Prof. Donald L. Horowitz is the James B. Duke Professor of Law and Political Science Emeritus at Duke University (USA). He is a leading expert on constitutional design, particularly—but not exclusively—in divided societies. He has consulted widely on institutions and policies that might be adopted to promote democracy and reduce ethnic strife in such areas as […]
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Job Loss, Identity, and Mental Health: Comparing and Contrasting the US and the Czech Republic
Department of Socialogy at CU FA cordially invites you to a lecture by a visiting Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Dawn Norris (University of Wisconsin-La Crosse). Abstract A substantial amount of research in the United States examines the relationship between unemployment and mental health, but it often focuses on financial strain. Recent research has begun to use a social-psychological approach to explore […]
Psychology Meets Behavioral Economics: Interdisciplinary Evidence about Cooperation, Discrimination and Conflict.
The Section of Intercultural Psychology of the Czech-Moravian Psychological Society in cooperation with the Institute of Psychology of the Czech Academy of Sciences invites you to an international webinar to be held on 22 February 2023 from 14:00 to 16:00. During the webinar, doc Michal Bauer and doc. Julie Chytilová from CERGE-EI and the Institute […]
Ancuta Mortu: A Script-Based Understanding of Art Appreciation
Czech Society for Aesthetics cordially invites you to a lecture by Dr Ancuta Maria Mortu that will take place on 8 December from 5:30 pm to 7 pm in Jan Čejka Gallery in Campus Hybernská. Annotation of the lecture: In cognitive psychology, scripts are defined as mental structures that play an important role in organising experiences occurring frequently […]
Clevering Lecture: “Europe after the Zeitenwende” by Prof Luuk van Middelaar
Charles University, Václav Havel Library, and Embassy of the Netherlands in the Czech Republic cordially invite you to a lecture “Europe after the Zeitenwende“, delivered by Prof Luuk van Middelaar as part of the The Cleveringa Lecture cycle. It will take place on 5 December from 5 pm in Vlastenecký sál in Carolinum, Ovocný trh 3, Prague […]
Bourdieu’s Legacy in Literary Studies: Expanding Territories, Changing Concepts
On the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of Pierre Bourdieu’s death, CEFRES in collaboration with the Department of Czech and Comparative Literature at CU FA organize a round table on the development of Bourdieu’s central concepts during last two decades. The event will be held in English. Participants: Anna SCHUBERTOVÁ (Charles University) Csaba SZALÓ (Masaryk University) Jan VÁŇA […]
Timothy Garton Ash: From Post-War Europe to Post-Wall Europe – and Back
The lecture by a British historian and journalist is organized on the occasion of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU under the patronage of Mikuláš Bek, Minister for European Affairs. It is to be held on Wednesday, 16 November, from 10 am to 12 noon in the auditorium of the Faculty of Arts, […]
Cultural Links between Irish and Scottish Gaelic
The Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures cordially invites you to the workshop “Cultural Links between Irish and Scottish Gaelic”, organised as part of KREAS project. Programme 9:30: Opening of the workshop Máire Ní Annracháin (University College Dublin) Alan Titley (University College Cork) Coffee break Peter Mackay (University of St Andrews): “On Irish Poets Writing […]