Srdečně Vás zveme příští týden na kurz The Myth of the Frontier v rámci programu Týdne humanitních věd – o folklóru původních obyvatel Spojených států a své knize Trnová dívka bude mluvit Jáchym Topol. Úterý 18. listopadu 2025 v 9:10–10:40, místnost 308B.
January 12, 2025 American and Canadian Literature 3 (comprehensive exam), PhDr. Hana Ulmanová, Ph.D., 8:00, room 219c January 21, 2026 American and Canadian Literature 3 (comprehensive exam), Mgr. Pavla Veselá, Ph.D., 8:30, room 001 February 6, 2026 American and Canadian Literature 3 (comprehensive exam), doc. Erik Sherman Roraback, D.Phil., 9:00-12:00, room 111
V nakladatelství Odeon právě vyšla nová antologie současné americké poezie nazvaná Dinosauři v ulicích. Autorem projektu je absolvent ÚALK Jan Zikmund, který antologii sestavil, opatřil předmluvou a sám přeložil řadu zahrnutých básní. Na překladech se podíleli rovněž Dr. Daniela Theinová (ÚALK), Dr. Denisa Šebestová (OAJD) a absolventi ÚALK Martin Světlík a Matouš Turek. Rozsáhlý výbor […]
BA finals Mon-Tue 2-3 February application: 20 November – 2 January SIS check: 23 January thesis in SIS: 5 January MA finals Wed-Thu 4-5 February application: 20 November – 2 January SIS check: 23 January thesis in SIS: 7 January
We cordially invite you to a meeting with Professor Martin Hilský on the occasion of the publication of his new translation of John Milton’s Paradise Lost. The meeting will take place on October 30, 2025 at 5 PM at the Literary Café Academia (Václavské náměstí 34, Praha 1).
At the end of October, the Prague Microfestival (PMF) will take place, an annual festival of artistic creation combining contemporary experimental literary production with visual arts, film, and live performances. PMF is not only a platform for experimental art, but also a meeting place. Despite its growing international prestige, PMF maintains strong ties to local […]
The conference will be held at Charles University, Faculty of Arts, Prague, 22 and 23 May 2026. CfP: Disaster Nationalism and Present-day Europe Call for Papers By the late twentieth century, nationalisms across much of the West seemed in abeyance. The demise of the bipolar world order in 1989-1991 heralded new arrangements of political and […]
The Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures cordially invites newly enrolled MA students from all specialisations to an orientation meeting. Members of DALC staff will discuss the basic aspects of the MA programme (specialisations, courses, assignments, credit requirements, MA thesis) and students will have the opportunity to ask questions. Attendance is highly recommended. Wednesday, October […]
The latest issue of Litteraria Pragensia, ‘Romantic Shock and Surprise,’ is now available on the journal website in open access. The ‘shock of the new’ is a phrase normally associated with Modernism but the aesthetics of shock has its roots in Romanticism, where notions of originality, novelty and surprise combined with the concept of the […]
Bylo vyhlášeno 2. kolo výběrového řízení na studijní pobyty v rámci programu Erasmus+. Všechny důležité informace najdete zde: https://oajd.ff.cuni.cz/studium/obecne-informace-o-studiu/studium-v-zahranici/program-erasmus/. Všechny materiály je třeba zaslat do čtvrtka 11. 9. 2025, 10 hodin e-mailem Monice Černé. S případnými dotazy se obracejte na Barboru Bulantovou a Pavlu Veselou.
Charles University is pleased to offer an online onboarding course designed to support newly admitted international students in their transition to university life. Sessions are held every Wednesday online and are open to both full-degree and Erasmus students.
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.
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.
Renowned political scientist Robert L. Funk from the University of Chile will explore the leading candidates, the key issues shaping the campaigns, and what is at stake for Chilean democracy.
Prof. Paul Chaisty, a leading researcher in area studies and political science specializing in Russia and Ukraine, is offering a block seminar entitled Area Studies for Researchers: Opportunities, Challenges, and Controversies at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, for the 2025/2026 academic year.
