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 Vasileois Fouskas and Bülente Gökay Best Article of the Year Award for 2025 has been awarded to Jan Koura from the Institute of History for his article In the Service of the Eastern Bloc: Czechoslovak Intelligence and the Cyprus Conflict 1974–1989.
The Faculty of Arts, Charles University is launching a new Bachelor’s degree programme in Psychology, taught fully in English. This is the first fully accredited English-taught Bachelor’s programme in Psychology at a Czech public university, representing a significant milestone in the internationalisation of higher education in psychology in the Czech Republic.
The research team headed by dr. Kateřina Chládková from the Institute of Czech Language and Theory of Communication at CU FA, in close cooperation with Ing. Miroslav Pešta, head of the Moovez team, have developed a unique method of natural language teaching, which they are now implementing into the mobile app of the Moovez educational startup.
The lecture will take place on Wednesday, January 14, at 11:00 a.m. in Room 104 of the main building of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Náměstí Jana Palacha 2, Prague.
The Max Weber Foundation, represented by the German Historical Institute in Warsaw (Deutsches Historisches Institut Warschau; DHI) and the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, have signed a cooperation agreement.
The conference Engaging with Conspiracy Theories, Fostering Democracy: Dynamics, Drivers and Defenses will be held at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague on April 9 and 10, 2026.
The first drill takes place on Wednesday, 26. 11. 2025, at the Sweerts-Sporck Palace, starting at 10:00 AM. The second drill will take place a week later, on Wednesday, 3. 12. 2025, also starting at 10:00 AM, in the main CU FA building at Jan Palach Square.
Humanities Week will take place from Monday, 17. 11., until Friday, 21. 11. 2025, and will offer a rich programme full of lectures, workshops, exhibitions, and other interesting events. The main program at CU FA will take place in the main building at náměstí Jana Palacha 1/2 and is suitable for the general public, high school students and their teachers, as well as academics.
