Area Studies Research Seminar
Area Studies Research Seminar
The area studies research seminar offers a platform for an internal debate on the on-going and planned research at the Institute of International Studies. The presenters are IMS researchers as well as guests from Czech and foreign research institutions. The seminar is intended for all IMS staff and Ph.D. students.
The programme for the 2026/2027 academic year can be found below on this page. The seminars are held in person in the meeting room no. C423 in the C building of Jinonice Campus (U Kříže 8, Prague 5) and also online via Zoom, at 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., unless noted otherwise.
From 2019 to 2022 the seminar was organized with the support of the Jean Monnet Chair TeDEUSS - Teaching and Debating EU Small States' Security.
Future Lectures
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| 12. 10. 2026, 11:00 | Pablo Valdivia (University of Groningen) | The Narrative Compass: Metaphor and The Cognitive Foundations of Social Change |
| 19. 10. 2026, 11:00 | Ákos Holányi (Ludovika University of Public Service) | Hedging under conditions of shelter: Hungarian foreign policy under the Orbán regime (2010-2026) |
| 26. 10. 2026, 11:00 | Tommy Shih (Lund University) | Research security and the reconfiguration of international science |
| 9. 11. 2026, 11:00 | Sinara Gharibyan (IOS Regensburg) | Gender after war: Casualties, victimisation, and voting during nation-building |
| 26. 4. 2027, 11:00 | Kiran Patel (University of Munich) | TBA |
Past Lectures - AY 2026/2027
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