The Faculty of Arts, Charles University (Prague, Czech Republic) is seeking a postdoctoral researcher in comparative area studies. As part of the project funded by Horizon Europe (ERA Chair in Multidisciplinary Area Studies, ERA-AREAS), this post holder will participate in the newly created Center for Multidisciplinary Area Studies (CenMAS).
The Faculty of Arts, Charles University (Prague, Czech Republic) is seeking a research group leader in comparative area studies. As part of the project funded by Horizon Europe (ERA Chair in Multidisciplinary Area Studies, ERA-AREAS), this post holder will be responsible for coordinating a newly created Center for Multidisciplinary Area Studies (CenMAS).
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.
Charles University is proud to announce that it has – as the first university in the Czech Republic – successfully defended the prestigious HR Excellence in Research Award (HR Award), granted by the European Commission.
January 12, 2025 American and Canadian Literature 3 (comprehensive exam), PhDr. Hana Ulmanová, Ph.D., 8:00, room 219c January 21, 2026 American and Canadian Literature 3 (comprehensive exam), Mgr. Pavla Veselá, Ph.D., 8:30, room 001 February 6, 2026 American and Canadian Literature 3 (comprehensive exam), doc. Erik Sherman Roraback, D.Phil., 9:00-12:00, room 111
BA finals Mon-Tue 2-3 February application: 20 November – 2 January SIS check: 23 January thesis in SIS: 5 January MA finals Wed-Thu 4-5 February application: 20 November – 2 January SIS check: 23 January thesis in SIS: 7 January
The Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures cordially invites newly enrolled MA students from all specialisations to an orientation meeting. Members of DALC staff will discuss the basic aspects of the MA programme (specialisations, courses, assignments, credit requirements, MA thesis) and students will have the opportunity to ask questions. Attendance is highly recommended. Wednesday, October […]
Bylo vyhlášeno 2. kolo výběrového řízení na studijní pobyty v rámci programu Erasmus+. Všechny důležité informace najdete zde: https://oajd.ff.cuni.cz/studium/obecne-informace-o-studiu/studium-v-zahranici/program-erasmus/. Všechny materiály je třeba zaslat do čtvrtka 11. 9. 2025, 10 hodin e-mailem Monice Černé. S případnými dotazy se obracejte na Barboru Bulantovou a Pavlu Veselou.
BA Finals 8-9 Sept (Mon, Tue) application: 8 July SIS check: 12 August thesis in SIS: 11 August MA Finals 10-11 Sept (Wed, Thu) application: 8 July SIS check: 12 August thesis in SIS: 13 August
May 19, 2025 American and Canadian Literature 3 (comprehensive exam), doc. Erik Sherman Roraback, D.Phil., 14:00-17:00, room 111 May 20, 2025 History of the USA, doc. PhDr. Mariana Machová, Ph.D., 9:30 – 12:00, room 001 May 22, 2025 Irish language, Mgr. Radvan Markus, Ph.D., 16:00-18:00, room 001 May 25, 2025 American and Canadian Literature 2, […]
BA Finals 12-13 June (Thu, Fri) Application: 7 May SIS check: 28 May Thesis submission in SIS: 15 May MA Finals 9-10 June (Mon, Tue) Application: 7 May SIS check: 28 May Thesis submission in SIS: 12 May
Výběrové řízení na stipendia Anglo-Czech Educational Fund 2025/26. Toto stipendium je určeno na několikaměsíční až roční studijní a vědecké pobyty doktorandů ve Velké Británii. O stipendium mohou dále žádat mladí vědečtí pracovníci (ve věku do 35 let). Podmínkou je české nebo slovenské občanství. Info zde: https://www.ff.cuni.cz/zahranici/vyjizdejici-studenti/moznosti-financovani/anglo-czech-educational-fund/ Uzávěrka podávání přihlášek je 12.00 dne 28. 3. 2024.
My office hours in Week 1 are cancelled due to the MA orientation meeting scheduled on Wed 19 Feb at 14.15. Apologies for any inconvenience, please contact me by email. MH
Due to family reasons, I have to cancel my classes on Thursday, Feb 20, and Friday, Feb 21. As to my class on American literature II, please read Bret Harte – The Outcasts of Poker Flat and William Dean Howells – Editha. As to didactics, be prepared for a discussion on choosing literary works: criteria […]
