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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.

Historian Timothy Garton Ash to receive an honorary doctorate degree based on the proposal by CU FA

The honorary doctorate will recognize not only more than thirty years of academic and journalistic work of Professor Garton Ash, but also his social attitudes, which are an inspiring and important voice for Central and Eastern Europe’s future direction, especially in the difficult period the regions are going through.

Invitation to the Launch of the Horizon Europe Project COLUMN

You are kindly invited to two unique academic events marking the launch of the COLUMN project (Colonial Past of Universities: Materiality and New Forms of Cooperation): a lecture by Prof. Loretta Feris and the premiere screening of the documentary film UnRest.

This year’s only ERC Advanced Grant in the Czech Republic goes to the Faculty of Arts, Charles University. It was awarded to the historian Kateřina Čapková 

Only one project from the Czech Republic has succeeded in the most prestigious European ERC Advanced Grant competition this year: the research of historian Kateřina Čapková from the Department of Middle Eastern Studies.

New ERA-AREAS Project Brings International Experts in Area Studies to CU Faculty of Arts

On 22 May, the Charles University Faculty of Arts (CU FA) hosted the kick-off meeting of the ERA-AREAS project, supported by the prestigious ERA Chair scheme under the Horizon Europe programme. The five-year project aims to establish the Centre for Multidisciplinary Area Studies (CenMAS).