Looking back at the celebrations of 20 years of Gender Studies












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            In the fall of 2025, the Master’s Program in Gender Studies [ URL "https://gender.fhs.cuni

            KGSENG-2.html"]  celebrated its 20th anniversary. It is currently the only Master's progra
            in Central Europe. The first students enrolled in the full-time and part-time programs in 
            2005, and 12 years later, an English-language version of the program was added. Over the p

            nearly 400 students have earned Master's degrees in the program and now pursue a diverse r
            including academic ones.


            The GS20 celebrations began with a discussion among current faculty [ URL "https://gender.
            KGSENG-6.html"]  who were either involved in the creation and accreditation of the program

            associated with it as former students. The Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at Charles Un
            Věra Sokolová, recalled, among other things, the decisive role of one of the program's fou
            Dr. Hana Havelková, in its institutionalization. Dean Sokolová, Dr. Petr Pavlík, Doc. Blan

            Čapková, Dr. Dagmar Lorenz-Meyer, Dr. Ivy Helman, and Dr. Tereza Jiroutová Kynčlová reflec
            milestones in the existence of the Master’s Program. Among the determining milestones are 
            of the program to include an English-language version, the period of online teaching durin

            pandemic, the repeated relocation of the program from a former kindergarten building in Pr
            through the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport building in Prague’s Veleslavín, to it
            the current Troja Charles University campus, where the entire Faculty of Humanities also g

            place for the first time.

            The discussion among faculty members was followed by a lecture entitled "Care as Taking Pa

            Prof. Estelle Ferrarese from the Institut Universitaire de France. Its organisation was a 
            between CETE-P [ URL "https://cetep.eu/"] , the French Research Center for Social Sciences
            – Prague (CEFRES) [ URL "https://cefres.cz/en/cefres/"]  and Charles University. This lect

            by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research, through the PARCECO scheme. In he
            to the celebration, Prof. Ferrarese reflected not only on the importance of care as an aff
            but also as a practice of participation and active involvement. In the current climate of 

            which is evident in public and political debates and, above all, in current international 
            participation is essential for the continuous building of civil society and interest commu


            The event ended with a discussion by some of the program’s graduates. The discussion empha
            solidarity, support, and the student and teaching community. This graduate roundtable was 
            Ananké Nebeská. Lenka Tampierová, Jana Černoušková, Pavla Jenková, and Ondřej Medal were a

            their formative experiences during their GS studies, as well as their career developments.
            about how their gender expertise is perceived by their families, friends, and how it regis
            immediate surroundings


            The informal entertainment and conversations between graduates, teachers, and other collea
            place in a spirit of community and solidarity. Many former students met again after more t

            Such encounters were powerful, as was the ethos of the program, which advocated for social
            marginalized individuals and groups in a democratic society.


            Photo: Ondřej Trojan