On the 17 November, Czechs are marking the anniversary of the Velvet Revolution sparked when communist police brutally cracked down on students in 1989. How Czechs look back on those days now is the subject of the interview with well-known social historian and Vice-Dean of CU FA doc. Jakub Rákosník.
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Historian Timothy Garton Ash Will Hold a Lecture “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, Charles University (P131).
Kateřina Hlaváčová: Conspiracy Theories Have Always Been Out There
The notion that there are groups of evil people operating behind the scenes has been around for centuries and is still alive. New conspiracy theories, in the 20th century, are not so new after all, drawing heavily on ones that came before, says graduate of religious studies at CU FA Kateřina Hlaváčová.
The Department of Sinology Opens Uyghur Language Course
The course in the winter semester 2022/23 includes an introduction to the history, culture, and facts of Uyghurs in China and abroad. It is taught by Ondřej Klimeš from the Oriental Institute at the Czech Academy of Sciences and Veronika Zikmundová from the Institute of Asian Studies at CU FA. It takes place on Monday from 3:50 pm in Celetná 20.