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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Lecture by prof. Jelena Subotić „Holocaust Remembrance and Foreign Policy in East and Central Europe“
We are delighted to invite you to a guest lecture by Professor Jelena Subotić (Georgia State University) on the topic of "Holocaust Remembrance and Foreign Policy in East and Central Europe." Jelena Subotić an expert on the politics of memory, with a focus on the Holocaust and its impact on East and Central Europe. -
Invitation - movie screening "Gestures of Resistance" and a discussion
We would like to cordially invite you to a movie screening "Gestures of Resistance" and a discussion with the filmmaker Olga Stefan and the coordinators of the MALACH Center for Visual History and members of the KRVS - Karin Roginer Hofmeister and Jiří Kocián. -
Golden courses - Winter Semester 2022/2023
Golden Courses for the best courses of the Winter Semester 2022/2023 according to the student evaluation were awarded yesterday. Congratulations to all recipients! -
Invitation and CfP "Whither Area Studies? A workshop on the contemporary purpose and practice of the discipline"
On behalf of the Institute of International Studies, we are pleased to invite you to submit proposals to participate in the event "Whither Area Studies? A workshop on the contemporary purpose and practice of the discipline". -
Talk "Counter-Initiatives to Russian Revisionism: The Case of the New Intermarium"
We would like to cordially invite you to a lecture "Counter-Initiatives to Russian Revisionism: The Case of the New Intermarium" given by Erasmus Mobility Teaching Fellow Paolo Pizzolo on Thursday, April 20 at 2:00 pm. -
PhD studies abroad: presentation of dissertation projects of colleagues from partner universities
On 17 April 2023, at 15:30, the Ota Konrád Doctoral Seminar will host a presentation of the dissertations of two of our visiting doctoral students. The presentation will also include an introduction and discussion of the organization and progress of doctoral studies at UNC and the University of Innsbruck.
