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

  • Where do the roots of the Anglo-German sporting rivalry lie?

    Department of European Studies (IMS) is proud to invite you to a lecture by Prof Dr Christiane Eisenberg (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) „German sport and the British: Germanophobia or the experience of being a European outsider?“
    Announcements 6. 11. 2019 - Lucie Jůzová

  • Scholarships to Bavaria

    We would like to draw your attention to the current call for applications for a one-year study stay in Bavaria, with the possibility of extension to a maximum of 3 years. The scholarship is intended to finance follow-up masters or doctoral degree at a Bavarian public university. The scholarship can also be granted for a one-year study stay in Bavaria as part of a doctoral study at a Czech public university.
    Announcements 9. 9. 2019 - Lucie Jůzová

  • EU Career Seminar : working in the EU institutions

    Eurocentrum Praha invites you to a seminar entitled "EU Career: working in the EU institutions". The seminar will take place at 4.6. 2019 from 5 pm in the European House, Jungmannova 24, Prague 1.
    Announcements 14. 6. 2019 - Jakub Šindelář

  • Stage Discussion 30 Years of Freedom. My Europe, my story, my future

    The Representation of the Free State of Bavaria in the Czech Republic and the Hanns Seidel Foundation in Prague host a stage discussion on the 29th May entitled "30 Years of Freedom" at 4:30 pm (entry at 4:00 pm).
    Events 14. 6. 2019 - Jakub Šindelář

  • Current Populism in Europe: What’s Next?

    IIS invites to the fifth annual international conference on populism, this year with the title "Current Populism in Europe: What Next?", Which is traditionally organized by IMS in cooperation with the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung and the Goethe Institute. The event will take place at the Goethe Institute on Monday and Tuesday 27 and 28 May.
    Events 14. 6. 2019 - Jakub Šindelář

  • President Trump: The Mexican Perspective

    IIS invites you to debate President Trump: The Mexican Perspective.  The debate will take place on May 21st at 7:30 pm in the Prague Creative Center on Old Town Square.
    Events 14. 6. 2019 - Jakub Šindelář