Learning Center will be honoured to invite the Taiwanese Ambassador and two distinguished scholars to share their experiences about the ambassador’s work, Taiwan’s culture and diplomatic development. We sincerely invite you to attend our upcoming event. When: November 13 (Thursday) at 19:00 Where: Charles University, Malá Strana campus The event […]
Taiwan Docs: Silenced Sunrise: Taiwan’s Music vs. the China Factor & Chasing the China Wind: A Musical Journal Kino Atlas is showing two short documentary films about Taiwan on October 22 (Wed.) at 20:15. Czech premiere of two short documentaries from contemporary Taiwan, both films are subtitled in English only. The screening will be followed […]
The Department of Sinology is hosting the conference “Border-crossing and Interaction: The East/West Trans-Cultural Flow of Chinese/Taiwanese Literature and Images Since Modern Times” on October 24 (Friday). Venue: Imperial Hall, Charles University Presentations will be held in English. You are most welcome to attend. The programme and further information: 2025 Prague Conference Harmonogram
You are welcome to attend the public lecture Taiwan’s Popular Music and Industries: Transnationalising the Local and Localising the Transnational by Dr. Chen-yu Lin (Lecturer in Creative and Cultural Industries, Cardiff University) This talk explores the dynamics of Taiwan’s popular music industries—from the latest hits and major industry players to the far-reaching transnational influence of […]
Calligraphy workshop with master Evan Hsiao When: October 14th, 19:00-20:30 Where: Department of Sinology, Organisers: the UAAT-ICU MLC (collaborative project between the Taiwan Ministry of Education and major Czech universities) Experience writing calligraphy and watch the master create beautiful Chinese characters! Everyone is warmly welcome. The number of places is limited! Please register through the QR […]
Courses taught in English at the Department of Sinology in winter semester 2025/26 include: Nation-Building in Contemporary Taiwan and its Historic Roots: Colonization, Globalization, Localization (Jacob F. Tischer, Ph.D.; syllabus, schedule) PVP 1 Buddhism, Daoism and Popular Religion in Taiwan: From Local to Global and Back (Jacob F. Tischer, Ph.D.; syllabus, schedule) State and Society […]
You are welcome to attend the following event: September 30 at 2:30 p.m. (CEST / UTC+2) Prof. Shu-mei Shih’s (UCLA) lecture, “Empires of the Sinophone”, will introduce the new English-language reader in Sinophone studies entitled Sinophone Studies across Disciplines (Columbia UP, 2024). Framing the book talk in terms of comparative empire studies as a way […]
You are invited to the Taiwanese Literature Salon! Where: Vaclav Havel Library When: 12 September at 19:00. The speakers are: -Li Yuan 李遠 (Taiwanese writer and the Minister of Culture) -Kevin Chen 陳思宏 (Taiwanese writer based in Berlin) -Kateřina Tučková (Czech writer) -Táňa Dluhošová (Director of the Oriental Institute of Czech Academy of Sciences) The […]
CFP: The Association of Chinese and Comparative Literature 2026 Biennial Conference June 25-26, 2026 Location: National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore, 119260 Co-organized by the Association of Chinese and Comparative Literature and the Department of Chinese Studies at the National University of Singapore. The conference is also cosponsored by the Department of Modern […]
The honorary doctorate will recognize not only more than thirty years of academic and journalistic work of Professor Garton Ash, but also his social attitudes, which are an inspiring and important voice for Central and Eastern Europe’s future direction, especially in the difficult period the regions are going through.
You are kindly invited to two unique academic events marking the launch of the COLUMN project (Colonial Past of Universities: Materiality and New Forms of Cooperation): a lecture by Prof. Loretta Feris and the premiere screening of the documentary film UnRest.
Renowned political scientist Robert L. Funk from the University of Chile will explore the leading candidates, the key issues shaping the campaigns, and what is at stake for Chilean democracy.
Prof. Paul Chaisty, a leading researcher in area studies and political science specializing in Russia and Ukraine, is offering a block seminar entitled Area Studies for Researchers: Opportunities, Challenges, and Controversies at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, for the 2025/2026 academic year.
The Faculty of Arts, Charles University (Prague, Czech Republic) is seeking a postdoctoral researcher in comparative area studies. As part of the project funded by Horizon Europe (ERA Chair in Multidisciplinary Area Studies, ERA-AREAS), this post holder will participate in the newly created Center for Multidisciplinary Area Studies (CenMAS).
The Faculty of Arts, Charles University (Prague, Czech Republic) is seeking a research group leader in comparative area studies. As part of the project funded by Horizon Europe (ERA Chair in Multidisciplinary Area Studies, ERA-AREAS), this post holder will be responsible for coordinating a newly created Center for Multidisciplinary Area Studies (CenMAS).
Only one project from the Czech Republic has succeeded in the most prestigious European ERC Advanced Grant competition this year: the research of historian Kateřina Čapková from the Department of Middle Eastern Studies.
Charles University is proud to announce that it has – as the first university in the Czech Republic – successfully defended the prestigious HR Excellence in Research Award (HR Award), granted by the European Commission.
Updated 12 June, 12:00 | On Wednesday, after noon, the Police of the Czech Republic intervened in the main building of the Faculty of Arts of Charles University (náměstí Jana Palacha 1/2, Prague 1) - they were securing persons because of suspicious, potentially risky statements on social networks. There is no danger, everyone is fine. The event is over, the situation is under control, we are communicating with the Police. The building is open and in operation without restrictions.
