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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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. -
Invitation: online seminar with Tereza Juhászová
We warmly invite you to a seminar with RCMS member - Tereza Juhászová! She will be prezenting her work on "Navigating Turbulent Times: A Microhistory of a Multilingual Small Town in Mid-20th Century Slovakia".Tereza has recently defended her dissertation on this topic and we are sure that visiting Nižný Medzev and exploring it's diverse community with her will be an inspiring and thought-provoking journey. Join her in a debate with Tomasz Rawski (Center for Research on Social Memory Center for Research on Social Memory). The event will take place online: Tue, 4 November at 9:30am CET. -
Adrian Brisku at the YSU Conference on Politics and International Affairs
In October 2025, Adrian Brisku from the Department of Russian and European Studies at IMS attended a conference on politics and international relations at Yerevan State University (YSU). -
IMS FSV UK opens a Ph.D./junior researcher position within an International Project “Displacement and (Post)secular Memory: Contemporary Crises and Historical Legacies in Southeastern and East-Central Europe (MEMCRIS)”
The Institute of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, is opening a junior researcher / Ph.D.
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Ota Konrád’s Study on the History of Domestic Violence in Socialist Czechoslovakia
Ota Konrád has published an article in the Journal of Family History titled "When Is It Violence? Social Recognition of Domestic Violence in Czech Society Under State Socialism, 1948–1989." The study examines domestic violence in socialist Czechoslovakia as a social phenomenon shaped by specific historical, cultural, and social conditions. -
FSV UK collaborates on a successful international research Project supported by NCN and the Czech Science Foundation
The international research project "Displacement and (Post)secular Memory: Contemporary Crises and Historical Legacies in Southeastern and East-Central Europe" (MEMCRIS) has been awarded funding by Narodowe Centrum Nauki (NCN) in Poland and the Czech Science Foundation (GAČR). The project is co-led on the Czech side by Professor Kateřina Králová from the Institute of International Studies at FSV UK, alongside Dr. Karin Roginer Hofmeister.
