18 May 2015 – 18 September 2015
The exam period in the Summer Term starts on May 19 and ends on September 19 (there are summer holidays between June 30 and August 31).
2 September 2015 – 5 September 2015
Scholars and students from various fields originated or closely connected with British moral philosophy in late 17th and 18th centuries (i.e. philosophy, history, sociology, political thought, economics, etc.) are both welcomed and encouraged to attend a conference presenting and discussing horizons of gradually progressing changes in interpretation of British debate on the origin of moral institutions, civil society and many other subjects of moral philosophy.
17 September 2015 – 19 September 2015
On September 17-19, 2015 the World Psychological Forum is held in Prague. Keynote speaker: Philip G. Zimbardo. Partners: Faculty of Humanities, CU in Prague and Czech-Moravian Psychological Society.
18 September 2015 – 19 September 2015
Faculty of Humanities, Charles University in Prague, Czech Association for Social Anthropology and Department of Social Anthropology, University of Pardubice, invite you to a Czech and Slovak workshop. The main goal of the conference is to introduce and critically reflect the subdiscipline of applied anthropology and its participation in public space in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
The working languages are: Czech, Slovak and English.
22 September 2015 – 25 September 2015
A combination of a range of information sessions and personal assistance, the programme aims both to introduce students to academic issues and to help them with some practical arrangements related to their study stay.
23 September 2015
Hearts for Children Days ("Srdíčkové dny") is a well-known charity event dedicated to help seriously ill children. This year Charles University has decided to support this event and organize collections at several faculties. At the Faculty of Humanities the collection will take place on Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm in the ground floor of the Jinonice campus. To support this event you can buy hearts and other items for the amount of 20-40 CZK.
23 September 2015 – 14 October 2015
In the Winter Term 2015/16 courses are open for online registration from September 23, 2015 to October 14, 2015.
5 October 2015 – 8 January 2016
The tuition in the Winter Term 2015/16 starts on October 5, 2015 and ends on January 8, 2016.
7 October 2015
As there is a Dean's day on October 7, 2015 (Matriculation) classes provided by the FHS are not held. UPCES classes will meet as usual. Further information about Matriculation ceremonies is available at: http://www.cuni.cz/UKEN-21.html
21 October 2015
Charles University is happy to invite both students and teachers to a great autumn concert of Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem. The concert will take place on October 21, 2015, at 7.30 PM, in the Great Hall of Karolinum (Ovocný trh 3, Praha 1). Kindly take your place before 7.20 PM. The entrance is free.
28 October 2015
There are no classes (except UPCES) on October 28 as it is national holiday.
1 November 2015 – 15 November 2015
The Week of Science and Technology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech republic is the most extensive science festival in the Czech Republic, taking place each year, in 2015 from 1st to 15th November. The programme offers events all over the Czech republic, including lectures, excursions, science cafés, screenings of documentary films, visits of scientific workplaces, laboratories or libraries.
5 November 2015 – 6 November 2015
All students and teachers are invited to the annual colloquium of the grant-aided project "Life and Environment. Phenomenological Relations between Subjectivity and Natural World". The colloquium will take place on November 5 and November 6, 2015 in Villa Lanna (V Sadech 1, Praha 6). Feel free to check the programme.
17 November 2015
As there is a national holiday on November 17, there are no FHS classes.
23 November 2015 – 26 November 2015
The elections will take place from November 23 to November 26, 2015 at: volby.fhs.cuni.cz . The list of candidates is available in the News. The results will be announced on November 27.
26 November 2015 – 27 November 2015
Department of German and French Philosophy at the Faculty of Humanities, Charles University in Prague invites you to participate at the annual conference of the research project „Life and Environment. Phenomenological Relations between Subjectivity and Natural World“ (GAČR) Phénoménologie et « Ailleurs »/Phenomenologies of “Elsewhere”.
7 December 2015 – 11 December 2015
Between December 7th and 11th Christmas Charity Market will be held in Jinonice. The market is held in cooperation with non-profit organisation SIRIRI (providing development aid in Central African Republic ) and FHS students.
Feel free to use the opportunity to get the perfect Christmas gifts (t-shirts, bags, etc) and support people in Central African Republic at the same time!
18 December 2015
As there is a Dean´s day on December 18, all classes for this day have been cancelled.
19 December 2015 – 3 January 2016
The winter holidays start on December 19, 2015 and end on January 3, 2016.
The public holidays are as follows:
December 24 - Christmas Eve
December 25 - Christmas Day
December 26 - St. Stephen's Day (The Second Christmas Day)
11 January 2016 – 12 February 2016
The exam period in the Winter Term starts on January 11, and ends on February 12, 2016.
13 January 2016
At the Faculty Open House visitors will be able to find basic information on the individual departments, including bachelor’s and the related master’s and doctorate study programmes.
14 January 2016
Prague-based public universities are happy to invite high school students to the Study in Prague -- Prague Public Universities Fair. The universities are set to present their Bachelor and Master programmes. The entrance is free.The Faculty of Humanities will be presented at the Charles University stand during the whole fair.
15 January 2016
Dear members of Charles University academia, dear colleagues, students, Charles University employees, and friends,
On behalf of the university management, let us invite you to the Charles University Gala Ball, taking place on January 15, 2016, at 8 PM, in Palace Žofín, Slovanský ostrov 226, Praha 1.
8 February 2016
Department of Historical Sociology invites you to the lecture "For an anti-predicative concept of recognition: the limits of the politics of difference" by Vladimir Pinheiro Safatle (Universidade de São Paulo).
