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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Heads of the Department of German and Austrian studies and Department of European Studies
The Institute of International Studies held two competitions in the summer months for the Head of the Department of German and Austrian Studies and Head of the Department of European Studies. Dr. Zuzana Lizcová and Dr. Eliška Tomalová were re-elected. Congratulations! -
Prof. Dr. Boris Barth
It was with great sadness that we received the sad news that our dear colleague, favourite teacher, and versatile historian Prof. Dr. Boris Barth died at the beginning of September after a serious illness. We would like to express our sincere condolences on behalf of the entire Institute. -
Workshop "Role of Culture in Times of War and Post-War Reconstruction. The Case of Ukraine"
We would like to cordially invite you to a workshop, "Role of Culture in Times of War and Post-War Reconstruction. The Case of Ukraine", funded by 4EU+ Alliance and organized by the Institute of International Studies on 21-22 September 2023. -
Public defence of the dissertation of Johana Kłusek
On Wednesday, September 27, 2023, at 10:00 a.m., the Jinonice Campus will host the defense of Johana Kłusek's dissertation "Top Hat for Everyone: The image of Britain in the newspaper discourses of Czechoslovak exile and its Third Republic afterlife". -
Prof. Marek Wilczyński
It is with great sadness that we have received the sad news of the death of Prof. Marek Wilczyński, co-founder of the German and Central European Studies programme organised at the University of Krakow and the Institute of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences. On behalf of the entire Institute we would like to express our sincere condolences. -
Public defence of the dissertation of Jakub Střelec
On Friday, 15 September 2023, the public defence of dissertation written by Jakub Střelec entitled "Homo Sapiens nebo Homo Brutalis? Psychiatrické vědění, násilí a kriminalita v poválečném Československu, západním Německu a Velké Británii (1945-1970)" will take place in Jinonice Campus.
