The Faculty of Arts of Charles University awarded Prof. Masako Ueda Fidler, a Slavist and Bohemist from the prestigious Brown University, with a gold medal.
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Your Right to Safety: Understanding Power, Consent and Professional Boundaries. Celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science with Dr Anna Bull
The Center for Gender and Science, a research department at the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, is organising an event on 12 February 2026 on the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
Become a buddy and help international students at Charles University
Would you like to gain international experience, improve your language skills, and help others at the same time? The Charles University Buddy Program offers students at the Faculty of Arts the opportunity to support international students.
Research symposium: Why Democracies Fail Differently: Autocratization and Resistance in Central America
Democracies today are less likely to collapse through coups than to erode gradually from within. How does contemporary autocratization unfold in Central America, and why does it take different forms across the region? What do leaders like Nayib Bukele and Daniel Ortega reveal about the consolidation of executive power – and where does resistance emerge?
Jan Koura’s study wins Article of the Year Award in the Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies
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.
Charles University launches a new English-taught Bachelor’s programme in Psychology
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.
CU FA and the Czech startup Moovez have developed a groundbreaking new method of language teaching inspired by children
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 Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures will host a guest lecture by Adalberto Müller: „Thinking with the forest: Cosmopetics in Brazil“
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.
Agreement with the German Historical Institute in Warsaw launches cooperation in research into the history of Central and Eastern Europe
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.
