The objective of the international conference Utopia and the New World is to bring together specialists from various academic disciplines dealing with the problematic of modern utopias in Americas and Europe. The concept of utopia has had from its origin a special relationship with the geographical exploration of the globe and with the American scenery.
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New Monograph About Karel Čapek’s Travel Writing
Aimed at international, non-Czech readers as well as Czech audience, the new monograph by Mirna Šolić “In Search of a Shared Expression” examines Karel Čapek’s travel writing from different theoretical perspectives, and contextualises it within Czech and European interwar modernist travel writing.
The Artful: Launch of a New Student Magazine
The first issue of The Artful, a semestral collection of creative writing students and graduates of the English and American studies at Charles University, will be launched on 24 May at 6:30 pm at Café Jedna.
Workshop on “Romanticism and Periodization” with Renowned International Experts
The Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures, Faculty of Arts, Charles University is pleased to invite you to the workshop “Romanticism and Periodization” with the participation of renowned international scholars.
Lectures by Prof. Aleida Assmann & Prof. Jan Assmann
The Faculty of Arts, Project KREAS (Creativity and Adaptability as Conditions of the Success of Europe in an Interrelated World) and Karolinum Publishing House cordially invite you to the lectures by Prof. Aleida Assmann & Prof. Jan Assmann on Thursday 9 May.
11th Prague Microfestival Takes Place on 26 – 28 April
PRAGUE MICROFESTIVAL (PMF) is an annual festival of the arts, combining contemporary writing with art, film, theory & performance.
Student Production of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night
Every year, a group of students from Charles University prepares a production of a play by William Shakespeare under the direction of Mr John Martlew. This year, they have chosen the comedy Twelfth Night in the original Elizabethan English.
Lecture by Professor Timothy Power (University of Oxford): Bolsonaro and the Rise of Right-Wing Populism in Brazil
The Faculty of Arts cordially invites you to the lecture by Professor Timothy Power (University of Oxford): Bolsonaro and the Rise of Right-Wing Populism in Brazil. The lecture will take place on 28 March 2019 at the Faculty of Arts main building (Room 300), 15:50 – 18:00.
CUFA Develops Further Cooperation with the University of Delhi
Cooperation between the University of Delhi and the Faculty of Arts, both in terms of teaching and research, should concern mostly Indian Studies and Czech Studies. At CUFA, the Department of South and Central Asia and the Department of Czech Language and Communication Theory are involved.
Call For Papers: From the Paris Lectures to the Cartesian Meditations – The Legacy of Husserl’s Transcendental Phenomenology
The conference will be held on October 17-19, 2019 in Prague. Invited speakers are L. Alweiss, C. Majolino, J. Čapek, D. Manca, D. De Santis, A. Pugliese, A. Djian, I. Quepons, M. Doyon, E. Trizio, and S. Heinamaa. Deadline for submissions is June 1, 2019.