15 February 2016
Arrival Day for non-degree international students has been set up on February 15, 2016.
15 February 2016 – 7 March 2016
In the Summer Term 2016 courses are open for online registration between February 15 (09:00 PM) and March 7, 2016. For the students enrolled at other Faculties than the Faculty of Humanities, the registration to FHS courses opens February 16 (09:00 PM).
16 February 2016 – 19 February 2016
During the first week of the semester, before the teaching period itself, the FHS International Office organizes the Orientation Programme to welcome new international students in Prague and at CU.
22 February 2016 – 20 May 2016
Tuition in the Summer Term 2015/16 starts on February 22, 2016 and ends on May 20, 2016.
25 February 2016
Department of Historical Sociology invites you to the lecture “Violence and Democracy” by Michel Wieviorka.
29 February 2016
Application deadline for BA and MA studies is February, 29. Application form is available in SIS. Further inormation is available at undergraduate/graduate section.
1 March 2016 – 31 March 2016
The exhibition of photographs focused on 14th century Gothic plastic art will take place in the St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague and in the Chapel of the Holy Cross at Karlštejn, where Master Theodoric will be emphasised. The exhibition will inaugurate the celebrations of the 700th anniversary of the birth of Charles IV in Charles University.
4 March 2016
Professor Fabio Grigenti from Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy will give the lecture "Philosophers and Machines. An Anthropotechnical Perspective" on March 4, 2016 at the Faculty of Humanities.
15 March 2016
Department of Historical Sociology invites you to the lecture "The nation of culture in the contemporary societies" by professor Massimiliana Ruzzedu (University Niccolo Cusano, Roma, Italy).
16 March 2016
Department of Historical Sociology invites you to the lecture "Sociology of contemporary Italy" by professor Massimiliana Ruzzedu (University Niccolo Cusano, Roma, Italy).
16 March 2016 – 19 March 2016
Faculty of Humanities invites you to the international conference "Space of the Nordic Literature“. The conference program consists of two sections: I. "Boundaries and transformations in Old Norse genres – synchronic and diachronic perspectives" and II. "Modernity in Modern Scandinavian literature".
16 March 2016
Faculty of Humanities invites you to the lecture "Passions and the Maintenance of Institutions: Hobbes, Mill and Rorty" by Adrian Blau (King´s College London).
17 March 2016
Department of Historical Sociology invites you to the lecture "Latest advances in complexity theories" by professor Massimiliana Ruzzedu (University Niccolo Cusano, Roma, Italy).
17 March 2016
Faculty of Humanities invites you to the lecture "How (Not) To Use History of Political Thought/Philosophy for Contemporary Purposes" by Adrian Blau (King´s College London).
18 March 2016
Faculty of Humanities invites you to the Hobbes Seminar by Adrian Blau (King´s College London). The seminar takes place in two parts:
I. Interpreting Hobbes Philosophically and Historically: Different Questions, Different Answers?
II. Reason, Deliberation, and the Passions
18 March 2016
Faculty of Humanities invites you to the lecture "Reflexivity in eddic kennings: opening up mythological space in dialogic exchange" by Judy Quinn (University of Cambridge).
18 March 2016
Faculty of Humanities invites you to the lecture "Islands, Narrative and Feelings, with special reference to Sámsey" by Carolyne Larrington (University of Oxford).
19 March 2016
Are you considering studying at Great Britain's most elite universities? Interested in academic essays and their evaluation at Oxford, Cambridge or King's College London ("KCL")? And want to discuss this and more with the holder of the KCL Teaching Excellence Award and a graduate of Oxford and Cambridge?
If so, do not miss the Academic Essay Workshop, which will feature Dr. Adrian Blau of King's College London. The workshop will be held in English and is open to students and teachers alike.
21 March 2016
Department of Historical Sociology invites you to the lecture "Social Causality“ by professor for Social Theory and Cultural Sociology Helmut Staubmann (Department of Sociology, University of Innsbruck).
22 March 2016
Department of Historical Sociology invites you to the lecture "The Rolling Stones – Sociological Perspectives" by professor for Social Theory and Cultural Sociology Helmut Staubmann (Department of Sociology, University of Innsbruck).
23 March 2016
Need to address your audience in English? Want to know how to prepare an entertaining presentation? Interested in the basics of graphic design? If that is the case, the seminars are exactly right for you. The first two 180 minute lessons will take place on March 23 and April 24, respectively, and will be followed by a practical part two weeks later, which will include presentations by the students themselves, who will be given feedback. The seminars will take place in English and are aimed at doctoral and post-doctoral students of CU.
24 March 2016
On March 24, 2016 the Dean’s Day has been scheduled. All FHS classes for this day have been cancelled.
31 March 2016
Department of Gender Studies, Faculty of Humanities, CU invites you the public lecture “Over the Rainbow: Labelle, Black Feminist Musical Self-Fashioning, and 1970s Freedom Dreams”. The lecture will be presented by Gayle Wald from George Washington University. The lecture shall take place in the university area Vokovice on March 31, 2016. The lecture and the follow-up discussion will be held in English. Admission is free.
1 April 2016 – 15 April 2016
Students’ Association “Studenti FHS UK” is happy to invite you to the Festival of Humanity and Solidarity. The theme of this year is migration and its consequences in culture – music, theatre, photography and gastronomy – but also in the personal experience of volunteers, not only from FHS, who help manage the dismal situation of refugees on the borders of the European Union and at the places of conflict.
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