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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Invitation to a lecture with Radek Pech, former Czech Ambassador to Ukraine
We cordially invite you to a lecture by Radek Pech, former Czech Ambassador to Ukraine and current Director of the European Section, which will take place on Wednesday, March 4, at 3:30 p.m. in room C321 at the Jinonice Campus. -
Applications for starter apartments for young academics and researchers are now being accepted
The Commission for the Allocation of Starter Apartments has set a deadline for submitting applications for the allocation of starter apartments for young academics and researchers working at Charles University. Specifically, these are apartments No. 1442 and No. 1440, located in the Krystal Center building at José Martího 2/407 in Prague 6, with a layout of 2+kk, and are ready to move into from May 1, 2026. -
Call for topics and supervisors for Marie Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship 2026 projects
Applicants for the European MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026 grant, which supports postdoctoral projects in the form of international mobility, can again this year take advantage of the support of the Rector's Office in collecting topics and supervisors. -
Docent Jan Hornát zveřejnil článek v prestižním časopise Survival
Docent Jan Hornát zveřejnil v prestižním odborném časopise Survival článek s názvem Broken Mirrors: How the European Union Reflected the United States – Until Trump. Ten reaguje na kritiku Trumpovy administrativy mířenou na Evropskou Unii a přibližuje současný stav transatlantických vztahů a novou národně bezpečnostní strategii USA. -
SnS Talk: “Armenian and Georgian Shifting Perceptions and Geostrategies of Inbetweenness amidst EU–Russian Power Projections”
We cordially invite you to a lecture by Professor Kornely Kakachia, which will take place on Thursday, February 26, from 3:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in room A125 of the Jinonice Campus. The lecture is entitled Armenian and Georgian Shifting Perceptions and Geostrategies of Inbetweenness amidst EU–Russian Power Projections and will be held as part of the Small (Nation-)States Research Center programme. -
Doktor Luboš Velek obdržel rakouské státní vyznamenání
On January 21, Dr. Luboš Velek received the Austrian state award Das Goldene Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich, which is awarded by the President of the Republic of Austria. The award recognized Luboš Velek's long-standing work in the Permanent Conference of Czech and Austrian Historians on Common Cultural Heritage, which acts as an advisory body to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic and Austria.
