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
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 […]
Lecture Series: Current Issues in Archaeology
The Institute of Classical Archaeology cordially invites you to a lecture series by Fabrizio Ducati (Palermo) “Farms, villas and villages in late roman Sicily: a subregional approach to the landscape evolution.” Programme:
Prof. Murray Pittock: Scotland in Europe before Brexit
The Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures cordially invites you to a lecture by Prof. Murray Pittock who is Bradley Professor and Pro Vice-Principal of the University of Glasgow. The lecture will take place on 19 October at 2:15 pm in the main building of CU FA in the room P104. Murray Pittock’s Scotland: the Global History begins with […]
Daniel E. Freeman: Mozart and Mysliveček | A Special Relationship
We cordially invite you to a lecture by Dr Daniel E. Freeman (University of Minnesota) entitled “Mozart and Mysliveček: A Special Relationship”. Dr Freeman is a leading international expert on Josef Mysliveček, W. A. Mozart, and the musical culture of the Czech Lands in the eighteenth century. The lecture is held on the occasion of the Czech edition […]
What, if Anything Is Wrong with Inheritance?
The paper is presented by Prof Stefan Gosepath (Freie Universität Berlin) and it will be held in English. Free entry without prior registration.. This talk is concerned with the fundamental question of whether it is just that people inherit property. Should a property owner be entitled to transfer that property after their death to a person of […]
Dr Caroline Magennis | Acts of Casual Intimacy: Critical Bodies and Bodies of Criticism in recent Northern Irish Fiction
The Centre for Irish Studies is pleased to invite you to a guest lecture by Dr Caroline Magennis on “Acts of Casual Intimacy: Critical Bodies and Bodies of Criticism in Recent Northern Irish Fiction”. The lecture will take place on 13 October 2022 at 14:10 in Room 001 (main building of the Faculty of Arts). Dr […]
3rd World Congress of Scottish Literatures
On 22–26 June, the Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures at CU FA will welcome around 150 delegates from all over the world at the congress, the main programme of which will take place in the main building of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University. The congress is co-organized with International Association for the Study of Scottish […]
Michail Theodosiadis: Early modern culture in the Greek diaspora: the Presence of Greeks in Italy and Ukraine from the Thirteenth Century Onwards
Online lecture by Dr. Michail Theodosiadis on the Greek diasporas in Italy and Ukraine. Abstract of the lecture. ZOOM link Michail Theodosiadis is the Public Relations and Communications Manager of the Early Modern Greek Culture Program. He has worked as a lecturer and module leader in Newham College, London, supervising undergraduate and postgraduate student projects with […]
Gender and Politics in Contemporary Turkey
In the past decade, women in Turkey have seen multiple changes to their rights and their status in politics, society, and economic life. The Justice and Development Party (AKP) has been in government for 19 years, and its “gender regime” has become one of the most debated research topics in the country. The Department of […]
Csaba Horváth: Structures Seen from Above – Hungarian Literature in the Context of Epimodernism
We cordially invite you to the lecture by Dr. Csaba Horváth (University Károli of the Reformed Church in Hungary) “Structures Seen from Above – Hungarian Literature in the Context of Epimodernism.” Lecture abstract: Svetlana Boym wrote in 2010 : “Today postmodernism is dead and we are not yet nostalgic for it. There is something preposterous […]
