Dr Beran’s office hours are cancelled on Tuesday, January 21, 2025.
Litteraria Pragensia is a peer-reviewed international academic journal listed in SCOPUS, ERIH+, and other databases. Founded in 1991, it publishes thematic issues focused on interdisciplinary critical debates about diverse phenomena in modern and contemporary literatures and cultures.
Continue hereCup of Tea is the English and American Studies podcast, run by the student society Schwa.
Continue hereSchwa is the official student society of English and American studies at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University. It organises various cultural and social activities and is open to all who have a passion for the English language and Anglophone cultures.
Continue hereThe Vilém Mathesius Awards for the best MA and BA theses are awarded every year by the Vilém Mathesius Foundation for the Promotion of English and American Studies in Prague.
Continue hereDr Beran’s office hours are cancelled on Tuesday, January 21, 2025.
The Artful announces a call for submissions for their next issue. Students, graduates and academic staff of English and American Studies can submit their poetry, prose (in English, Czech or Slovak), as well as their photographs or illustrations. Send your submissions to theartfulcollection@gmail.com by February 24, 2025. For more information click here
Srdečně Vás zveme příští týden na kurz The Myth of the Frontier – o folkloru severoamerických Indiánů a Eskymáků hovoří a ze svých překladů čte Jáchym Topol. Úterý 17. prosince 2024 v 9:10–10:40, místnost 310.
The Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures cordially invites you to a guest lecture by Dr Evy Varsamopoulou (Cyprus) and Dr Maria Varsam (Peloponnese): ‘Future Fragments: The Utopian Dimension of the Romantic Imagination’. The lecture will take place on Wednesday 18 December 2024 in Room 111 at 14:15 (main faculty building, 1st Floor). Everyone welcome! […]
We cordially invite You to the launch of the Welsh novel Melog by Mihangel Morgan, translated to Czech by the former DALC student, Hynek Daniel Janoušek. You will have the opportunity to listen to an interesting discussion with the author and the translator, as well as have the chance to listen to music by Lleuwen […]
Dr Horová’s in-person office hrs have been cancelled this Wednesday, 27 November – please contact me by email. Apologies for any inconvenience.
January 7, 2025 Introduction to British and American Culture, doc. PhDr. Mariana Machová, Ph.D., 12:30, room 104 January 13, 2025 American and Canadian Literature 3 (comprehensive exam), doc. Justin Quinn, Ph.D., 13:00, room 219c Introduction to Literary Studies, prof. Mgr. Ondřej Pilný, doc. Clare Wallace, M.A., Ph.D., Mgr. Daniela Theinová, Ph.D., 9:00-10:30, room 104 January […]
Srdečně vás zveme na diskuzní panel o překládání poezie z angličtiny do češtiny a opačně, ale i o možnostech a smyslu překládání poezie vůbec. Účast potvrdili doc. Justin Quinn, Mgr. Martin Světlík, Markéta Novotná. Ve spolupráci s časopisem Svět literatury (vydává FF UK). Moderace: doc. PhDr. Mariana Machová, Ph.D. Diskuse se bude konat 22. listopadu […]
BA Finals 4-5 February (Tue, Wed) application: 4 December SIS check: 8 January thesis in SIS: 8 January MA Finals 29-30 January (Wed, Thu) application: 4 December SIS check: 8 January thesis in SIS: 6 January
My dear students, Due to unexpected health and family reasons, I have to cancel my classes on Friday, Oct 25. We are not skipping any reading, and I shall see you on Friday, Nov 1. Do bring in your essays for American literature 1, please.And yes, we might consider an extra class towards the end […]
Both awards are intended for students, graduates, and alumni of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University. The awards are given for work completed while studying in the calendar year 2024. Proposals for the awards can be submitted by all members of the academic community.
Anonymous electronic course evaluation runs from 11 January to 16 February 2025. The feedback helps to improve the quality of studies for all students and provides valuable suggestions to lecturers. You may fill evaluation forms on your computer or phone in an app available on evaluace.ff.cuni.cz.
