During the winter semester, the Institute of Ethnology and Central European and Balkan Studies will host prof. Ag Apolloni from University of Pristina. The Kosovar scholar and renowned author focuses on the relationship between small and big literatures, on the “Weltliteratur“, and on Albanian literature in Balkan and world context. His interdisciplinary lectures will take […]

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.  

Do you want to meet foreign Erasmus students, exchange practical information, make contacts and maybe even forge friendships? Then come to Kampus Hybernská 4 for the Erasmus Day event, on Wednesday, October 16 starting at 17:15 in hall E.0. You will also find refreshments there and have the opportunity to listen to the band ABBAcz! […]

On 23 September 2024, the poet, translator, diplomat and teacher, Zdeněk Hron, turns eighty. A graduate of English and Czech Studies at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, he taught English at the State Language School in Prague for nearly two decades and returned to work at the Department of English and American Studies in […]

Call for Papers: Metamorphoses of Time Conference at the Institute of English and American Studies, University of Gdańsk May 28-30, 2025 / Gdańsk, Poland Possible Topics: – Cultural, literary and linguistic articulations of time change and temporal experience – Crisis time and temporal paradoxes of emergency – Time shapes and timescapes – Time and speed: […]

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 .

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 […]

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 

Just released: Litteraria Pragensia 34.67, “Revisiting Brendan Behan,” edited by Nathalie Lamprecht and Ondřej Pilný. Challenging the notion that little may be added to existing research into the work of Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, and rebel Brendan Behan, the issue brings together eight articles prompted by the international conference “Brendan Behan at 100: Legacy […]

We are delighted to announce that Dr Radvan Markus became the recipient of the 2023 American Conference for Irish Studies Prize for Books in the Irish Language. Awarding his monograph Carnabhal na Marbh: Cré na Cille agus Litríocht an Domhain (The Carnival of the Dead: Cré na Cille and World Literature), the jury noted in […]