Institute
ABOUT THE INSTITUTE
The Institute of International Studies (IMS) is part of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles University in Prague (FSV UK), which was established in 1990 to respond to the current needs of the society. The IMS was founded in 1994 as the youngest part of the FSV UK. Its current structure is the result of a long-term process characterized, among others, by the deliberate formation of a new field of study "Area Studies." It is also positively influenced by the rising and changing demand of students, i.e. by satisfying the increasingly urgent "social demand" of the missing field of area studies, which is so important for further development in the practice of the Czech foreign and domestic politics.
Graduates of the study fields which are taught at the IMS are characterized by a contextually, regionally and methodologically based knowledge of modern history and of the legal, political, economic and socio-cultural background in those regions which are the contents of the Institute's scientific and pedagogical work. Furthermore, they orientate themselves in the practical consequences of recent historical events and essential contemporary problems and are equipped with basic analytic-interpretive skills. The graduates of these fields find jobs in all types of governmental and non-governmental institutions that focus on the issues of the respective regions, both domestic and foreign, in their historical and contemporary context.
Due to reconstruction of its campus in Jinonice (map) the IMS FSV UK resides currently in Nové Butovice, Pekařská 10 (map).
News
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Successful application for credit mobility in Western Balkan countries
We are pleased to announce that IMS has been successful in getting funding for International Credit Mobility. The cooperation project with the Western Balkans was the only one supported at the whole faculty.
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Invitation to a seminar "Excelence ve vysokoškolské výuce: česká a evropská zkušenost"
We cordially invite you to the seminar "Excelence ve vysokoškolské výuce: česká a evropská zkušenost", which will take place on 14 October in the Meeting Hall of the Wallenstein Palace.
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Results of the Doctoral Studies Centre tender for IMS in AR 2022/2
The IMS Selection Committee, at its meeting on September 14, 2022, selected new CDS members for the academic year 2022/23 based on the applications received.
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Workshop dedicated to GA UK
On 26 October at 10.00 a workshop dedicated to projects for GAUK will take place. The workshop is intended for all IMS students who are planning to submit a project in the current project call.
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Successful defence of the dissertation thesis
During the last week four students - Karin Hofmeisterová, Kateřina Vnoučková, Miroslava Jasenčáková and Jindřich Čeladín - successfully defended their dissertations at our institute.
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Workshop of project InKoNa (Interkulturní kompetence mladých vědkyň a vědců z Česka a Bavorska)
On 6-7 May, the workshop of the project "InKoNa 2.0" took place under the guidance of Magdalena Burger and Jörg Wolstein (Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg).