In the online portal, you can easily renew your ISIC, ITIC and ALIVE licence, order a new CU card, and deactivate or activate your card.
The two-year project was launched at the end of November by partners Inalco University in Paris (the main coordinator of the project and organiser of the meeting), Taras Shevchenko State University of Kyiv, Charles University, and University of Warsaw. The Faculty of Arts, Charles University, was represented by Dr Stanislav Tumis and student Nazarii Deineka.
The book <i>Antologie 21/12/23 Anthology</i> includes texts by the members of the academia at CU FA, relating to the mass shooting at CU FA on 21 December 2023. The anthology is dedicated to the cherished memory of the 14 victims, and it hopes to console the 25 wounded and all others affected. The book is freely available on the website of the Faculty of Arts Press.
The tragedy that took place at CU FA last December changed the university and the whole of society to the core, causing unfathomable pain and suffering for those who lost loved ones. But it also provoked a wave of solidarity and kindness. Director Markéta Oddfish Nešlehová, a graduate of CU, made a documentary about the healing process to air on 21 December 2024.
Due to a procedural problem, the Electoral Commission suspended and cancelled the ongoing elections to the Academic Curia of the Academic Senate of CU FA on Thursday morning, 5 December 2024. The new election will take place from Wednesday, 11 December (10:00 am), to Friday, 13 December 2024 (5:00 pm). The elections to the Student Curia remain unchanged.
Doc. Jana Semerádová received the Order of Arts and Letters in the rank of Knight from the hands of the French Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Stéphane Crouzat, on 4 December 2024. The graduate of Musicology at CU FA received the Order for the popularization of French Baroque music and cultural heritage.
Dr Beran’s office hours are cancelled on Tuesday, January 21, 2025.
The Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures cordially invites you to a guest lecture by Dr Evy Varsamopoulou (Cyprus) and Dr Maria Varsam (Peloponnese): ‘Future Fragments: The Utopian Dimension of the Romantic Imagination’. The lecture will take place on Wednesday 18 December 2024 in Room 111 at 14:15 (main faculty building, 1st Floor). Everyone welcome! […]
Dr Horová’s in-person office hrs have been cancelled this Wednesday, 27 November – please contact me by email. Apologies for any inconvenience.
January 7, 2025 Introduction to British and American Culture, doc. PhDr. Mariana Machová, Ph.D., 12:30, room 104 January 13, 2025 American and Canadian Literature 3 (comprehensive exam), doc. Justin Quinn, Ph.D., 13:00, room 219c Introduction to Literary Studies, prof. Mgr. Ondřej Pilný, doc. Clare Wallace, M.A., Ph.D., Mgr. Daniela Theinová, Ph.D., 9:00-10:30, room 104 January […]
BA Finals 4-5 February (Tue, Wed) application: 4 December SIS check: 8 January thesis in SIS: 8 January MA Finals 29-30 January (Wed, Thu) application: 4 December SIS check: 8 January thesis in SIS: 6 January
My dear students, Due to unexpected health and family reasons, I have to cancel my classes on Friday, Oct 25. We are not skipping any reading, and I shall see you on Friday, Nov 1. Do bring in your essays for American literature 1, please.And yes, we might consider an extra class towards the end […]
Prof. Procházka’s classes have been cancelled in Week 1 due to illness. NB: The PhD seminar will take place as planned, with Prof. Pilný. The Introduction to British and American Culture session on Tuesday will comprise of a brief introduction to the course.
PhD seminar for the first year students (Rhetoric in Literature and Philosophy) will begin on 1 October at 15:50 in Room 34 (ground). For a detailed description visit the moodle https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=2596 .
New call for Erasmus+ 2024/2025. Application deadline: September 9, 2024, by 10:00 All information about the current call here More general information about the programme here
BA Finals 4-5 Sept (Wed, Thu) application: 9 July SIS check: 13 August thesis in SIS: 7 August MA Finals 9-10 Sept (Mon, Tue) application: 9 July SIS check: 13 August thesis in SIS: 12 August