Renomovaný martinický spisovatel a dramatik debutoval v literatuře v roce 1982 svou divadelní hrou Manman Dlo contre la fée Carabosse. Je nositelem několika francouzských literárních cen, např. Prix Goncourt či Řádu umění a literatury. Kromě doby, kdy studoval v Paříži práva, prožil celý život na Martiniku, v jeho hlavním městě Fort-de-France, a věnoval se práci […]
The event was cancelled due to serious personal reasons. We invite you to Françoise Vergès‘ lecture entitled Decolonizing Feminisms and to the book launch of the Czech translation of her book Decolonial Feminism (Karolinum 2025). The lecture will take place on March 11, 2025 at 4 pm in the main building of the Faculty of […]
You are cordially invited to the third edition of the AfroFilmes festival, subtitled „At the Bottom of the Atlantic“, which this year focuses on the cinematic, cultural and historical connections between sub-Saharan African countries and Latin American and European African diasporas. The programme is run in collaboration with the Portuguese Centre Instituto Camões in Prague, Czech […]
Film as Historical Evidence: Representations of Conquest and White Savior Complex – AIH520105 Monday 15:50-17:20 Mgr. Monika Brenišínová, Ph.D. Mgr. Vojtěch Šarše, Ph.D. The course deals with the issue of film as a historical source. It deals thematically with two areas: the European exploration and conquest of the New World and the White Savior complex […]
Arba Minch University (AMU) Internationalization and Collaboration Directorate in collaboration with Charles University Faculty of Arts of Czech Republic held a public lecture on how language, gest, and visuals shape the “White Savior” in action films on February 11/ 2025 at Chamo Campus. The Public speaker and a lecturer at Faculty of Arts and a member of CAFR FF UK Vojtěch Šarše (PhD), speaking on his analyses of the post of the “White Savior” or the major character in cinema and action movies, said, the concept of the “White Saviorism” is used to build the white character to be depicted as if innately having heroic character traits of superiority and any sort of goodness whereas the non-white (black and caucasian) is to the post of evil generally and all sorts of weaknesses and inferiority in “The great Wall”, “The Last Samurai”, “Avatar”, and in many other action movies professionally enforcing the language, gest, gesture, and visuals to shape the “White Savior”.
Together with the NFA, we invite you to a debate with South African filmmaker Phumi Morare. She “is an NAACP Image Award-winning, Oscar-shortlisted writer/director from South Africa. She is passionate about redeeming the African and feminine identity in cinema. She explores the Black female gaze in telling intimate stories of ordinary heroes, people of color, […]
Zveme Vás na promítání filmu a debatu na téma Mosambik po presidentských volbách, které se zúčastní Alžběta Hlucháňová a António Costa. Debata probíhá v češtině, slovenštině a angličtině dle potřeb publika. Moderuje Klára Trsková. Akce se uskuteční 5. prosince od 17:30 v místnosti 407 (4. patro) v budově FF UK ve Voršilské 1. V minulém […]
Dne 17. 10. 2024 navštívili FF UK zástupci etiopské Jimma University Dr. Addisalem Taye Hailu a Dr. Ameyu Godesso Roro, kteří do Prahy přivezli Memorandum of Understanding, uzavřeného mezi Jimma University a Univerzitou Karlovou. Setkání předcházelo vyjednávání o vzájemné spolupráci v oblastech akademické mobility a projektové činnosti. Jednáních se za FF UK účastnili proděkan pro […]
As part of this year’s Africa Week, the Center for African Studies invites you to an early evening of documentary films that focus on two current crises in Africa that are systematically overlooked by the Western world. A series of shorter documentaries will show the audience the long-lasting conflict in the Western Sahara/Sahrawi Republic as […]
Letošní ročník Týdne Afriky bude rozdělen na tři události. Začneme v pátek v 15:00 24. 5. v Kampusu Hybernská (A3) Dnem marocké kultury, který FF UK pořádá ve spolupráci s marockou ambasádou. Následující úterý 28. 5. pak proběhne promítání dokumentárních filmů, které západní svět systematicky přehlíží. Brzy bude program upřesněn.
