The Institute of Chinese Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong invites you to its online event: “The Backgrounds of The Chinese Maps: Their Reading and Understanding Public Lecture Series – Dr. Isabelle Charleux: “Representing the Sino-Mongol Frontier in the Late Qing Period From a Mongol Perspective (Mongol Banner Map, 1907, HKUST)”, co-organized by Institute of […]
The Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation International Sinological Center invites you to the second talk within its Open Seminar series: Professor Ying Qian (Columbia University) Revolutionary Becomings: Documentary Media in Twentieth-Century China The lecture will take place on Monday, March 4, 2024, 15:00-16:30, at Charles University, Faculty of Arts, Celetná 20, room C117 (1st floor to the […]
We invite all interested colleagues and students to the first CCK-ISC lecture of this year. Gordon Barrett, University of Manchester, China’s Cold War Science Diplomacy Time: January 23, 2024, 14:00 hrs Venue: Charles University, Faculty of Arts, Celetná 20, room C117 (1st floor) Professor Barrett will talk about his recently published book China’s Cold War […]
We look forward to seeing you at our summer school. The booklet with the study texts and the full program are available for download at the website of the School. Non-registered students are welcome up to the capacity of the room (C358) Prague Summer School of Chinese poetry “Wang Wei across Time and Space” Date: […]
We look forward to seeing you at our summer school. The booklet with the study texts and the full program are available for downloas at the website of the School. Non-registered students are welcome up to the capacity of the room (C358) Prague Summer School of Chinese poetry “Wang Wei across Time and Space” Date: […]
On June 8, 2023, CCK-ISC hosted a joint workshop of the Department of Sinology of the Charles University and the Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies of the University of Zurich. The workshop related to the coordination and continuation of the joint Master’s programme course “Cultural Heritage in 20th Century China”, taught in the summer […]
We invite you to the lecture by Michaela Pejčová (in English) organized by the National Library of the Czech Republic Collecting Chinese Art in Central Europe: From the Time of Rudolph II to the 21st Century June 1, 2023, 5 pm Conference hall of the National Library (1st floor) Michaela Pejčochová (貝米沙) graduated in Chinese […]
Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation International Sinological Center invites all students and staff to a lecture-workshop How to Ask Brilliant Questions: Simple Techniques for Doing Groundbreaking Research Presenters Christopher Rea is Professor of Asian Studies and former Director of the Centre for Chinese Research at the University of British Columbia. Tom Mullaney is Professor of Chinese History at […]
We invite you to a panel discussion with our guests, contemporary Taiwanese writers, poet Liu Ka-shiang and novelist Egoyan Zheng, and their translators: Contemporary Writers of Taiwan Time: 12. 5. 2023 at 18:00 Venue: Kampus Hybernská, Hybernská 4, Praha 1, Building 3 (3D) Moderated by Prof. Olga Lomová. Co-organizers: Svět knihy (Prague Book World), Mi:Lu […]
Lecture by Prof. Olga Lomová “About Czecho(slovak) Sinology” will take place on April 28, 2023, at 4 pm, at Hybernská 4, Prague 1 (room 1B). The event is organized by Taiwanese Students in the Czech Republic Association (https://www.facebook.com/TaiwanesestudentsinCR/), under the auspices of HE Mr. Liang-ruey Ke 柯良叡, Ambassador of ROC to CR.
The Neuron Foundation announces the 12th year of the successful Neuron Expedition programme, which supports field research and builds on the glorious era of the explorers Zikmund and Hanzelka. Czech scientists and researchers from all disciplines can receive up to 1 million CZK for their field research anywhere in the world.
The traditional sports festival of Charles University is organized this year by the Department of Physical Education at CU FA on 14 May 2024 in Prague, Hradec Králové, and Pilsen. Offering a wide range of activities, the event allows you to learn about new sports, compare skills and performances, and also meet with classmates and colleagues in an informal environment.
Since the opening of the main building of CU FA after the tragic events of December 2024, students and staff can regularly meet Snow, a therapy dog, in the corridors. The range of therapy animals and their human companions is gradually expanding.
According to the newly published international QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024, Charles University has improved in three fields – history, linguistics, and philosophy. Amongst other fields, it is now one of the best schools in the global comparison in the field of archaeology.
Students of all study programmes at Charles University can apply for a grant, as individuals or in groups, with their projects supporting sustainable development at the university. The project can be carried out in English. The deadline for applications is 30 April 2024.
During her visit to Prague on 18 March 2024, the Slovak President stopped in front of the main building of CU FA to pay tribute to the victims of the December shooting. She talked briefly with the Rector of Charles University Prof Milena Králíčková, the Dean of CU FA Dr Eva Lehečková, and several students.
Under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Hana Vymazalová from the Czech Institute of Egyptology at CU FA, Dr Sue Kelly is working on a project “The Impact of Political and Climate Change on Women’s Agency: A Social Power Analysis.” It aims to comprehensively analyze women’s lives, exploring their social, economic, and political agency.
On 19–23 March 2024, Campus Hybernská will be transformed into a space based on Kafka’s topology in his prose and diaries and a laboratory searching for the essence of Kafka’s genius. Stage readings, panel discussions, educational workshops, pop-up galleries, site-specific performances, and musical performances will all aim to bring Kafka’s unique mythology to life.
On 21 February 2024, a Romanianist from the Institute of Ethnology and Central European and Balkan Studies at CU FA received the Romanian state decoration in the rank of Officer from the Romanian Ambassador to the CR, Antoaneta Barta, awarded by the President of Romania, Klaus Werner Iohannis, for the promotion of Romanian language and culture in the CR.
