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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Invitation and CfP "Whither Area Studies? A workshop on the contemporary purpose and practice of the discipline"
On behalf of the Institute of International Studies, we are pleased to invite you to submit proposals to participate in the event "Whither Area Studies? A workshop on the contemporary purpose and practice of the discipline". -
Talk "Counter-Initiatives to Russian Revisionism: The Case of the New Intermarium"
We would like to cordially invite you to a lecture "Counter-Initiatives to Russian Revisionism: The Case of the New Intermarium" given by Erasmus Mobility Teaching Fellow Paolo Pizzolo on Thursday, April 20 at 2:00 pm. -
PhD studies abroad: presentation of dissertation projects of colleagues from partner universities
On 17 April 2023, at 15:30, the Ota Konrád Doctoral Seminar will host a presentation of the dissertations of two of our visiting doctoral students. The presentation will also include an introduction and discussion of the organization and progress of doctoral studies at UNC and the University of Innsbruck. -
Jinonice - arrangement of employees in offices
For easier orientation, you will find in the text of this news an overview of the location of IMS employees in the offices in the new campus in Jinonice. -
CENTRAL workshop - Vienna
From 24 to 25 April, another workshop will take place in Vienna within the CENTRAL project "Towards a Central European Doctoral School in Modern History", in which the universities of Vienna and Warsaw are also participating. -
Moving to Jinonice campus
The move to Jinonice will take place on the weekend of 1 - 2 April 2023. In the following week, classes will be taught online. We will officially start the on site teaching in Jinonice after Easter.
