Institute of Classical Archaeology at CU FA invites you to a lecture by Daniela Heilmann (Munich) as part of the “Current Issues in Archaeology” lecture series. This lecture investigates shifts in social structures in the Southern Balkans during the Bronze and Iron Ages through an analysis of grave furnishings, including attire, jewelry, and other burial goods such as […]
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Current events
Lauren Morris | Opening a New Door: Fresh View into Rural Economic Developments in Antique Northern Bactria through Fieldwork at Kulal Tep, Uzbekistan
Institute of Classical Archaeology at CU FA invites you to a lecture by Lauren Morris (Prague, Czech Republic) as part of the “Current Issues in Archaeology” lecture series. In the Central Asian region of northern Bactria, the Kushan period (1st–3rd centuries CE) has long been understood to witness a peak in the territory’s development, reflecting the hand of a powerful state. […]
Michael Lebsak | Metal of Power: The Political Economy of Iron in the Central European Younger Early Middle Ages
Institute of Classical Archaeology at CU FA invites you to a lecture by Michael Lebsak (Brno, Czech Republic) as part of the “Current Issues in Archaeology” lecture series. In the younger Early Middle Ages (700–1000 AD), essential resources such as iron were a pivotal element within political-economic relations, shaping resource access, consumption, and distribution in a top-down perspective. This period witnessed […]
Past events
Prof. Zhang Hui – Nietzschean Aestheticism in Modern China
Prof. Dr. ZHANG Hui, Vice Chair, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Director, The Institute of Comparative Literature & Comparative Culture, Peking University: Nietzschean Aestheticism in Modern China. Abstract: The relationship between Nietzsche’s thought and the Chinese intellectuals has long been of concern to academics. This lecture tries to explore the connotation and effect of Nietzsche’s aestheticism in the […]
‘Polémique universitaire’? Media, Argumentation and Audience in the Secular-Mendicant Conflict at Paris, c. 1252–57
We invite you for the lecture of Sita Steckel (Universität Münster): „Polémique universitaire“? Media, Argumentation and Audience in the Secular-Mendicant Conflict at Paris, c. 1252-57, which will take place on Wednesday, November 30 at 5:30 p.m. at the Faculty of Arts, nám. Jana Palacha 2, Room 301. The lecture is part of lecture series Medieval social conflicts and […]
Dr Magali Paquot: “The impact of the first language on EFL learners’ use of phraseology: Insights from learner corpus research”
Dr Magali Paquot is a permanent FNRS research associate at the Centre for English Corpus Linguistics, Institut Langage et Communication, Université catholique de Louvain, and an affiliate member of the Corpus Linguistics Lab, University of Florida. She holds a PhD in Linguistics (Université catholique de Louvain) and a degree in Natural Language Processing (Université de Liège). She is co-editor […]
Lecture by Lars Saabye Christensen
Lars Saabye Christensen is a renowned Norwegian author and recipient of The Nordic Council’s Literature Prize.
English Political Imagery During the Hundred Years War
The Centre for the Study of the Middle Ages cordially invites you to a guest lecture English Political Imagery During the Hundred Years War by Julia Crispin (Universität Münster). The lecture is organised as part of the interdisciplinary course Medieval Social Conflicts and Contrasts.
H.E. U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic: Andrew H. Schapiro
Faculty of Law of Charles University invites you to a lecture H.E. U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic: Andrew H. Schapiro. Lecture with subsequent discussion in English will be aimed especially at the topics of U.S. – Czech Relations, U.S. Foreign Policy Priorities, U.S. Presidential Elections. Free entry without prior reservation. Please, take your seats before […]
Tibetan History Inside and Outside China
Department of South and Central Asia, Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation and Oriental Institute cordially invite you to attend a lecture by acclaimed historian and leading specialist on Tibetan-Chinese relations, prof. Elliot Sperling (Indiana University, Bloomington). The history of Tibet has been particularly contentious since the early 20th century, with several issues—not just those concerned with Tibet’s status—indicative […]
Dr Cathy Leeney (UCD): Familial, Gendered and National Spaces in Edna O’Brien’s A Pagan Place and Tom Murphy’s A Whistle in the Dark
The Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures, Centre for Irish Studies, invites you to a lecture “Familial, Gendered and National Spaces in Edna O’Brien’s A Pagan Place and Tom Murphy’s A Whistle in the Dark” by Catherine Leeney (University College Dublin). Dr Cathy Leeney is lecturer in Drama Studies. She was Head of Subject from 2005 to 2008. In 2010 her […]
Jean-Marie Moegin (Université Paris-Sorbonne): La bataille de Bouvines (1214) comme lieu de mémoire entre la France et l’Allemagne; La guerre de Cent ans et les lieux de mémoire de la France
Jean-Marie Moegin (Université Paris-Sorbonne) 9:10 – La bataille de Bouvines (1214) comme lieu de mémoire entre la France et l’Allemagne 10:50 – La guerre de Cent ans et les lieux de mémoire de la France Jean-Marie MOEGLIN: Directeur d’études à l’EPHE, section des sciences historiques et philologiques; Professeur à l’Université Paris-Sorbonne
Eoin Byrne (National University of Ireland, Galway): “LISTEN TO MY VOICE”: MÁIRTÍN Ó CADHAIN’S CRÉ NA CILLE AND POSTCOLONIAL MODERNISMS
Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures, Centre for Irish Studies invite you to a lecture “Listen to my voice”: Máirtín Ó Cadhain’s Cré na Cille and Postcolonial Modernisms by Eoin Byrne (National University of Ireland, Galway). Eoin Byrne is an Irish Research Council and Hardiman Research Scholar at the Centre for Irish Studies, NUI Galway. Prior to this, Eoin studied at University College Dublin, […]
