The Center for Multidisciplinary Area Studies (CenMAS) is launching a call for applications for 6 small research grants of approximately €5,000 each. The grants are open to junior and senior researchers and Ph.D. candidates at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, who are members of the CenMAS Hub.
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INVITATION Public Lecture on Ethiopia’s Perpetual Quest for Access to the Sea with Experts from Jimma University
We invite you to a public lecture by Yonas Seifu Desta and Tsegaye Zeleke Tuffa, Assistant Professors of History at Jimma University, Ethiopia, who will explore Ethiopia’s historical relationship with the Red Sea and examine how the country’s long-standing quest for maritime access continues to shape its politics and regional relations.
What’s Hidden in the Pot? Research Reveals a 1,600-Year Ceramic Tradition in Ancient Thrace
A new international study shows that ceramic tableware—which has been produced and used continuously for nearly 1,600 years—is a valuable source of information about the daily life, manufacturing traditions, trade, and dietary habits of the inhabitants of Roman Thrace in what is now Bulgaria.
They learnt Celtic languages of their own initiative. Petra Johana Poncarová will be researching their stories thanks to the prestigious ERC Starting Grant
One of two projects from Charles University that has succeeded this year in the prestigious European grant competition ERC Starting Grant is going to be investigated by the literary scholar Petra Johana Poncarová from the Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures. Her project “NUDGERS: New Users of Minoritised Languages as Writers and Cultural Agent” will […]
Jana Mynářová has received a prestigious ERC Advanced Grant. At the CU Arts, she will study violence in everyday life in ancient Mesopotamia
Jana Mynářová from the Institute of Ancient Near Eastern Studies of CU Arts, has received the prestigious ERC Advanced Grant. The European Research Council (ERC) will provide 2,5 million euros.
