12 April 2024 – 13 April 2024
This presentation will introduce the research project “Decolonizing Ethnographic Museums in Central Europe”, a two-year project funded by the FOND Junior Programme at Charles University and at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology. The project focuses on the decolonization strategies of three museums in Central Europe, including the Náprstek Museum of Asian, African and American Cultures in Prague, Czech Republic, the Weltmuseum in Vienna, Austria, and the Néprajzi Múzeum (Museum of Ethnography) in Budapest, Hungary. These museums differ in the size of their collections, their exhibition spaces, and the regional and global claims they make for their collections.
22 April 2024
The lecture will present how green infrastrucures and in general a multifunctionalised public and private green space in cities, can provide useful ecosystem services, generate savings and revenues, ensure mechanisms for dealing with the expleted planetary bounderies. We therefore will focus on wastewater reuse an recycling, urban and agricultural runoff management, rainwater harvesting, nutirents recovery from human and animal excreta, all managed by constructed wetlands, greenwalls, green facades, green roofs, bioretention trenches, bioswales, and other alternative ecological means.
23 April 2024
Let yourself be drawn into the soundscape on 23th April, and then let the rhythm set the pace. We invite you to a unique evening full of sounds and music, prepared especially for the Faculty of Humanities by the Berg Orchestra.
24 April 2024
The presentation outlines a research that focuses on the aesthetic-psychological relationship between Late Baroque churches and the natural elements of the place. The very idea of such a relationship is based on philosophical and Baroque theoretical arguments. It is the approach of architectural phenomenology that enables one to research this theme. Theoretical and practical ways have been opened up by Christian Norberg-Schulz, who, however, has not provided a precise practical tool. As a result, a combined contextuality method is being developed, incorporating several methods from architectural phenomenology. A pilot research of 11 churches, together with their natural environment in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, in Trakai Voivodeship, has been carried out. This research has highlighted common specific features suggesting the landscape as an important factor shaping the expression of Late Baroque architecture.
25 April 2024 – 27 April 2024
Hrabal is a synonym for idyll, at least for most of society, which perceives Bohumil Hrabal's works mainly through film adaptations. But his work has a more hidden and surprisingly far more abundant aspect: non-idyllicity. Why this feature of Hrabal's texts appeals more to foreign readers will be discussed by experts or translators of his books from France, Japan, Germany, or Poland, where he is still one of the most-read authors. They will be joined by leading experts on Hrabal's work from Czechia.
25 April 2024
What is discourse analysis and what are its most important assumptions? What is critical discourse analysis? How can discourse analysis be used in studies on music and society? These are the most important questions around which the lecture will be focused.
Barbara Jabłońska is an associate professor at the Institute of Sociology of the Jagiellonian University. Her research interests focus, among others, on issues related to the theory of culture and art, communication theories, and methods of qualitative research. She deals in particular with the issues of the sociology of music, media communication, and the public sphere, as well as discourse analysis.
7 May 2024
We invite you to a brunch for expat women scientists working in Czech research institutions. The guest speaker at the event will be Zsófia Csajbók, who works at the Faculty of Humanities as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychology and Life Sciences. The Brunch is organised by the NKC - Gender and Science and all women researchers across disciplines are invited. Registration is required for the event.
21 May 2024
What are the current challenges faced by Charles University? What creative ideas could benefit CU? What is holding us back? Where do we want to be in five years’ time? The University is now offering all those interested the chance to discuss these topics in an informal environment over a cup of coffee and a croissant – or even a Czech pie!I cordially invite both students and all CU employees to new, regular breakfast meetings, where we can jointly discuss a number of topics affecting the University in a relaxed environment. The number of places is limited to 10 per event. If a breakfast event is attended by international students or CU employees, conversation will take place partly in English. I’m looking forward to hearing your opinions and ideas!
Charles University
Faculty of Humanities
Pátkova 2137/5
182 00 Praha 8 - Libeň
Czech Republic
