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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The Marian Szyjkowski Prize for Best Master's Thesis Awarded to IMS Graduate
We are proud to announce that the Marian Szyjkowski Prize for the best master’s thesis in non-Polish studies disciplines has been awarded to a graduate of the Institute of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University. The recipient of this year’s prize is Anna Medalová, who was recognized for her outstanding thesis titled “Child Refugees of the Greek Civil War in Poland: 1948–1962.” -
Doc. Eberle Appointed as a Member of the Council of the Czech-German Discussion Forum
Doc. Jakub Eberle will become a member of the Council of the Czech-German Discussion Forum for the 2025–2026 term. He was appointed to the position by Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský on 11 March. -
Eliška Tomalová visited Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi
On April 3-4, 2025, Eliška Tomalová (KES) visited Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi (JNU), associated partner institution of the master's program European Politics and Society (EPS). -
Looking Back at the Echoes of Conflict Conference
From April 8 to 10, the international conference "Echoes of Conflict: Health Consequences of War and Violence Across Generations" took place in the historic Carolinum building of Charles University in Prague. The event was co-organized by the War and Society Research Alliance, a joint initiative of our Institute, the EHESS in Paris, and the Center for Urban History in Lviv. -
New PRCP Study: “Defense Spending: Why It Needs to Be Significantly Increased and How to Finance It”
Peace Research Center Prague, in cooperation with the Center for Public Finance, has prepared a study entitled “Defense Spending: Why It Needs to Be Significantly Increased and How to Finance It”. -
Workshop CENTRAL: Towards a Central European School in Modern History
From 31 March to 1 April, the Institute of International Studies of the Faculty of International Studies at Charles University hosted a two-day international doctoral workshop of the CENTRAL network entitled Towards a Central European School in Modern History.
