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
Controversial Aspects of Classical Reception in Modern Greece
Institute of Greek and Latin Studies at CU FA invites you to a lecture by Dr. Athanasios Sideris, an archaeologist and Affiliated member of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University. The quest for sensation, the edutainment, the commercialization and the kitsch of the cultural policies, as well as the misfortunes of archaeology in the political vortex are some […]
Frank Gerits: Presentation of His Book – The Ideological Scramble for Africa
Cold War Research Group, the Institute for the Study of Strategic Regions at CU FA, and the Institute of World History at CU FA invites you to a presentation of the book The Ideological Scramble for Africa: How the Pursuit of Anticolonial Modernity Shaped a Postcolonial Order, 1945–1966 byFrank Gerits that will take place on 10 May 2023 from 5:30 pm in the room P209 in the main building of CU FA.
Komparatistická středa: Lorenzo Cigana
We cordially invite you to another lecture from the lecture cycle “Comparative Wednesdays.” The lecture will be delivered by Lorenzo Cigana (University of Copenhagen) on “Infrastructuralism” on Wednesday, 26 April 2023 from 5:30 pm in Sporck Palace, Hybernská 3, room No. 18. Our lecture will present the project “Infrastructuralism” carried out at the University of Copenhagen between 2019 […]
Noura Wahby (AUC): Chronicling Egyptian Environmentalism and Urban Grassroots Movements
The Department of Middle Eastern Studies at CU FA invites all interested in environmental topics to a lecture by Dr. Noura Wahby from the American University in Cairo (Egypt). Annotation: Noura Wahby is an assistant professor at the Public Policy and Administration Department of the American University in Cairo. Previously she was an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow at the […]
Prof. Henning Klöter: Vanishing Multilingualism
The Chiang Ching-kuo International Sinological Center at Charles University invites you to a lecture “Vanishing Multilingualism: Language planning and language shift in Taiwan” delivered by Prof Henniga Klötera (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) on 19 April 2023 at 4–5 pm at CU FA, Celetná 20, room C117. Abstract: Taiwan is home to some 20 living languages, most of which are critically […]
Links between Children’s ADHD Symptoms and Their Language Abilities
We cordially invite you to a lecture by Prof Sean Redmond from University of Utah, leading specialist on the issues with developmental language disorders and attention deficit disorders that will be held on 19 April 2023 4–5 pm in the main building of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, in room P325.
Prof. Catherine Monk: Development & Parenting Begin before Birth
The Department of Psychology invites you to a lecture on “Development & Parenting Begin before Birth: The Science – and Clinical Opportunities – of Fetal Origins of Future Child Health” by Prof. Catherine Monk (Columbia University, New York). Invitation
Lecture by Prof. Andrej Kurajev
Философия. Религия. Культура. В поисках определений и антонимов Отличие речи философа от речи пророка. Отличие религиозной философии от религии. Молился ли Гарри Поттер? Определение культуры. Религия как антикультура и культура как замена религии The lecture will be held in Russian, questions asked in Czech will be interpreted. Program
Lorenz Lüthi: “Berlin and Poland, 1945–1990: unexpected connections”
The Cold War history of Berlin focuses on the division of the city, the airlift, the wall, daring escapes, and spy exchanges. But the city’s history unfolds in the context of local, national, European, and global developments. From the very beginning, for example, Poland played a major role in the events in Germany’s former capital – politically, economically, […]
Stephen Darwall: Attitudes of the Will and Attitudes of the Heart
Centre for Philosophy, Ethics and Religion at CU FA, Sekyra Foundation and Institute of Philosophy at the Czech Academy of Sciences invites to a public lecture by Stephen Darwall (Yale University) that will take place on 16 March 2023 from 5 pm in the room P300 in the main building of the faculty at CU FA (nám. Jana Palacha 1/2, […]
