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The Candidate for the Next Dean of CU FA Is Eva Lehečková

In the first round on 10 June 2021, CU FA Academic Senate elected a candidate for the Dean’s office, a philologian from the Institute of Czech Language and Theory of Communication at CU FA, Mgr. Eva Lehečková, Ph.D. In her favour voted 24 senators.

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

CU FA offers five projects in Classical Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, Translation, Philosophy, Greek and Latin Studies in which you may participate from the new year. The deadline for applying is on 12 July 2021.

The Caucasus: A Crossroads of Civilisations

Stunning and varied landscapes, a region diverse in languages, home to numerous cultural traditions: all that and more are the Caucasus bridging Western Asia and Eastern Europe. The Caucasus and its republics have been the subject of extensive research by Faculty of Arts’ Associate Professor Petra Košťálová and Armenia especially has provided inspiration for a lifetime and her life’s work.

CU FA and the University in Padua Prepared a Virtual Meeting for Foreign Students of Czech Studies

It has become a tradition that the students of Czech Studies at the University of Padua visit Prague at the end of the academic year. The Faculty of Arts, Charles University, prepares for them cultural-educational programme as part of the international cooperation.

Support for Students in Difficult Situations

The Management of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, is aware that extremely sensitive and potentially traumatizing experience with sexual harassment, pressure or violence requires a helping hand which takes into consideration the possibilities and demands of the victims.

CU FA Library Reminds the Users: Confirm the Electronic Application for CU Libraries

Regarding the transition to a new library system of Charles University, CU FA Library asks the users to confirm the electronic application for the services of Charles University libraries. The confirmation of the electronic application is simple and will not occupy you for longer than 3 minutes; instructions are below. Those user accounts, which will not have […]

Main Entrance Closed at Night from 3 to 4 June

On Thursday, 3 June, at 8 pm to Friday, 4 June, at 5 am, the main entrance of the CU FA building in nám. Jana Palacha will be closed due to a film shooting project.

Lucie Korecká: The Hobbit Opened Door to Nordic Sagas

The work of J. R. R. Tolkien was influenced by Icelandic and Norse mythology and Korecká went on to read Edda and the Nordic sagas. After learning English and German at high school, she pursued her passion for Old Norse at the Faculty of Arts, where she is completing her PhD.

Call for Papers – Culture as Interface and Dialogue: An Interdisciplinary Conference

The main objective of the conference is to discuss alternatives to essentialist notions of cultural identity. We invite the reconceptualization of cultures interfaces of transcultural communication which engender dialogue and use fictions to enable and facilitate sharing knowledge, emotions, attitudes, beliefs and values.

The Operation of CU FA Libraries from 25 May 2021

From Tuesday 25 May 2021, the libraries in the main building of CU FA (nám. Jana Palacha 1/2), libraries in the Sporck Palace (Hybernská 3) and Mongolian and Tibetan Studies Library will reopen.