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
Lecture: The French Presidency of the Council of the EU
Charles University cordially invites you to a lecture by His Excellency Alexis Dutertre, the Ambassador of the French Republic to the Czech Republic. The lecture will be held on Monday, 2 May 2022 at 4:30 pm in the Hall of Patriots (Carolinum, Ovocný trh 3, Prague 1) Following the lecture, you are invited for a glass of wine […]
Xavier Bach: The Origins of Inflectional Classes
The Department of Romance Studies at CU FA cordially invites you to a lecture by Xavier Bach that will be held on 26 April at the main building of CU FA, room 116 at 3 pm. In this lecture, Xavier Bach will examine the diachronic development of inflectional classes in a wide range of language families, showing that they can […]
Solidarność 1980–1989: Lessons from the Fate of a Social Movement
How is it possible that the Solidarity trade union was, shortly after being founded in 1980, the largest and most explicitly social workers’ movement in Polish history – and arguably also in the history of Eastern Europe – a movement oriented toward the importance of common goods, and yet when it came to power it enacted […]
Hindu Death Practices and Ancestor Worship in Tamil South India
This lecture offers an overview of the diverse Hindu death practices characteristic of different communities in Tamil-speaking South India. Although some communities emphasize cremation, reincarnation, and liberation, others bury their dead and later sponsor little-known rituals to invite deceased relatives back into the world to take up residence as permanent deities in their family’s home […]
Sleepwalking the Revolution
How can Lacanian theory, in connection with Walter Benjamin’s attitude, help us to understand the historical period of 1939–1956 in Eastern Europe? Can we experience a revolution in which the agency of revolution is not our own? What are the consequences of such an event for the social imaginary – or the symbolic field – of […]
Martin Hilpert: Life Is Too Short for Long Words – Studying English Clippings in Language Use and in the Laboratory
The Institute of the Czech National Corpus FF UK cordially invites you to the online lecture of Professor Martin Hilpert. In his talk, Professor Hilpert will address the morphological word formation process that is known as clipping. Existing work characterizes clipping as a highly variable phenomenon, arguing that it is difficult to predict how a given source word […]
Guest Lecture: The Origins of Critical Criminology: From Homer to Renaissance
The Department of Sociology at CU FA cordially invites you to a guest lecture by Prof. Stratos Georgoulas (Department of Sociology, University of the Aegean) on The Origins of Critical Criminology: From Homer to Renaissance. The lecture explores how crime, deviance, and social theories are creations of their time. It focuses on the historical, cultural, and contextual roots […]
Sir Geoffrey Nice: Discussion about the Concept of People’s Tribunals
Geoffrey Nice has been working on cases of genocides, violations of human rights, and crimes against humanity. The lecture and discussion will be held at the main building of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, in room 104 on Monday, 14 February, from 3 pm to 4:30 pm. Lecture and discussion on the occasion of Prague […]
Online Seminar “Confinements and Irish Languages” with Dr Little and Dr Markus
The Centre for Irish Studies, NUI Galway / Ionad an Léinn Éireannaigh, OÉ Gaillimh is hosting an online seminar on “Confinements and Irish Languages” by Dr Radvan Markus and Dr James Little at 4 pm on Thursday 10 February 2022 via ZOOM. Dr Little and Dr Markus will speak on their current research, “Confinements and Irish […]
Reflections on Non-Belief: Typology or Spectrum
Grace Davie is a professor of sociology at the University of Exeter, the United Kingdom. Her research interests lie in the sociology of religion, with a particular emphasis on patterns of religion in Europe. She is also interested in the new theoretical paradigms that are emerging in the field – not least the notion of “multiple modernities.” […]
