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Delegation from the Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

On Thursday 8 December 2016, the Faculty of Arts received a delegation from the Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (GDUFS), Canton Province in South China.

Saksham Sharda: “The interdisciplinary, intercultural and practical approach of TEEME won me over”

Interview with Saksham Sharda, PhD candidate in the international doctoral programme TEEME.

Lecture by the Eminent Corpus Linguist John M. Kirk

John M. Kirk (Technische Universität Dresden, formerly Queen’s University Belfast) is a dialectologist and corpus linguist who has specialized on Scots and Irish English.

Prof. Elliot Sperling (Indiana University): Tibetan History Inside and Outside China

A lecture by acclaimed historian and leading specialist on Tibetan-Chinese relations, prof. Elliot Sperling, is going to take place on 11 November at 15:00 in the Karolinum.

Disciplinary Variation in Academic Writing and Beyond

Guest lecture by Dr Paul Thompson from the University of Birmingham is going to take place on 1 November 2016 at 17:30.

Pushkin as National Poet: Ambiguities and Contradictions

The guest lecture by Svetlana Evdokimova, Professor of Slavic Studies and Comparative Literature at Brown University, is going to be held on 25th October 2016 at 17:30.

Mathesius Awards for the Best BA and MA Theses in English and American Studies

On 12 October 2016, Mathesius Awards for the Best BA and MA Theses in English and American Studies were presented at the Faculty of Arts.

4th Israeli Week at Charles University Organised by the Prague Centre for Jewish Studies

On 24 – 27 October 2016, the Prague Centre for Jewish Studies organises the 4th Israeli Week. The project serves as a platform for future development of research and teaching of Israeli studies at the Faculty of Arts.

Prof. Pier Luigi Sacco: Digital Humanities and the Future of Universities

What is digital humanities? How is this area linked with the current concept of universities? And what is, in this context, Culture 3.0? The lecture will be held on 18 October.

A Monograph by a PhD Candidate of the Czech Institute of Egyptology Coming Out Soon in Oxford

The monograph “Old Kingdom Copper Tools and Model Tools” by Martin Odler (Czech Institute of Egyptology) is due to come out soon from Archaeopress (Oxford).