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Remembering crises: FSV UK as a host of the Annual Meeting of the Memory Studies Association
From July 14 to 18, 2025, the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University (FSV UK) served as one of the main hosts of the 9th Annual Meeting of the Memory Studies Association (MSA). Themed “Beyond Crises: Resilience and (In)Stability”, the conference brought over 1,200 academics, artists and activists from nearly 100 countries to Prague to explore how societies remember, respond to, and recover from crises—both past and present. -
The Secretariat is closed on 13-15th August, 2025
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Jana Sehnálková from KSAS Is the New Head of the Fulbright Commission
Since August, Dr. Jana Sehnálková from the Department of North American Studies at the IMS has been leading the prestigious Fulbright Commission following a selection process. -
FSV UK collaborates on a successful international research Project supported by NCN and the Czech Science Foundation
The international research project "Displacement and (Post)secular Memory: Contemporary Crises and Historical Legacies in Southeastern and East-Central Europe" (MEMCRIS) has been awarded funding by Narodowe Centrum Nauki (NCN) in Poland and the Czech Science Foundation (GAČR). The project is co-led on the Czech side by Professor Kateřina Králová from the Institute of International Studies at FSV UK, alongside Dr. Karin Roginer Hofmeister. -
Josef Vavrousek Award
The Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University announces the 30th annual faculty student competition for the Josef Vavroušek Award, which is intended for students focusing on scientific research in the fields of environmental protection, sustainable development, and ecological studies. -
The Secretariat will be closed on July 2–3, 2025.
The Secretariat will be closed on July 2–3, 2025. If needed, please contact us via email at ims@fsv.cuni.cz. Thank you for your understanding!
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SIMS
SIMS is an informal association of the IMS students. Its task is to solve students' problems, so as to bridge the imaginary gap between them and the instructors. Another activity of the SIMS is to organize traditional social and educational events for (not only) the IMS students. These events include, for example Welcome Party, Christmas Part, Karaoke Party, lectures on current topics or an Orientation Week for the first years of the Bachelor's degree studies.
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Study Programmes
High-quality education, young and creative academic team, an immense number of student activities, modern lecture rooms... these are just a few reasons why you should apply for one of our English language degree programmes and study at Faculty of Social Sciences in the very heart of historical city of Prague! Check our BA and MA study programmes now!
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Alumni
The Institute values its graduates and likes to meet them at the traditional reunion in Grébovka. This year's reunion took place on 28 May 2024 in the restaurant Pavilion Grébovka in Havlíčkovy sady. At the meeting we celebrated together the significant 30th anniversary of our institute. The graduates were welcomed by the director of the institute, doc. Tomáš Nigrin. The event was also attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Jan Lipavský.
