The Institute of Classical Archaeology at CU FA invites you to a lecture by Estelle Ottenwelter from ARUP AV ČR that will be held on 9 April 2025 at 4:00 pm in Kampus Hybernská in lecture room A.3.
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Thomas Lewis: On Religion and Nationalism: Hegel and the Bulwarks of Political Order
Research group Hegel in Interdisciplinary Perspective (HIP) invites all interested to a lecture by Prof. Thomas Lewise (Brown University) “On Religion and Nationalism: Hegel and the Bulwarks of Political Order.” The lecture is to be held on Tuesday 17 December 2019 at 5:30 pm in the room 225V, main building of Faculty of Arts, Charles University (Jana Palacha […]
Perspectives of Classical Archaeology 2019: Visual Culture in the Classical World
PeCla 2019 is a two‐day conference in Classical Archaeology and Classics organised by the Institute of Classical Archaeology and aimed at postgraduate / doctoral students. It traditionally offers a space for presenting research results, discussion, and an exchange of ideas in a friendly and supportive environment. This year’s theme of the conference is: „Visual Culture in the Classical […]
Martin Maiden: Folk Etymology, Contamination, and Morphological Change. Examples from the Romance Languages
In this lecture, Professor Maiden will illustrate from various Romance languages two related types of morphological change, namely folk etymology and contamination. Martin Maiden is Professor of the Romance Languages at the University of Oxford and Director of the Oxford Research Centre for Romance Linguistics. His main interests are in Italian and Romanian linguistics and […]
Alexander T. Vazsonyi: The Salience of Self-Control in Child and Adolescent Development
The Department of Sociology at Faculty of Arts, Charles University, invites to a public lecture by Professor Alexandra T. Vazsonyie (University of Kentucky, Fulbright distiquished chair at Palacky University Olomouc) on The Salience of Self-Control in Child and Adolescent Development. Abstract Over the past two decades, in particular, self-control has emerged as a key probabilistic construct […]
Lecture of Prof. Randi Haaland: Mothers’ milk, beer and early pottery making
Department of ethnology, Institute of classical archaelogy and Czech Institute of Egyptology invite for a lecture of Prof. Randi Haaland: Mothers’ milk, beer and early pottery making: On the use ethnographic observations for interpretation of the role of women in culture-historical developments in Africa. Abstract African pottery fragments (10.000 BCE) indicate that pots were used for plant […]
Dr Monika Kocot: Voices and Messages in Edwin Morgan’s Poetry
The Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures cordially invites you to a lecture “When Understanding Breaks in Waves: Voices and Messages in Edwin Morgan’s Poetry” by Dr Monika Kocot (University of Lodz). The lecture will be held on Wednesday 13 November in Room 111 (CUFA main building) at 14:15. All welcome. Abstract: The lecture examines Edwin Morgan’s […]
Dr Monika Kocot: Alan Spence and the Japanese Poetic Tradition
The Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures cordially invites you to the lecture ” Alan Spence and the Japanese Poetic Tradition” by Dr Monika Kocot (University of Lodz). The lecture will be held on Monday 11 November in Room 111 (CUFA main building) at 17:30. Abstract: It could be argued that the intricate beauty of Alan Spence’s […]
Prof. Murray Pittock (University of Glasgow): Edinburgh and Smart Cities of the Enlightenment
Professor Murray Pittock (University of Glasgow): “Edinburgh and Other Smart Cities of the Enlightenment: The Analogue Age of Data, Diversity and Adaptability, 1660-1750” The lecture will take place on Wednesday 6 November at 14:00 in Room 111 (Faculty of Arts main building, nám. Jana Palacha 2, Prague 1). All welcome. Murray Pittock is Bradley Professor […]
Prof. Caroline McCracken-Flesher: Stevenson, Wilde, and the West of the Imagination
The Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures cordially invites you to a guest lecture ” Stevenson, Wilde, and the West of the Imagination” by Professor Caroline McCracken-Flesher (University of Wyoming). The lecture will be held on Tuesday 5 November in Room 200 at 14:10. All welcome. In 1879, Robert Louis Stevenson set out across America. The transcontinental railway had […]
Dr Ken Ó Donnchú: Literary Remnants of Irish Franciscans in Prague
The Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures cordially invites you to a guest lecture “Deite mi chliba: Literary Remnants of the Irish Franciscans in Prague?” by Dr Ken Ó Donnchú (University College Cork, Ireland). The lecture will be held on Thursday 31 October 2019 in Room 111 (CUFA main building) at 17:30-19:10. All welcome. Ken Ó Donnchú […]