Center for African Studies and the Department of Czech History of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University are inviting you to the discussion „Africa’s Place in World History“ that will také place on Tuesday, October 11, at 5 p.m. in the main building of the Faculty of Arts, náměstí Jana Palacha 2 (room 104). In the […]
In the winter semester 2022/2023, you can enroll in the CAFR course Colonial Propaganda in Cinematography, which will be held every Monday at 17:20 in 3D or via zoom, in English. Taught by Vojtěch Šarše. (ACAFR0007 – https://is.cuni.cz/studium/predmety/index.php?id=be152ccabaac6795466ca7b1082e07e3&tid=&do=predmet&kod=ACAFR0007) “Lectures on the history of colonial propaganda in cinematography and sub-Saharan francophone cinematography will be studied from a […]
On Wednesday, 14 September, there will be a panel discussion on the Russian presence in Africa, starting at 5pm in the main building of the Faculty of Arts, Palach Square (room 201). The event will also be held in a hybrid format and in English. If you are unable to participate at our event in […]
This year, the CAFR is also organising Africa Week, albeit in a slightly shortened version – on 13-14 September. On Tuesday 13 September at 5pm Martin Páv (MUP) will present his research on skin bleaching, followed by a short debate. On Wednesday, 14 September, there will be a panel discussion on the Russian presence in […]
The Czech Association for African Studies invites you to a guest lecture “‘Who are you to say how we should run our country?’ Western scholars, democracy promotion, and politics in Africa” by prof. Nic Cheeseman (professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham and fellow of the Institute of Global Innovation ). The lecture is going to […]
The ninth year of the international conference ‘Ethnology Without Borders‘ titled “The Global or Local”: Challenges In and Beyond the Field will take place in Prague, Czech Republic, on the premises of Charles University. The conference will take place from 25th to 27th November. The event will be organized by the Antre ethnology students’ society […]
The photogallery from the conference VIVA AFRICA 2021 (15–17 September 2021 ).
The conference VIVA AFRICA is held both physically and online. All active participants are going to receive the program with ZOOM links to each section of the conference automatically. Broad and academic public, especially students are most welcome to attend physically or online. Write to viva.africa.conference@gmail.com to receive the conference ZOOM links. Please, do not forget to […]
Twelfth VIVA AFRICA conference invites participants to engage in a discussion of mutual encounters, inventions, constructions and relations of all kinds taking place between Africa and Europe, in the past, present and future. The conference will start on Tuesday the 14th of September with our cultural program. Conference will be held in hybrid form, but we […]
Vilnius Academy of Arts invites you to sumbit your papers for a conference titled ”Art beyond the Politics: Africa and the ‘Other’ Europe during the Cold War”. The international conference will be exploring transcontinental cultural relations, representations, and imaginations that occurred and developed between the countries of Africa and Eastern and Central Europe during the Cold War […]
Charles University and delegates from the University of St Andrews had a chance to catch up this week in Prague, to reflect on past successes within their partnership agreement and build on further cooperation in the future. Representatives from both schools met at the historic Carolinum to open an exhibition about St Andrews before a day of presentations
The monograph written by an academic from the IECEBS at CU FA consists of eleven literary-historical studies and an appendix in the form of biographies of the authors. At the forefront of the studies is comparative research on Slovenian women authors in the Slovenian modern period, who have been either overlooked or under-researched in Slovenian literature.
From 15 to 17 November 2023, university students all over the Czech Republic are going to participate in a strike organized by the Universities for Climate initiative. Students of some faculties of Charles University will engage in this event as well. The goal of the strike is not to protest CU and its sustainability plan but to urge a social change necessary to solve the climate crisis.
Charles University has been recognised as one of the world’s premier institutions across all the disciplines it consistently offers in education and research, as found by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 by Subject released Thursday. The university excelled in the fields of arts & humanities, in which was ranked 151st – 175th.
An academic from the Department of East European Studies at CU FA will introduce his publication, A War Made in Russia (Polity Press, Cambridge), in room P131 (Great Auditorium), on 16 November 2023 at 5 pm. A public discussion follows the presentation.
Prof Bohumila Mouchová is a prominent figure of Czech classical philology, a translator of classical languages, and an internationally recognized scholar in Latin language and ancient historiography. On 19 October 2023, the Research Board CU awarded her the Gold Medal of the Charles University for her scholarly contribution, her fundamental role in developing Czech research on ancient antiquity, and her intensive lifelong teaching activity in all spheres.
On 28 October 2023, the anniversary of the founding of independent Czechoslovakia, the President of the Czech Republic awarded an academic from the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at CU FA with one of the highest orders in the Czech Republic. He was awarded for his outstanding contribution to the development of democracy, humanity, and human rights.
A graduate of the Faculty of Law, Charles University, and a student of history and political theories at CU FA, won the gold medal in pair with David Schweiner at the World Beach Volleyball Championships in Tlaxcala, Mexico. Both of them qualified for the Olympic Games in Paris next year.
The management of Charles University strongly condemns any form of injustice, violence or aggression. The main role of academia is not only to educate, but also to unite and prevent hatred. The University will never become a place where any kind of intolerance or even hatred is encouraged.
