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Doktor Luboš Velek obdržel rakouské státní vyznamenání
On January 21, Dr. Luboš Velek received the Austrian state award Das Goldene Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich, which is awarded by the President of the Republic of Austria. The award recognized Luboš Velek's long-standing work in the Permanent Conference of Czech and Austrian Historians on Common Cultural Heritage, which acts as an advisory body to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic and Austria. -
Michal Smetana received the Neuron Award for promising scientists
Michal Smetana received the Neuron Award for promising scientists 2025 in the field of social sciences. The Scientific Council praised his innovative approach to combining international relations, security studies, and political psychology, including the use of experimental methods from the natural sciences. -
PhD Positions in Modern History (2026/27)
The Institute of International Studies is opening several PhD positions in the Modern History doctoral programme (study language: English or Czech) for the 2026/27 academic year. The doctoral programme is fully open in terms of topics, regions, and methodologies within the field of modern and contemporary history (19th–21st century). Comparative and transnational perspectives are particularly encouraged, but not required. -
IMS FSV UK opens a PhD/junior researcher position within the project “Understanding and Experiencing Sexual Violence in the Late Habsburg Monarchy”
The Institute of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, is opening a junior researcher / PhD student (1.0 FTE) position within the research project “Understanding and Experiencing Sexual Violence in the Late Habsburg Monarchy,” a three-year project funded by the Czech Science Foundation (GAČR) and led by Prof. Ota Konrád (IMS, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University). The researcher will join a wider project team, including Dr. Tereza Juhászová. -
Doc. PhDr. Slavomír Horák, Ph.D. has published a chapter entitled "Karakalpaks: Entities with and without autonomy" in a new publication
Doc. PhDr. Slavomír Horák, Ph.D. contributed to the newly published book Ethnicity and Ethnic Minorities in Post-Soviet Eurasia with his chapter Karakalpaks: Entities with and without autonomy. In his chapter, he deals with one of the largest ethnic minorities in Uzbekistan, which was the only one that could identify itself as an entity with autonomous status, and focuses on how its identity has evolved over the last 30 years.
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SIMS
SIMS is an informal association of the IMS students. Its task is to solve students' problems, so as to bridge the imaginary gap between them and the instructors. Another activity of the SIMS is to organize traditional social and educational events for (not only) the IMS students. These events include, for example Welcome Party, Christmas Part, Karaoke Party, lectures on current topics or an Orientation Week for the first years of the Bachelor's degree studies.
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Study Programmes
High-quality education, young and creative academic team, an immense number of student activities, modern lecture rooms... these are just a few reasons why you should apply for one of our English language degree programmes and study at Faculty of Social Sciences in the very heart of historical city of Prague! Check our BA and MA study programmes now!
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Alumni
The Institute values its graduates and likes to meet them at the traditional reunion in Grébovka. This year's reunion took place on 28 May 2024 in the restaurant Pavilion Grébovka in Havlíčkovy sady. At the meeting we celebrated together the significant 30th anniversary of our institute. The graduates were welcomed by the director of the institute, doc. Tomáš Nigrin. The event was also attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Jan Lipavský.
