Student workshop at the Czech Academy of Sciences, 22–24 September 2022 All European societies had to respond to the major political upheavals, wars and crises of the 20th century, with some parallels and differences coming to light. In changing political systems – during the Nazi terror as well as under state socialism – musicians, composers and audiences either sought to […]
Musical Interactions, 1400-1650 Conference dates: 14-17 September 2022 Conference location: Prague CFP deadline: 1 April 2022 Organizing committee: David Burn (KU Leuven), Lenka Hlávková (Charles University, Prague), Alessandra Ignesti (KU Leuven) Musical interaction is a common topic in scholarly literature, yet the notion itself is still not fully theorized. Narrow approaches to it have often […]
Carmina Clericorum: Sacred Latin Songs from the 14th and 15th centuries in the Central European University and School milieu, the fourth volume of the series Monumenta Liturgica Bohemica (L. Marek Publishing) was published. The edition was prepared by Jan Ciglbauer, in collaboration with philologists and medievists Martin Bažil, Adéla Ebersonová, and Henry Howard. The volume […]
The Masaryk Institute and Archive of the Czech Academy of Sciences, v. v. i. (the project Old Myths, New Facts: Czech Lands in Centre of 15th–Century Music Developments; co-hosted at the Institute of Musicology) opens a position for a doctoral student for a 1–3 year duration, starting on 1. 4. 2020 or 1. 10. 2020 (0.5 position). Full information here: https://www.mua.cas.cz/en/novinky/doctoral-student-position-for-music-and-music-culture-in-15th-century-bohemia-in-a-broader-european-context-1982
The members of the research project Old Myths, New Facts: Czech Lands in the Centre of 15th century Music Developments invite all interested colleagues to the international conference Music in Bohemia around 1400: Crossroads of traditions which will take place on 21st-22nd November 2019 at Vila Lanna, Prague. The musical culture of the Czech Lands […]
The virtual exhibition “…and the Word became Music” invites you to the world of books made many centuries ago to record the musical ideas of the people of that era. A unique concept combining facsimile pictures of manuscripts, transcriptions and recordings was created by the members and students from Department of Musicology, Charles University and […]
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The dean of CU FA, Eva Lehečková, has been awarded Hillel J. Kieval from Washington University in St. Louis for his contribution to Jewish history in Central Europe and his persisting support of Jewish Studies in the Czech Republic.
The anonymous electronic evaluation of courses take place from 10 to 29 May. The results including the comments will be released in the middle of June.
Universidad de Chile and Charles University co-organize Ibero-American Week that is to take place from 9 to 13 May. As part of the event, the 27th Ibero-American Prize for student essays will be awarded and the Centre for Ibero-American Studies at CU FA will hold a conference on the bicentennial of the independence processes in Brazil, Mexico and Peru.
The presentations for the upcoming elections (to be held from 10 am on 17 May to 5 pm on 18 May) for the period 2022–2025 have been published.
The Faculty of Arts, Charles University, and the Faculty of Humanities CU cordially invites you to a cycly of lectures by Prof. Helen Frances Leslie-Jacobsen (University of Bergen) that will be held at both faculties from 26 to 29 April 2022.
Candidates can submit their nominations until 23 April 2022, the elections will be held online from 10 am on 17 May to 5 pm on 18 May 2022.
The Faculty of Arts, Charles University, is looking for academic, technical, and economic staff. All offers are both in Czech and English.
In relation to the armed conflict in Ukraine, the Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom, the Zimin Foundation, and the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, announce five two-year scholarships for Ukrainian citizens.
Charles University brought together top members of the legislative branches in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia, to mark 100 years since the Czechoslovaks recognised the independence of the three Baltic states. Doc. Kristina Ante (Department of East European Studies at CU FA) had a presentation on how these countries are viewed by the Czechs.