The Vice-Rector for International Affairs of Charles University has been awarded the French title of Knight of the National Order of Merit. She received it on 6 March from His Excellency Stéphane Crouzat, Ambassador of France to the Czech Republic.
Research meeting for the project “United in Diversity”, Tel Aviv University, January 2020.
From left: Prof. Jiří Holý (FF UK) Olaf Glöckner (MMZ UP), Dr. Haim Fireberg a Ass. Prof. Lilach Lev Ari (TAU), Sophie Máriássy (MMZ UP), Prof. Eduard Nižňanský (Comenius University, Bratislava). Photo: Marcela Menachem Zoufalá
Research meeting for the project “United in Diversity”, Tel Aviv University, January 2020.
From left: Prof. Jiří Holý a Dr. Marcela Zoufalá (FF UK), Dr. Haim Fireberg a Ass. Prof. Lilach Lev Ari (TAU), Sophie Máriássy (MMZ/Univerzita Postupim), Prof. Eduard Nižňanský (Univerzita Komenského v Bratislavě). Photo: Olaf Glöckner.
An international team of researchers coordinated by the Centre for the Study of the Holocaust and Jewish Literature. The project “United in Diversity” - An Interdisciplinary Study of Contemporary European Jewry and Its Reflection is dedicated to the research of antisemitism, the Jewish population in Central Europe, and the thematization of Jewishness in literature and culture. The project is supported by the European grant Erasmus+ Program, Key Action 2: Strategic Partnerships.
From left: Prof. Jiří Holý (Director of the Centre for the Study of the Holocaust and Jewish Literature, FF UK), Dr. Marcela Zoufalá (Deputy Director - Centre for the Study of the Holocaust and Jewish Literature, FF UK), Prof. Dina Porat (chief historian at Yad Vashem and director of the Kantor Centre at Tel Aviv University, TAU), Prof. Julius H. Schoeps (founder and director of the Moses Mendelssohn Zentrum for European Jewish Studies, MMZ, Postupim University), Ass. Prof. Lilach Lev Ari (TAU), Dr. Olaf Glöckner (MMZ) a Dr. Haim Fireberg (TAU).
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The Vice-Rector for International Affairs of Charles University has been awarded the French title of Knight of the National Order of Merit. She received it on 6 March from His Excellency Stéphane Crouzat, Ambassador of France to the Czech Republic.
The international conference is co-organised by European Society for Research on the Education of Adults (ESREA). It will be held on 24–27 September 2025 at the main building of CU FA. You may submit abstracts of your papers by 28 February 2025.
“Academics of the 20th century were celebrities. The current system, unfortunately, prefers more of the same: the same way of working and the same type of results. We should be inspired by them and encourage originality and finding one's own way, because it leads to knowledge and great ideas,” says Libuše Heczková from the Faculty of Arts, Charles University.
If you want to share the joy of music and perform works by famous and lesser-known composers under professional guidance, do not hesitate to join the Charles University Choir and Orchestra. Rehearsals for the new semester begin on 19 and 26 February 2025 at 7:30 pm in Charvát Hall (U Nemocnice 1, Prague 2).
Dr. Jacob F. Tischer, the new “Global Taiwan Chair” at CU FA, will focus on one of the nodal points of the contemporary world in his course in the summer semester 2024/25. He will introduce students to the historical roots of Taiwanese politics in the context of popular culture and everyday life. The language of instruction is English.
At the invitation of CU Rector Milena Králíčková, the Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa visited Charles University on Thursday, 6 February 2025. Together they discussed the possibilities of deepening cooperation between Charles University and the University of Coimbra. They shared their experiences and views on the current situation in Europe and the world.
The validity of the Charles University ID card or licence is not a condition for using library services – for example, it is not necessary to renew the ISIC licence on the physical card every year. You cannot use these services without a physical card.
Charles University has secured funding for an ambitious project called "Colonial Legacies of Universities: Materialities and New Collaborations" (COLUMN). This initiative is co-financed by the EU Horizon Europe Programme and the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research, and Innovation (SERI). The first phase will be coordinated by Prof. Markéta Křížová from CU FA.
Charles University is the only applicant from the Czech Republic to receive CZK 60 million for its Charleston project under the EU's flagship programme for doctoral and post-doctoral education. The aim to support young scientists who have already obtained their PhD and have previous international experience, whose research will focus on crucial sustainability issues.