Calendar: Lecture

Current events

Daniela Heilmann | Shifting Identities: A Diachronic Analysis of Funerary Practices in Macedonia during the 1st Millennium BCE

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 […]

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

Current Issues in Archaeology: Anthony Harding – Greek and Roman Salt in History and Archaeology

Institute of Classical Archaeology at CU FA invites to a lecture by Anthony Harding from the Institute of Classical Archaeology at CU FA and University of Exeter as part of the Current Issues in Archaeology lecture series. The lecture will take place on 15 November 2023 from 4 pm in Campus Hybernská.

Nemanja Radulović, University of Belgrade: Vuk Karadžić and the Emergence of Folkloristics in Europe

Vuk Karadžić‘s work is based around the concept of folk literature. It determined both Vuk‘s influence on Serbian culture and the reception of his work in Europe. Vuk can also be seen from the perspective of Serbian folklore and literary studies as well as from the broader perspective of European intellectual history. The lecture seeks […]

Current Issues in Archaeology: Metalwork Wear Analysis of the Ancient Egyptian Tools and Why Do We Need It

Institute of Classical Archaeology CU FA invites you to a lecture by Martina Odlera (Newcastle) from the lecture series Current Issues in Archaeology that will be held on 1 November 2023 in Campus Hybernská.

Dr Robin MacKenzie – Scenes from the Shoormal: The Shoreline as Topos in the Work of Some Contemporary Scottish Poets

The Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures at CU FA cordially invites you to a guest lecture by Dr Robin MacKenzie (University of St Andrews) entitled “Scenes from the Shoormal | The Shoreline as Topos in the Work of Some Contemporary Scottish Poets.” The lecture will take place on Wednesday, 18 October 2023 in Room 111 (CU FA main building) at […]

Two Lectures by Dr Madhavi Nevader

Hussite Theological Faculty, Charles University, invites you to lectures of a lecturer from the School of Divinity of the University of St Andrews, a strategic partner of Charles University. The lectures will take place on 13 October 2023 from 3:30 pm to 5 pm in the room H401 at the HTF CU (Pacovská 350/4, Praha 4). They will be […]

ISHA Summer Seminar Prague – History & Tourism

The student society of history students, Spolek studentů historie FF UK, and the International Students of History Association invites you to an international student conference that will take place on 18 August 2023 in the main building of CU FA.  

Dr. Norris: Obsessed With Work or Obsessed With History?

A public lecture of Dr Dawn Norris who is a Fulbright visiting professor at the Department of Sociology at CU FA on Preliminary Findings on the Czech Meaning of Work and Unemployment. The lecture will be held on 22 June 2023 at 4 pm in Celetná 13, room 1.09. Abstract There is a relatively limited amount of cross-national research that […]

Pride Month: The + in LGBTQ+

The Faculty of Arts, Charles University, invites you to a workshop by Dr Aleksandra Holubowitz from Language Centre at CU FA with her friends that will take place on Thursday, 15 June 2023, from 6 pm at the main building of CU FA in room P300. The workshop is organised as part of the Pride Month lecture series at CU FA. The […]

Comments on the Double Life of One Finnish Linguist: The Double Life of Unending Escape and Shame

As part of the Pride Month lecture series, the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, invites you to a lecture and discussion with Dr Jan Dlask and Associate Professor Yrjö Lauranto from Finnish Studies at the Department of Germanic Studies at CU FA. It will take place on Thursday, 8 June 2023, at 6:00 pm in room P200 in […]

Digital Campus and IT Development at Higher Education Institutions

Charles University invites you to a lecture and debatte with Klára Jelínková, the Vice-Dean at Harvard University, on “Digital Campus and IT Development at Higher Education Institutions” that will take place on 29 May 2023 from 10 am in the Patriotic Hall of Karolinum, Ovocný trh 3, Prague 1. The lecture will be held in English and […]