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Special Issue of revue Paměť a dějiny

February 7, 2021 Notices Publications

Members of CWRG participated on a special issue of revue Paměť a dějiny which was focused on Cold War relations between Czechoslovakia and Africa. This special issue was published as a commemoration of the Year of Africa 60th anniversary. This special issue also contains a text about CWRG and its activities. Online acces: here

PRIMUS Research Programme and CWRG

February 7, 2021 Notices

Charles University decided to support a research project called „African and Middle Eastern Elites Educated in former Socialist Countries: Studies, Trajectories, and Mindsets“. submitted by Dr. Constantin Katsakioris within the programme PRIMUS. It is a programme with aim to encourage young researchers with international experience to establish new research groups and laboratories. Three-years project will be solved at […]

Special Issue of IHR “The Secret Struggle for the Global South”

February 7, 2021 Notices Publications

Special Issue of International History Review called “The Secret Struggle for the Global South” was published in May 2020. This issue contains studies by two members of CWRG – Jan Koura (‘Africanos’ versus ‘Africanitos’ the Soviet-Czechoslovak Competition to Protect the Cuban Revolution) and Mikuláš Pešta (“Banking on Military Assistance: Czechoslovakia’s Struggle for Influence and Profit in […]

Jan Koura published a study in Intelligence and National Security

February 7, 2021 Notices Publications

A study by Jan Koura called “A prominent spy: Mehdi Ben Barka, Czechoslovak intelligence, and Eastern Bloc Espionage in the Third World during the Cold War“ was published in peer-reviewed impacted journal Intelligence and National Security. Abstract: The 1965 disappearance of Mehdi Ben Barka in Paris, the catalyst of one of the greatest political scandals in […]

Jan Koura published a study in Middle Eastern Studies

February 5, 2021 Notices Publications

A study by Jan Koura called „Czechoslovakia and the ‘Cyprus issue’ in the years 1960–1974: secret arms deals, espionage, and the Cold War in the Middle East“ was published in peer-reviewed impacted journal Middle Eastern studies.  Acces: https://doi.org/10.1080/00263206.2020.1860944 Abstract: This study is based on a broad range of newly declassified documents which garner revelatory findings pertaining […]

CFP “Latin America and Central Europe in 1968: Political Left, Social Movements and Mutual Influences in the Year of Upheavals”

June 1, 2018 Call for Papers Notices

Latin America and Central Europe in 1968: Political Left, Social Movements and Mutual Influences in the Year of Upheavals Conference venue: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic Date: December 7-8, 2018 Deadline for submitting proposals: August 30, 2018 The year 1968 was a year of profound social, cultural and political changes across the globe. This “Worldwide […]

New Issue of Estetika: The European Journal of Aesthetics

April 8, 2021 Faculty

The professional journal Estetika: The European Journal of Aesthetics which focuses on the diverse traditions of European philosophical aesthetics, is being published by Helsinki University Press in collaboration with the Faculty of Arts, Charles University.

Faculty of Arts, CU, Joins “The Czech Republic Shines Blue”

April 2, 2021 Faculty

The platform Naděje pro Autismus (Hope for Autism) has been organizing a nation-wide educative campaign “The Czech Republic Shines Blue” which aims to raise public awareness of the nature of autism and the life with it. Participating institutions light up their buildings in blue from 2 to 3 April.

Dean’s Day: Unavailability of Libraries

March 29, 2021 Faculty

On Thursday, 1 April, all CU FA libraries acting as collection points of requested books will be closed due to the Dean's Day.

Book of the Year: Stanislav Komárek’s Ukrainian Odyssey

March 24, 2021 Faculty

Stanislav Komárek teaches history and philosophy at the Faculty of Arts and science history at the Faculty of Science at Charles University.  He won back-to-back book-of-the-year awards in Ukraine in 2020 and 2021.

Job Offers: Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies & Institute of the Czech National Corpus

March 23, 2021 Faculty

Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies | Institute of the Czech National Corpus

Current Information about Library Services for the General Public

March 16, 2021 Faculty

Information about the services of CU FA libraries offered to the general public. It does not apply to the students and employees of Charles University.

The Catalogue of Open Access Journals of CU FA Has Been Published

March 11, 2021 Faculty

The catalogue Journals 2021/2022 presents 16 Faculty journals in English that have been published in open access and which electronic editions can be freely downloaded by all users in the PDF format.

The Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Expresses Support for Students and Employees of Burmese Universities

March 9, 2021 Faculty

With grave concern, we are following the interventions against universities and other acts of violence committed by the military and security forces in Burma (Myanmar).

National Film Museum NaFilM Wins Czech Lion Award

March 9, 2021 Faculty

The students behind the awarded projected for exceptional feat in the area of audio-visual arts are from the Department of Film Studies at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University – Adéla Mrázová, Terezie Křížkovská, and Jakub Jiřiště. The gala evening was held in Prague’s Rudolfinum in a restricted mode on 6 March.


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