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Michal Smetana received the Neuron Award for promising scientists 2025 in the field of social sciences. The Scientific Council praised his innovative approach to combining international relations, security studies, and political psychology, including the use of experimental methods from the natural sciences.
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A new article by Ondřej Žíla, PhD, examines the complexity of the return of Bosnia and Herzegovina's population to the country's post-war territory. It addresses not only the motivation of returnees, but also how their personal situations intersect with the political, social, and material circumstances changing in connection with the displacement and return of the population.
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In addition to the contribution by doc. Slavomír Horák, the new publication Ethnicity and Ethnic Minorities in Post-Soviet Eurasia also includes a chapter by doctoral student Marina Perglová entitled Kazakhstani Russians in transition: Identity formation in times of uncertainty.
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The Institute of International Studies is opening several PhD positions in the Modern History doctoral programme (study language: English or Czech) for the 2026/27 academic year. The doctoral programme is fully open in terms of topics, regions, and methodologies within the field of modern and contemporary history (19th–21st century). Comparative and transnational perspectives are particularly encouraged, but not required.
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Doc. PhDr. Slavomír Horák, Ph.D. contributed to the newly published book Ethnicity and Ethnic Minorities in Post-Soviet Eurasia with his chapter Karakalpaks: Entities with and without autonomy. In his chapter, he deals with one of the largest ethnic minorities in Uzbekistan, which was the only one that could identify itself as an entity with autonomous status, and focuses on how its identity has evolved over the last 30 years.
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PhD student Ediz Hazir has published a new study entitled Politico-religious Imperialism: The Protectorate of the Roman Catholics and Holy Places in the Ottoman Empire, which examines religious protectorates as a key instrument of European rivalry in the Ottoman Empire.
