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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Call for Participants "Decolonial Approaches and Fieldwork: Theory and Practice"
We invite MA and PhD students in the social sciences, humanities, and related fields to apply for the workshop “Decolonial Approaches and Fieldwork: Theory and Practice”, which will take place in two parts in October and November 2025 at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague. -
Associate Professor Slavomír Horák has been appointed as the new Head of the Department of Russian and East European Studies
Associate Professor Slavomír Horák has been appointed as the new Head of the Department of Russian and East European Studies. He will assume the position on 1 August 2025 for a four-year term, ending on 30 July 2029. -
PROFFORMANCE Label of Teaching Excellence
As part of the prestigious PROFFORMANCE Label of Teaching Excellence awards, Charles University achieved the highest overall score this year by submitting a total of eight projects. One of these was the PLECS project (Participatory Learning and Expert Climate Solutions), which was led by Dr. Magdalena Fiřtová (KSAS). Dr. Eliška Ullrichová (KES) and Dr. Zuzana Lizcová (KNRS) were also involved in the project. -
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.
