Research
Science and Research at the IMS
Within the framework of the FSV research plan and in a number of other Czech and European grants, the Institute's members are developing the theory, methodology and the empirical research in all the major areas of social sciences.
The Institute publishes its own magazine, Studia Territorialia, which is a reviewed academic magazine covering Area Studies.
The students are also involved in the Institute's scientific activities as assistants or researchers, or as the main investigators in the projects of the Charles University Grant Agency (GA UK).
Research Projects
Institute publications
News
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Call for papers! Special Issue Memory Studies: Memory and Resilience
Following the MSA Prague 2025 Conference we invite all Prague participants and all current Memory Studies Association members to contribute to the Special Issue Memory Studies: Memory and Resilience, which will be co-edited by Maria Alina Asavei, Kateřina Králová, and Juliane Tomann. The deadline (for proposals) is Dec 15, 2025. -
SnS Talk: “Globalizing the Balkan Wars (1912–13): How Balkan Nation-States Shaped Military Innovation across Europe”
Rádi bychom Vás pozvali na diskuzi, kterou bude ve čtvrtek 11. prosince 2025 pořádat výzkumné centrum Small (Nation-)States Research Centre. Diskuze s názvem "Globalizing the Balkan Wars (1912–13): How Balkan Nation-States Shaped Military Innovation across Europe” proběhne od 15:30 do 17:30 hodin v místnosti C423 (a také online na platformě Zoom) a bude vedena historikem Dr. Jovo Miladinovićem z Univerzity v Kostnici. -
Prof. Králová will be presenting her book at Yale University
We are delighted to share that Kateřina Králová, head of RCMS will be giving a talk at Yale University next week on her book, Homecoming: Holocaust Survivors and Greece, 1941–1946 (Brandeis University Press, 2025). It explores the rarely told stories of Greek Jews who returned home after World War II—revealing the complex realities of survival, loss, and reintegration in postwar Greece. -
IMS FSV UK offers a Ph.D. position in the Horizon Europe SOCIAL project "Sociology of Authoritarian Law: Insights from Central Asia"
The Institute of International Studies at Charles University's Faculty of Social Sciences is opening a Ph.D.
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New publication by doc. Marie Alina Asavei, D.Phil. in the Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change
Doc. Maria Alina Asavei, Ph.D., from the Institute of International Studies at Charles University’s Faculty of Social Sciences, has published a new article entitled “If you did not have a photo with the bear, you weren’t on vacation’: Souvenir Photographs from Communist Vacationing” in the prestigious Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change. -
Podcast on Serbian Orthodox Church with Karin Hofmeisterová
RCMS member Karin Hofmeistrová was recently a guest on the Hej Slované podcast. Together with host Jakub Novosad, they discussed the role of the Orthodox Church in Serbia, its links to political structures, especially the regime of Aleksandar Vučić, and its historical role in shaping Serbian identity. The interview covers the period from the establishment of the position of Orthodoxy in the Ottoman Empire, through its significant strengthening after 2000, to the current situation during the ongoing Russian war in Ukraine.
