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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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. -
Dr. Elton Skendaj: "Dilemmas and tradeoffs in democracy and governance in postwar contexts: Lessons from the Western Balkans"
We would like to cordially invite you to a Small Nation(-States) Research Centre Talk by Dr. Elton Skendaj titled “Dilemmas and tradeoffs in democracy and governance in postwar contexts: Lessons from the Western Balkans”. -
New book by Eliška Tomalová: Ambasadoři bohémy
Congratulations to Dr. Eliška Tomalová, Head of the Department of European Studies, on the publication of the book "The Ambassadors of Bohemia" together with Jitka Pánek Jurková in the publishing house Dokořán. -
Workshop: "The Rise and Fall’ of the Open Balkan Initiative"
We would like to cordially invite you to A Small (Nation-)States Research Centre workshop titled "‘The Rise and Fall’ of the Open Balkan Initiative: Contested Perspectives, Minimal Policy Outcomes". The workshop takes place on 8 March 2024 in room C423 at 9 AM (CET). -
Dr. Enis Sulstarova: "Tensions between Tirana and Prishtina? The causes behind the latest rift among two Albanian-majority states"
Dr Enis Sulstarova will be a Visiting Fellow at the Small (Nation-)States research center at IMS FSV UK. He will hold a talk titled “Tensions between Tirana and Prishtina? The causes behind the latest rift among two Albanian-majority states” on Tuesday, March 5. -
New project at IMS funded by Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Congratulations to Dr. Miroslav Kunštát and the team of researchers Martin Vidlák, Petr Buriánek and Pavel Seifter for successful grant application "Vaclav Havel's Foreign Policy and its Ethical Dimension" supported by the Rockefeller Brothers Foundation.
