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. […]
Past events
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, […]
Dr Paul Thompson (University of Birmingham): Disciplinary Variation in Academic Writing and Beyond
The teaching of English for Specific Purposes depends on descriptions and understandings of the registers and genres that learners will be required to understand or to produce, either in the present context or in the future. In academic contexts, this has led to thorough analyses of the register features of texts in particular fields or […]
Symposium with Professor Barry McCrea: Languages of the Night
Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures, Faculty of Arts, Charles University is happy to announce a symposium with Professor Barry McCrea on his book Languages of the Night: Minor Languages and the Literary Imagination in Twentieth-Century Ireland and Europe with the participation of Dr Alice Flemrová, Prof. Zdeněk Hrbata, Dr Radvan Markus, Petra Johana Poncarová, and […]
IV. Israeli Week at Charles University
Monday 24/10 16:30-16:50 Future Prospects of Israel Studies in Europe Joanna Dyduch (University of Wrocław; European Association of Israel Studies) IN ENGLISH 17:00 Opening: Tomáš Zima (Rector, Charles University) and Gary Koren (Ambassador of Israel to the Czech Republic) 17:10-18:10 Opening Lecture: The Palestinian-Arab Minority in Israel: Between Integration and Alienation* Elie Rekhess (Northwestern University) IN ENGLISH Chair: Zbyněk Tarant (University […]
‘When Brethren Dwell Together in Disunity’: Jewish Communities at the End of the Middle in the Takkanot ha-Kahal Literature
The Centre for the Study of the Middle Ages cordially invites you to a guest lecture ‘When Brethren Dwell Together in Disunity’: Jewish Communities at the End of the Middle in the Takkanot ha-Kahal Literature by Martin Borýsek (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Medieval Literature, University of York). The lecture is organised as part of the interdisciplinary course Medieval Social […]
Prof. Pier Luigi Sacco: Digital Humanities and the Future of Universities
What is digital humanities? How is this area linked with the current concept of universities? And what is, in this context, Culture 3.0? Both the CUFA academic community and general public are invited to this lecture and subsequent discussion. The event will take place in English (without interpreting). Moderated by Mgr. Josef Šlerka. Pier Luigi […]
Paul Katz (Academia Sinica) – Religion and Society in Modern Taiwan: Adaptation and Continuity
he Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation International Sinological Center invites you to an interdisciplinary lecture series Professor Paul Katz, Academia Sinica, Taiwan Religion and Society in Modern Taiwan: Adaptation and Continuity October 17 – 20, 2016 Monday October 17, 2016, 15:50 – 17:25 1) Taiwanese Religious Life – An Introduction Tuesday October 18, 2016, 10:50 – 12: 25 […]
Karen Fishman: Behind the scene from Library of Congress
Department of Information Studies and Librarianship, Faculty of Arts, Charles University and Czech Information Society is happy to announce a lecture with Karen Fishman called Behind the scene from Library of Congress. Karen Fishman is supervisor for the Recorded Sound Research Center and the Motion Picture and Television Research Center at the Library of Congress. She […]
