An international postgraduate conference on “Visual Culture in the Classical World” is to be held at CUFA on 16-17 November 2019. PeClA 2019 is a two‐day conference in Classical Archaeology and Classics aimed at postgraduate / doctoral students traditionally offering a space for presenting research results, discussion, and an exchange of ideas, in a friendly and supportive environment. This […]
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Official Statement of CUFA Management on the Project Sinopsis
Project Sinopsis, which provides information and commentary on affairs in contemporary China, is implemented by the non-profit association AcaMedia, z. ú. and has no legal relation to the Faculty of Arts, Charles University. Several employees, students, and graduates of CUFA are, however, involved in the project. This way they contribute to the third role of […]
Archeologists from CUFA Cooperate with Otago University at Excavations in Uzbekistan
An Otago scientist has been digging up human remains in the backyards of Uzbek villagers to discover how people lived in the Middle Ages. Department of Anatomy bioarcheologist Dr Rebecca Kinaston has recently returned from a month-long trip to the village of Xo’Janqo in southwest Uzbekistan, where she and Ladislav Damašek, from Charles University, Prague, co-led […]
Official Statement of CUFA Management and CUFA Academic Senate in Support of Hong Kong Protests
With increasing concern, we observe the situation at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University where protesting academics are exposed not only to threats and danger of persecution but also to direct violence of the police and military forces. As we are now commemorating the 30th anniversary of the brutal intervention of repressive forces at Národní třída […]
Dean and Vice-Dean for International Relations Visited the Workplace of the Czech Institute of Egyptology in Cairo
On 28-30 October 2019, doc. Michal Pullmann, Dean of CUFA, and Professor Markéta Křížková, Vice-Dean for International Relations, visited the excavations of the Czech Institute of Egyptology in Cairo, the biggest Czech scientific expedition continually active abroad. On 28 October, they visited the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities in Cairo which displays exhibits discovered by the […]
Commemoration of Executed Students and Students Sent to Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Took Place in Ruzyně
The commemorative ceremony was organised by the Faculty of Arts in cooperation with the Association for the Preservation of the Czech Resistance Heritage. As part of the ceremony, doc. Michal Pullmann, Dean of CUFA, spoke on behalf of the faculty and laid a wreath at the Memorial of Czechoslovak Patriots on the premises of Kasárny 17. listopadu. […]
Researchers from the Prestigious Project MOVES Start Their Work at CUFA
Three researchers from the prestigious project MOVES (European Joint Doctorate, supported by Horizon 2020 – Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions) – Cornel Borit, Laura Brody, and Zoheb Mashiur – have started their work at the Faculty of Arts. They will conduct their research in Prague until February 2021.
New Editions of DRM Free E-Books From CUFA Now Available via EBSCO
The current offer of one hundred e-books published by CUFA is now being enlarged by more than 50 e-books that represent top quality academic work from the faculty. All titles are now available via EBSCOhost Collection Manager.
International Conference “Performativity and Creativity in Modern Cultures” To Be Held at CUFA
A prestigious international conference on “Performativity and Creativity in Modern Cultures” is going to be held at CUFA on 22-24 November 2019.
Project COURAGE Received a Special Mention at the European Museum Academy Annual Meeting
Project COURAGE, in which several members of the Department of Czech History at CUFA participated, was shortlisted for the Cultural Heritage in Motion Award, conferred by the European Museum Academy Annual Meeting in Ljubljana.
