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More Than 1,000 People Attended the Discussion with the Chinese Dissident Ai Weiwei
On Friday 5 February 2016, one of the most famous contemporary Chinese artists Ai Weiwei visited the Faculty of Arts. Many prominent guests attended the event, including the American Ambassador to Czech Republic.
A Unique Boat from the Pyramid Age Discovered at Abusir by the Expedition of the Czech Institute of Egyptology
The mission of the Czech Institute of Egyptology has recently made an unexpected discovery at Abusir South that once again highlights the importance of this cemetery of the Old Kingdom officials.
Jewish Studies: New MA Programme at the Faculty of Arts
This academic year, the students have the opportunity to apply for the MA programme Jewish Studies, which will focus on Jewish culture in Early Modern and Modern period, and on Jewish topics in the Czech Lands.
Exhibition “Without Borders: Art in the Ore Mountains Between the Gothic and the Renaissance”
More than two hundred works of art allow the visitors to look back at a period whose impact can be still seen in the contemporary outlook and organisation of North Bohemian towns.
Faculty of Arts Commemorates the 47th Anniversary of the Self-Immolation of Jan Palach
On Saturday 16 January 2016, the Faculty of Arts is going to commemorate the 47th anniversary of the self-immolation of Jan Palach.
EBSCO’s Collaboration with the FA Press Enriches EBSCO eBooks in the Humanities
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has partnered with Faculty of Arts Press (Charles University in Prague), a Czech university publisher, to make their e-books accessible via EBSCO eBooks™.
Promoting Cooperation Between the Faculty of Arts and the Vietnam National University
Dr Pham Quang Minh (Vice Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi) met with Dr Eva Voldřichová Beránková (Vice Dean for International Relations, Faculty of Arts) to discuss future cooperation.
Interdisciplinary Archaeometallurgical Project Brought First Results
The Egyptological Museum of the Leipzig University has opened the exhibition Gegossene Götter (Cast Gods) which includes the first results of the project in which the Czech Institute of Egyptology takes part.
International Conference Devoted to the Czech Writer and Translator Jan Zábrana
On the 6th and 7th November 2015, an international conference devoted to Jan Zábrana, an outstanding Czech writer and translator of the second half of the 20th century, was hosted by the Institute of Translation Studies.
