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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Interdisciplinary conference: "Re-Thinking Post-Socialist War(s): Comparative Dimensions of the War in Ukraine 2014 -2024"
On March 8-10, 2024, the Interdisciplinary Conference "Re-Thinking Post-Socialist War(s): Comparative Dimensions of the War in Ukraine 2014 2024" was held in Giessen, Germany. The conference was attended by our Valeria Korablyova.
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Michal Smetana: "Microfoundations of domestic audience costs in nondemocratic regimes: Experimental evidence from Putin’s Russia"
Michal Smetana from the Department of North American Studies published an article in the interdisciplinary and international peer reviewed bimonthly journal "Journal of Peace Research" of scholarly work in peace research. Congratulations!
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Erik Davtyan: "The South Caucasus after the 2020 War in Nagorno-Karabakh: analyzing structural changes in the regional security complex"
You are cordially invited to a talk titled “The South Caucasus after the 2020 War in Nagorno-Karabakh: analyzing structural changes in the regional security complex” on Thursday, March 26 by Dr Erik Davtyan.
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New research alliance: IMS, EHESS and Center for Urban History
On 21 March, a new research alliance between Prague, Paris and Lviv (IMS FSV UK, EHESS, Center for Urban History) will be officially launched. The research alliance is a place for the emergence and structuring of new scientific dynamics born of the transformations linked to the Russian war against Ukraine.
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Markus Kaim: “Implementing Zeitenwende: Internal and External Dimensions of the Challenge"
We would like to cordially invite to a guest lecture titled “Implementing Zeitenwende: Internal and External Dimensions of the Challenge" given by PD Dr. habil. Markus Kaim. The lecture takes place on Wednesday 20 March 2024 at 9:30 A.M. in the room C420.
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Tomáš Petříček: Česká zahraniční politika; Vztahy vůči zemím "třetího světa"
We cordially invite you to a lecture by Tomáš Petříček entitled "Czech Foreign Policy; Relations with Third World Countries", organized by the Department of German and Austrian Studies.
