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.
News
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New Director's Decrees at IMS
The Director’s Decrees section now includes newly issued decrees related to doctoral studies, the remuneration of research outputs, the support of student research activities, and the use of vacation leave in 2025. -
Zuzana Lizcová Published in the Prestigious Journal German Politics
We are pleased to announce that Zuzana Lizcová from the Department of German and Austrian Studies at IMS FSV UK is a co-author of a scholarly article recently published in the renowned journal German Politics. -
Workshop: Foreign Interference – What Did We Learn from the Sanctions on Russia?
You are warmly invited to a research workshop with Gian Pili, taking place on Wednesday, 11 June 2025 at 14:00 in Room C423, Jinonice Campus, Charles University. -
Workshop on the 2nd Anniversary of the Research Centre for Digital Humanities Integration (C4DHI)
The Research Centre for Digital Humanities Integration (C4DHI) cordially invites you to a workshop held on the occasion of its second anniversary. The event will take place on Monday, 2 June 2025, from 9:30 to 16:00 in Room C322 at the Jinonice Campus. -
IMS FSV UK PhD student to speak at prestigious Cambridge workshop
Markéta Kroupová, a PhD student in Modern History at the Institute of International Studies, will present her research on 29 May 2025 at the prestigious Modern European History Workshop hosted by the University of Cambridge. -
International Conference: Collaborative Autoethnography of Vulnerability on Former Soviet Spaces
We kindly invite you to the international conference Collaborative Autoethnography of Vulnerability on Former Soviet Spaces, taking place on Monday, 26 May 2025, at the Institute of International Studies, Charles University, Jinonice campus.
