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Charleston Project Launched – Backing Postdoc Research

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.

Nominations for the Jan Palach Award and the Růžena Vacková Award Accepted by 28 February

Both awards are intended for students, graduates, and alumni of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University. The awards are given for work completed while studying in the calendar year 2024. Proposals for the awards can be submitted by all members of the academic community.

Share Your Views on Winter Semester Courses. The Student Evaluation Is Open until February 16

Anonymous electronic course evaluation runs from 11 January to 16 February 2025. The feedback helps to improve the quality of studies for all students and provides valuable suggestions to lecturers. You may fill evaluation forms on your computer or phone in an app available on evaluace.ff.cuni.cz.

CU Launched Student and Employee Identity Card Portal

In the online portal, you can easily renew your ISIC, ITIC and ALIVE licence, order a new CU card, and deactivate or activate your card.

Representatives of Four European Universities Start Work on the EUkraine Forum

The two-year project was launched at the end of November by partners Inalco University in Paris (the main coordinator of the project and organiser of the meeting), Taras Shevchenko State University of Kyiv, Charles University, and University of Warsaw. The Faculty of Arts, Charles University, was represented by Dr Stanislav Tumis and student Nazarii Deineka.

An Anthology Commemorating the December Tragedy at CU FA Is Published

The book Antologie 21/12/23 Anthology includes texts by the members of the academia at CU FA, relating to the mass shooting at CU FA on 21 December 2023. The anthology is dedicated to the cherished memory of the 14 victims, and it hopes to console the 25 wounded and all others affected. The book is freely available on the website of the Faculty of Arts Press.

Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Wishes Everyone Peaceful and Happy New Year

Pour féliciter 2025

A unique message about healing

The tragedy that took place at CU FA last December changed the university and the whole of society to the core, causing unfathomable pain and suffering for those who lost loved ones. But it also provoked a wave of solidarity and kindness. Director Markéta Oddfish Nešlehová, a graduate of CU, made a documentary about the healing process to air on 21 December 2024.

Elections to the Academic Curia of the Academic Senate of CU FA Are Repeated

Due to a procedural problem, the Electoral Commission suspended and cancelled the ongoing elections to the Academic Curia of the Academic Senate of CU FA on Thursday morning, 5 December 2024. The new election will take place from Wednesday, 11 December (10:00 am), to Friday, 13 December 2024 (5:00 pm). The elections to the Student Curia remain unchanged.

A Graduate of CU FA Received the French Order of Arts and Letters

Doc. Jana Semerádová received the Order of Arts and Letters in the rank of Knight from the hands of the French Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Stéphane Crouzat, on 4 December 2024. The graduate of Musicology at CU FA received the Order for the popularization of French Baroque music and cultural heritage.