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