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The Protagonist: New Student Academic Journal Founded by Students from CU FA

The Protagonist was founded by students from the Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures at CU FA. Thematically, it is focused on anglophone countries that are examined from various perspectives. Being an interdisciplinary project, all students from Charles and other universities may join in.

Dr. Eva Lehečková Was Appointed as the New Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University

On 27 January 2022, Dr. Eva Lehečková received the letter of appointment from the Rector of Charles University at the meeting of the Research Board CU.

President Appoints Milena Králíčková First-Ever Rectress of Charles University

On Wednesday, 26 January 2022, Professor Milena Králíčková – elected in the autumn by the Academic Senate as the next head of Charles University – was appointed by President Miloš Zeman at Prague Castle. Prof. Králíčková will take office at the beginning of February.

Faculty of Arts Welcomes New Fulbright Visiting Scholar: Prof. David Hicks

Prof. David Hicks will spend the summer term 2021/22 at the Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures at CU FA as Fulbright Visiting Scholar. He will be teaching two seminars: American and Canadian Literature: Civil War to WWII, and Early American Women Writers: The Origins of Feminism.

Faculty of Arts Commemorates Self-Immolation of Jan Palach

On Saturday 16 January 2022, the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, commemorated Jan Palach’s self-immolation as a political protest against the Communist regime during the Prague Spring in 1969. The ceremony organised by the Student Council at CU FA took place in front of his death mask on the main building of CU FA.

Published: Central European Culture Wars: Beyond Post-Communism and Populism

The Faculty of Arts Press presents a new publication written by Pavel Barša, Zora Hesová, and Ondřej Slačálek from the Department of Political Science at CU FA. Without separating Central Europe from global trends, the authors of this book look at a change in the political dynamics of post-accession Central Europe through the prism of the culture […]

Student Evaluation of the Winter Semester Courses Has Been Launched

The anonymous electronic evaluation of courses takes place from 5 to 23 January. The results including comments are to be published at the beginning of the summer semester.

Halík: Havel Combined Bravery and Wisdom

In the interview with Prof Tomáš Halík from the Faculty of Arts, he commemorates the 10th anniversary of the death of his close friend, Václav Havel, one of the most prominent figures of the Velvet Revolution and the first president of the Czech Republic.

The Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Has Four New Professors

On Wednesday, 15 December 2021, the president of the Czech Republic named new professors. On the proposal of the Charles University Research Board, four experts from the Faculty of Arts.

The Founder of Czech Indonesian Studies, Zorica Marta Dubovská, Passed Away

On 6 December 2021, Zorica Dubovská, one of the most prominent persons of the Czechoslovakian-Indonesian relations in the past seventy years, passed away aged 95.