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The Results of the Student Evaluation of Summer Semester Courses Have Been Published

You may browse through the results when you sign in the web application of the evaluation.

The 3rd World Congress of Scottish Literatures Is to Be Held at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University

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 Literatures.

Young Academics from Abroad May Apply for up to a Two-Year Stay at CU FA through JUNIOR Fund

The goal of the JUNIOR Fund is to attract prospective international post-doc researchers, who will carry out research within a specific field. The main initiative is always on the relevant research establishment or a faculty or other unit of Charles University that is interested in researching a particular research project.

The Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Joins Pride Month to Support the LGBT+ Community

The Faculty of Arts, Charles University, is flying a rainbow flag in support of the LGBT+ community during Pride Month because equality, freedom, and respect are not values that would appear in the public space once and stay there. It is necessary to introduce them to it continuously.

Charles University Forum Radio: Reading Is Special

For the last two years, Dr. Anežka Kuzmičová (Institute of Czech Language and Theory of Communication) has conducted creative research into children’s reading. Researchers often emphasise literacy and language acquisition but there has been little study of what children experience as they read: what they take in from stories and what stays with them afterwards.

Intensive Study Program Workshop Was Held at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University

The third and last meeting of the Teaching European History in the 21st Century project took place on 20–22 May. The focus of the ISP was mainly the critical discussion about selected chapters from the forthcoming transnational textbook of European history along with a collective production of video lectures, on which students cooperated with the authors of the chapters.

As War Nears 100 Days, Charles University Is Steadfast in Support for Ukraine

Charles University is among those helping, aiding more than 150 Ukrainian students and academics, setting up Czech language courses, housing hundreds of refugees in dormitories, and drawing on students volunteering at train stations and centres. “I believe that by working together we are able to help effectively,” Rector Milena Kraličková wrote in late May.

New Academic Senate of CU FA Has Been Elected for the Term 2022–2025

The electronic polls were closed on 18 May 2022 and 15 senators were on behalf of the student academia and 16 on behalf of the academics.

Professor of Jewish History and Thinking, Hillel J. Kieval, Has Received Silver Medal of CU FA

The dean of CU FA, Eva Lehečková, has been awarded Hillel J. Kieval from Washington University in St. Louis for his contribution to Jewish history in Central Europe and his persisting support of Jewish Studies in the Czech Republic.

Evaluation of the Summer Semester Courses Has Been Launched

The anonymous electronic evaluation of courses take place from 10 to 29 May. The results including the comments will be released in the middle of June.